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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2006

RankMovieGenreMPAA2006 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 An Inconvenient Truth Documentary PG $23,814,997 3,635,877 $26,105,597
2 Deep Sea 3-D Documentary G $21,973,886 3,354,792 $24,087,407
3 Dave Chappelle's Block Party Documentary R $11,694,528 1,785,424 $12,819,344
4 Magnificent Desolation Documentary Not Rated $10,605,930 1,619,226 $11,626,043
5 Wild Safari 3D Documentary Not Rated $5,790,595 884,060 $6,347,551
6 Roving Mars Documentary G $5,488,881 837,997 $6,016,818
7 Wordplay Documentary PG $3,119,555 476,268 $3,419,604
8 Why We Fight Documentary PG-13 $1,880,863 287,155 $2,061,773
9 Who Killed the Electric Car? Documentary PG $1,678,874 256,317 $1,840,356
10 Bugs! Documentary Not Rated $1,619,294 247,220 $1,775,040
11 Aliens of the Deep Documentary G $1,205,006 183,970 $1,320,905
12 Galapagos Documentary Not Rated $1,131,289 172,716 $1,240,101
13 Shut Up and Sing Documentary R $1,120,005 170,993 $1,227,730
14 The U.S. vs John Lennon Documentary PG-13 $1,109,146 169,335 $1,215,825
15 Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man Documentary PG-13 $1,044,254 159,428 $1,144,693
16 Space Station Documentary Not Rated $1,029,457 157,169 $1,128,473
17 Jesus Camp Documentary PG-13 $872,899 133,267 $956,857
18 The Heart of the Game Documentary PG-13 $444,687 67,891 $487,457
19 Sketches of Frank Gehry Documentary PG-13 $439,309 67,070 $481,563
20 Ballets Russes Documentary Not Rated $360,435 55,028 $395,101
21 The Devil and Daniel Johnston Documentary PG-13 $334,450 51,061 $366,618
22 This Film is Not Yet Rated Documentary Not Rated $306,845 46,847 $336,361
23 The Boys of Baraka Documentary R $273,819 41,804 $300,153
24 American Hardcore Documentary R $265,992 40,609 $291,573
25 The War Tapes Documentary Not Rated $254,190 38,808 $278,641
26 49 Up Documentary Not Rated $240,215 36,674 $263,319
27 The Beauty Academy of Kabul Documentary Not Rated $225,448 34,420 $247,136
28 Deliver Us From Evil Documentary Not Rated $201,275 30,729 $220,634
29 Our Brand is Crisis Documentary Not Rated $166,750 25,458 $182,788
30 Gay Sex in the 70's Documentary Not Rated $156,979 23,966 $172,076
31 Cocaine Cowboys Documentary R $150,056 22,909 $164,487
32 Once in a Lifetime: the Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos Documentary PG-13 $144,601 22,076 $158,506
33 What the Bleep?: Down the Rabbit Hole Documentary Not Rated $135,706 20,718 $148,755
34 Stolen Documentary Not Rated $132,596 20,244 $145,352
35 Unknown White Male Documentary PG-13 $124,414 18,995 $136,384
36 Sir! No Sir! Documentary Not Rated $116,944 17,854 $128,192
37 Darwin's Nightmare Documentary Not Rated $106,032 16,188 $116,230
38 Al Franken: God Spoke Documentary Not Rated $102,990 15,724 $112,898
39 America: Freedom to Fascism Documentary Not Rated $87,400 13,344 $95,810
40 After Innocence Documentary Not Rated $78,076 11,920 $85,586
41 Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul Documentary Not Rated $70,685 10,792 $77,487
42 Iraq in Fragments Documentary Not Rated $68,223 10,416 $74,787
43 Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes van Zandt Documentary Not Rated $66,827 10,203 $73,258
44 Absolute Wilson Documentary Not Rated $54,176 8,271 $59,386
45 Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea Documentary Not Rated $53,471 8,164 $58,618
46 Screamers Documentary   $52,034 7,944 $57,038
47 Shakespeare Behind Bars Documentary Not Rated $48,594 7,419 $53,268
48 Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy Documentary Not Rated $45,171 6,896 $49,513
49 New York Doll Documentary PG-13 $43,405 6,627 $47,582
50 Touch the Sound Documentary Not Rated $40,004 6,107 $43,848
51 Rape of the Soul Documentary R $39,975 6,103 $43,820
52 Been Rich All My Life Documentary Not Rated $36,406 5,558 $39,906
53 Paper Dolls Documentary Not Rated $36,089 5,510 $39,562
54 My Country My Country Documentary Not Rated $33,620 5,133 $36,855
55 Sisters in Law Documentary Not Rated $33,312 5,086 $36,517
56 The Untold story of Emmett Till Documentary Not Rated $30,565 4,666 $33,502
57 Excellent Cadavers Documentary Not Rated $30,296 4,625 $33,208
58 Who Gets to Call It Art? Documentary Not Rated $27,344 4,175 $29,977
59 Trudell Documentary Not Rated $25,645 3,915 $28,110
60 Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye Documentary Not Rated $25,347 3,870 $27,787
61 Wrestling with Angels Documentary Not Rated $24,729 3,775 $27,105
62 Islam: What the West Needs to Know Documentary Not Rated $22,938 3,502 $25,144
63 F*ck Documentary Not Rated $22,359 3,414 $24,513
64 Giuliani Time Documentary Not Rated $21,967 3,354 $24,082
65 The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends Documentary R $20,013 3,055 $21,935
66 Suicide Killers Documentary Not Rated $18,239 2,785 $19,996
67 The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill Documentary G $16,638 2,540 $18,237
68 So Much So Fast Documentary Not Rated $16,411 2,505 $17,986
69 Protocols of Zion Documentary Not Rated $16,303 2,489 $17,871
70 Through the Fire Documentary Not Rated $14,769 2,255 $16,191
71 Who the #$^% is Jackson Pollock? Documentary Not Rated $13,710 2,093 $15,028
72 Devil's Miner Documentary Not Rated $13,677 2,088 $14,992
73 I Trust You To Kill Me Documentary R $12,854 1,962 $14,087
74 Words of My Perfect Teacher Documentary Not Rated $12,653 1,932 $13,872
75 Music from the Inside Out Documentary Not Rated $11,901 1,817 $13,046
76 Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story Documentary Not Rated $11,836 1,807 $12,974
77 So Goes the Nation Documentary Not Rated $10,337 1,578 $11,330
78 Romántico Documentary Not Rated $9,598 1,465 $10,519
79 Salvadore Allende Documentary Not Rated $7,820 1,194 $8,573
80 Favela Rising Documentary Not Rated $7,768 1,186 $8,515
81 Kill Your Idols Documentary Not Rated $7,753 1,184 $8,501
82 Saint of 9/11 Documentary Not Rated $7,137 1,090 $7,826
83 The Case of the Grinning Cat Documentary Not Rated $7,033 1,074 $7,711
84 Searching for Wrong-Eyed Jesus Documentary Not Rated $6,907 1,055 $7,575
85 The Goebbels Experiment Documentary Not Rated $6,400 977 $7,015
86 Bullrider Documentary   $5,800 885 $6,354
87 King Leopold's Ghost Documentary PG-13 $5,194 793 $5,694
88 Matthew Barney: No Restraint Documentary Not Rated $5,057 772 $5,543
89 Street Fight Documentary Not Rated $4,779 730 $5,241
90 The Fall of Fujimori Documentary Not Rated $4,630 707 $5,076
91 Cowboy Del Amor Documentary Not Rated $4,438 678 $4,868
92 Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said Documentary Not Rated $3,897 595 $4,272
93 The Cult of the Suicide Bomber Documentary Not Rated $3,609 551 $3,956
94 39 Pounds of Love Documentary Not Rated $2,658 406 $2,915
95 Mardi Gras: Made in China Documentary Not Rated $2,500 382 $2,743
96 Rank Documentary   $2,485 379 $2,721
97 Blossoms of Fire Documentary Not Rated $2,390 365 $2,621
98 Workingman's Death Documentary Not Rated $2,214 338 $2,427
99 95 Miles to Go Documentary R $2,203 336 $2,412
100 Commune Documentary Not Rated $2,055 314 $2,255
101 Herbie Hancock: Possibilities Documentary Not Rated $1,772 271 $1,946
102 The Big Question Documentary PG-13 $1,609 246 $1,766
103 Reel Paradise Documentary R $1,515 231 $1,659
104 The Ister Documentary Not Rated $1,124 172 $1,235
105 The Empire in Africa Documentary Not Rated $1,088 166 $1,192
106 Aristide and the Endless Revolution Documentary Not Rated $772 118 $847
Total Gross of All Movies$101,293,396
Total Tickets Sold15,464,642
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$111,036,130

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.