Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2000

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2000 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Documentary	Not Rated	$14,348,353	2,662,032	$18,314,780
2	Mysteries of Egypt	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,340,620	2,475,069	$17,028,475
3	Everest	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,968,230	2,405,980	$16,553,142
4	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,763,963	1,440,438	$9,910,213
5	Island of the Sharks	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,738,806	693,656	$4,772,353
6	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,661,258	679,269	$4,673,371
7	Genghis Blues	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,566,568	661,701	$4,552,503
8	Ride (2000)	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,176,650	589,360	$4,054,797
9	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	Documentary	PG	$3,053,163	566,450	$3,897,176
10	Wolves	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,509,093	465,509	$3,202,702
11	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,197,561	407,711	$2,805,052
12	Beyond the Mat	Documentary	R	$2,038,038	378,115	$2,601,431
13	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Documentary	PG	$1,703,901	316,123	$2,174,926
14	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$1,499,329	278,169	$1,913,803
15	Backstage	Documentary	R	$1,184,727	219,801	$1,512,231
16	The Eyes of Tammy Faye	Documentary	PG-13	$1,029,591	191,019	$1,314,211
17	Wildfire: Feel The Heat	Documentary	Not Rated	$865,458	160,567	$1,104,701
18	American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	Documentary	R	$700,889	130,035	$894,641
19	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$656,572	121,813	$838,073
20	The Filth and the Fury	Documentary	R	$612,192	113,579	$781,424
21	The Girl Next Door	Documentary	R	$496,774	92,166	$634,102
22	Bittersweet Motel	Documentary		$380,927	70,673	$486,230
23	Into the Arms of Strangers	Documentary	PG	$374,555	69,491	$478,098
24	American Pimp	Documentary	R	$287,724	53,381	$367,261
25	42: Forty Two Up	Documentary		$286,104	53,081	$365,197
26	Sex: The Annabel Chong Story	Documentary		$233,076	43,242	$297,505
27	The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack	Documentary	PG-13	$211,568	39,252	$270,054
28	Better Living Through Circuitry	Documentary		$80,739	14,979	$103,056
29	Buena Vista Social Club	Documentary	G	$79,126	14,680	$100,998
30	My Best Fiend	Documentary	PG-13	$64,660	11,996	$82,532
31	Calle 54	Documentary		$60,232	11,175	$76,884
32	Live Nude Girls Unite	Documentary		$58,965	10,940	$75,267
33	Barenaked in America	Documentary		$45,170	8,380	$57,654
34	Benjamin Smoke	Documentary		$36,229	6,722	$46,247
35	The Children of Chabannes	Documentary		$33,413	6,199	$42,649
36	The Art of Amália	Documentary		$14,445	2,680	$18,438
37	Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street	Documentary		$6,851	1,271	$8,744
Total Gross of All Movies				$83,365,520
Total Tickets Sold					15,466,704
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$106,410,924

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.