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Friday, August 29, 2008

Box Office Performance for First Run Features Movies in 2008

RankMovieGenreMPAA2008 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Constantine's Sword Documentary   $168,029 24,423 $168,030
2 Praying with Lior Documentary   $82,553 11,999 $82,553
3 A Jihad for Love Documentary   $73,128 10,629 $73,128
4 For the Bible Tells Me So Documentary   $43,505 6,323 $43,502
5 To the Limit Documentary   $14,124 2,053 $14,125
6 Without the King Documentary   $8,663 1,259 $8,662
7 Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Rock Club Documentary   $2,970 432 $2,972
8 On the Rumba River Documentary   $1,698 247 $1,699
Total Gross of All Movies$394,670
Total Tickets Sold57,365
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$394,671

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.