Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,886,395	1,582,325	$10,886,396
2	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,512,425	1,382,620	$9,512,426
3	Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed	Documentary	PG	$7,598,071	1,104,371	$7,598,072
4	Shine a Light	Documentary	R	$5,371,629	780,760	$5,371,629
5	Young @ Heart	Documentary	PG	$3,837,995	557,848	$3,837,994
6	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,015,491	438,298	$3,015,490
7	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,884,299	419,230	$2,884,302
8	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$2,403,263	349,311	$2,403,260
9	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$1,151,682	167,396	$1,151,684
10	How to Cook Your Life	Documentary	PG-13	$779,456	113,293	$779,456
11	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Documentary		$679,262	98,730	$679,262
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	Up the Yangtze	Documentary		$504,247	73,292	$504,249
14	Encounters at the End of the World	Documentary	G	$479,501	69,695	$479,502
15	Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?	Documentary	PG-13	$384,955	55,953	$384,957
16	Bigger, Stronger, Faster*	Documentary		$285,135	41,444	$285,135
17	Taxi to the Dark Side	Documentary	R	$274,661	39,922	$274,663
18	Planet B-Boy	Documentary		$272,791	39,650	$272,792
19	The Singing Revolution	Documentary		$269,069	39,109	$269,070
20	Surfwise	Documentary	R	$260,053	37,798	$260,050
21	Standard Operating Procedure	Documentary	R	$228,007	33,141	$228,010
22	Steep	Documentary	PG	$204,069	29,661	$204,068
23	Chicago 10	Documentary	R	$176,545	25,661	$176,548
24	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$176,101	25,596	$176,100
25	Constantine's Sword	Documentary		$152,597	22,180	$152,598
26	Girls Rock!	Documentary	PG	$147,331	21,414	$147,328
27	Nanking	Documentary	R	$138,788	20,173	$138,790
28	My Winnipeg	Documentary		$128,100	18,619	$128,099
29	The First Saturday in May	Documentary	PG-13	$124,294	18,066	$124,294
30	Bra Boys	Documentary	R	$113,730	16,531	$113,733
31	Trumbo	Documentary	PG-13	$103,000	14,971	$103,000
32	Chris and Don: A Love Story	Documentary		$92,800	13,488	$92,797
33	Blindsight	Documentary	PG	$89,169	12,961	$89,172
34	A Man Named Pearl	Documentary		$84,302	12,253	$84,301
35	The Unforeseen	Documentary		$80,610	11,717	$80,613
36	Praying with Lior	Documentary		$79,516	11,558	$79,519
37	Body of War	Documentary		$71,716	10,424	$71,717
38	The Business of Being Born	Documentary		$69,348	10,080	$69,350
39	Happy Valley	Documentary	PG-13	$67,665	9,835	$67,665
40	War Dance	Documentary	PG-13	$57,570	8,368	$57,572
41	A Jihad for Love	Documentary		$55,244	8,030	$55,246
42	Shoot Down	Documentary	PG-13	$51,408	7,472	$51,407
43	Gunnin' for that #1 Spot	Documentary	PG-13	$50,804	7,384	$50,802
44	Bloodline	Documentary		$44,523	6,471	$44,520
45	For the Bible Tells Me So	Documentary		$43,505	6,323	$43,502
46	Refusenik	Documentary		$39,456	5,735	$39,457
47	Hats Off	Documentary		$31,272	4,545	$31,270
48	Fighting for Life	Documentary		$30,606	4,449	$30,609
49	Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains	Documentary		$28,278	4,110	$28,277
50	Forever	Documentary		$23,291	3,385	$23,289
51	Billy the Kid	Documentary		$22,795	3,313	$22,793
52	America the Beautiful	Documentary	R	$22,577	3,282	$22,580
53	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	Documentary		$20,390	2,964	$20,392
54	Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts	Documentary		$20,018	2,910	$20,021
55	Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon	Documentary		$19,712	2,865	$19,711
56	Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten	Documentary		$18,684	2,716	$18,686
57	My Kid Could Paint That	Documentary	PG-13	$18,133	2,636	$18,136
58	Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust	Documentary		$17,537	2,549	$17,537
59	Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired	Documentary		$17,152	2,493	$17,152
60	Operation Filmmaker	Documentary		$11,573	1,682	$11,572
61	Kurt Cobain: About a Son	Documentary		$11,373	1,653	$11,373
62	Sputnik Mania	Documentary		$10,650	1,548	$10,650
63	Lord, Save Us From Your Followers	Documentary		$10,510	1,528	$10,513
64	Without the King	Documentary		$8,663	1,259	$8,662
65	Battle for Haditha	Documentary		$8,443	1,227	$8,442
66	To the Limit	Documentary		$7,760	1,128	$7,761
67	Twisted: A Balloonamentary	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,345	632	$4,348
68	Poisoned by Polonium: Litvinenko File	Documentary		$4,293	624	$4,293
69	El Inmigrante	Documentary		$3,968	577	$3,970
70	FLOW: For Love of Water	Documentary		$3,644	530	$3,646
71	Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Rock Club	Documentary		$2,951	429	$2,952
72	Running with Arnold	Documentary		$2,119	308	$2,119
73	On the Rumba River	Documentary		$1,698	247	$1,699
74	A Lawyer Walks into a Bar	Documentary		$1,632	237	$1,631
75	Beyond Belief	Documentary		$667	97	$667
76	I for India	Documentary		$386	56	$385
77	Show Business	Documentary	PG	$217	32	$220
Total Gross of All Movies				$54,509,479
Total Tickets Sold					7,922,895
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$54,509,518

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.