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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Box Office Performance for Zeitgeist Movies in 2009

RankMovieGenreMPAA2009 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Tulpan Comedy Not Rated $158,741 22,109 $158,743
2 Fados Drama Not Rated $129,150 17,987 $129,147
3 Examined Life Documentary Not Rated $120,712 16,812 $120,710
4 Horse Boy, The Documentary   $119,474 16,640 $119,475
5 Afghan Star Documentary   $102,115 14,222 $102,114
6 Three Monkeys   Not Rated $41,343 5,758 $41,342
7 Trouble the Water Documentary Not Rated $33,569 4,675 $33,567
8 Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains Documentary Not Rated $25,473 3,548 $25,475
9 Earth Days Documentary   $23,466 3,268 $23,464
10 Act of God     $9,955 1,386 $9,951
11 Louise Bourgeois Documentary Not Rated $7,868 1,096 $7,869
Total Gross of All Movies$771,866
Total Tickets Sold107,501
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$771,857

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2009. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2009. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2008 will most likely earn money in 2008 and 2009. 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.