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Market Share for Each MPAA Rating in 2008

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Note: This chart ranks mpaa ratings by the amount they earned at the domestic box office 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.

Top Grossing of 2008

RankMPAA RatingMovies2008 GrossTicketsShare
1 PG-13 166 $5,476,021,837 762,677,091 56.16%
2 R 235 $1,969,453,675 274,297,079 20.20%
3 PG 57 $1,491,076,502 207,670,804 15.29%
4 G 18 $715,319,707 99,626,697 7.34%
5 Not Rated 264 $98,967,911 13,783,701 1.01%
6 NC-17 2 $51,710 7,201 0.00%

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