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Monday, February 13, 2012

Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 2009

RankMovieGenreMPAA2009 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Michael Jackson's This Is It Documentary PG $72,091,016 9,612,135 $75,839,745
2 earth Documentary G $32,011,576 4,268,210 $33,676,177
3 Under the Sea 3-D Documentary G $19,416,024 2,588,803 $20,425,656
4 Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience Concert/Performance G $19,162,740 2,555,032 $20,159,202
5 Capitalism: A Love Story Documentary R $14,363,397 1,915,120 $15,110,297
6 Deep Sea 3-D Documentary G $5,275,270 703,369 $5,549,581
7 Food, Inc. Documentary PG $4,417,674 589,023 $4,647,391
8 Good Hair Documentary PG-13 $4,146,170 552,823 $4,361,773
9 The September Issue Documentary PG-13 $3,817,183 508,958 $4,015,679
10 Space Station Documentary Not Rated $3,314,255 441,901 $3,486,599
11 Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure Documentary Not Rated $2,299,538 306,605 $2,419,113
12 Waltz with Bashir Documentary R $2,063,408 275,121 $2,170,705
13 Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D Documentary Not Rated $2,013,083 268,411 $2,117,763
14 Valentino: The Last Emperor Documentary PG-13 $1,755,134 234,018 $1,846,402
15 Che, Part 1: The Argentine Drama Not Rated $1,733,532 231,138 $1,823,679
16 Every Little Step Documentary PG-13 $1,725,141 230,019 $1,814,850
17 It Might Get Loud Documentary PG $1,610,163 214,688 $1,693,888
18 X Games 3D: The Movie Documentary PG $1,391,434 185,525 $1,463,792
19 Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg Documentary Not Rated $1,133,662 151,155 $1,192,613
20 More Than a Game Documentary PG $950,675 126,757 $1,000,113
21 Tyson Documentary R $887,918 118,389 $934,089
22 The Cove Documentary PG-13 $861,796 114,906 $906,608
23 The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story Documentary PG $741,557 98,874 $780,116
24 Anvil! The Story of Anvil Documentary Not Rated $667,911 89,055 $702,644
25 Roving Mars Documentary G $545,961 72,795 $574,353
26 U2 3D Concert/Performance G $544,857 72,648 $573,193
27 The Beaches of Agnes Documentary   $225,188 30,025 $236,897
28 Enlighten Up! Documentary Not Rated $213,423 28,456 $224,518
29 Soul Power Documentary PG-13 $207,121 27,616 $217,890
30 Harvard Beats Yale Documentary Not Rated $204,458 27,261 $215,089
31 Herb & Dorothy Documentary   $194,721 25,963 $204,848
32 Fuel Documentary Not Rated $169,340 22,579 $178,148
33 Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love Documentary Not Rated $164,234 21,898 $172,775
34 Crude Documentary   $163,417 21,789 $171,915
35 The Yes Men Fix the World Documentary   $160,901 21,453 $169,264
36 The Horse Boy Documentary   $137,495 18,333 $144,647
37 Examined Life Documentary Not Rated $120,712 16,095 $126,990
38 Throw Down Your Heart Documentary Not Rated $115,778 15,437 $121,798
39 Ballerina Documentary Not Rated $114,507 15,268 $120,465
40 The Way We Get By Documentary   $106,542 14,206 $112,085
41 Afghan Star Documentary   $102,115 13,615 $107,422
42 No Impact Man Documentary   $100,028 13,337 $105,229
43 Lord, Save Us From Your Followers Documentary PG-13 $61,941 8,259 $65,164
44 William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe Documentary   $57,769 7,703 $60,777
45 Collapse Documentary   $56,436 7,525 $59,372
46 In a Dream Documentary Not Rated $55,270 7,369 $58,141
47 Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Not Rated $49,675 6,623 $52,255
48 American Casino Documentary   $46,710 6,228 $49,139
49 We Live in Public Documentary   $44,344 5,913 $46,654
50 The End of Poverty? Documentary   $41,880 5,584 $44,058
51 Oh My God Documentary   $38,245 5,099 $40,231
52 Pray the Devil Back to Hell Documentary Not Rated $38,180 5,091 $40,168
53 The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Documentary   $36,875 4,917 $38,795
54 Our City Dreams Documentary Not Rated $34,972 4,663 $36,791
55 Trouble the Water Documentary Not Rated $33,569 4,476 $35,316
56 Of Time and the City Documentary Not Rated $32,677 4,357 $34,377
57 The Betrayal Documentary Not Rated $30,623 4,083 $32,215
58 The Singing Revolution Documentary Not Rated $28,025 3,737 $29,485
59 The Garden Documentary Not Rated $26,931 3,591 $28,333
60 Earth Days Documentary   $26,748 3,566 $28,136
61 Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains Documentary Not Rated $25,473 3,396 $26,794
62 Not Quite Hollywood Documentary R $21,152 2,820 $22,250
63 Walt and El Grupo Documentary PG $20,521 2,736 $21,587
64 A Wink and a Smile Documentary   $20,169 2,689 $21,216
65 Man on Wire Documentary PG-13 $19,252 2,567 $20,254
66 Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death and Hannah Senesh Documentary Not Rated $18,654 2,487 $19,622
67 The Beautiful Truth Documentary Not Rated $12,361 1,648 $13,003
68 Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy Documentary   $12,345 1,646 $12,987
69 Sex Positive Documentary   $12,069 1,609 $12,695
70 Chelsea on the Rocks Documentary R $11,799 1,573 $12,411
71 Mine Documentary   $11,283 1,504 $11,867
72 I.O.U.S.A. Documentary PG $10,850 1,447 $11,417
73 Oblivion Documentary   $9,939 1,325 $10,454
74 American Journey, An Documentary   $8,868 1,182 $9,326
75 Objectified Documentary   $8,668 1,156 $9,121
76 Eleven Minutes Documentary R $7,986 1,065 $8,403
77 Louise Bourgeois Documentary Not Rated $7,868 1,049 $8,277
78 Scott Walker: 30 Century Man Documentary Not Rated $6,840 912 $7,196
79 The Good Soldier Documentary   $6,000 800 $6,312
80 Call+Response Documentary PG-13 $5,364 715 $5,641
81 Made in Jamaica Documentary Not Rated $3,149 420 $3,314
82 Food Beware Documentary   $1,181 157 $1,239
83 Yiddish Theater: A Love Story Documentary Not Rated $632 84 $663
Total Gross of All Movies$202,444,348
Total Tickets Sold26,992,580
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$212,971,456

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.