Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2000

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2000 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Dolphins	Documentary	Not Rated	$54,000,000	10,018,553	$79,046,383
2	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Documentary	Not Rated	$14,348,353	2,662,032	$21,003,432
3	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,763,963	1,440,438	$11,365,056
4	Island of the Sharks	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,738,806	693,656	$5,472,946
5	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,661,258	679,269	$5,359,432
6	Genghis Blues	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,566,568	661,701	$5,220,821
7	Ride (2000)	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,176,650	589,360	$4,650,050
8	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	Documentary	PG	$3,053,163	566,450	$4,469,291
9	Wolves	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,509,093	465,509	$3,672,866
10	Everest	Documentary	PG-13	$2,237,051	415,037	$3,274,642
11	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,197,561	407,711	$3,216,840
12	Beyond the Mat	Documentary	R	$2,038,038	378,115	$2,983,327
13	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Documentary	PG	$1,703,901	316,123	$2,494,210
14	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$1,499,329	278,169	$2,194,753
15	Backstage	Documentary	R	$1,184,727	219,801	$1,734,230
16	The Eyes of Tammy Faye	Documentary	PG-13	$1,025,234	190,210	$1,500,757
17	American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	Documentary	R	$700,889	130,035	$1,025,976
18	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$656,572	121,813	$961,105
19	The Filth and the Fury	Documentary	R	$606,643	112,550	$888,020
20	Wildfire: Feel The Heat	Documentary	Not Rated	$527,705	97,904	$772,463
21	The Girl Next Door	Documentary	R	$496,774	92,166	$727,190
22	Bittersweet Motel	Documentary	Not Rated	$380,927	70,673	$557,610
23	Into the Arms of Strangers	Documentary	PG	$374,555	69,491	$548,284
24	American Pimp	Documentary	R	$287,724	53,381	$421,176
25	42: Forty Two Up	Documentary	Not Rated	$286,104	53,081	$418,809
26	Sex: The Annabel Chong Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$233,076	43,242	$341,179
27	The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack	Documentary	PG-13	$211,568	39,252	$309,698
28	Better Living Through Circuitry	Documentary	Not Rated	$80,739	14,979	$118,184
29	Buena Vista Social Club	Documentary	G	$79,126	14,680	$115,825
30	Mein Liebster Feind	Documentary	PG-13	$64,660	11,996	$94,648
31	Calle 54	Documentary	G	$60,232	11,175	$88,171
32	Live Nude Girls Unite	Documentary	Not Rated	$58,965	10,940	$86,317
33	Barenaked in America	Documentary	Not Rated	$45,170	8,380	$66,118
34	Benjamin Smoke	Documentary	Not Rated	$36,229	6,722	$53,037
35	The Children of Chabannes	Documentary	Not Rated	$33,413	6,199	$48,910
36	The Art of Am�lia	Documentary	Not Rated	$14,445	2,680	$21,145
37	Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,851	1,271	$10,028
Total Gross of All Movies				$112,946,062
Total Tickets Sold					20,954,744
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$165,332,930

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2000. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2000. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1999 will most likely earn money in 1999 and 2000. 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.