Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2000

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Theatrical Distributor	MPAA Rating	2000 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	Dolphins	10/20/2000	MacGillivray Freeman Films	Not Rated	$54,000,000	10,018,553
2	Michael Jordan to the MAX	5/5/2000	Giant Screen Films	Not Rated	$14,348,353	2,662,032
3	Galapagos	10/29/1999	IMAX Films	Not Rated	$7,763,963	1,440,438
4	Island of the Sharks	4/30/1999	IMAX Films	Not Rated	$3,738,806	693,656
5	Extreme	3/23/1999	IMAX Films	Not Rated	$3,661,258	679,269
6	Genghis Blues	7/9/1999	Roxie Releasing	Not Rated	$3,566,568	661,701
7	Ride (2000)	10/8/2000	Miramax	Not Rated	$3,176,650	589,360
8	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	10/1/1999	IMAX Films	PG	$3,053,163	566,450
9	Wolves	2/26/1999	Primesco	Not Rated	$2,509,093	465,509
10	Everest	3/6/1998	MacGillivray Freeman Films	PG-13	$2,237,051	415,037
11	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	5/8/1998	Discovery/IMAX	Not Rated	$2,197,561	407,711
12	Beyond the Mat	10/22/1999	Universal	R	$2,038,038	378,115
13	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	1/12/2000	Cowboy Pictures	PG	$1,703,901	316,123
14	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	7/11/1997	Sony Pictures Classics	G	$1,499,329	278,169
15	Backstage	9/6/2000	Miramax	R	$1,184,727	219,801
16	The Eyes of Tammy Faye	7/21/2000	Lionsgate	PG-13	$1,025,234	190,210
17	American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	11/5/1999	Sony Pictures Classics	R	$700,889	130,035
18	Mark Twain's America 3D	7/3/1998	Sony Pictures Classics	G	$656,572	121,813
19	The Filth and the Fury	3/29/2000	Fine Line	R	$606,643	112,550
20	Wildfire: Feel The Heat	3/12/1999	Primesco	Not Rated	$527,705	97,904
21	The Girl Next Door	4/14/2000	Indican Pictures	R	$496,774	92,166
22	Bittersweet Motel	8/25/2000		Not Rated	$380,927	70,673
23	Into the Arms of Strangers	9/15/2000	Warner Bros.	PG	$374,555	69,491
24	American Pimp	6/9/2000	Seventh Art Releasing	R	$287,724	53,381
25	42: Forty Two Up	11/17/1999	First Run Features	Not Rated	$286,104	53,081
26	Sex: The Annabel Chong Story	2/11/2000		Not Rated	$233,076	43,242
27	The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack	8/16/2000		PG-13	$211,568	39,252
28	Better Living Through Circuitry	5/26/2000	Seventh Art Releasing	Not Rated	$80,739	14,979
29	Buena Vista Social Club	6/4/1999	Artisan	G	$79,126	14,680
30	Mein Liebster Feind	11/5/1999	New Yorker	PG-13	$64,660	11,996
31	Calle 54	10/20/2000	Miramax	G	$60,232	11,175
32	Live Nude Girls Unite	10/6/2000		Not Rated	$58,965	10,940
33	Barenaked in America	9/29/2000	Shooting Gallery	Not Rated	$45,170	8,380
34	Benjamin Smoke	7/21/2000	Cowboy Pictures	Not Rated	$36,229	6,722
35	The Children of Chabannes	6/9/2000	Castle Hill Productions	Not Rated	$33,413	6,199
36	The Art of Am�lia	12/8/2000	Avatar	Not Rated	$14,445	2,680
37	Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street	3/17/2000	Roxie Releasing	Not Rated	$6,851	1,271
Total Gross of All Movies					$112,946,062
Total Tickets Sold						20,954,744

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 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. 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.