Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour	Concert/Performance	G	$65,280,346	9,488,422	$65,280,343
2	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,375,648	1,944,135	$13,375,649
3	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,985,732	1,451,415	$9,985,735
4	U2 3D	Concert/Performance	G	$9,416,277	1,368,645	$9,416,278
5	Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed	Documentary	PG	$7,598,071	1,104,371	$7,598,072
6	Shine a Light	Documentary	R	$5,371,629	780,760	$5,371,629
7	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,423,054	642,886	$4,423,056
8	Young @ Heart	Documentary	PG	$3,932,018	571,514	$3,932,016
9	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$2,488,297	361,671	$2,488,296
10	Man on Wire	Documentary	PG-13	$1,526,761	221,913	$1,526,761
11	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$1,488,726	216,385	$1,488,729
12	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Documentary		$1,148,709	166,964	$1,148,712
13	American Teen	Documentary	PG-13	$865,045	125,733	$865,043
14	Encounters at the End of the World	Documentary	G	$837,767	121,768	$837,764
15	How to Cook Your Life	Documentary	PG-13	$779,456	113,293	$779,456
16	Up the Yangtze	Documentary		$721,007	104,798	$721,010
17	I.O.U.S.A.	Documentary	PG	$706,894	102,746	$706,892
18	Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland	Documentary	R	$603,894	87,775	$603,892
19	Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?	Documentary	PG-13	$384,955	55,953	$384,957
20	The Singing Revolution	Documentary		$319,763	46,477	$319,762
21	Bigger, Stronger, Faster*	Documentary		$307,811	44,740	$307,811
22	Taxi to the Dark Side	Documentary	R	$274,661	39,922	$274,663
23	Planet B-Boy	Documentary		$272,791	39,650	$272,792
24	Surfwise	Documentary	R	$269,994	39,243	$269,992
25	Standard Operating Procedure	Documentary	R	$228,830	33,260	$228,829
26	Aida at La Scala	Concert/Performance		$205,098	29,811	$205,100
27	Steep	Documentary	PG	$204,069	29,661	$204,068
28	Chris and Don: A Love Story	Documentary		$197,019	28,636	$197,016
29	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$187,606	27,268	$187,604
30	Chicago 10	Documentary	R	$176,545	25,661	$176,548
31	Constantine's Sword	Documentary		$174,024	25,294	$174,023
32	La Traviata at La Scala	Concert/Performance		$173,656	25,241	$173,658
33	My Winnipeg	Documentary		$156,629	22,766	$156,630
34	Girls Rock!	Documentary	PG	$156,222	22,707	$156,224
35	A Man Named Pearl	Documentary		$153,964	22,378	$153,961
36	Nanking	Documentary	R	$138,788	20,173	$138,790
37	The First Saturday in May	Documentary	PG-13	$124,294	18,066	$124,294
38	Bra Boys	Documentary	R	$113,730	16,531	$113,733
39	Trumbo	Documentary	PG-13	$108,280	15,738	$108,277
40	Bustin' Down the Door	Documentary		$106,100	15,422	$106,103
41	Trouble the Water	Documentary		$92,605	13,460	$92,605
42	The Unforeseen	Documentary		$89,891	13,066	$89,894
43	Blindsight	Documentary	PG	$89,169	12,961	$89,172
44	A Jihad for Love	Documentary		$85,525	12,431	$85,525
45	Praying with Lior	Documentary		$82,553	11,999	$82,553
46	Maria Stuarda at La Scala	Concert/Performance		$82,227	11,952	$82,230
47	Body of War	Documentary		$71,716	10,424	$71,717
48	The Business of Being Born	Documentary		$69,348	10,080	$69,350
49	Happy Valley	Documentary	PG-13	$67,665	9,835	$67,665
50	CSNY: Déjà Vu	Documentary	R	$63,310	9,202	$63,310
51	Bloodline	Documentary		$62,248	9,048	$62,250
52	Louise Bourgeois	Documentary		$61,665	8,963	$61,665
53	War Dance	Documentary	PG-13	$57,570	8,368	$57,572
54	America the Beautiful	Documentary	R	$53,036	7,709	$53,038
55	Shoot Down	Documentary	PG-13	$51,408	7,472	$51,407
56	La Forza del Destino	Concert/Performance		$51,172	7,438	$51,173
57	Gunnin' for that #1 Spot	Documentary	PG-13	$50,804	7,384	$50,802
58	Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired	Documentary		$50,122	7,285	$50,121
59	Tristan und Isolde at La Scala	Concert/Performance		$49,945	7,259	$49,942
60	For the Bible Tells Me So	Documentary		$43,505	6,323	$43,502
61	Refusenik	Documentary		$39,456	5,735	$39,457
62	Beautiful Losers	Documentary		$31,743	4,614	$31,744
63	Hats Off	Documentary		$31,272	4,545	$31,270
64	Fighting for Life	Documentary		$30,606	4,449	$30,609
65	Lou Reed's Berlin	Concert/Performance	PG-13	$29,692	4,316	$29,694
66	Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains	Documentary		$28,278	4,110	$28,277
67	La Rondine	Concert/Performance		$27,742	4,032	$27,740
68	Forever	Documentary		$23,291	3,385	$23,289
69	Billy the Kid	Documentary		$22,795	3,313	$22,793
70	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	Documentary		$22,789	3,312	$22,787
71	Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts	Documentary		$20,018	2,910	$20,021
72	The Order of Myths	Documentary		$19,878	2,889	$19,876
73	Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon	Documentary		$19,712	2,865	$19,711
74	Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten	Documentary		$18,684	2,716	$18,686
75	My Kid Could Paint That	Documentary	PG-13	$18,133	2,636	$18,136
76	Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust	Documentary		$17,537	2,549	$17,537
77	To the Limit	Documentary		$15,323	2,227	$15,322
78	Full Battle Rattle	Documentary		$12,306	1,789	$12,308
79	Operation Filmmaker	Documentary		$11,573	1,682	$11,572
80	Kurt Cobain: About a Son	Documentary		$11,373	1,653	$11,373
81	Sputnik Mania	Documentary		$10,650	1,548	$10,650
82	Lord, Save Us From Your Followers	Documentary		$10,510	1,528	$10,513
83	Without the King	Documentary		$8,663	1,259	$8,662
84	Patti Smith: Dream of Life	Documentary		$6,703	974	$6,701
85	El Inmigrante	Documentary		$5,569	809	$5,566
86	Stealing America: Vote by Vote	Documentary		$4,740	689	$4,740
87	Twisted: A Balloonamentary	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,345	632	$4,348
88	Poisoned by Polonium: Litvinenko File	Documentary		$4,293	624	$4,293
89	FLOW: For Love of Water	Documentary		$3,644	530	$3,646
90	Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Rock Club	Documentary		$2,970	432	$2,972
91	A Lawyer Walks into a Bar	Documentary		$2,618	381	$2,621
92	Running with Arnold	Documentary		$2,119	308	$2,119
93	On the Rumba River	Documentary		$1,698	247	$1,699
94	Beyond Belief	Documentary		$667	97	$667
95	I for India	Documentary		$386	56	$385
96	Show Business	Documentary	PG	$217	32	$220
Total Gross of All Movies				$136,831,637
Total Tickets Sold					19,888,324
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$136,831,669

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.