Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2006

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2006 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	An Inconvenient Truth	Documentary	PG	$23,814,997	3,635,877	$28,687,070
2	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$21,973,886	3,354,792	$26,469,309
3	Dave Chappelle's Block Party	Documentary	R	$11,694,528	1,785,424	$14,086,995
4	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,605,930	1,619,226	$12,775,693
5	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,790,595	884,060	$6,975,233
6	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$5,488,881	837,997	$6,611,796
7	Wordplay	Documentary	PG	$3,119,555	476,268	$3,757,755
8	Why We Fight	Documentary	PG-13	$1,880,863	287,155	$2,265,653
9	Who Killed the Electric Car?	Documentary	PG	$1,678,874	256,317	$2,022,341
10	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,619,294	247,220	$1,950,566
11	Aliens of the Deep	Documentary	G	$1,205,006	183,970	$1,451,523
12	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,131,289	172,716	$1,362,729
13	Shut Up and Sing	Documentary	R	$1,120,005	170,993	$1,349,135
14	The U.S. vs John Lennon	Documentary	PG-13	$1,109,146	169,335	$1,336,053
15	Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man	Documentary	PG-13	$1,044,254	159,428	$1,257,887
16	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,029,457	157,169	$1,240,063
17	Jesus Camp	Documentary	PG-13	$872,899	133,267	$1,051,477
18	The Heart of the Game	Documentary	PG-13	$444,687	67,891	$535,660
19	Sketches of Frank Gehry	Documentary	PG-13	$439,309	67,070	$529,182
20	Ballets Russes	Documentary	Not Rated	$360,435	55,028	$434,171
21	The Devil and Daniel Johnston	Documentary	PG-13	$334,450	51,061	$402,871
22	This Film is Not Yet Rated	Documentary	Not Rated	$306,845	46,847	$369,623
23	The Boys of Baraka	Documentary	R	$273,819	41,804	$329,834
24	American Hardcore	Documentary	R	$265,992	40,609	$320,405
25	The War Tapes	Documentary	Not Rated	$254,190	38,808	$306,195
26	49 Up	Documentary	Not Rated	$240,215	36,674	$289,358
27	The Beauty Academy of Kabul	Documentary	Not Rated	$225,448	34,420	$271,574
28	Deliver Us From Evil	Documentary	Not Rated	$201,275	30,729	$242,452
29	Our Brand is Crisis	Documentary	Not Rated	$166,750	25,458	$200,864
30	Gay Sex in the 70's	Documentary	Not Rated	$156,979	23,966	$189,092
31	Cocaine Cowboys	Documentary	R	$150,056	22,909	$180,752
32	Once in a Lifetime: the Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos	Documentary	PG-13	$144,601	22,076	$174,180
33	What the Bleep?: Down the Rabbit Hole	Documentary	Not Rated	$135,706	20,718	$163,465
34	Stolen	Documentary	Not Rated	$132,596	20,244	$159,725
35	Unknown White Male	Documentary	PG-13	$124,414	18,995	$149,871
36	Sir! No Sir!	Documentary	Not Rated	$116,944	17,854	$140,868
37	Darwin's Nightmare	Documentary	Not Rated	$106,032	16,188	$127,723
38	Al Franken: God Spoke	Documentary	Not Rated	$102,990	15,724	$124,062
39	America: Freedom to Fascism	Documentary	Not Rated	$87,400	13,344	$105,284
40	51 Birch Street	Documentary	Not Rated	$84,689	12,930	$102,018
41	After Innocence	Documentary	Not Rated	$78,076	11,920	$94,049
42	Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul	Documentary	Not Rated	$70,685	10,792	$85,149
43	Iraq in Fragments	Documentary	Not Rated	$68,223	10,416	$82,182
44	Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes van Zandt	Documentary	Not Rated	$66,827	10,203	$80,502
45	Absolute Wilson	Documentary	Not Rated	$54,176	8,271	$65,258
46	Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea	Documentary	Not Rated	$53,471	8,164	$64,414
47	Screamers	Documentary		$52,034	7,944	$62,678
48	Shakespeare Behind Bars	Documentary	Not Rated	$48,594	7,419	$58,536
49	Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy	Documentary	Not Rated	$45,171	6,896	$54,409
50	New York Doll	Documentary	PG-13	$43,405	6,627	$52,287
51	Touch the Sound	Documentary	Not Rated	$40,004	6,107	$48,184
52	Rape of the Soul	Documentary	R	$39,975	6,103	$48,153
53	Been Rich All My Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$36,406	5,558	$43,853
54	Bubot Niyar	Documentary	Not Rated	$36,089	5,510	$43,474
55	My Country My Country	Documentary	Not Rated	$33,620	5,133	$40,499
56	Sisters in Law	Documentary	Not Rated	$33,312	5,086	$40,129
57	The Untold story of Emmett Till	Documentary	Not Rated	$30,565	4,666	$36,815
58	Excellent Cadavers	Documentary	Not Rated	$30,296	4,625	$36,491
59	Who Gets to Call It Art?	Documentary	Not Rated	$27,344	4,175	$32,941
60	Trudell	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,645	3,915	$30,889
61	Henri Cartier-Bresson - Biographie eines Blicks	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,347	3,870	$30,534
62	Wrestling with Angels	Documentary	Not Rated	$24,729	3,775	$29,785
63	Islam: What the West Needs to Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$22,938	3,502	$27,631
64	*Fck**	Documentary	Not Rated	$22,359	3,414	$26,936
65	Giuliani Time	Documentary	Not Rated	$21,967	3,354	$26,463
66	The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends	Documentary	R	$20,013	3,055	$24,104
67	Suicide Killers	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,239	2,785	$21,974
68	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Documentary	G	$16,638	2,540	$20,041
69	So Much So Fast	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,411	2,505	$19,764
70	Protocols of Zion	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,303	2,489	$19,638
71	Through the Fire	Documentary	Not Rated	$14,769	2,255	$17,792
72	Who the #$^% is Jackson Pollock?	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,710	2,093	$16,514
73	Devil's Miner	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,677	2,088	$16,474
74	I Trust You To Kill Me	Documentary	R	$12,854	1,962	$15,480
75	Words of My Perfect Teacher	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,653	1,932	$15,243
76	Cottonfields and Crossroads	Documentary		$12,000	1,832	$14,454
77	Music from the Inside Out	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,901	1,817	$14,336
78	Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,836	1,807	$14,257
79	So Goes the Nation	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,337	1,578	$12,450
80	Rom�ntico	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,598	1,465	$11,559
81	Salvadore Allende	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,820	1,194	$9,421
82	Favela Rising	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,768	1,186	$9,358
83	Kill Your Idols	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,753	1,184	$9,342
84	Saint of 9/11	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,137	1,090	$8,600
85	The Case of the Grinning Cat	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,033	1,074	$8,474
86	Searching for Wrong-Eyed Jesus	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,907	1,055	$8,324
87	Das Goebbels-Experiment	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,400	977	$7,709
88	Bullrider	Documentary		$5,800	885	$6,983
89	King Leopold's Ghost	Documentary	PG-13	$5,194	793	$6,257
90	Matthew Barney: No Restraint	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,057	772	$6,091
91	Street Fight	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,779	730	$5,760
92	The Fall of Fujimori	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,630	707	$5,578
93	Cowboy Del Amor	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,438	678	$5,349
94	Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,897	595	$4,695
95	The Cult of the Suicide Bomber	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,609	551	$4,347
96	39 Pounds of Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,658	406	$3,203
97	Mardi Gras: Made in China	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,500	382	$3,014
98	Rank	Documentary		$2,485	379	$2,990
99	Blossoms of Fire	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,390	365	$2,880
100	Workingman's Death	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,214	338	$2,667
101	95 Miles to Go	Documentary	R	$2,203	336	$2,651
102	Commune	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,055	314	$2,477
103	Herbie Hancock: Possibilities	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,772	271	$2,138
104	The Big Question	Documentary	PG-13	$1,609	246	$1,941
105	Reel Paradise	Documentary	R	$1,515	231	$1,823
106	The Ister	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,124	172	$1,357
107	The Empire in Africa	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,088	166	$1,310
108	Aristide and the Endless Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$772	118	$931
Total Gross of All Movies				$101,390,085
Total Tickets Sold					15,479,404
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$122,132,498

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2006. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2006. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2005 will most likely earn money in 2005 and 2006. 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.