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 |
$71,933,211 |
| 2 |
Michael Jordan to the MAX
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$14,348,353 |
2,662,032 |
$19,113,390 |
| 3 |
Galapagos
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$7,763,963 |
1,440,438 |
$10,342,345 |
| 4 |
Island of the Sharks
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$3,738,806 |
693,656 |
$4,980,450 |
| 5 |
Extreme
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$3,661,258 |
679,269 |
$4,877,151 |
| 6 |
Genghis Blues
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$3,566,568 |
661,701 |
$4,751,013 |
| 7 |
Ride (2000)
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$3,176,650 |
589,360 |
$4,231,605 |
| 8 |
Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$3,053,163 |
566,450 |
$4,067,111 |
| 9 |
Wolves
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$2,509,093 |
465,509 |
$3,342,355 |
| 10 |
Everest
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$2,237,051 |
415,037 |
$2,979,966 |
| 11 |
Africa's Elephant Kingdom
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$2,197,561 |
407,711 |
$2,927,365 |
| 12 |
Beyond the Mat
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$2,038,038 |
378,115 |
$2,714,866 |
| 13 |
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$1,703,901 |
316,123 |
$2,269,763 |
| 14 |
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
|
Documentary
|
G
|
$1,499,329 |
278,169 |
$1,997,253 |
| 15 |
Backstage
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$1,184,727 |
219,801 |
$1,578,171 |
| 16 |
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$1,025,234 |
190,210 |
$1,365,708 |
| 17 |
American Movie: The Making of Northwestern
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$700,889 |
130,035 |
$933,651 |
| 18 |
Mark Twain's America 3D
|
Documentary
|
G
|
$656,572 |
121,813 |
$874,617 |
| 19 |
The Filth and the Fury
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$606,643 |
112,550 |
$808,109 |
| 20 |
Wildfire: Feel The Heat
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$527,705 |
97,904 |
$702,951 |
| 21 |
The Girl Next Door
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$496,774 |
92,166 |
$661,752 |
| 22 |
Bittersweet Motel
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$380,927 |
70,673 |
$507,432 |
| 23 |
Into the Arms of Strangers
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$374,555 |
69,491 |
$498,945 |
| 24 |
American Pimp
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$287,724 |
53,381 |
$383,276 |
| 25 |
42: Forty Two Up
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$286,104 |
53,081 |
$381,122 |
| 26 |
Sex: The Annabel Chong Story
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$233,076 |
43,242 |
$310,478 |
| 27 |
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$211,568 |
39,252 |
$281,829 |
| 28 |
Better Living Through Circuitry
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$80,739 |
14,979 |
$107,549 |
| 29 |
Buena Vista Social Club
|
Documentary
|
G
|
$79,126 |
14,680 |
$105,402 |
| 30 |
My Best Fiend
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$64,660 |
11,996 |
$86,131 |
| 31 |
Calle 54
|
Documentary
|
G
|
$60,232 |
11,175 |
$80,237 |
| 32 |
Live Nude Girls Unite
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$58,965 |
10,940 |
$78,549 |
| 33 |
Barenaked in America
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$45,170 |
8,380 |
$60,168 |
| 34 |
Benjamin Smoke
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$36,229 |
6,722 |
$48,264 |
| 35 |
The Children of Chabannes
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$33,413 |
6,199 |
$44,509 |
| 36 |
The Art of Amália
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$14,445 |
2,680 |
$19,242 |
| 37 |
Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$6,851 |
1,271 |
$9,126 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $112,946,062 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 20,954,744 |
| Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices | $150,455,062 |
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.
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