Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 2005

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2005 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	La marche de l'empereur	Documentary	G	$77,413,017	12,076,914	$95,286,851
2	Sharks 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,500,000	1,326,053	$10,462,558
3	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,157,018	1,272,546	$10,040,388
4	Mad Hot Ballroom	Documentary	PG	$8,045,515	1,255,151	$9,903,141
5	Aliens of the Deep	Documentary	G	$7,541,784	1,176,565	$9,283,098
6	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,657,557	1,038,620	$8,194,712
7	The Aristocrats	Comedy	Not Rated	$6,361,592	992,448	$7,830,415
8	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,064,421	634,075	$5,002,852
9	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	Documentary	R	$3,355,818	523,529	$4,130,644
10	Rize	Documentary	PG-13	$3,278,611	511,484	$4,035,609
11	Grizzly Man	Documentary	R	$3,174,085	495,177	$3,906,947
12	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Documentary	G	$3,041,591	474,507	$3,743,860
13	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,757,946	430,257	$3,394,728
14	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Documentary	PG	$1,991,838	310,739	$2,451,731
15	Murderball	Documentary	PG-13	$1,523,883	237,735	$1,875,729
16	Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$1,163,758	181,554	$1,432,461
17	Paperclips	Documentary	G	$1,079,433	168,398	$1,328,660
18	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$946,520	147,663	$1,165,061
19	What the #$'! Do We Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$849,898	132,589	$1,046,127
20	First Descent	Documentary	PG-13	$739,690	115,396	$910,474
21	Inside Deep Throat	Documentary	NC-17	$653,621	101,969	$804,535
22	Dust to Glory	Documentary	PG	$639,990	99,842	$787,753
23	Gunner Palace	Documentary	PG	$607,502	94,774	$747,767
24	Ghosts of the Abyss	Documentary	G	$487,507	76,054	$600,066
25	Ballets Russes	Documentary	Not Rated	$455,413	71,047	$560,561
26	In the Realms of the Unreal	Documentary	Not Rated	$343,243	53,548	$422,494
27	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Documentary	Not Rated	$312,141	48,696	$384,211
28	Watermarks	Documentary	Not Rated	$245,845	38,353	$302,605
29	Mondovino	Documentary	PG-13	$209,618	32,702	$258,019
30	New York Doll	Documentary	PG-13	$176,056	27,466	$216,707
31	The Untold story of Emmett Till	Documentary	Not Rated	$171,916	26,820	$211,610
32	Protocols of Zion	Documentary	Not Rated	$161,558	25,204	$198,860
33	Touch the Sound	Documentary	Not Rated	$136,047	21,224	$167,457
34	Deep Blue	Documentary	G	$129,854	20,258	$159,836
35	Music from the Inside Out	Documentary	Not Rated	$124,693	19,453	$153,484
36	My Date With Drew	Documentary	PG	$121,534	18,960	$149,594
37	Tarnation	Documentary	Not Rated	$113,902	17,769	$140,197
38	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$113,740	17,744	$140,000
39	Darwin's Nightmare	Documentary	Not Rated	$97,614	15,228	$120,149
40	Gay Sex in the 70's	Documentary	Not Rated	$85,625	13,358	$105,395
41	The Future of Food	Documentary	Not Rated	$81,280	12,680	$100,045
42	The Nomi Song	Documentary	Not Rated	$74,216	11,578	$91,350
43	Searching for Wrong-Eyed Jesus	Documentary	Not Rated	$70,308	10,968	$86,538
44	Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire	Documentary	R	$67,100	10,468	$82,593
45	Lightning in a Bottle	Documentary	PG-13	$65,207	10,173	$80,265
46	Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes van Zandt	Documentary	Not Rated	$62,597	9,766	$77,054
47	Rock School	Documentary	R	$58,241	9,086	$71,689
48	The Boys of Baraka	Documentary	R	$48,567	7,577	$59,783
49	William Eggleston in the Real World	Documentary	Not Rated	$44,435	6,932	$54,693
50	A State of Mind	Documentary	Not Rated	$41,468	6,469	$51,040
51	Das Goebbels-Experiment	Documentary	Not Rated	$40,811	6,367	$50,236
52	Tell Them Who You Are	Documentary	R	$38,580	6,019	$47,490
53	After Innocence	Documentary	Not Rated	$36,004	5,617	$44,318
54	The Year of Yao	Documentary	PG	$34,699	5,413	$42,709
55	Reel Paradise	Documentary	R	$29,720	4,637	$36,586
56	Naked Fame	Documentary	Not Rated	$29,128	4,544	$35,852
57	Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst	Documentary	Not Rated	$28,506	4,447	$35,087
58	Lipstick & Dynamite	Documentary	Not Rated	$26,073	4,068	$32,097
59	39 Pounds of Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,467	3,973	$31,347
60	Emmanuel's Gift	Documentary	G	$23,578	3,678	$29,019
61	Voices in Wartime	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,702	3,230	$25,485
62	The Last Dispatch	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,684	3,227	$25,461
63	Three of Hearts	Documentary	R	$19,738	3,079	$24,293
64	Zizek!	Documentary	Not Rated	$19,561	3,052	$24,080
65	A League of Ordinary Gentlemen	Documentary	R	$18,326	2,859	$22,558
66	The 3 Rooms of Melancholia	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,080	2,509	$19,796
67	The Last Mogul: Life and Times of Lew Wasserman	Documentary	PG-13	$15,655	2,442	$19,267
68	Genesis	Documentary	G	$15,586	2,432	$19,188
69	One Bright Shining Moment	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,504	2,419	$19,086
70	Bright Leaves	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,415	2,405	$18,975
71	Wall	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,913	2,171	$17,129
72	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,917	1,859	$14,668
73	Up For Grabs	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,907	1,702	$13,429
74	Sunset Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,802	1,373	$10,833
75	Twist of Faith	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,129	1,268	$10,005
76	Writer of O	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,127	1,268	$10,005
77	Occupation: Dreamland	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,018	1,251	$9,870
78	A Decent Factory	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,395	998	$7,874
79	Aristide and the Endless Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,226	971	$7,661
80	WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,460	852	$6,722
81	Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,930	769	$6,067
82	Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$4,433	692	$5,460
83	McLibel	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,337	677	$5,342
84	Howard Zinn	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,020	627	$4,947
85	Sacred Stage	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,927	613	$4,837
86	Swenkas	Documentary		$3,875	605	$4,773
87	Two by Scorsese	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,845	600	$4,734
88	The Aggressives	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,769	588	$4,639
89	This Divided State	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,724	581	$4,584
90	Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,238	505	$3,984
91	Stolen Childhoods	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,996	467	$3,685
92	The Optimists	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,377	371	$2,927
93	With God on Our Side	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,806	282	$2,225
94	Making Grace	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,496	233	$1,838
95	Return to the Land of Wonders	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,338	209	$1,649
96	Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,312	205	$1,617
97	The Letter: An American Town and the 'Somali Invasion'	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,058	165	$1,302
98	Monumental: David Broners Fight for Wild America	Documentary	Not Rated	$842	131	$1,034
Total Gross of All Movies				$157,275,847
Total Tickets Sold					24,536,016
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$193,589,166

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.