Box Office Performance for Factual 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 |
$21,396,631 |
| 2 |
Ghosts of the Abyss
|
Documentary
|
G
|
$15,283,482 |
2,534,574 |
$19,997,789 |
| 3 |
Winged Migration
|
Documentary
|
G
|
$10,762,178 |
1,784,772 |
$14,081,851 |
| 4 |
Tupac Resurrection
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$7,707,563 |
1,278,203 |
$10,085,022 |
| 5 |
Bowling for Columbine
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$6,372,215 |
1,056,752 |
$8,337,773 |
| 6 |
Spellbound
|
Documentary
|
G
|
$5,728,431 |
949,989 |
$7,495,413 |
| 7 |
Bugs!
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$4,374,388 |
725,437 |
$5,723,698 |
| 8 |
The Real Cancun
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$3,816,594 |
632,934 |
$4,993,849 |
| 9 |
Step Into Liquid
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$3,672,451 |
609,030 |
$4,805,247 |
| 10 |
Capturing the Friedmans
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$3,117,985 |
517,079 |
$4,079,753 |
| 11 |
DysFunkTional Family
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$2,255,000 |
373,964 |
$2,950,576 |
| 12 |
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$1,874,005 |
310,780 |
$2,452,054 |
| 13 |
Lost in La Mancha
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$727,733 |
120,685 |
$952,205 |
| 14 |
Shanghai Ghetto
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$682,483 |
113,181 |
$892,998 |
| 15 |
Mark Twain's America 3D
|
Documentary
|
G
|
$620,689 |
102,933 |
$812,141 |
| 16 |
To Be and To Have
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$545,153 |
90,407 |
$713,311 |
| 17 |
Weather Underground
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$500,877 |
83,064 |
$655,375 |
| 18 |
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
|
Documentary
|
G
|
$482,900 |
80,083 |
$631,855 |
| 19 |
Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$398,981 |
66,166 |
$522,050 |
| 20 |
Galapagos
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$391,051 |
64,851 |
$511,674 |
| 21 |
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$381,486 |
63,265 |
$499,161 |
| 22 |
Im Toten Winkel - Hitlers Sekretärin
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$376,886 |
62,502 |
$493,141 |
| 23 |
Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$375,249 |
62,230 |
$490,995 |
| 24 |
My Architect
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$366,039 |
60,703 |
$478,947 |
| 25 |
The Fog of War
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$276,427 |
45,842 |
$361,693 |
| 26 |
Bonhoeffer
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$271,237 |
44,981 |
$354,900 |
| 27 |
Encounter in the Third Dimension
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$270,782 |
44,906 |
$354,308 |
| 28 |
The Girl Next Door
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$256,477 |
42,533 |
$335,585 |
| 29 |
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$175,600 |
29,121 |
$229,765 |
| 30 |
Ônibus 174
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$167,340 |
27,751 |
$218,955 |
| 31 |
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$160,621 |
26,637 |
$210,166 |
| 32 |
Billabong Odyssey
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$155,500 |
25,788 |
$203,467 |
| 33 |
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
|
|
R
|
$131,712 |
21,843 |
$172,341 |
| 34 |
Extreme
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$121,923 |
20,219 |
$159,528 |
| 35 |
Fellini: I’m a Born Liar (Fellini: Sono un Gran Bugiardo)
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$106,080 |
17,592 |
$138,801 |
| 36 |
Stevie
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$97,044 |
16,094 |
$126,982 |
| 37 |
Only the Strong Survive
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$57,322 |
9,506 |
$75,002 |
| 38 |
A Decade Under the Influence
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$34,514 |
5,724 |
$45,162 |
| 39 |
Girlhood
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$28,767 |
4,771 |
$37,643 |
| 40 |
Beyond Vanilla
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$27,396 |
4,543 |
$35,844 |
| 41 |
7th Street
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$15,629 |
2,592 |
$20,451 |
| 42 |
Venus Boyz
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$15,171 |
2,516 |
$19,851 |
| 43 |
Hybrid
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$12,035 |
1,996 |
$15,748 |
| 44 |
Cinemania
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$11,305 |
1,875 |
$14,794 |
| 45 |
American Storytellers
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$7,736 |
1,283 |
$10,123 |
| 46 |
The Backyard
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$3,200 |
531 |
$4,190 |
| 47 |
The Ballad of Bering Strait
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$1,440 |
239 |
$1,886 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $89,571,633 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 14,854,334 |
| Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices | $117,200,695 |
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.
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