Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2010

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2010 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Hubble 3D	Documentary	G	$20,149,829	2,553,844	$20,149,829
2	Oceans	Documentary	G	$19,422,319	2,461,637	$19,422,316
3	Babies	Documentary	PG	$7,320,323	927,798	$7,320,326
4	Waiting for Superman	Documentary	PG	$6,417,135	813,325	$6,417,134
5	Under the Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$5,857,442	742,388	$5,857,441
6	Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World	Documentary		$4,740,624	600,840	$4,740,628
7	Inside Job	Documentary	PG-13	$3,452,017	437,518	$3,452,017
8	Exit Through the Gift Shop	Documentary		$3,291,250	417,142	$3,291,250
9	Catfish	Documentary	PG-13	$3,237,343	410,310	$3,237,346
10	Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work	Documentary	R	$2,930,687	371,443	$2,930,685
11	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,931,542	244,809	$1,931,543
12	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$1,379,500	174,842	$1,379,503
13	Restrepo	Documentary	R	$1,330,894	168,681	$1,330,893
14	The Tillman Story	Documentary	R	$798,940	101,260	$798,941
15	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$781,527	99,053	$781,528
16	The Wildest Dream	Documentary	PG	$694,298	87,997	$694,296
17	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$458,309	58,087	$458,306
18	I Want Your Money	Documentary	PG	$433,588	54,954	$433,587
19	The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers	Documentary		$416,775	52,823	$416,773
20	I'm Still Here	Documentary	R	$408,983	51,836	$408,986
21	Last Train Home	Documentary		$288,328	36,543	$288,324
22	Countdown to Zero	Documentary	PG	$272,040	34,479	$272,039
23	Breath Made Visible	Documentary		$267,281	33,876	$267,282
24	Kings of Pastry	Documentary		$264,482	33,521	$264,481
25	Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child	Documentary		$256,242	32,477	$256,244
26	When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors	Documentary	R	$246,078	31,189	$246,081
27	Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny	Documentary		$212,601	26,946	$212,604
28	Sweetgrass	Documentary		$207,473	26,296	$207,475
29	Winnebago Man	Documentary		$181,039	22,945	$181,036
30	Casino Jack and the United States of Money	Documentary	R	$176,865	22,416	$176,862
31	South of the Border	Documentary		$174,203	22,079	$174,203
32	Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer	Documentary	R	$170,829	21,651	$170,826
33	Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould	Documentary		$162,122	20,548	$162,124
34	Stonewall Uprising	Documentary		$128,203	16,249	$128,205
35	The Big Uneasy	Documentary		$116,698	14,791	$116,701
36	Waste Land	Documentary		$102,454	12,985	$102,452
37	Freakonomics	Documentary	PG-13	$101,270	12,835	$101,268
38	8: The Mormon Proposition	Documentary	R	$100,280	12,710	$100,282
39	Waking Sleeping Beauty	Documentary	PG	$80,741	10,233	$80,738
40	Living in Emergency	Documentary		$69,047	8,751	$69,045
41	Budrus	Documentary		$68,353	8,663	$68,351
42	Dancing Across Borders	Documentary		$66,166	8,386	$66,166
43	Racing Dreams	Documentary	PG	$65,082	8,249	$65,085
44	Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage	Documentary		$63,696	8,073	$63,696
45	Marwencol	Documentary		$63,292	8,022	$63,294
46	Cool It	Documentary	PG	$62,713	7,948	$62,710
47	The Nature of Existence	Documentary		$54,645	6,926	$54,646
48	Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields	Documentary		$54,152	6,863	$54,149
49	Enemies of the People	Documentary		$46,463	5,889	$46,464
50	Cropsey	Documentary		$42,392	5,373	$42,393
51	Queen of the Sun	Documentary		$41,895	5,310	$41,896
52	The Legend of Pale Male	Documentary		$38,083	4,827	$38,085
53	Boxing Gym	Documentary		$36,812	4,666	$36,815
54	Bhutto	Documentary		$34,963	4,431	$34,961
55	The Yes Men Fix the World	Documentary		$34,136	4,326	$34,132
56	Ahead of Time	Documentary		$33,024	4,186	$33,028
57	William S. Burroughs: A Man Within	Documentary		$32,608	4,133	$32,609
58	Who is Harry Nilsson (and Why is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?	Documentary		$30,975	3,926	$30,976
59	GasLand	Documentary		$30,846	3,910	$30,850
60	Deux de la vague	Documentary		$28,808	3,651	$28,806
61	The Human Experience	Documentary	PG-13	$27,170	3,444	$27,173
62	October Country	Documentary		$26,185	3,319	$26,187
63	Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno	Documentary		$24,328	3,083	$24,325
64	Behind the Burly Q	Documentary		$23,889	3,028	$23,891
65	Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie	Documentary		$23,886	3,027	$23,883
66	The Other City	Documentary		$22,539	2,857	$22,542
67	And Everything is Going Fine	Documentary		$22,080	2,798	$22,076
68	Raw Faith	Documentary		$20,956	2,656	$20,956
69	Double Take	Documentary		$20,218	2,562	$20,214
70	Neshoba: The Price of Freedom	Documentary		$19,245	2,439	$19,244
71	The Horse Boy	Documentary		$19,117	2,423	$19,117
72	Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo	Documentary		$15,930	2,019	$15,930
73	Shoah	Documentary		$15,642	1,983	$15,646
74	The End of Poverty?	Documentary		$15,444	1,957	$15,441
75	The Beaches of Agnes	Documentary		$14,523	1,841	$14,525
76	The Kids Grow Up	Documentary		$12,095	1,533	$12,095
77	After the Cup: Sons of Sakhnin United	Documentary		$12,085	1,532	$12,087
78	Picture Me: A Model's Diary	Documentary		$11,848	1,502	$11,851
79	Good Hair	Documentary	PG-13	$11,053	1,401	$11,054
80	The Two Escobars	Documentary		$10,942	1,387	$10,943
81	GhettoPhysics: Will the Real Pimps and Ho's Please Stand Up?	Documentary	R	$10,087	1,278	$10,083
82	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,991	1,013	$7,993
83	The Cove	Documentary	PG-13	$7,934	1,006	$7,937
84	Mugabe and the White African	Documentary		$7,924	1,004	$7,922
85	It's a Bash!	Documentary		$7,839	994	$7,843
86	The Thorn in the Heart	Documentary		$7,376	935	$7,377
87	Only When I Dance	Documentary		$7,150	906	$7,148
88	Crude	Documentary		$6,878	872	$6,880
89	The Cartel	Documentary		$6,569	833	$6,572
90	Brutal Beauty: Tales of the Rose City Rollers	Documentary		$6,280	796	$6,280
91	Phyllis and Harold	Documentary		$5,992	759	$5,989
92	Nenette	Documentary		$5,450	691	$5,452
93	Whiz Kids	Documentary		$5,386	683	$5,389
94	Smash His Camera	Documentary	PG-13	$3,644	462	$3,645
95	American Grindhouse	Documentary		$3,598	456	$3,598
96	Det rode kapel	Documentary		$3,539	449	$3,543
97	The September Issue	Documentary	PG-13	$3,517	446	$3,519
98	Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo	Documentary		$2,198	279	$2,201
99	Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy	Documentary		$2,126	269	$2,122
100	Nobody's Perfect	Documentary		$2,122	269	$2,122
101	A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism	Documentary		$1,916	243	$1,917
102	45365	Documentary		$1,909	242	$1,909
103	Carbon Nation	Documentary		$1,470	186	$1,468
104	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	Documentary	Not Rated	$961	122	$963
Total Gross of All Movies				$90,449,736
Total Tickets Sold					11,463,849
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$90,449,769

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2010. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2010. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2009 will most likely earn money in 2009 and 2010. 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.