Box Office Performance for Factual 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	The Original Kings of Comedy	Concert/Performance	R	$38,168,022	7,081,266	$50,843,490
3	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Documentary	Not Rated	$14,348,353	2,662,032	$19,113,390
4	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,763,963	1,440,438	$10,342,345
5	Island of the Sharks	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,738,806	693,656	$4,980,450
6	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,661,258	679,269	$4,877,151
7	Genghis Blues	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,566,568	661,701	$4,751,013
8	Ride (2000)	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,176,650	589,360	$4,231,605
9	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	Documentary	PG	$3,053,163	566,450	$4,067,111
10	Wolves	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,509,093	465,509	$3,342,355
11	Everest	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,237,051	415,037	$2,979,966
12	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,197,561	407,711	$2,927,365
13	Beyond the Mat	Documentary	R	$2,038,038	378,115	$2,714,866
14	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Documentary	PG	$1,703,901	316,123	$2,269,763
15	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$1,499,329	278,169	$1,997,253
16	Backstage	Documentary	R	$1,184,727	219,801	$1,578,171
17	The Eyes of Tammy Faye	Documentary	PG-13	$1,025,234	190,210	$1,365,708
18	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$884,748	164,146	$1,178,568
19	American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	Documentary	R	$700,889	130,035	$933,651
20	I'm the One That I Want	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$679,695	126,103	$905,420
21	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$656,572	121,813	$874,617
22	The Filth and the Fury	Documentary	R	$606,643	112,550	$808,109
23	Wildfire: Feel The Heat	Documentary	Not Rated	$527,705	97,904	$702,951
24	The Girl Next Door	Documentary	R	$496,774	92,166	$661,752
25	Bittersweet Motel	Documentary	Not Rated	$380,927	70,673	$507,432
26	Into the Arms of Strangers	Documentary	PG	$374,555	69,491	$498,945
27	American Pimp	Documentary	R	$287,724	53,381	$383,276
28	42: Forty Two Up	Documentary	Not Rated	$286,104	53,081	$381,122
29	Sex: The Annabel Chong Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$233,076	43,242	$310,478
30	The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack	Documentary	PG-13	$211,568	39,252	$281,829
31	Better Living Through Circuitry	Documentary	Not Rated	$80,739	14,979	$107,549
32	Buena Vista Social Club	Documentary	G	$79,126	14,680	$105,402
33	My Best Fiend	Documentary	PG-13	$64,660	11,996	$86,131
34	Calle 54	Documentary	G	$60,232	11,175	$80,237
35	Live Nude Girls Unite	Documentary	Not Rated	$58,965	10,940	$78,549
36	Barenaked in America	Documentary	Not Rated	$45,170	8,380	$60,168
37	Benjamin Smoke	Documentary	Not Rated	$36,229	6,722	$48,264
38	The Children of Chabannes	Documentary	Not Rated	$33,413	6,199	$44,509
39	The Art of Am�lia	Documentary	Not Rated	$14,445	2,680	$19,242
40	Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,851	1,271	$9,126
Total Gross of All Movies				$152,678,527
Total Tickets Sold					28,326,259
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$203,382,540

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.