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	$15,713,110	2,605,823	$17,928,062
2	Ghosts of the Abyss	Documentary	G	$15,283,482	2,534,574	$17,437,869
3	Winged Migration	Documentary	G	$10,762,178	1,784,772	$12,279,231
4	Tupac Resurrection	Documentary	R	$7,718,961	1,280,093	$8,807,040
5	Spellbound (2003)	Documentary	G	$5,728,581	950,013	$6,536,089
6	Bowling for Columbine	Documentary	R	$5,545,141	919,592	$6,326,793
7	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,374,388	725,437	$4,991,007
8	The Real Cancun	Documentary	R	$3,816,594	632,934	$4,354,586
9	Step Into Liquid	Documentary	PG	$3,681,803	610,581	$4,200,797
10	Capturing the Friedmans	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,117,985	517,079	$3,557,504
11	DysFunkTional Family	Concert/Performance	R	$2,255,000	373,964	$2,572,872
12	Rivers and Tides	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,198,237	364,550	$2,508,104
13	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,874,005	310,780	$2,138,166
14	Lost in La Mancha	Documentary	R	$727,733	120,685	$830,313
15	Shanghai Ghetto	Documentary	Not Rated	$683,331	113,322	$779,655
16	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$620,689	102,933	$708,179
17	To Be and To Have	Documentary	Not Rated	$545,153	90,407	$622,000
18	Weather Underground	Documentary	Not Rated	$500,877	83,064	$571,480
19	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$482,900	80,083	$550,971
20	Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony	Documentary	PG-13	$398,981	66,166	$455,222
21	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$391,051	64,851	$446,175
22	Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary	Documentary	PG	$376,886	62,502	$430,014
23	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Documentary	Not Rated	$375,249	62,230	$428,142
24	My Architect	Documentary	Not Rated	$366,039	60,703	$417,637
25	Standing in the Shadows of Motown	Documentary	PG	$284,720	47,217	$324,853
26	The Fog of War	Documentary	PG-13	$276,427	45,842	$315,393
27	Bonhoeffer	Documentary		$271,237	44,981	$309,469
28	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$265,482	44,027	$302,906
29	The Girl Next Door	Documentary	R	$256,477	42,533	$292,627
30	Bus 174	Documentary	R	$167,340	27,751	$190,927
31	Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns	Documentary		$160,621	26,637	$183,263
32	Billabong Odyssey	Documentary	PG	$155,500	25,788	$177,421
33	Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator		R	$131,712	21,843	$150,280
34	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$121,923	20,219	$139,107
35	Fellini: I�m a Born Liar (Fellini: Sono un Gran Bugiardo)	Documentary		$106,080	17,592	$121,033
36	Stevie	Documentary	R	$97,044	16,094	$110,727
37	Only the Strong Survive	Documentary	PG-13	$57,322	9,506	$65,401
38	A Decade Under the Influence	Documentary	R	$34,514	5,724	$39,381
39	Girlhood	Documentary		$28,767	4,771	$32,824
40	Beyond Vanilla	Documentary		$27,396	4,543	$31,256
41	7th Street	Documentary		$15,629	2,592	$17,833
42	Venus Boyz	Documentary		$15,171	2,516	$17,310
43	Hybrid	Documentary	R	$12,035	1,996	$13,732
44	Cinemania	Documentary		$11,305	1,875	$12,900
45	American Storytellers	Documentary		$7,736	1,283	$8,827
46	The Backyard	Documentary		$3,200	531	$3,653
47	The Ballad of Bering Strait	Documentary		$1,440	239	$1,644
Total Gross of All Movies				$90,047,432
Total Tickets Sold					14,933,238
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$102,740,677

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.