Box Office History for Genre - Documentary
Ticket Sales and Market Share History
Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2009, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
| | Movie | Distributor | Release Date | Total Gross | Inflation-Adjusted Gross |
|---|
| 1 |
The Dream is Alive
|
IMAX Films
|
12/31/1985 |
$125,900,000 |
$254,637,185 |
| 2 |
Fahrenheit 9/11
|
Lionsgate
|
6/23/2004 |
$119,114,517 |
$137,678,403 |
| 3 |
Everest
|
MacGillivray Freeman Films
|
3/6/1998 |
$87,178,599 |
$114,466,734 |
| 4 |
The Living Sea
|
MacGillivray Freeman Films
|
12/31/1995 |
$64,800,000 |
$106,957,243 |
| 5 |
To the Limit
|
MacGillivray Freeman Films
|
12/31/1989 |
$53,000,000 |
$95,373,433 |
| 6 |
Space Station
|
IMAX Films
|
4/19/2002 |
$79,002,535 |
$91,792,574 |
| 7 |
March of the Penguins
|
Warner Independent
|
6/24/2005 |
$77,437,223 |
$86,712,243 |
| 8 |
Beyond and Back
|
|
1/1/1978 |
$23,800,000 |
$73,027,349 |
| 9 |
Dolphins
|
MacGillivray Freeman Films
|
10/20/2000 |
$54,000,000 |
$71,933,211 |
| 10 |
Mysteries of Egypt
|
Sony Pictures
|
7/16/1998 |
$40,593,286 |
$62,144,946 |
| 11 |
Deep Sea 3-D
|
Warner Bros.
|
3/3/2006 |
$41,525,989 |
$44,116,699 |
| 12 |
Magnificent Desolation
|
IMAX Films
|
9/23/2005 |
$29,066,915 |
$42,112,955 |
| 13 |
earth
|
Buena Vista
|
4/22/2009 |
$31,769,776 |
$31,769,777 |
| 14 |
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
|
Sony Pictures Classics
|
7/11/1997 |
$18,798,682 |
$27,520,078 |
| 15 |
Bowling for Columbine
|
MGM
|
10/11/2002 |
$21,576,018 |
$26,376,269 |
| 16 |
Dirt
|
|
3/1/1979 |
$9,200,000 |
$26,317,134 |
| 17 |
An Inconvenient Truth
|
Paramount Vantage
|
5/24/2006 |
$24,146,161 |
$26,105,597 |
| 18 |
Sicko
|
Lionsgate
|
6/22/2007 |
$24,538,513 |
$25,600,161 |
| 19 |
NASCAR: The IMAX Experience
|
Warner Bros.
|
3/12/2004 |
$21,550,235 |
$24,844,516 |
| 20 |
Galapagos
|
IMAX Films
|
10/29/1999 |
$17,522,182 |
$24,708,599 |
| 21 |
Michael Jordan to the MAX
|
Giant Screen Films
|
5/5/2000 |
$18,642,318 |
$24,560,504 |
| 22 |
Bugs!
|
SK Films
|
3/14/2003 |
$19,084,280 |
$21,928,977 |
| 23 |
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure
|
National Geographic
|
10/5/2007 |
$21,628,115 |
$21,876,318 |
| 24 |
Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk
|
Giant Screen Films
|
10/18/2002 |
$16,933,791 |
$20,926,785 |
| 25 |
Ghosts of the Abyss
|
Buena Vista
|
4/11/2003 |
$17,093,668 |
$20,273,592 |
| Complete List |
Year by Year Market Share
| Year | Movies in
Release | Market
Share | Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation-
Adjusted
Gross | Top-Grossing Movie | Gross that Year |
|---|
| 1995 |
9 |
1.55% |
$81,796,269 |
18,803,739 |
$129,369,724 |
The Living Sea
|
$64,800,000 |
| 1996 |
6 |
.16% |
$8,923,476 |
2,018,886 |
$13,889,936 |
When We Were Kings
|
$2,666,118 |
| 1997 |
6 |
.12% |
$7,950,971 |
1,732,238 |
$11,917,797 |
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
|
$2,570,742 |
| 1998 |
12 |
1.71% |
$115,718,746 |
24,673,506 |
$169,753,721 |
Everest
|
$56,145,919 |
| 1999 |
21 |
.82% |
$60,123,550 |
11,835,343 |
$81,427,160 |
Everest
|
$18,064,450 |
| 2000 |
37 |
1.51% |
$112,946,062 |
20,954,744 |
$144,168,639 |
Dolphins
|
$54,000,000 |
| 2001 |
19 |
.26% |
$20,841,339 |
3,682,216 |
$25,333,646 |
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure
|
$6,443,686 |
| 2002 |
25 |
1.07% |
$98,604,667 |
16,971,543 |
$116,764,216 |
Space Station
|
$29,820,971 |
| 2003 |
44 |
.93% |
$86,914,139 |
14,413,621 |
$99,165,712 |
Space Station
|
$16,352,556 |
| 2004 |
85 |
2.34% |
$217,098,868 |
34,959,559 |
$240,521,766 |
Fahrenheit 9/11
|
$119,078,393 |
| 2005 |
97 |
1.74% |
$155,673,323 |
24,286,012 |
$167,087,763 |
March of the Penguins
|
$77,413,017 |
| 2006 |
106 |
1.09% |
$101,293,396 |
15,464,642 |
$106,396,737 |
An Inconvenient Truth
|
$23,814,997 |
| 2007 |
108 |
.74% |
$71,655,352 |
10,415,024 |
$71,655,365 |
Sicko
|
$24,530,513 |
| 2008 |
125 |
.89% |
$87,932,344 |
12,246,845 |
$84,258,294 |
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure
|
$14,710,283 |
| 2009 |
48 |
1.48% |
$73,955,832 |
10,300,256 |
$70,865,761 |
earth
|
$31,769,776 |
|
Sunday, July 5, 2009
