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	$65,280,346	9,488,422	$65,280,343
2	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,630,244	1,399,745	$9,630,246
3	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,115,397	1,324,912	$9,115,395
4	U2 3D	Concert/Performance	G	$8,631,306	1,254,550	$8,631,304
5	Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed	Documentary	PG	$7,598,071	1,104,371	$7,598,072
6	Shine a Light	Documentary	R	$5,371,629	780,760	$5,371,629
7	Young @ Heart	Documentary	PG	$3,606,430	524,190	$3,606,427
8	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,726,687	396,321	$2,726,688
9	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$2,403,263	349,311	$2,403,260
10	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$977,074	142,017	$977,077
11	How to Cook Your Life	Documentary	PG-13	$779,456	113,293	$779,456
12	Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland	Documentary	R	$603,564	87,727	$603,562
13	Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?	Documentary	PG-13	$384,955	55,953	$384,957
14	Up the Yangtze	Documentary		$305,745	44,440	$305,747
15	Taxi to the Dark Side	Documentary	R	$274,661	39,922	$274,663
16	Planet B-Boy	Documentary		$272,791	39,650	$272,792
17	Bigger, Stronger, Faster*	Documentary		$246,145	35,777	$246,146
18	The Singing Revolution	Documentary		$236,880	34,430	$236,878
19	Standard Operating Procedure	Documentary	R	$216,012	31,397	$216,011
20	Surfwise	Documentary	R	$208,932	30,368	$208,932
21	Steep	Documentary	PG	$204,069	29,661	$204,068
22	Aida at La Scala	Concert/Performance		$186,124	27,053	$186,125
23	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$176,101	25,596	$176,100
24	Chicago 10	Documentary	R	$175,797	25,552	$175,798
25	Girls Rock!	Documentary	PG	$147,331	21,414	$147,328
26	La Traviata at La Scala	Concert/Performance		$142,873	20,766	$142,870
27	Nanking	Documentary	R	$138,788	20,173	$138,790
28	Encounters at the End of the World	Documentary	G	$127,035	18,464	$127,032
29	The First Saturday in May	Documentary	PG-13	$124,294	18,066	$124,294
30	Constantine's Sword	Documentary		$121,668	17,684	$121,666
31	Bra Boys	Documentary	R	$113,730	16,531	$113,733
32	Blindsight	Documentary	PG	$89,169	12,961	$89,172
33	A Man Named Pearl	Documentary		$81,367	11,827	$81,370
34	The Unforeseen	Documentary		$80,610	11,717	$80,613
35	Praying with Lior	Documentary		$79,516	11,558	$79,519
36	Body of War	Documentary		$71,716	10,424	$71,717
37	The Business of Being Born	Documentary		$69,348	10,080	$69,350
38	Happy Valley	Documentary	PG-13	$67,665	9,835	$67,665
39	My Winnipeg	Documentary		$65,845	9,570	$65,842
40	War Dance	Documentary	PG-13	$57,570	8,368	$57,572
41	Shoot Down	Documentary	PG-13	$51,408	7,472	$51,407
42	A Jihad for Love	Documentary		$49,956	7,261	$49,956
43	Tristan und Isolde at La Scala	Concert/Performance		$47,631	6,923	$47,630
44	La Forza del Destino	Concert/Performance		$44,909	6,527	$44,906
45	Bloodline	Documentary		$44,523	6,471	$44,520
46	For the Bible Tells Me So	Documentary		$43,505	6,323	$43,502
47	Refusenik	Documentary		$39,456	5,735	$39,457
48	Chris and Don: A Love Story	Documentary		$36,335	5,281	$36,333
49	Hats Off	Documentary		$31,272	4,545	$31,270
50	Fighting for Life	Documentary		$30,606	4,449	$30,609
51	Trumbo	Documentary	PG-13	$28,500	4,142	$28,497
52	Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains	Documentary		$28,278	4,110	$28,277
53	La Rondine	Concert/Performance		$27,742	4,032	$27,740
54	Maria Stuarda at La Scala	Concert/Performance		$24,276	3,528	$24,273
55	Forever	Documentary		$23,291	3,385	$23,289
56	Billy the Kid	Documentary		$22,795	3,313	$22,793
57	America the Beautiful	Documentary		$22,577	3,282	$22,580
58	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	Documentary		$20,390	2,964	$20,392
59	Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts	Documentary		$20,018	2,910	$20,021
60	Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon	Documentary		$19,712	2,865	$19,711
61	Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten	Documentary		$18,684	2,716	$18,686
62	My Kid Could Paint That	Documentary	PG-13	$18,133	2,636	$18,136
63	Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust	Documentary		$17,537	2,549	$17,537
64	Gunnin' for that #1 Spot	Documentary	PG-13	$16,600	2,413	$16,601
65	Operation Filmmaker	Documentary		$11,573	1,682	$11,572
66	Kurt Cobain: About a Son	Documentary		$11,373	1,653	$11,373
67	Sputnik Mania	Documentary		$10,650	1,548	$10,650
68	Lord, Save Us From Your Followers	Documentary		$10,510	1,528	$10,513
69	Without the King	Documentary		$8,663	1,259	$8,662
70	Twisted: A Balloonamentary	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,345	632	$4,348
71	Poisoned by Polonium: Litvinenko File	Documentary		$4,293	624	$4,293
72	El Inmigrante	Documentary		$3,968	577	$3,970
73	FLOW: For Love of Water	Documentary		$3,644	530	$3,646
74	Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Rock Club	Documentary		$2,951	429	$2,952
75	Running with Arnold	Documentary		$2,119	308	$2,119
76	On the Rumba River	Documentary		$1,698	247	$1,699
77	A Lawyer Walks into a Bar	Documentary		$1,632	237	$1,631
78	To the Limit	Documentary		$1,483	216	$1,486
79	Beyond Belief	Documentary		$667	97	$667
80	I for India	Documentary		$386	56	$385
81	Show Business	Documentary	PG	$217	32	$220
Total Gross of All Movies				$121,998,510
Total Tickets Sold					17,732,343
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$121,998,520

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.