Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2007

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2007 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Sicko	Documentary	PG-13	$24,530,513	3,565,482	$25,600,161
2	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$11,754,511	1,708,505	$12,267,066
3	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,692,253	827,362	$5,940,459
4	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,124,397	744,825	$5,347,844
5	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,984,947	579,207	$4,158,706
6	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,308,148	480,835	$3,452,395
7	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$2,597,849	377,594	$2,711,125
8	No End In Sight	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,433,319	208,331	$1,495,817
9	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,408,698	204,753	$1,470,127
10	In the Shadow of the Moon	Documentary	PG	$1,134,358	164,878	$1,183,824
11	Sharkwater	Documentary	PG	$847,424	123,172	$884,375
12	Arctic Tale	Documentary	G	$833,532	121,153	$869,879
13	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$804,245	116,896	$839,313
14	Into Great Silence	Documentary	Not Rated	$790,452	114,891	$824,917
15	11th Hour	Documentary	PG	$703,464	102,248	$734,141
16	The King of Kong	Documentary	PG-13	$674,925	98,100	$704,358
17	When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan	Documentary	Not Rated	$442,936	64,380	$462,248
18	Manufactured Landscapes	Documentary	Not Rated	$395,623	57,503	$412,872
19	God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan	Documentary	PG	$301,447	43,815	$314,592
20	Crazy Love	Documentary	PG	$301,027	43,754	$314,154
21	Deep Water	Documentary	PG	$271,143	39,410	$282,964
22	For the Bible Tells Me So	Documentary	Not Rated	$269,246	39,135	$280,989
23	Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten	Documentary	Not Rated	$229,992	33,429	$240,020
24	In Search of Mozart	Documentary	Not Rated	$225,000	32,703	$234,808
25	10 Questions for the Dalai Lama	Documentary	Not Rated	$224,546	32,638	$234,341
26	Aliens of the Deep	Documentary	G	$221,894	32,252	$231,569
27	My Kid Could Paint That	Documentary	PG-13	$213,141	30,980	$222,436
28	What Would Jesus Buy?	Documentary	PG	$188,778	27,439	$197,012
29	Pete Seeger: The Power of Song	Documentary	PG	$178,968	26,013	$186,773
30	An Unreasonable Man	Documentary	Not Rated	$176,647	25,675	$184,347
31	Show Business	Documentary	PG	$151,708	22,051	$158,326
32	Iraq in Fragments	Documentary	Not Rated	$136,239	19,802	$142,178
33	The Devil Came on Horseback	Documentary	Not Rated	$132,782	19,300	$138,574
34	Send a Bullet	Documentary	Not Rated	$122,905	17,864	$128,264
35	Darfur Now	Documentary	PG	$109,107	15,859	$113,868
36	Mr. Untouchable	Documentary	R	$103,590	15,057	$108,109
37	King Corn	Documentary	Not Rated	$95,603	13,896	$99,773
38	Shut Up and Sing	Documentary	R	$95,040	13,814	$99,185
39	Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains	Documentary	PG	$80,529	11,705	$84,042
40	Kurt Cobain: About a Son	Documentary	Not Rated	$74,723	10,861	$77,982
41	Air Guitar Nation	Documentary	R	$71,471	10,388	$74,586
42	Zoo	Documentary	Not Rated	$69,770	10,141	$72,812
43	How to Cook Your Life	Documentary	PG-13	$62,632	9,103	$65,360
44	Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders	Documentary	Not Rated	$58,829	8,551	$61,396
45	War Dance	Documentary	PG-13	$57,685	8,384	$60,197
46	Lagerfeld Confidential	Documentary	Not Rated	$57,080	8,297	$59,572
47	Steep	Documentary	PG	$55,771	8,106	$58,201
48	Transformation: The Life & Legacy of Werner Erhard	Documentary	Not Rated	$49,919	7,256	$52,098
49	Ghosts of Cit� Soleil	Documentary	Not Rated	$48,752	7,086	$50,877
50	Terror's Advocate	Documentary	Not Rated	$47,724	6,937	$49,808
51	The Hip Hop Project	Documentary	PG-13	$46,208	6,716	$48,221
52	A Man Named Pearl	Documentary	G	$45,513	6,615	$47,496
53	I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal	Documentary	PG-13	$39,340	5,718	$41,055
54	Jesus Camp	Documentary	PG-13	$29,645	4,309	$30,939
55	Nanking	Documentary	R	$26,212	3,810	$27,356
56	Billy the Kid	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,320	3,680	$26,422
57	Lake of Fire	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,317	3,680	$26,422
58	Forever	Documentary	Not Rated	$23,291	3,385	$24,304
59	Primo Levi's Journey	Documentary	Not Rated	$22,026	3,201	$22,983
60	Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,577	2,991	$21,475
61	Meeting Resistance	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,469	2,975	$21,361
62	Rom�ntico	Documentary	Not Rated	$19,862	2,887	$20,729
63	Steal a Pencil for Me	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,918	2,750	$19,745
64	Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,856	2,450	$17,591
65	American Cannibal	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,567	2,408	$17,289
66	The Singing Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,059	2,334	$16,758
67	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,796	2,296	$16,485
68	Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,023	2,184	$15,681
69	Protagonist	Documentary	R	$13,850	2,013	$14,453
70	American Hardcore	Documentary	R	$13,673	1,987	$14,267
71	China Blue	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,185	1,771	$12,716
72	Absolute Wilson	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,041	1,750	$12,565
73	Blockade	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,750	1,708	$12,263
74	Angels in the Dust	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,606	1,687	$12,113
75	East of Havana	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,550	1,679	$12,055
76	Verdict on Auschwitz: The Frankfurt Trial 1963-1965	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,396	1,656	$11,890
77	Matthew Barney: No Restraint	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,079	1,610	$11,560
78	In the Pit	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,433	1,516	$10,885
79	El Inmigrante	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,904	1,440	$10,339
80	Something to Cheer About	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,777	1,421	$10,203
81	The Unknown Soldier	Documentary		$9,602	1,396	$10,023
82	Crossing the Line	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,258	1,346	$9,664
83	Glastonbury	Documentary	R	$8,419	1,224	$8,788
84	Words of My Perfect Teacher	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,665	1,114	$7,999
85	Quantum Hoops	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,075	1,028	$7,381
86	Skid Row	Documentary	R	$7,052	1,025	$7,360
87	Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,000	1,017	$7,302
88	The Camden 28	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,983	1,015	$7,288
89	Desert Bayou	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,976	1,014	$7,281
90	Casting About	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,922	1,006	$7,223
91	Operation Homecoming	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,795	988	$7,094
92	Fired!	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,661	823	$5,909
93	Everything's Cool: A Toxic Comedy About Global Warming	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,890	711	$5,105
94	Blood and Tears	Documentary	PG-13	$4,364	634	$4,552
95	Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,970	577	$4,143
96	The Price of Sugar	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,384	492	$3,533
97	9 Star Hotel	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,900	422	$3,030
98	Summercamp!	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,600	378	$2,714
99	Looking for an Icon	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,393	348	$2,499
100	You're Gonna Miss Me	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,324	338	$2,427
101	The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair	Documentary	PG-13	$2,194	319	$2,290
102	Oswald's Ghost	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,796	261	$1,874
103	49 Up	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,557	226	$1,623
104	'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,476	215	$1,544
105	Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,476	214	$1,537
106	The Trials of Darryl Hunt	Documentary	PG	$1,217	177	$1,271
107	Beyond Hatred	Documentary	Not Rated	$949	138	$991
108	The Sugar Curtain	Documentary	Not Rated	$929	135	$969
Total Gross of All Movies				$71,655,351
Total Tickets Sold					10,415,024
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$74,779,872

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2007. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2007. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2006 will most likely earn money in 2006 and 2007. 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.