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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 2001

RankMovieGenreMPAA2001 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure Documentary Not Rated $6,443,686 1,138,460 $8,174,143
2 Michael Jordan to the MAX Documentary Not Rated $4,293,965 758,651 $5,447,114
3 Galapagos Documentary Not Rated $3,450,715 609,667 $4,377,409
4 Island of the Sharks Documentary Not Rated $1,626,777 287,416 $2,063,647
5 N'sync: Bigger than Live Concert/Performance Not Rated $1,568,695 277,155 $1,989,973
6 Startup.com Documentary R $1,280,975 226,321 $1,624,985
7 The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition Documentary G $1,272,156 224,763 $1,613,798
8 Extreme Documentary Not Rated $1,258,235 222,303 $1,596,136
9 All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! Concert/Performance Not Rated $995,122 175,817 $1,262,366
10 Encounter in the Third Dimension Drama Not Rated $986,047 174,213 $1,250,849
11 Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun Documentary G $541,026 95,588 $686,322
12 I'm the One That I Want Concert/Performance Not Rated $525,911 92,917 $667,144
13 Trembling Before G-D Documentary Not Rated $265,772 46,956 $337,144
14 Calle 54 Documentary G $122,908 21,715 $155,914
15 Africa's Elephant Kingdom Documentary Not Rated $118,955 21,017 $150,902
16 Chop Suey Documentary Not Rated $76,902 13,587 $97,555
17 Live Nude Girls Unite Documentary Not Rated $25,741 4,548 $32,655
18 The Girl Next Door Documentary R $16,221 2,866 $20,578
19 Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible Documentary PG $15,953 2,819 $20,240
20 The Art of Amália Documentary Not Rated $12,164 2,149 $15,430
21 The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack Documentary PG-13 $10,325 1,824 $13,096
22 Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope Documentary Not Rated $8,285 1,464 $10,512
23 Benjamin Smoke Documentary Not Rated $578 102 $732
Total Gross of All Movies$24,917,114
Total Tickets Sold4,402,318
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$31,608,643

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2001. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2001. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2000 will most likely earn money in 2000 and 2001. 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.