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Documentary Movies Released in 2005
This list shows all Documentary films released in 2005, including films that went direct-to-video, or only got an international theatrical release. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic (US/Canada) theatrical release.
The revenue listed is the worldwide box office combined with the domestic home market revenue to date.
Domestic Analysis for Documentary Movies for 2005
Release
Date | Movie | Creative Type | Release
Type | Revenue
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| January, 2005 |
| January 19 |
With God on Our Side |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$1,806 |
|
| |
| January 21 |
Innocence and Experience: The Making … |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$3,845 |
|
|
Watermarks |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$245,845 |
|
| |
| January 28 |
Aliens of the Deep |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$12,765,684 |
|
|
Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$4,930 |
|
|
Sharks 3D |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$14,000,000 |
|
| February, 2005 |
| February 4 |
The Nomi Song |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$74,216 |
|
| |
| February 9 |
The Letter: An American Town and the … |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$1,058 |
|
| |
| February 11 |
Inside Deep Throat |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$691,880 |
|
|
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$3,218,709 |
|
| |
| February 18 |
Mystery of the Nile |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Naked Fame |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$213,621 |
|
| |
| February 25 |
Sunset Story |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$8,802 |
|
| March, 2005 |
| March 4 |
Children of Tibet |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$6,719 |
|
|
Gunner Palace |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$607,502 |
|
| |
| March 23 |
Mondovino |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$2,806,533 |
|
| |
| March 25 |
Lipstick & Dynamite |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$26,073 |
|
| April, 2005 |
| April 1 |
Dust to Glory |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$639,990 |
|
| |
| April 8 |
Wild Safari 3D |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$32,446,750 |
|
| |
| April 15 |
Voices in Wartime |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$20,702 |
|
|
The Year of Yao |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$34,699 |
|
| |
| April 22 |
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$4,907,779 |
|
|
Music from the Inside Out |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$136,594 |
|
| May, 2005 |
| May 6 |
Land Mines: A Love Story |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$17,414 |
|
|
Up For Grabs |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$13,931 |
|
|
Writer of O |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$8,127 |
|
| |
| May 13 |
Mad Hot Ballroom |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$9,387,581 |
|
|
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journ… |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$68,249 |
|
|
Tell Them Who You Are |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$39,075 |
|
| |
| May 20 |
Höllentour |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$200,927 |
|
|
Stolen Childhoods |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$2,996 |
|
|
Warren Miller's Impact |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$243,757 |
|
| |
| May 27 |
Genesis |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$16,413 |
|
|
A League of Ordinary Gentlemen |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$18,326 |
|
| June, 2005 |
| June 3 |
Rock School |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$89,398 |
|
|
Words of My Perfect Teacher |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$32,069 |
|
| |
| June 10 |
McLibel |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$4,337 |
|
| |
| June 24 |
The Last Mogul: Life and Times of Lew… |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$15,655 |
|
|
La marche de l'empereur |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$133,276,359 |
|
|
Rize |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$4,857,731 |
|
| |
| June 29 |
A Decent Factory |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$6,395 |
|
| July, 2005 |
| July 1 |
Twist of Faith |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$8,129 |
|
| |
| July 8 |
Murderball |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$1,772,979 |
|
| |
| July 13 |
Return to the Land of Wonders |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$1,338 |
|
|
Searching for Wrong-Eyed Jesus |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$79,916 |
|
| |
| July 22 |
Making Grace |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$1,496 |
|
|
Monumental: David Broners Fight for W… |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$1,430 |
|
|
This Divided State |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$3,724 |
|
| |
| July 26 |
Biography: Frida Kahlo |
Factual |
Video |
$0 |
|
| |
| July 27 |
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$16,080 |
|
| |
| July 29 |
The Aristocrats |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$9,261,764 |
|
|
The Last Dispatch |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$20,684 |
|
| August, 2005 |
| August 5 |
Darwin's Nightmare |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$203,746 |
|
|
My Date With Drew |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$181,041 |
|
| |
| August 12 |
Das Goebbels-Experiment |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$47,211 |
|
|
Grizzly Man |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$4,504,451 |
|
|
A State of Mind |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$41,468 |
|
| |
| August 19 |
Reel Paradise |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$31,235 |
|
|
The Untold story of Emmett Louis Till |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$204,956 |
|
| |
| August 26 |
Wall |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$13,913 |
|
| September, 2005 |
| September 2 |
William Eggleston in the Real World |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$44,435 |
|
| |
| September 9 |
Answering the Call: Ground Zero's Vol… |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Touch the Sound |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$176,051 |
|
| |
| September 14 |
The Future of Food |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$81,280 |
|
| |
| September 16 |
One Bright Shining Moment |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$15,504 |
|
| |
| September 23 |
Magnificent Desolation |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$39,846,896 |
|
|
Occupation: Dreamland |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$8,018 |
|
| October, 2005 |
| October 7 |
The Aggressives |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$3,769 |
|
|
Sacred Stage |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$4,410 |
|
| |
| October 21 |
After Innocence |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$114,264 |
|
|
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black … |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$3,238 |
|
|
Emmanuel's Gift |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$23,578 |
|
|
The Optimists |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$2,377 |
|
|
Protocols of Zion |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$178,875 |
|
|
Three of Hearts |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$21,429 |
|
| |
| October 28 |
Ballets Russes |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$1,188,468 |
|
|
New York Doll |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$237,136 |
|
| November, 2005 |
| November 4 |
Gay Sex in the 70's |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$249,565 |
|
|
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$58,692 |
|
| |
| November 9 |
Swenkas |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$3,875 |
|
| |
| November 18 |
Zizek! |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$20,117 |
|
| |
| November 23 |
39 Pounds of Love |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$30,260 |
|
| |
| November 24 |
Aristide and the Endless Revolution |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$6,998 |
|
| December, 2005 |
| December 2 |
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Town… |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$138,190 |
|
|
The Boys of Baraka |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$323,860 |
|
|
First Descent |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$739,690 |
|
|
Little Man |
|
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| December 13 |
Compassion in Exile: The Life of the … |
Factual |
Video |
$0 |
|
| |
| December 16 |
The Grace Lee Project |
|
Theatrical |
$5,965 |
|
| |
| December 20 |
John Ford Goes to War |
Factual |
Video |
$0 |
|
| |
| |
| Unknown TBD |
Half Light |
Contemporary Fiction |
Unknown |
$0 |
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