Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2001

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Theatrical Distributor	MPAA Rating	2001 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	2/9/2001	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Not Rated	$6,443,686	1,138,460
2	Michael Jordan to the MAX	5/5/2000	Giant Screen Films	Not Rated	$4,293,965	758,651
3	Galapagos	10/29/1999	IMAX Films	Not Rated	$3,450,715	609,667
4	Island of the Sharks	4/30/1999	IMAX Films	Not Rated	$1,626,777	287,416
5	Startup.com	5/11/2001	Artisan	R	$1,280,975	226,321
6	The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition	10/5/2001	Cowboy Pictures	G	$1,272,156	224,763
7	Extreme	3/23/1999	IMAX Films	Not Rated	$1,258,235	222,303
8	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	7/11/1997	Sony Pictures Classics	G	$541,026	95,588
9	Trembling Before G-D	10/26/2001	New Yorker	Not Rated	$265,772	46,956
10	Calle 54	10/20/2000	Miramax	G	$122,908	21,715
11	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	5/8/1998	Discovery/IMAX	Not Rated	$118,955	21,017
12	Chop Suey	10/5/2001	Zeitgeist	Not Rated	$76,902	13,587
13	Live Nude Girls Unite	10/6/2000		Not Rated	$25,741	4,548
14	The Girl Next Door	4/14/2000	Indican Pictures	R	$16,221	2,866
15	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	10/1/1999	IMAX Films	PG	$15,953	2,819
16	The Art of Am�lia	12/8/2000	Avatar	Not Rated	$12,164	2,149
17	The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack	8/16/2000		PG-13	$10,325	1,824
18	Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope	9/7/2001	Artistic License	Not Rated	$8,285	1,464
19	Benjamin Smoke	7/21/2000	Cowboy Pictures	Not Rated	$578	102
Total Gross of All Movies					$20,841,339
Total Tickets Sold						3,682,216

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 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.