Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2005

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2005 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	March of the Penguins	Documentary	G	$77,437,223	12,080,690	$83,115,147
2	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,154,655	1,272,177	$8,752,578
3	Mad Hot Ballroom	Documentary	PG	$8,117,961	1,266,453	$8,713,197
4	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,015,995	1,250,545	$8,603,750
5	Aliens of the Deep	Documentary	G	$7,538,256	1,176,015	$8,090,983
6	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,657,557	1,038,620	$7,145,706
7	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,006,150	936,997	$6,446,539
8	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,071,700	635,211	$4,370,252
9	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	Documentary	R	$3,375,072	526,532	$3,622,540
10	Rize	Documentary	PG-13	$3,278,611	511,484	$3,519,010
11	Grizzly Man	Documentary	R	$3,178,403	495,851	$3,411,455
12	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Documentary	G	$3,041,591	474,507	$3,264,608
13	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,757,946	430,257	$2,960,168
14	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,099,989	327,611	$2,253,964
15	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Documentary	PG	$1,991,838	310,739	$2,137,884
16	Murderball	Documentary	PG-13	$1,531,154	238,870	$1,643,426
17	Paperclips	Documentary	G	$1,079,433	168,398	$1,158,578
18	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$945,269	147,468	$1,014,580
19	What the #$'! Do We Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$849,898	132,589	$912,212
20	First Descent	Documentary	PG-13	$739,690	115,396	$793,924
21	Inside Deep Throat	Documentary	NC-17	$691,880	107,938	$742,613
22	Dust to Glory	Documentary	PG	$639,990	99,842	$686,913
23	Gunner Palace	Documentary	PG	$607,502	94,774	$652,045
24	Ghosts of the Abyss	Documentary	G	$487,507	76,054	$523,252
25	Ballets Russes	Documentary	Not Rated	$451,123	70,378	$484,201
26	In the Realms of the Unreal	Documentary	Not Rated	$343,243	53,548	$368,410
27	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Documentary	Not Rated	$312,141	48,696	$335,028
28	Watermarks	Documentary	Not Rated	$245,845	38,353	$263,869
29	Naked Fame	Documentary	Not Rated	$213,621	33,326	$229,283
30	Mondovino	Documentary	PG-13	$209,618	32,702	$224,990
31	My Date With Drew	Documentary	PG	$181,041	28,244	$194,319
32	New York Doll	Documentary	PG-13	$176,056	27,466	$188,966
33	The Untold story of Emmett Till	Documentary	Not Rated	$171,916	26,820	$184,522
34	Protocols of Zion	Documentary	Not Rated	$161,317	25,166	$173,142
35	Touch the Sound	Documentary	Not Rated	$136,047	21,224	$146,021
36	Deep Blue	Documentary	G	$129,854	20,258	$139,375
37	Music from the Inside Out	Documentary	Not Rated	$124,693	19,453	$133,837
38	Tarnation	Documentary	Not Rated	$113,902	17,769	$122,251
39	Darwin's Nightmare	Documentary	Not Rated	$97,614	15,228	$104,769
40	Gay Sex in the 70's	Documentary	Not Rated	$85,625	13,358	$91,903
41	The Future of Food	Documentary	Not Rated	$81,280	12,680	$87,238
42	The Nomi Song	Documentary	Not Rated	$74,216	11,578	$79,657
43	Searching for Wrong-Eyed Jesus	Documentary	Not Rated	$70,308	10,968	$75,460
44	Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire	Documentary	Not Rated	$68,249	10,647	$73,251
45	Lightning in a Bottle	Documentary	PG-13	$65,207	10,173	$69,990
46	Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes van Zandt	Documentary		$62,109	9,689	$66,660
47	Rock School	Documentary	R	$58,241	9,086	$62,512
48	The Boys of Baraka	Documentary	R	$47,542	7,417	$51,029
49	William Eggleston in the Real World	Documentary	Not Rated	$44,435	6,932	$47,692
50	A State of Mind	Documentary	Not Rated	$41,468	6,469	$44,507
51	The Goebbels Experiment	Documentary	Not Rated	$40,811	6,367	$43,805
52	Tell Them Who You Are	Documentary	R	$39,075	6,096	$41,940
53	After Innocence	Documentary	Not Rated	$36,004	5,617	$38,645
54	The Year of Yao	Documentary	PG	$34,699	5,413	$37,241
55	Reel Paradise	Documentary	R	$29,720	4,637	$31,903
56	Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst	Documentary	Not Rated	$28,506	4,447	$30,595
57	Lipstick & Dynamite	Documentary	Not Rated	$26,073	4,068	$27,988
58	39 Pounds of Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,467	3,973	$27,334
59	Emmanuel's Gift	Documentary	G	$23,578	3,678	$25,305
60	Three of Hearts	Documentary	R	$21,429	3,343	$23,000
61	Voices in Wartime	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,702	3,230	$22,222
62	Zizek!	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,117	3,138	$21,589
63	A League of Ordinary Gentlemen	Documentary	R	$18,326	2,859	$19,670
64	Genesis	Documentary	G	$16,413	2,561	$17,620
65	The 3 Rooms of Melancholia	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,080	2,509	$17,262
66	The Last Mogul: Life and Times of Lew Wasserman	Documentary	PG-13	$15,655	2,442	$16,801
67	One Bright Shining Moment	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,504	2,419	$16,643
68	Bright Leaves	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,415	2,405	$16,546
69	Up For Grabs	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,931	2,173	$14,950
70	Wall	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,913	2,171	$14,936
71	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Documentary		$12,087	1,886	$12,976
72	Sunset Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,802	1,373	$9,446
73	Twist of Faith	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,129	1,268	$8,724
74	Writer of O	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,127	1,268	$8,724
75	Occupation: Dreamland	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,018	1,251	$8,607
76	A Decent Factory	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,395	998	$6,866
77	Aristide and the Endless Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,226	971	$6,680
78	The Grace Lee Project	Documentary		$5,965	931	$6,405
79	WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,460	852	$5,862
80	Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,930	769	$5,291
81	Sacred Stage	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,410	688	$4,733
82	McLibel	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,337	677	$4,658
83	Howard Zinn	Documentary		$4,020	627	$4,314
84	Swenkas	Documentary		$3,875	605	$4,162
85	Two by Scorsese	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,845	600	$4,128
86	The Aggressives	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,769	588	$4,045
87	This Divided State	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,724	581	$3,997
88	Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,238	505	$3,474
89	Stolen Childhoods	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,996	467	$3,213
90	The Optimists	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,377	371	$2,552
91	With God on Our Side	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,806	282	$1,940
92	Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer	Documentary		$1,790	279	$1,920
93	Making Grace	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,496	233	$1,603
94	Monumental: David Broners Fight for Wild America	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,430	223	$1,534
95	Return to the Land of Wonders	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,338	209	$1,438
96	The Letter: An American Town and the 'Somali Invasion'	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,058	165	$1,135
97	Proteus	Documentary	R	$815	127	$874
Total Gross of All Movies				$157,653,862
Total Tickets Sold					24,594,986
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$169,213,504

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2005. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2005. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2004 will most likely earn money in 2004 and 2005. 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.