Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2002

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2002 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$30,460,417	5,251,796	$36,132,356
2	Bowling for Columbine	Documentary	R	$16,030,877	2,763,944	$19,015,935
3	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,235,633	1,247,523	$8,582,958
4	ESPN's Ultimate X - The Movie	Documentary	PG	$4,197,175	723,651	$4,978,719
5	Comedian	Documentary	R	$2,744,253	473,147	$3,255,251
6	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,842,841	317,731	$2,185,989
7	The Kid Stays in the Picture	Documentary	R	$1,434,436	247,317	$1,701,541
8	Standing in the Shadows of Motown	Documentary	PG	$1,331,012	229,485	$1,578,857
9	Dogtown and Z-Boys	Documentary	PG-13	$1,293,295	222,982	$1,534,116
10	The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition	Documentary	G	$1,180,410	203,519	$1,400,211
11	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$1,138,659	196,321	$1,350,688
12	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$523,067	90,184	$620,466
13	Trembling Before G-D	Documentary	Not Rated	$497,983	85,859	$590,710
14	Sex with Strangers	Documentary		$247,740	42,714	$293,872
15	Hybrid	Documentary	R	$150,570	25,960	$178,605
16	Chop Suey	Documentary		$103,012	17,761	$122,196
17	Island of the Sharks	Documentary	Not Rated	$86,247	14,870	$102,306
18	Biggie and Tupac	Documentary	R	$54,834	9,454	$65,044
19	Shanghai Ghetto	Documentary	Not Rated	$29,115	5,020	$34,538
20	Ayurveda: Art of Being	Documentary		$16,892	2,912	$20,035
21	ABC Africa	Documentary		$8,886	1,532	$10,540
22	Caravaggio	Documentary		$3,151	543	$3,736
Total Gross of All Movies				$70,610,505
Total Tickets Sold					12,174,225
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$83,758,668

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2002. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2002. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2001 will most likely earn money in 2001 and 2002. 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.