Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2007

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2007 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Sicko	Documentary	PG-13	$24,538,513	3,566,644	$24,538,511
2	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$11,764,224	1,709,916	$11,764,222
3	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,124,844	744,890	$5,124,843
4	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,124,397	744,825	$5,124,396
5	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,800,599	697,761	$4,800,596
6	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,307,898	480,799	$3,307,897
7	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$2,597,182	377,497	$2,597,179
8	No End In Sight	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,433,319	208,331	$1,433,317
9	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,408,698	204,753	$1,408,701
10	In the Shadow of the Moon	Documentary	PG	$1,134,358	164,878	$1,134,361
11	Arctic Tale	Documentary	G	$833,532	121,153	$833,533
12	Sharkwater	Documentary	PG	$833,491	121,147	$833,491
13	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$804,245	116,896	$804,244
14	Into Great Silence	Documentary	Not Rated	$790,452	114,891	$790,450
15	11th Hour	Documentary	PG	$703,464	102,248	$703,466
16	The King of Kong	Documentary	PG-13	$674,925	98,100	$674,928
17	When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan	Documentary		$442,936	64,380	$442,934
18	Manufactured Landscapes	Documentary		$395,623	57,503	$395,621
19	God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan	Documentary	PG	$301,447	43,815	$301,447
20	Crazy Love	Documentary	PG	$301,027	43,754	$301,028
21	Deep Water	Documentary	PG	$271,143	39,410	$271,141
22	For the Bible Tells Me So	Documentary		$269,246	39,135	$269,249
23	Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten	Documentary		$229,498	33,357	$229,496
24	10 Questions for the Dalai Lama	Documentary		$224,546	32,638	$224,549
25	Aliens of the Deep	Documentary	G	$224,181	32,584	$224,178
26	My Kid Could Paint That	Documentary	PG-13	$213,141	30,980	$213,142
27	What Would Jesus Buy?	Documentary		$200,010	29,071	$200,008
28	Pete Seeger: The Power of Song	Documentary	PG	$178,968	26,013	$178,969
29	An Unreasonable Man	Documentary		$176,647	25,675	$176,644
30	Show Business	Documentary	PG	$151,575	22,031	$151,573
31	Iraq in Fragments	Documentary		$140,346	20,399	$140,345
32	The Devil Came on Horseback	Documentary		$132,782	19,300	$132,784
33	Send a Bullet	Documentary		$122,905	17,864	$122,904
34	Darfur Now	Documentary	PG	$109,107	15,859	$109,110
35	Mr. Untouchable	Documentary		$103,590	15,057	$103,592
36	King Corn	Documentary		$99,279	14,430	$99,278
37	Shut Up and Sing	Documentary	R	$95,040	13,814	$95,040
38	Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains	Documentary		$80,529	11,705	$80,530
39	Air Guitar Nation	Documentary	R	$71,471	10,388	$71,469
40	Kurt Cobain: About a Son	Documentary		$71,345	10,370	$71,346
41	Zoo	Documentary		$69,770	10,141	$69,770
42	How to Cook Your Life	Documentary	PG-13	$61,531	8,943	$61,528
43	Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders	Documentary		$58,829	8,551	$58,831
44	War Dance	Documentary	PG-13	$57,640	8,378	$57,641
45	Steep	Documentary	PG	$55,771	8,106	$55,769
46	Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea	Documentary		$53,471	7,772	$53,471
47	Transformation: The Life & Legacy of Werner Erhard	Documentary		$49,919	7,256	$49,921
48	Ghosts of Cité Soleil	Documentary		$48,752	7,086	$48,752
49	Terror's Advocate	Documentary		$47,724	6,937	$47,727
50	The Hip Hop Project	Documentary	PG-13	$46,208	6,716	$46,206
51	I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal	Documentary	PG-13	$39,340	5,718	$39,340
52	Jesus Camp	Documentary	PG-13	$30,420	4,422	$30,423
53	Lake of Fire	Documentary		$25,317	3,680	$25,318
54	Romántico	Documentary		$22,825	3,318	$22,828
55	Nanking	Documentary	R	$22,394	3,255	$22,394
56	Primo Levi's Journey	Documentary		$21,295	3,095	$21,294
57	Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox	Documentary		$20,577	2,991	$20,578
58	Meeting Resistance	Documentary		$20,469	2,975	$20,468
59	Billy the Kid	Documentary		$20,334	2,956	$20,337
60	Steal a Pencil for Me	Documentary		$18,918	2,750	$18,920
61	Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman	Documentary		$16,856	2,450	$16,856
62	American Cannibal	Documentary		$16,567	2,408	$16,567
63	Matthew Barney: No Restraint	Documentary		$16,136	2,345	$16,134
64	Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story	Documentary		$15,350	2,231	$15,349
65	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	Documentary		$13,972	2,031	$13,973
66	Protagonist	Documentary	R	$13,850	2,013	$13,849
67	American Hardcore	Documentary	R	$13,673	1,987	$13,671
68	Absolute Wilson	Documentary		$13,047	1,896	$13,044
69	China Blue	Documentary		$12,185	1,771	$12,184
70	Blockade	Documentary		$11,750	1,708	$11,751
71	Angels in the Dust	Documentary		$11,606	1,687	$11,607
72	East of Havana	Documentary		$11,550	1,679	$11,552
73	Verdict on Auschwitz: The Frankfurt Trial 1963-1965	Documentary		$11,396	1,656	$11,393
74	In the Pit	Documentary		$10,433	1,516	$10,430
75	The Singing Revolution	Documentary		$10,254	1,490	$10,251
76	Something to Cheer About	Documentary		$9,777	1,421	$9,776
77	Words of My Perfect Teacher	Documentary		$9,647	1,402	$9,646
78	The Unknown Soldier	Documentary		$9,602	1,396	$9,604
79	El Inmigrante	Documentary		$9,421	1,369	$9,419
80	Crossing the Line	Documentary		$9,258	1,346	$9,260
81	Glastonbury	Documentary	R	$8,419	1,224	$8,421
82	Quantum Hoops	Documentary		$7,075	1,028	$7,073
83	Skid Row	Documentary	R	$7,052	1,025	$7,052
84	Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis	Documentary		$7,000	1,017	$6,997
85	The Camden 28	Documentary		$6,983	1,015	$6,983
86	Desert Bayou	Documentary		$6,976	1,014	$6,976
87	Casting About	Documentary		$6,922	1,006	$6,921
88	Operation Homecoming	Documentary		$6,795	988	$6,797
89	Fired!	Documentary		$5,661	823	$5,662
90	The Price of Sugar	Documentary		$5,000	727	$5,002
91	Everything's Cool: A Toxic Comedy About Global Warming	Documentary		$4,890	711	$4,892
92	Blood and Tears	Documentary	PG-13	$4,364	634	$4,362
93	Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust	Documentary		$3,970	577	$3,970
94	49 Up	Documentary		$3,699	538	$3,701
95	9 Star Hotel	Documentary		$2,900	422	$2,903
96	Summercamp!	Documentary		$2,600	378	$2,601
97	The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair	Documentary	PG-13	$2,500	363	$2,497
98	Looking for an Icon	Documentary		$2,393	348	$2,394
99	You're Gonna Miss Me	Documentary		$2,324	338	$2,325
100	Oswald's Ghost	Documentary		$1,796	261	$1,796
101	'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris	Documentary		$1,476	215	$1,479
102	Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion	Documentary		$1,476	214	$1,472
103	The Trials of Darryl Hunt	Documentary	PG	$1,217	177	$1,218
104	Beyond Hatred	Documentary		$949	138	$949
105	The Sugar Curtain	Documentary		$929	135	$929
Total Gross of All Movies				$71,623,722
Total Tickets Sold					10,410,425
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$71,623,724

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.