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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Box Office Performance for Musical Movies in 2008

RankMovieGenreMPAA2008 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Mamma Mia! Musical PG-13 $144,130,063 20,073,825 $144,130,064
2 High School Musical 3: Senior Year Musical G $90,224,290 12,566,057 $90,224,289
3 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Musical R $22,288,215 3,104,208 $22,288,213
4 Dostana Musical Not Rated $1,235,028 172,009 $1,235,025
5 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D Musical PG $1,109,053 154,464 $1,109,052
6 Yuvraaj Musical Not Rated $565,440 78,752 $565,439
7 Fashion Musical Not Rated $191,442 26,663 $191,440
8 Repo! The Genetic Opera Musical R $140,244 19,533 $140,247
9 Love Songs Musical Not Rated $103,970 14,481 $103,974
10 Were the World Mine Musical Not Rated $88,788 12,366 $88,788
11 Christmas on Mars Musical Not Rated $5,692 793 $5,694
Total Gross of All Movies$260,082,225
Total Tickets Sold36,223,151
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$260,082,224

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.