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	$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	DysFunkTional Family	Concert/Performance	R	$2,255,000	373,964	$2,685,062
12	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,874,005	310,780	$2,231,400
13	Lost in La Mancha	Documentary	R	$727,733	120,685	$866,518
14	Shanghai Ghetto	Documentary	Not Rated	$682,483	113,181	$812,640
15	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$620,689	102,933	$739,059
16	To Be and To Have	Documentary	Not Rated	$545,153	90,407	$649,122
17	Weather Underground	Documentary	Not Rated	$500,877	83,064	$596,400
18	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$482,900	80,083	$574,996
19	Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony	Documentary	PG-13	$398,981	66,166	$475,072
20	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$391,051	64,851	$465,630
21	Standing in the Shadows of Motown	Documentary	PG	$381,486	63,265	$454,243
22	Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary	Documentary	PG	$376,886	62,502	$448,764
23	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Documentary	Not Rated	$375,249	62,230	$446,811
24	My Architect	Documentary	Not Rated	$366,039	60,703	$435,848
25	The Fog of War	Documentary	PG-13	$276,427	45,842	$329,146
26	Bonhoeffer	Documentary	Not Rated	$271,237	44,981	$322,964
27	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$270,782	44,906	$322,425
28	The Girl Next Door	Documentary	R	$256,477	42,533	$305,387
29	The Trials of Henry Kissinger	Documentary	Not Rated	$175,600	29,121	$209,089
30	Bus 174	Documentary	R	$167,340	27,751	$199,252
31	Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns	Documentary	Not Rated	$160,621	26,637	$191,254
32	Billabong Odyssey	Documentary	PG	$155,500	25,788	$185,158
33	Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator		R	$131,712	21,843	$156,833
34	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$121,923	20,219	$145,172
35	Fellini: I�m a Born Liar (Fellini: Sono un Gran Bugiardo)	Documentary	Not Rated	$106,080	17,592	$126,311
36	Stevie	Documentary	R	$97,044	16,094	$115,555
37	Only the Strong Survive	Documentary	PG-13	$57,322	9,506	$68,253
38	A Decade Under the Influence	Documentary	R	$34,514	5,724	$41,098
39	Girlhood	Documentary	Not Rated	$28,767	4,771	$34,256
40	Beyond Vanilla	Documentary	Not Rated	$27,396	4,543	$32,619
41	7th Street	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,629	2,592	$18,611
42	Venus Boyz	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,171	2,516	$18,065
43	Hybrid	Documentary	R	$12,035	1,996	$14,331
44	Cinemania	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,305	1,875	$13,463
45	American Storytellers	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,736	1,283	$9,212
46	The Backyard	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,200	531	$3,813
47	The Ballad of Bering Strait	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,440	239	$1,716
Total Gross of All Movies				$89,571,633
Total Tickets Sold					14,854,334
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$106,654,118

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.