Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2001

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2001 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,443,686	1,140,475	$7,846,468
2	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,293,965	759,994	$5,228,759
3	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,450,715	610,746	$4,201,932
4	Island of the Sharks	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,626,777	287,925	$1,980,924
5	Startup.com	Documentary	R	$1,280,975	226,721	$1,559,840
6	The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition	Documentary	G	$1,272,156	225,160	$1,549,101
7	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,258,235	222,696	$1,532,148
8	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$541,026	95,757	$658,808
9	Trembling Before G-D	Documentary	Not Rated	$265,772	47,039	$323,628
10	Mysteries of Egypt	Documentary	Not Rated	$210,300	37,221	$256,080
11	Calle 54	Documentary		$122,908	21,754	$149,668
12	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Documentary	Not Rated	$118,955	21,054	$144,852
13	Chop Suey	Documentary		$76,902	13,611	$93,644
14	Live Nude Girls Unite	Documentary		$25,741	4,556	$31,345
15	The Girl Next Door	Documentary	R	$16,221	2,871	$19,752
16	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	Documentary	PG	$15,953	2,824	$19,429
17	The Art of Amália	Documentary		$12,164	2,153	$14,813
18	The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack	Documentary	PG-13	$10,325	1,827	$12,570
19	Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope	Documentary		$8,285	1,466	$10,086
20	Benjamin Smoke	Documentary		$578	102	$702
Total Gross of All Movies				$21,051,639
Total Tickets Sold					3,725,952
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$25,634,550

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2001. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2001. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2000 will most likely earn money in 2000 and 2001. 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.