Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 2002

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2002 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$29,820,971	5,132,697	$40,496,979
2	Martin Lawrence Live: RunTelDat	Concert/Performance	R	$19,184,015	3,301,896	$26,051,959
3	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,933,791	2,914,594	$22,996,147
4	Bowling for Columbine	Documentary	R	$15,203,743	2,616,823	$20,646,733
5	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,086,514	1,736,061	$13,697,521
6	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,235,633	1,245,376	$9,826,017
7	ESPN's Ultimate X - The Movie	Documentary	PG	$4,197,175	722,405	$5,699,775
8	Comedian	Documentary	R	$2,744,253	472,333	$3,726,707
9	Rivers and Tides	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,200,276	378,705	$2,987,982
10	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,842,841	317,184	$2,502,582
11	The Kid Stays in the Picture	Documentary	R	$1,434,436	246,891	$1,947,970
12	Dogtown and Z-Boys	Documentary	PG-13	$1,293,295	222,598	$1,756,298
13	Standing in the Shadows of Motown	Documentary	PG	$1,234,246	212,435	$1,676,112
14	The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition	Documentary	G	$1,180,410	203,169	$1,603,003
15	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$1,138,659	195,983	$1,546,306
16	Notorious C.H.O.	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$1,031,495	177,538	$1,400,775
17	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$543,869	93,609	$738,575
18	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$523,067	90,029	$710,329
19	Trembling Before G-D	Documentary	Not Rated	$497,983	85,711	$676,260
20	The Trials of Henry Kissinger	Documentary	Not Rated	$340,078	58,533	$461,825
21	Sex with Strangers	Documentary	Not Rated	$247,740	42,640	$336,430
22	N'sync: Bigger than Live	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$239,984	41,305	$325,896
23	Hybrid	Documentary	Not Rated	$150,570	25,916	$204,477
24	Chop Suey	Documentary	Not Rated	$103,012	17,730	$139,890
25	Island of the Sharks	Documentary	Not Rated	$86,247	14,845	$117,127
26	Biggie and Tupac	Documentary	R	$54,834	9,438	$74,466
27	Shanghai Ghetto	Documentary	Not Rated	$29,115	5,011	$39,537
28	Ayurveda: Art of Being	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,892	2,907	$22,936
29	ABC Africa	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,886	1,529	$12,064
Total Gross of All Movies				$119,604,030
Total Tickets Sold					20,585,891
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$162,422,680

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2002. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2002. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2001 will most likely earn money in 2001 and 2002. 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.