Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Documentary	PG	$67,190,296	9,357,980	$67,190,296
2	earth	Documentary	G	$32,011,576	4,458,437	$32,011,578
3	Under the Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$18,640,842	2,596,218	$18,640,845
4	Capitalism: A Love Story	Documentary	R	$14,194,694	1,976,977	$14,194,695
5	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,024,828	1,814,043	$13,024,829
6	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$5,317,166	740,552	$5,317,163
7	Food, Inc.	Documentary	PG	$4,414,034	614,768	$4,414,034
8	Good Hair	Documentary	PG-13	$3,999,948	557,096	$3,999,949
9	The September Issue	Documentary	PG-13	$3,730,158	519,521	$3,730,161
10	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,893,307	402,968	$2,893,310
11	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,098,528	292,274	$2,098,527
12	Waltz with Bashir	Documentary	R	$2,062,835	287,303	$2,062,836
13	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,939,285	270,095	$1,939,282
14	Valentino: The Last Emperor	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,755,134	244,448	$1,755,137
15	Every Little Step	Documentary	PG-13	$1,724,351	240,160	$1,724,349
16	It Might Get Loud	Documentary	PG	$1,569,659	218,615	$1,569,656
17	X Games 3D: The Movie	Documentary	PG	$1,388,840	193,432	$1,388,842
18	More Than a Game	Documentary	PG	$922,906	128,538	$922,903
19	Tyson	Documentary	R	$887,918	123,665	$887,915
20	The Cove	Documentary	PG-13	$855,562	119,159	$855,562
21	The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story	Documentary	PG	$741,557	103,281	$741,558
22	Anvil! The Story of Anvil	Documentary	Not Rated	$667,911	93,024	$667,912
23	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$545,961	76,039	$545,960
24	Enlighten Up!	Documentary	Not Rated	$213,423	29,725	$213,426
25	Soul Power	Documentary	PG-13	$206,813	28,804	$206,813
26	Harvard Beats Yale	Documentary	Not Rated	$204,458	28,476	$204,458
27	The Beaches of Agnes	Documentary		$197,888	27,561	$197,888
28	Herb & Dorothy	Documentary		$194,721	27,120	$194,722
29	Fuel	Documentary	Not Rated	$167,743	23,363	$167,746
30	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$160,814	22,397	$160,810
31	Crude	Documentary		$147,392	20,528	$147,391
32	Art & Copy	Documentary		$127,780	17,797	$127,782
33	Examined Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$120,712	16,812	$120,710
34	Throw Down Your Heart	Documentary	Not Rated	$115,437	16,078	$115,440
35	Ballerina	Documentary	Not Rated	$114,507	15,948	$114,507
36	The Yes Men Fix the World	Documentary		$112,032	15,603	$112,030
37	Horse Boy, The	Documentary		$111,620	15,546	$111,620
38	Afghan Star	Documentary		$102,115	14,222	$102,114
39	No Impact Man	Documentary		$100,028	13,931	$100,025
40	The Way We Get By	Documentary		$89,501	12,465	$89,499
41	In a Dream	Documentary	Not Rated	$55,270	7,698	$55,272
42	We Live in Public	Documentary		$39,112	5,447	$39,109
43	Dalai Lama Renaissance	Documentary	Not Rated	$38,504	5,363	$38,506
44	American Casino	Documentary		$35,155	4,896	$35,153
45	Our City Dreams	Documentary	Not Rated	$34,972	4,871	$34,974
46	Trouble the Water	Documentary	Not Rated	$33,569	4,675	$33,567
47	Of Time and the City	Documentary	Not Rated	$32,551	4,534	$32,554
48	American Swing	Documentary	Not Rated	$30,156	4,200	$30,156
49	The Betrayal	Documentary	Not Rated	$29,522	4,112	$29,524
50	Pray the Devil Back to Hell	Documentary	Not Rated	$27,100	3,774	$27,097
51	Guest of Cindy Sherman	Documentary	Not Rated	$27,052	3,768	$27,054
52	The Garden	Documentary	Not Rated	$26,931	3,751	$26,932
53	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,473	3,548	$25,475
54	Earth Days	Documentary		$23,466	3,268	$23,464
55	Not Quite Hollywood	Documentary	R	$21,152	2,946	$21,152
56	Collapse	Documentary		$20,574	2,865	$20,571
57	A Wink and a Smile	Documentary		$20,169	2,809	$20,169
58	Walt and El Grupo	Documentary	PG	$19,900	2,772	$19,903
59	Man on Wire	Documentary	PG-13	$19,252	2,681	$19,250
60	Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death and Hannah Senesh	Documentary	Not Rated	$17,655	2,459	$17,656
61	The End of Poverty?	Documentary		$12,593	1,754	$12,594
62	Sex Positive	Documentary		$11,669	1,625	$11,668
63	I.O.U.S.A.	Documentary	PG	$10,850	1,511	$10,849
64	The Beautiful Truth	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,568	1,472	$10,569
65	William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe	Documentary		$10,322	1,438	$10,325
66	Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy	Documentary		$10,047	1,399	$10,045
67	Objectified	Documentary		$8,668	1,207	$8,666
68	Oh My God	Documentary		$8,263	1,151	$8,264
69	Eleven Minutes	Documentary	R	$7,986	1,112	$7,984
70	Louise Bourgeois	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,868	1,096	$7,869
71	Chelsea on the Rocks	Documentary	R	$7,259	1,011	$7,259
72	Scott Walker: 30 Century Man	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,840	953	$6,843
73	American Journey, An	Documentary		$6,180	861	$6,182
74	Call+Response	Documentary	PG-13	$5,364	747	$5,363
75	America Betrayed	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,450	341	$2,448
76	Food Beware	Documentary		$1,181	164	$1,178
77	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$632	88	$632
78	Made in Jamaica	Documentary	Not Rated	$181	25	$180
Total Gross of All Movies				$185,770,736
Total Tickets Sold					25,873,361
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$185,770,732

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2009. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2009. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2008 will most likely earn money in 2008 and 2009. 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.