Box Office Performance for Factual 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 |
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
|
Concert/Performance
|
G
|
$19,161,363 |
2,668,714 |
$19,161,367 |
| 4 |
Capitalism: A Love Story
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$14,194,694 |
1,976,977 |
$14,194,695 |
| 5 |
Deep Sea 3-D
|
Documentary
|
G
|
$5,317,166 |
740,552 |
$5,317,163 |
| 6 |
Food, Inc.
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$4,414,034 |
614,768 |
$4,414,034 |
| 7 |
Good Hair
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$3,999,948 |
557,096 |
$3,999,949 |
| 8 |
The September Issue
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$3,730,158 |
519,521 |
$3,730,161 |
| 9 |
Space Station
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$2,893,307 |
402,968 |
$2,893,310 |
| 10 |
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$2,098,528 |
292,274 |
$2,098,527 |
| 11 |
Waltz with Bashir
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$2,062,835 |
287,303 |
$2,062,836 |
| 12 |
Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$1,939,285 |
270,095 |
$1,939,282 |
| 13 |
Valentino: The Last Emperor
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$1,755,134 |
244,448 |
$1,755,137 |
| 14 |
Che, Part 1: The Argentine
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$1,731,665 |
241,179 |
$1,731,665 |
| 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 |
U2 3D
|
Concert/Performance
|
G
|
$544,857 |
75,885 |
$544,854 |
| 25 |
Enlighten Up!
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$213,423 |
29,725 |
$213,426 |
| 26 |
Soul Power
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$206,813 |
28,804 |
$206,813 |
| 27 |
Harvard Beats Yale
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$204,458 |
28,476 |
$204,458 |
| 28 |
Harvard Beats Yale
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$204,458 |
28,476 |
$204,458 |
| 29 |
The Beaches of Agnes
|
Documentary
|
|
$197,888 |
27,561 |
$197,888 |
| 30 |
Herb & Dorothy
|
Documentary
|
|
$194,721 |
27,120 |
$194,722 |
| 31 |
Fuel
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$167,743 |
23,363 |
$167,746 |
| 32 |
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$160,814 |
22,397 |
$160,810 |
| 33 |
Crude
|
Documentary
|
|
$147,392 |
20,528 |
$147,391 |
| 34 |
Examined Life
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$120,712 |
16,812 |
$120,710 |
| 35 |
Throw Down Your Heart
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$115,437 |
16,078 |
$115,440 |
| 36 |
Ballerina
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$114,507 |
15,948 |
$114,507 |
| 37 |
The Yes Men Fix the World
|
Documentary
|
|
$112,032 |
15,603 |
$112,030 |
| 38 |
Horse Boy, The
|
Documentary
|
|
$111,620 |
15,546 |
$111,620 |
| 39 |
Afghan Star
|
Documentary
|
|
$102,115 |
14,222 |
$102,114 |
| 40 |
No Impact Man
|
Documentary
|
|
$100,028 |
13,931 |
$100,025 |
| 41 |
The Way We Get By
|
Documentary
|
|
$89,501 |
12,465 |
$89,499 |
| 42 |
In a Dream
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$55,270 |
7,698 |
$55,272 |
| 43 |
We Live in Public
|
Documentary
|
|
$39,112 |
5,447 |
$39,109 |
| 44 |
One Day You'll Understand
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$38,557 |
5,370 |
$38,557 |
| 45 |
Dalai Lama Renaissance
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$38,504 |
5,363 |
$38,506 |
| 46 |
American Casino
|
Documentary
|
|
$35,155 |
4,896 |
$35,153 |
| 47 |
Our City Dreams
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$34,972 |
4,871 |
$34,974 |
| 48 |
Trouble the Water
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$33,569 |
4,675 |
$33,567 |
| 49 |
Of Time and the City
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$32,551 |
4,534 |
$32,554 |
| 50 |
The Betrayal
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$29,522 |
4,112 |
$29,524 |
| 51 |
The Betrayal
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$29,522 |
4,112 |
$29,524 |
| 52 |
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$27,100 |
3,774 |
$27,097 |
| 53 |
The Garden
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$26,931 |
3,751 |
$26,932 |
| 54 |
Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$25,473 |
3,548 |
$25,475 |
| 55 |
Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$25,473 |
3,548 |
$25,475 |
| 56 |
Earth Days
|
Documentary
|
|
$23,466 |
3,268 |
$23,464 |
| 57 |
Not Quite Hollywood
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$21,152 |
2,946 |
$21,152 |
| 58 |
Collapse
|
Documentary
|
|
$20,574 |
2,865 |
$20,571 |
| 59 |
A Wink and a Smile
|
Documentary
|
|
$20,169 |
2,809 |
$20,169 |
| 60 |
Walt and El Grupo
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$19,900 |
2,772 |
$19,903 |
| 61 |
Man on Wire
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$19,252 |
2,681 |
$19,250 |
| 62 |
Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death and Hannah Senesh
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$17,655 |
2,459 |
$17,656 |
| 63 |
The End of Poverty?
|
Documentary
|
|
$12,593 |
1,754 |
$12,594 |
| 64 |
Sex Positive
|
Documentary
|
|
$11,669 |
1,625 |
$11,668 |
| 65 |
I.O.U.S.A.
|
Documentary
|
PG
|
$10,850 |
1,511 |
$10,849 |
| 66 |
The Beautiful Truth
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$10,568 |
1,472 |
$10,569 |
| 67 |
The Beautiful Truth
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$10,568 |
1,472 |
$10,569 |
| 68 |
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
|
Documentary
|
|
$10,322 |
1,438 |
$10,325 |
| 69 |
Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy
|
Documentary
|
|
$10,047 |
1,399 |
$10,045 |
| 70 |
Objectified
|
Documentary
|
|
$8,668 |
1,207 |
$8,666 |
| 71 |
Oh My God
|
Documentary
|
|
$8,263 |
1,151 |
$8,264 |
| 72 |
Eleven Minutes
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$7,986 |
1,112 |
$7,984 |
| 73 |
Louise Bourgeois
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$7,868 |
1,096 |
$7,869 |
| 74 |
Chelsea on the Rocks
|
Documentary
|
R
|
$7,259 |
1,011 |
$7,259 |
| 75 |
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$6,840 |
953 |
$6,843 |
| 76 |
American Journey, An
|
Documentary
|
|
$6,180 |
861 |
$6,182 |
| 77 |
Call+Response
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$5,364 |
747 |
$5,363 |
| 78 |
Food Beware
|
Documentary
|
|
$1,181 |
164 |
$1,178 |
| 79 |
Yiddish Theater: A Love Story
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$632 |
88 |
$632 |
| 80 |
Made in Jamaica
|
Documentary
|
Not Rated
|
$181 |
25 |
$180 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $175,664,091 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 24,465,750 |
| Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices | $175,664,085 |
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.
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