Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2003

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2003 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,352,556	2,711,867	$19,471,205
2	Ghosts of the Abyss	Documentary	G	$15,283,482	2,534,574	$18,198,241
3	Winged Migration	Documentary	G	$10,762,178	1,784,772	$12,814,663
4	Tupac Resurrection	Documentary	R	$7,707,563	1,278,203	$9,177,498
5	Bowling for Columbine	Documentary	R	$6,372,215	1,056,752	$7,587,479
6	Spellbound (2003)	Documentary	G	$5,728,431	949,989	$6,820,921
7	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,374,388	725,437	$5,208,638
8	The Real Cancun	Documentary	R	$3,816,594	632,934	$4,544,466
9	Step Into Liquid	Documentary	PG	$3,672,451	609,030	$4,372,835
10	Capturing the Friedmans	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,117,985	517,079	$3,712,627
11	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,874,005	310,780	$2,231,400
12	Lost in La Mancha	Documentary	R	$727,733	120,685	$866,518
13	Shanghai Ghetto	Documentary	Not Rated	$682,483	113,181	$812,640
14	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$620,689	102,933	$739,059
15	To Be and To Have	Documentary	Not Rated	$545,153	90,407	$649,122
16	Weather Underground	Documentary	Not Rated	$500,877	83,064	$596,400
17	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$482,900	80,083	$574,996
18	Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony	Documentary	PG-13	$398,981	66,166	$475,072
19	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$391,051	64,851	$465,630
20	Standing in the Shadows of Motown	Documentary	PG	$381,486	63,265	$454,243
21	Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary	Documentary	PG	$376,886	62,502	$448,764
22	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Documentary	Not Rated	$375,249	62,230	$446,811
23	My Architect	Documentary	Not Rated	$366,039	60,703	$435,848
24	The Fog of War	Documentary	PG-13	$276,427	45,842	$329,146
25	Bonhoeffer	Documentary	Not Rated	$271,237	44,981	$322,964
26	The Girl Next Door	Documentary	R	$256,477	42,533	$305,387
27	The Trials of Henry Kissinger	Documentary	Not Rated	$175,600	29,121	$209,089
28	Bus 174	Documentary	R	$167,340	27,751	$199,252
29	Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns	Documentary	Not Rated	$160,621	26,637	$191,254
30	Billabong Odyssey	Documentary	PG	$155,500	25,788	$185,158
31	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$121,923	20,219	$145,172
32	Fellini: I�m a Born Liar (Fellini: Sono un Gran Bugiardo)	Documentary	Not Rated	$106,080	17,592	$126,311
33	Stevie	Documentary	R	$97,044	16,094	$115,555
34	Only the Strong Survive	Documentary	PG-13	$57,322	9,506	$68,253
35	A Decade Under the Influence	Documentary	R	$34,514	5,724	$41,098
36	Girlhood	Documentary	Not Rated	$28,767	4,771	$34,256
37	Beyond Vanilla	Documentary	Not Rated	$27,396	4,543	$32,619
38	7th Street	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,629	2,592	$18,611
39	Venus Boyz	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,171	2,516	$18,065
40	Hybrid	Documentary	R	$12,035	1,996	$14,331
41	Cinemania	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,305	1,875	$13,463
42	American Storytellers	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,736	1,283	$9,212
43	The Backyard	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,200	531	$3,813
44	The Ballad of Bering Strait	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,440	239	$1,716
Total Gross of All Movies				$86,914,139
Total Tickets Sold					14,413,621
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$103,489,799

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2003. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2003. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2002 will most likely earn money in 2002 and 2003. 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.