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	$28,131,653
2	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$11,754,511	1,708,505	$13,480,104
3	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,692,253	827,362	$6,527,886
4	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,124,397	744,825	$5,876,669
5	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,984,947	579,207	$4,569,943
6	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,308,148	480,835	$3,793,788
7	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$2,597,849	377,594	$2,979,217
8	No End In Sight	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,433,319	208,331	$1,643,732
9	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,408,698	204,753	$1,615,501
10	In the Shadow of the Moon	Documentary	PG	$1,134,358	164,878	$1,300,887
11	Sharkwater	Documentary	PG	$847,424	123,172	$971,827
12	Arctic Tale	Documentary	G	$833,532	121,153	$955,897
13	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$804,245	116,896	$922,309
14	Die Große Stille	Documentary	Not Rated	$790,452	114,891	$906,490
15	11th Hour	Documentary	PG	$703,464	102,248	$806,737
16	The King of Kong	Documentary	PG-13	$674,925	98,100	$774,009
17	When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan	Documentary	Not Rated	$442,936	64,380	$507,958
18	Manufactured Landscapes	Documentary	Not Rated	$395,623	57,503	$453,699
19	God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan	Documentary	PG	$301,447	43,815	$345,700
20	Crazy Love	Documentary	PG	$301,027	43,754	$345,219
21	Deep Water	Documentary	PG	$271,143	39,410	$310,945
22	For the Bible Tells Me So	Documentary	Not Rated	$269,246	39,135	$308,775
23	Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten	Documentary	Not Rated	$229,992	33,429	$263,755
24	In Search of Mozart	Documentary	Not Rated	$225,000	32,703	$258,027
25	10 Questions for the Dalai Lama	Documentary	Not Rated	$224,546	32,638	$257,514
26	Aliens of the Deep	Documentary	G	$221,894	32,252	$254,468
27	My Kid Could Paint That	Documentary	PG-13	$213,141	30,980	$244,432
28	What Would Jesus Buy?	Documentary	PG	$188,778	27,439	$216,494
29	Pete Seeger: The Power of Song	Documentary	PG	$178,968	26,013	$205,243
30	An Unreasonable Man	Documentary	Not Rated	$176,647	25,675	$202,576
31	Show Business	Documentary	PG	$151,708	22,051	$173,982
32	Iraq in Fragments	Documentary	Not Rated	$136,239	19,802	$156,238
33	The Devil Came on Horseback	Documentary	Not Rated	$132,782	19,300	$152,277
34	Manda Bala	Documentary	Not Rated	$122,905	17,864	$140,947
35	Darfur Now	Documentary	PG	$109,107	15,859	$125,128
36	Mr. Untouchable	Documentary	R	$103,590	15,057	$118,800
37	King Corn	Documentary	Not Rated	$95,603	13,896	$109,639
38	Shut Up and Sing	Documentary	R	$95,040	13,814	$108,992
39	Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains	Documentary	PG	$80,529	11,705	$92,352
40	Kurt Cobain: About a Son	Documentary	Not Rated	$74,723	10,861	$85,693
41	Air Guitar Nation	Documentary	R	$71,471	10,388	$81,961
42	Zoo	Documentary	Not Rated	$69,770	10,141	$80,012
43	Wie man sein leben kocht	Documentary	PG-13	$62,632	9,103	$71,823
44	Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders	Documentary	Not Rated	$58,829	8,551	$67,467
45	War Dance	Documentary	PG-13	$57,685	8,384	$66,150
46	Lagerfeld Confidential	Documentary	Not Rated	$57,080	8,297	$65,463
47	Steep	Documentary	PG	$55,771	8,106	$63,956
48	Transformation: The Life & Legacy of Werner Erhard	Documentary	Not Rated	$49,919	7,256	$57,250
49	Ghosts of Cit� Soleil	Documentary	Not Rated	$48,752	7,086	$55,909
50	L'avocat de la terreur	Documentary	Not Rated	$47,724	6,937	$54,733
51	The Hip Hop Project	Documentary	PG-13	$46,208	6,716	$52,989
52	A Man Named Pearl	Documentary	G	$45,513	6,615	$52,192
53	I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal	Documentary	PG-13	$39,340	5,718	$45,115
54	Jesus Camp	Documentary	PG-13	$29,645	4,309	$33,998
55	Nanking	Documentary	R	$26,212	3,810	$30,061
56	Billy the Kid	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,320	3,680	$29,035
57	Lake of Fire	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,317	3,680	$29,035
58	Forever	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,222	3,666	$28,925
59	La Strada di Levi	Documentary	Not Rated	$22,026	3,201	$25,256
60	Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,577	2,991	$23,599
61	Meeting Resistance	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,469	2,975	$23,473
62	Rom�ntico	Documentary	Not Rated	$19,862	2,887	$22,778
63	Steal a Pencil for Me	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,918	2,750	$21,698
64	The Singing Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$17,301	2,515	$19,843
65	Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,856	2,450	$19,331
66	American Cannibal	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,567	2,408	$18,999
67	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,796	2,296	$18,115
68	Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,023	2,184	$17,232
69	Protagonist	Documentary	R	$13,850	2,013	$15,883
70	American Hardcore	Documentary	R	$13,673	1,987	$15,677
71	China Blue	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,185	1,771	$13,973
72	Absolute Wilson	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,041	1,750	$13,808
73	Blockade	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,750	1,708	$13,476
74	Angels in the Dust	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,606	1,687	$13,310
75	East of Havana	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,550	1,679	$13,247
76	Verdict on Auschwitz: The Frankfurt Trial 1963-1965	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,396	1,656	$13,066
77	Matthew Barney: No Restraint	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,079	1,610	$12,703
78	En el hoyo	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,433	1,516	$11,961
79	El Inmigrante	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,904	1,440	$11,362
80	Something to Cheer About	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,777	1,421	$11,212
81	Der Unbekannte Soldat	Documentary		$9,602	1,396	$11,014
82	Crossing the Line	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,258	1,346	$10,620
83	Glastonbury	Documentary	R	$8,419	1,224	$9,657
84	Words of My Perfect Teacher	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,665	1,114	$8,789
85	Quantum Hoops	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,075	1,028	$8,111
86	Skid Row	Documentary	R	$7,052	1,025	$8,087
87	Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,000	1,017	$8,024
88	The Camden 28	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,983	1,015	$8,008
89	Desert Bayou	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,976	1,014	$8,000
90	Casting About	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,922	1,006	$7,937
91	Operation Homecoming	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,795	988	$7,795
92	Fired!	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,661	823	$6,493
93	Everything's Cool: A Toxic Comedy About Global Warming	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,890	711	$5,610
94	Blood and Tears	Documentary	PG-13	$4,364	634	$5,002
95	Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,970	577	$4,553
96	The Price of Sugar	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,384	492	$3,882
97	Malon 9 Kochavim	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,900	422	$3,330
98	Summercamp!	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,600	378	$2,982
99	Looking for an Icon	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,393	348	$2,746
100	You're Gonna Miss Me	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,324	338	$2,667
101	The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair	Documentary	PG-13	$2,194	319	$2,517
102	Oswald's Ghost	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,796	261	$2,059
103	49 Up	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,557	226	$1,783
104	'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,476	215	$1,696
105	Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,476	214	$1,688
106	The Trials of Darryl Hunt	Documentary	PG	$1,217	177	$1,397
107	Au-del� de la haine	Documentary	Not Rated	$949	138	$1,089
108	El tel�n de az�car	Documentary	Not Rated	$929	135	$1,065
Total Gross of All Movies				$71,658,524
Total Tickets Sold					10,415,486
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$82,178,185

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.