Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2007

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Theatrical Distributor	MPAA Rating	2007 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	Sicko	6/29/2007	Lionsgate	PG-13	$24,530,513	3,565,482
2	Deep Sea 3-D	3/3/2006	Warner Bros.	G	$11,754,511	1,708,505
3	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	10/5/2007	National Geographic Entertainment	Not Rated	$5,692,253	827,362
4	Magnificent Desolation	9/23/2005	IMAX Films	Not Rated	$5,124,397	744,825
5	Wild Safari 3D	4/8/2005	nWave Pictures	Not Rated	$3,984,947	579,207
6	Galapagos	10/29/1999	IMAX Films	Not Rated	$3,308,148	480,835
7	Roving Mars	1/27/2006	Walt Disney	G	$2,597,849	377,594
8	No End In Sight	7/27/2007	Magnolia Pictures	Not Rated	$1,433,319	208,331
9	Space Station	4/19/2002	IMAX Films	Not Rated	$1,408,698	204,753
10	In the Shadow of the Moon	9/7/2007	ThinkFilm	PG	$1,134,358	164,878
11	Sharkwater	9/28/2007	Alliance Films	PG	$847,424	123,172
12	Arctic Tale	7/25/2007	Paramount Vantage	G	$833,532	121,153
13	Bugs!	3/14/2003	SK Films	Not Rated	$804,245	116,896
14	Die Große Stille	2/28/2007	Zeitgeist	Not Rated	$790,452	114,891
15	11th Hour	8/17/2007	Warner Independent	PG	$703,464	102,248
16	The King of Kong	8/17/2007	Picturehouse	PG-13	$674,925	98,100
17	When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan	6/15/2007	Shadow	Not Rated	$442,936	64,380
18	Manufactured Landscapes	6/20/2007	Zeitgeist	Not Rated	$395,623	57,503
19	God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan	1/12/2007	Newmarket Films	PG	$301,447	43,815
20	Crazy Love	6/1/2007	Magnolia Pictures	PG	$301,027	43,754
21	Deep Water	8/24/2007	IFC Films	PG	$271,143	39,410
22	For the Bible Tells Me So	8/5/2007	First Run Features	Not Rated	$269,246	39,135
23	Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten	11/2/2007	Sony Pictures	Not Rated	$229,992	33,429
24	In Search of Mozart	7/20/2007	Direct Cinema Ltd	Not Rated	$225,000	32,703
25	10 Questions for the Dalai Lama	8/24/2007	Monterey Media	Not Rated	$224,546	32,638
26	Aliens of the Deep	1/28/2005	Walt Disney	G	$221,894	32,252
27	My Kid Could Paint That	10/5/2007	Sony Pictures Classics	PG-13	$213,141	30,980
28	What Would Jesus Buy?	11/16/2007	Warrior Poets	PG	$188,778	27,439
29	Pete Seeger: The Power of Song	9/14/2007	Weinstein Co.	PG	$178,968	26,013
30	An Unreasonable Man	1/31/2007	IFC First Take	Not Rated	$176,647	25,675
31	Show Business	5/11/2007	Regent Releasing	PG	$151,708	22,051
32	Iraq in Fragments	11/8/2006	Typecast Releasing	Not Rated	$136,239	19,802
33	The Devil Came on Horseback	7/25/2007	IFC Films	Not Rated	$132,782	19,300
34	Manda Bala	8/17/2007	City Lights Pictures	Not Rated	$122,905	17,864
35	Darfur Now	11/2/2007	Warner Independent	PG	$109,107	15,859
36	Mr. Untouchable	10/26/2007	Magnolia Pictures	R	$103,590	15,057
37	King Corn	10/12/2007	Balcony Releasing	Not Rated	$95,603	13,896
38	Shut Up and Sing	10/27/2006	Weinstein Co.	R	$95,040	13,814
39	Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains	10/26/2007	Sony Pictures Classics	PG	$80,529	11,705
40	Kurt Cobain: About a Son	10/3/2007	Balcony Releasing	Not Rated	$74,723	10,861
41	Air Guitar Nation	3/23/2007		R	$71,471	10,388
42	Zoo	4/25/2007	ThinkFilm	Not Rated	$69,770	10,141
43	Wie man sein leben kocht	10/26/2007	Roadside Attractions	PG-13	$62,632	9,103
44	Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders	3/9/2007	Magnolia Pictures	Not Rated	$58,829	8,551
45	War Dance	11/9/2007	ThinkFilm	PG-13	$57,685	8,384
46	Lagerfeld Confidential	10/24/2007	Koch Lorber Films	Not Rated	$57,080	8,297
47	Steep	12/21/2007	Sony Pictures Classics	PG	$55,771	8,106
48	Transformation: The Life & Legacy of Werner Erhard	7/27/2007	Reel Diva Consultants	Not Rated	$49,919	7,256
49	Ghosts of Cité Soleil	6/27/2007	ThinkFilm	Not Rated	$48,752	7,086
50	L'avocat de la terreur	10/12/2007	Magnolia Pictures	Not Rated	$47,724	6,937
51	The Hip Hop Project	5/11/2007	ThinkFilm	PG-13	$46,208	6,716
52	A Man Named Pearl	8/31/2007	Railroad Square	G	$45,513	6,615
53	I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal	5/23/2007	Walking Shadows	PG-13	$39,340	5,718
54	Jesus Camp	9/15/2006	Magnolia Pictures	PG-13	$29,645	4,309
55	Nanking	12/12/2007	ThinkFilm	R	$26,212	3,810
56	Billy the Kid	12/5/2007	Elephant Eye Films	Not Rated	$25,320	3,680
57	Lake of Fire	10/3/2007	ThinkFilm	Not Rated	$25,317	3,680
58	Forever	9/12/2007	First Run/Icarus	Not Rated	$25,222	3,666
59	La Strada di Levi	8/17/2007	Cinema Guild	Not Rated	$22,026	3,201
60	Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox	6/29/2007	Balcony Releasing	Not Rated	$20,577	2,991
61	Meeting Resistance	10/19/2007	International Film Circuit	Not Rated	$20,469	2,975
62	Romántico	11/1/2006	Kino International	Not Rated	$19,862	2,887
63	Steal a Pencil for Me	11/9/2007	Seventh Art Releasing	Not Rated	$18,918	2,750
64	The Singing Revolution	12/7/2007	Abramorama Films	Not Rated	$17,301	2,515
65	Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman	7/4/2007	Artistic License	Not Rated	$16,856	2,450
66	American Cannibal	3/16/2007	Lifesize Entertainment	Not Rated	$16,567	2,408
67	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	11/21/2007	New Love Films	Not Rated	$15,796	2,296
68	Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story	11/24/2006	Safari Media, LLC	Not Rated	$15,023	2,184
69	Protagonist	11/30/2007	IFC Films	R	$13,850	2,013
70	American Hardcore	9/22/2006	Sony Pictures Classics	R	$13,673	1,987
71	China Blue	1/19/2007	Argot Pictures	Not Rated	$12,185	1,771
72	Absolute Wilson	10/27/2006	New Yorker	Not Rated	$12,041	1,750
73	Blockade	3/14/2007	First Run/Icarus	Not Rated	$11,750	1,708
74	Angels in the Dust	9/14/2007	Cinema Libre	Not Rated	$11,606	1,687
75	East of Havana	2/2/2007	Sony/BMG	Not Rated	$11,550	1,679
76	Verdict on Auschwitz: The Frankfurt Trial 1963-1965	1/12/2007	First Run Features	Not Rated	$11,396	1,656
77	Matthew Barney: No Restraint	12/20/2006	IFC First Take	Not Rated	$11,079	1,610
78	En el hoyo	2/2/2007	Kino International	Not Rated	$10,433	1,516
79	El Inmigrante	7/13/2007	Indican Pictures	Not Rated	$9,904	1,440
80	Something to Cheer About	4/27/2007	Truly Indie	Not Rated	$9,777	1,421
81	Crossing the Line	8/10/2007	Kino International	Not Rated	$9,258	1,346
82	Glastonbury	2/23/2007	ThinkFilm	R	$8,419	1,224
83	Words of My Perfect Teacher	12/22/2006	IFC Films	Not Rated	$7,665	1,114
84	Quantum Hoops	11/2/2007		Not Rated	$7,075	1,028
85	Skid Row	8/24/2007	Screen Media Films	R	$7,052	1,025
86	Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis	4/11/2007	Film Forum	Not Rated	$7,000	1,017
87	The Camden 28	7/27/2007	First Run Features	Not Rated	$6,983	1,015
88	Desert Bayou	10/5/2007	Cinema Libre	Not Rated	$6,976	1,014
89	Casting About	5/11/2007	Kino International	Not Rated	$6,922	1,006
90	Operation Homecoming	3/30/2007	The Documentary Group	Not Rated	$6,795	988
91	Fired!	2/2/2007	International Film Circuit	Not Rated	$5,661	823
92	Everything's Cool: A Toxic Comedy About Global Warming	11/23/2007	City Lights Pictures	Not Rated	$4,890	711
93	Blood and Tears	6/15/2007	ThinkFilm	PG-13	$4,364	634
94	Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust	12/25/2007	Shadow	Not Rated	$3,970	577
95	The Price of Sugar	9/28/2007	Mitropoulos Films	Not Rated	$3,384	492
96	Malon 9 Kochavim	5/23/2007	Koch Lorber Films	Not Rated	$2,900	422
97	Summercamp!	7/18/2007	Argot Pictures	Not Rated	$2,600	378
98	Looking for an Icon	5/9/2007	First Run/Icarus	Not Rated	$2,393	348
99	You're Gonna Miss Me	6/8/2007	Palm Pictures	Not Rated	$2,324	338
100	The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair	3/23/2007		PG-13	$2,194	319
101	Oswald's Ghost	11/30/2007	Seventh Art Releasing	Not Rated	$1,796	261
102	49 Up	10/6/2006	First Run Features	Not Rated	$1,557	226
103	'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris	12/7/2007	Outsider	Not Rated	$1,476	215
104	Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion	6/15/2007	First Run Features	Not Rated	$1,476	214
105	The Trials of Darryl Hunt	6/15/2007	ThinkFilm	PG	$1,217	177
106	Au-delŕ de la haine	6/15/2007	First Run Features	Not Rated	$949	138
107	El telón de azúcar	7/25/2007	First Run/Icarus	Not Rated	$929	135
Total Gross of All Movies					$71,648,923
Total Tickets Sold						10,414,090

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 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. 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.

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