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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Box Office Performance for G Movies in 2008

RankMovieGenreMPAA2008 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 WALL-E Comedy G $223,806,889 31,170,876 $223,806,890
2 Horton Hears a Who Adventure G $154,529,439 21,522,206 $154,529,439
3 High School Musical 3: Senior Year Musical G $90,224,290 12,566,057 $90,224,289
4 Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour Concert/Performance G $65,281,781 9,092,170 $65,281,781
5 College Road Trip Comedy G $45,610,425 6,352,427 $45,610,426
6 The Tale of Despereaux Adventure G $43,661,775 6,081,027 $43,661,774
7 Space Chimps Adventure G $30,105,968 4,193,032 $30,105,970
8 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Drama G $17,657,973 2,459,328 $17,657,975
9 The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie Comedy G $12,981,269 1,807,976 $12,981,268
10 Fly Me To the Moon Adventure G $12,564,415 1,749,919 $12,564,418
11 U2 3D Concert/Performance G $9,674,438 1,347,415 $9,674,440
12 Deep Sea 3-D Documentary G $3,550,091 494,442 $3,550,094
13 The Polar Express Adventure G $1,862,997 259,470 $1,862,995
14 Roving Mars Documentary G $1,775,287 247,254 $1,775,284
15 Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium Comedy G $964,396 134,317 $964,396
16 Encounters at the End of the World Documentary G $944,933 131,606 $944,931
17 A Man Named Pearl Documentary G $156,090 21,740 $156,093
Total Gross of All Movies$715,352,456
Total Tickets Sold99,631,262
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$715,352,461

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.