Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour	Concert/Performance	G	$65,281,781	9,092,170	$71,737,221
2	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$14,710,283	2,048,786	$16,164,922
3	Religulous	Documentary	R	$13,011,160	1,812,139	$14,297,777
4	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,904,400	1,518,719	$11,982,693
5	U2 3D	Concert/Performance	G	$9,674,438	1,347,415	$10,631,104
6	Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed	Documentary	PG	$7,720,487	1,075,277	$8,483,936
7	Shine a Light	Documentary	R	$5,505,267	766,750	$6,049,658
8	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,243,604	730,307	$5,762,122
9	Young @ Heart	Documentary	PG	$3,992,189	556,015	$4,386,958
10	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$3,550,091	494,442	$3,901,147
11	Man on Wire	Documentary	PG-13	$2,942,990	409,887	$3,234,008
12	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$1,775,287	247,254	$1,950,834
13	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Documentary	R	$1,252,100	174,387	$1,375,913
14	Encounters at the End of the World	Documentary	G	$944,933	131,606	$1,038,371
15	American Teen	Documentary	PG-13	$942,441	131,259	$1,035,634
16	I.O.U.S.A.	Documentary	PG	$810,196	112,841	$890,315
17	Up the Yangtze	Documentary	Not Rated	$783,969	109,188	$861,493
18	Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland	Documentary	R	$603,894	84,108	$663,612
19	Trouble the Water	Documentary	Not Rated	$486,582	67,769	$534,697
20	Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?	Documentary	PG-13	$384,955	53,615	$423,022
21	The Singing Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$381,529	53,138	$419,259
22	Bigger, Stronger, Faster*	Documentary	PG-13	$308,575	42,977	$339,089
23	Morning Light	Documentary	PG	$275,093	38,314	$302,297
24	Taxi to the Dark Side	Documentary	R	$274,661	38,254	$301,824
25	Planet B-Boy	Documentary	Not Rated	$272,791	37,993	$299,765
26	Surfwise	Documentary	R	$269,994	37,604	$296,696
27	Standard Operating Procedure	Documentary	R	$228,830	31,870	$251,454
28	Waltz with Bashir	Documentary	R	$220,441	30,702	$242,239
29	Chris and Don: A Love Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$216,110	30,099	$237,481
30	Call+Response	Documentary	PG-13	$207,625	28,917	$228,155
31	Steep	Documentary	PG	$204,069	28,422	$224,250
32	La Traviata at La Scala	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$195,494	27,228	$214,829
33	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$188,131	26,202	$206,734
34	Constantine's Sword	Documentary	Not Rated	$179,507	25,001	$197,258
35	Chicago 10	Documentary	R	$176,545	24,588	$193,999
36	Girls Rock!	Documentary	PG	$159,294	22,186	$175,048
37	My Winnipeg	Documentary	Not Rated	$156,629	21,815	$172,120
38	A Man Named Pearl	Documentary	G	$156,090	21,740	$171,529
39	FLOW: For Love of Water	Documentary	Not Rated	$142,569	19,856	$156,664
40	Nanking	Documentary	R	$134,970	18,798	$148,316
41	The First Saturday in May	Documentary	PG-13	$124,294	17,311	$136,584
42	Bra Boys	Documentary	R	$113,730	15,840	$124,978
43	Trumbo	Documentary	PG-13	$108,280	15,081	$118,989
44	Bustin' Down the Door	Documentary	Not Rated	$106,100	14,777	$116,591
45	A Jihad for Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$105,651	14,715	$116,101
46	Aida at La Scala	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$104,819	14,599	$115,186
47	The Unforeseen	Documentary	Not Rated	$90,287	12,575	$99,217
48	Blindsight	Documentary	PG	$89,169	12,419	$97,986
49	Louise Bourgeois	Documentary	Not Rated	$87,997	12,256	$96,700
50	Maria Stuarda at La Scala	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$83,214	11,590	$91,445
51	Dalai Lama Renaissance	Documentary	Not Rated	$82,736	11,523	$90,916
52	Praying with Lior	Documentary	Not Rated	$82,553	11,498	$90,719
53	Il Trittico at Fenice	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$79,842	11,120	$87,737
54	One Day You'll Understand	Drama	Not Rated	$77,368	10,775	$85,015
55	America the Beautiful	Documentary	R	$76,173	10,609	$83,705
56	Body of War	Documentary	Not Rated	$71,716	9,988	$78,805
57	The Business of Being Born	Documentary	Not Rated	$69,348	9,658	$76,202
58	Happy Valley	Documentary	PG-13	$67,665	9,424	$74,355
59	Allah Made Me Funny	Documentary	Not Rated	$66,903	9,318	$73,519
60	CSNY: D�j� Vu	Documentary	R	$65,025	9,056	$71,452
61	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Documentary	Not Rated	$64,000	8,914	$70,331
62	Harvard Beats Yale	Documentary	Not Rated	$63,973	8,910	$70,300
63	Bloodline	Documentary	R	$62,248	8,670	$68,406
64	Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$60,332	8,403	$66,300
65	The Order of Myths	Documentary	Not Rated	$59,400	8,273	$65,274
66	Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired	Documentary	Not Rated	$59,192	8,244	$65,045
67	War Dance	Documentary	PG-13	$57,525	8,012	$63,215
68	Beautiful Losers	Documentary	Not Rated	$56,386	7,853	$61,960
69	La Forza del Destino	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$52,577	7,323	$57,778
70	Dare Not Walk Alone	Documentary	Not Rated	$52,166	7,265	$57,321
71	Pray the Devil Back to Hell	Documentary	Not Rated	$51,886	7,226	$57,013
72	Shoot Down	Documentary	PG-13	$51,408	7,160	$56,492
73	Gunnin' for that #1 Spot	Documentary	PG-13	$50,804	7,076	$55,830
74	Tristan und Isolde at La Scala	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$50,172	6,988	$55,135
75	Dhamma Brothers, The	Documentary	Not Rated	$49,568	6,904	$54,473
76	La Rondine	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$49,088	6,837	$53,944
77	For the Bible Tells Me So	Documentary	Not Rated	$43,505	6,059	$47,806
78	Moving Midway	Documentary	Not Rated	$40,864	5,691	$44,902
79	Refusenik	Documentary	Not Rated	$39,456	5,495	$43,356
80	Enlighten Up!	Documentary	Not Rated	$33,226	4,628	$36,515
81	Hats Off	Documentary	Not Rated	$31,272	4,355	$34,361
82	Fighting for Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$30,606	4,263	$33,635
83	Lou Reed's Berlin	Concert/Performance	PG-13	$29,692	4,135	$32,625
84	Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains	Documentary	PG	$28,278	3,938	$31,071
85	Don Carlo	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$27,834	3,877	$30,590
86	Frontrunners	Documentary	Not Rated	$26,976	3,757	$29,643
87	Wie man sein leben kocht	Documentary	PG-13	$23,789	3,313	$26,140
88	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$22,653	3,155	$24,893
89	The Matador	Documentary	Not Rated	$21,816	3,038	$23,970
90	Dear Zachary: a letter to a son about his father	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,834	2,902	$22,897
91	Walking on Dead Fish	Documentary	PG-13	$20,705	2,884	$22,755
92	The First Basket	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,440	2,847	$22,463
93	Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,018	2,788	$21,997
94	Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon	Documentary	Not Rated	$19,712	2,745	$21,658
95	Saving Marriage	Documentary	PG-13	$18,720	2,607	$20,569
96	Am Limit	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,254	2,542	$20,056
97	Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,190	2,533	$19,985
98	My Kid Could Paint That	Documentary	PG-13	$18,133	2,525	$19,922
99	Billy the Kid	Documentary	Not Rated	$17,809	2,480	$19,567
100	Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust	Documentary	Not Rated	$17,537	2,442	$19,267
101	Kicking It	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,266	1,848	$14,581
102	Full Battle Rattle	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,306	1,714	$13,523
103	Operation Filmmaker	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,391	1,586	$12,514
104	What Would Jesus Buy?	Documentary	PG	$11,232	1,564	$12,340
105	Sputnik Mania	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,650	1,483	$11,701
106	The Betrayal	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,648	1,483	$11,701
107	Whaledreamers	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,584	1,474	$11,630
108	Lord, Save Us From Your Followers	Documentary	PG-13	$10,510	1,464	$11,551
109	Lagerfeld Confidential	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,420	1,451	$11,448
110	Without the King	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,663	1,207	$9,523
111	Battle for Haditha	Documentary	R	$8,443	1,176	$9,279
112	Kurt Cobain: About a Son	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,995	1,114	$8,789
113	Patti Smith: Dream of Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,703	934	$7,369
114	A Lawyer Walks into a Bar	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,202	725	$5,720
115	El Inmigrante	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,196	724	$5,712
116	God and Gays: Bridging the Gap	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,095	710	$5,602
117	Fuel	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,915	685	$5,405
118	Stealing America: Vote by Vote	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,740	660	$5,207
119	Twisted: A Balloonamentary	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,345	605	$4,773
120	Poisoned by Polonium: Litvinenko File	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,293	598	$4,718
121	Heavy Metal in Baghdad	Documentary	R	$4,070	567	$4,474
122	King Corn	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,676	512	$4,040
123	Fraude	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,373	470	$3,708
124	Who Does She Think She Is?	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,081	429	$3,385
125	The Beautiful Truth	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,026	421	$3,322
126	Run For Your Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,992	417	$3,290
127	Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Rock Club	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,970	414	$3,266
128	Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet, The	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,125	296	$2,335
129	Running with Arnold	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,119	295	$2,328
130	Staub	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,072	289	$2,280
131	Maria Bethania: Music is Perfume	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,858	259	$2,044
132	On the Rumba River	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,698	236	$1,862
133	Beyond Belief	Documentary	Not Rated	$667	93	$734
134	The Life of Reilly	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$654	91	$718
135	Salvadore Allende	Documentary	Not Rated	$634	88	$694
136	I for India	Documentary	Not Rated	$386	54	$426
137	Show Business	Documentary	PG	$84	12	$95
Total Gross of All Movies				$158,325,990
Total Tickets Sold					22,050,975
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$173,982,193

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2008. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2008. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2007 will most likely earn money in 2007 and 2008. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.