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Friday, September 5, 2008

Box Office Performance for G Movies in 2008

RankMovieGenreMPAA2008 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 WALL-E Comedy G $218,522,103 31,761,934 $218,522,106
2 Horton Hears a Who Adventure G $154,529,187 22,460,638 $154,529,189
3 Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour Concert/Performance G $65,280,346 9,488,422 $65,280,343
4 College Road Trip Comedy G $45,588,608 6,626,251 $45,588,607
5 Space Chimps Adventure G $28,956,655 4,208,816 $28,956,654
6 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Drama G $17,470,357 2,539,296 $17,470,356
7 The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie Comedy G $12,727,025 1,849,858 $12,727,023
8 U2 3D Concert/Performance G $9,416,277 1,368,645 $9,416,278
9 Fly Me To the Moon Adventure G $6,878,997 999,854 $6,878,996
10 Deep Sea 3-D Documentary G $2,488,297 361,671 $2,488,296
11 Roving Mars Documentary G $1,488,726 216,385 $1,488,729
12 Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium Comedy G $1,050,579 152,700 $1,050,576
13 Encounters at the End of the World Documentary G $837,767 121,768 $837,764
Total Gross of All Movies$565,234,924
Total Tickets Sold82,156,238
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$565,234,917

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.