Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2003

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2003 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,713,110	2,605,823	$17,928,062
2	Ghosts of the Abyss	Documentary	G	$15,283,482	2,534,574	$17,437,869
3	Winged Migration	Documentary	G	$10,762,178	1,784,772	$12,279,231
4	Tupac Resurrection	Documentary	R	$7,718,961	1,280,093	$8,807,040
5	Spellbound (2003)	Documentary	G	$5,728,581	950,013	$6,536,089
6	Bowling for Columbine	Documentary	R	$5,545,141	919,592	$6,326,793
7	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,374,388	725,437	$4,991,007
8	The Real Cancun	Documentary	R	$3,816,594	632,934	$4,354,586
9	Step Into Liquid	Documentary	PG	$3,681,803	610,581	$4,200,797
10	Capturing the Friedmans	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,117,985	517,079	$3,557,504
11	Rivers and Tides	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,198,237	364,550	$2,508,104
12	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,874,005	310,780	$2,138,166
13	Lost in La Mancha	Documentary	R	$727,733	120,685	$830,313
14	Shanghai Ghetto	Documentary	Not Rated	$683,331	113,322	$779,655
15	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$620,689	102,933	$708,179
16	To Be and To Have	Documentary	Not Rated	$545,153	90,407	$622,000
17	Weather Underground	Documentary	Not Rated	$500,877	83,064	$571,480
18	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$482,900	80,083	$550,971
19	Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony	Documentary	PG-13	$398,981	66,166	$455,222
20	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$391,051	64,851	$446,175
21	Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary	Documentary	PG	$376,886	62,502	$430,014
22	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Documentary	Not Rated	$375,249	62,230	$428,142
23	My Architect	Documentary	Not Rated	$366,039	60,703	$417,637
24	Standing in the Shadows of Motown	Documentary	PG	$284,720	47,217	$324,853
25	The Fog of War	Documentary	PG-13	$276,427	45,842	$315,393
26	Bonhoeffer	Documentary		$271,237	44,981	$309,469
27	The Girl Next Door	Documentary	R	$256,477	42,533	$292,627
28	Bus 174	Documentary	R	$167,340	27,751	$190,927
29	Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns	Documentary		$160,621	26,637	$183,263
30	Billabong Odyssey	Documentary	PG	$155,500	25,788	$177,421
31	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$121,923	20,219	$139,107
32	Fellini: I�m a Born Liar (Fellini: Sono un Gran Bugiardo)	Documentary		$106,080	17,592	$121,033
33	Stevie	Documentary	R	$97,044	16,094	$110,727
34	Only the Strong Survive	Documentary	PG-13	$57,322	9,506	$65,401
35	A Decade Under the Influence	Documentary	R	$34,514	5,724	$39,381
36	Girlhood	Documentary		$28,767	4,771	$32,824
37	Beyond Vanilla	Documentary		$27,396	4,543	$31,256
38	7th Street	Documentary		$15,629	2,592	$17,833
39	Venus Boyz	Documentary		$15,171	2,516	$17,310
40	Hybrid	Documentary	R	$12,035	1,996	$13,732
41	Cinemania	Documentary		$11,305	1,875	$12,900
42	American Storytellers	Documentary		$7,736	1,283	$8,827
43	The Backyard	Documentary		$3,200	531	$3,653
44	The Ballad of Bering Strait	Documentary		$1,440	239	$1,644
Total Gross of All Movies				$87,395,238
Total Tickets Sold					14,493,404
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$99,714,620

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2003. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2003. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2002 will most likely earn money in 2002 and 2003. 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.