Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Fahrenheit 9/11	Documentary	R	$119,078,393	19,175,265	$137,678,403
2	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Documentary	PG	$19,558,397	3,149,500	$22,613,410
3	Super Size Me	Documentary	PG-13	$11,529,368	1,856,581	$13,330,252
4	What the #$'! Do We Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,091,903	1,625,105	$11,668,254
5	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,598,551	1,545,660	$11,097,839
6	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,528,407	1,534,365	$11,016,741
7	To Be and To Have	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,065,318	1,137,732	$8,168,916
8	Touching the Void	Documentary	R	$4,581,222	737,717	$5,296,808
9	The Fog of War	Documentary	PG-13	$3,917,516	630,840	$4,529,431
10	Control Room	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,586,511	416,507	$2,990,520
11	My Architect	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,382,942	383,727	$2,755,160
12	Riding Giants	Documentary	PG-13	$2,276,368	366,565	$2,631,937
13	The Corporation	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,879,301	302,625	$2,172,848
14	The Story of the Weeping Camel	Documentary	PG	$1,742,832	280,649	$2,015,060
15	Ghosts of the Abyss	Documentary	G	$1,322,679	212,992	$1,529,283
16	Metallica: Some Kind of Monster	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,222,708	196,893	$1,413,692
17	Fade to Black	Documentary	R	$728,802	117,359	$842,638
18	Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry	Documentary	PG-13	$613,252	98,752	$709,039
19	Tarnation	Documentary	Not Rated	$478,112	76,991	$552,795
20	Outfoxed - Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism	Documentary	Not Rated	$405,900	65,362	$469,299
21	Still, We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie	Documentary	Not Rated	$395,362	63,665	$457,115
22	End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones	Documentary	Not Rated	$391,950	63,116	$453,173
23	The Hunting of the President	Documentary	Not Rated	$376,552	60,636	$435,366
24	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Documentary	Not Rated	$341,493	54,991	$394,835
25	America's Heart and Soul	Documentary	Not Rated	$314,000	50,564	$363,050
26	Bukowski: Born Into This	Documentary	R	$311,431	50,150	$360,077
27	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$305,814	49,245	$353,579
28	Mayor of Sunset Strip	Documentary	Not Rated	$257,315	41,436	$297,510
29	This Old Cub	Documentary	Not Rated	$253,531	40,826	$293,131
30	The Agronomist	Documentary	PG-13	$226,189	36,423	$261,517
31	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Documentary	Not Rated	$202,592	32,624	$234,240
32	Imelda	Documentary	Not Rated	$200,752	32,327	$232,108
33	Yes Men	Documentary	R	$198,975	32,041	$230,054
34	Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War	Documentary	Not Rated	$190,424	30,664	$220,168
35	Lost Boys of Sudan	Documentary	Not Rated	$182,839	29,443	$211,401
36	Bush's Brain	Documentary	PG-13	$176,610	28,440	$204,199
37	The Five Obstructions	Documentary	Not Rated	$150,966	24,310	$174,546
38	Lightning in a Bottle	Documentary	PG-13	$136,367	21,959	$157,666
39	Dig	Documentary	Not Rated	$127,067	20,462	$146,917
40	Howard Zinn	Documentary	Not Rated	$116,230	18,717	$134,388
41	In the Face of Evil	Documentary	PG-13	$110,577	17,806	$127,847
42	Yves St. Laurent	Documentary	Not Rated	$97,092	15,635	$112,259
43	Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer	Documentary	Not Rated	$94,848	15,273	$109,660
44	Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer	Documentary	R	$85,992	13,847	$99,421
45	Word Wars	Documentary	Not Rated	$76,481	12,316	$88,429
46	Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst	Documentary	Not Rated	$72,933	11,744	$84,322
47	In the Realms of the Unreal	Documentary	Not Rated	$70,465	11,347	$81,471
48	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Documentary	Not Rated	$69,084	11,125	$79,878
49	Weather Underground	Documentary	Not Rated	$63,755	10,267	$73,717
50	Bright Leaves	Documentary	Not Rated	$62,473	10,060	$72,231
51	Proteus	Documentary	R	$61,858	9,961	$71,520
52	Voices From Iraq	Documentary	Not Rated	$57,102	9,195	$66,020
53	Divan	Documentary	Not Rated	$56,214	9,052	$64,993
54	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	Documentary	R	$55,045	8,864	$63,644
55	Hiding and Seeking	Documentary	Not Rated	$51,091	8,227	$59,070
56	Bus 174	Documentary	R	$48,818	7,861	$56,442
57	This So-Called Disaster	Documentary	Not Rated	$45,195	7,278	$52,256
58	Paperclips	Documentary	G	$42,311	6,813	$48,917
59	Tom Dowd and the Language of Music	Documentary	Not Rated	$40,238	6,480	$46,526
60	Power Trip	Documentary	Not Rated	$38,593	6,215	$44,624
61	Tying the Knot	Documentary	Not Rated	$37,464	6,033	$43,317
62	Incident at Loch Ness	Documentary	PG-13	$36,830	5,931	$42,585
63	Beyond the Gates of Splendor	Documentary	PG-13	$36,412	5,863	$42,096
64	Maestro	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,315	4,076	$29,266
65	Bonhoeffer	Documentary	Not Rated	$24,944	4,017	$28,842
66	WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception	Documentary	Not Rated	$21,841	3,517	$25,252
67	S21: The Khmer Rouge Death Machine	Documentary	Not Rated	$21,678	3,491	$25,065
68	Orwell Rolls in His Grave	Documentary	Not Rated	$19,257	3,101	$22,265
69	Faster	Documentary	PG-13	$16,265	2,619	$18,804
70	People Say I'm Crazy	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,679	2,525	$18,130
71	American Storytellers	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,642	2,519	$18,086
72	A Letter to True	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,835	2,228	$15,997
73	Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,255	1,812	$13,010
74	Let's Get Frank	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,385	1,511	$10,849
75	Girlhood	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,060	1,459	$10,476
76	Cuba: Island of Music	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,806	1,418	$10,181
77	I'll Sing for You	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,798	1,417	$10,174
78	With All Deliberate Speed	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,920	792	$5,687
79	Brothers in Arms	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,270	527	$3,784
80	Venus Boyz	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,230	520	$3,734
81	The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,668	430	$3,087
82	Moog	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,227	359	$2,578
83	Still, the Children are Here	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,210	356	$2,556
84	Saints and Sinners	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,167	349	$2,506
85	Jesus, You Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$604	97	$696
Total Gross of All Movies				$217,098,868
Total Tickets Sold					34,959,559
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$251,009,634

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2004. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2004. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2003 will most likely earn money in 2003 and 2004. 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.