Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Fahrenheit 9/11	Documentary	R	$119,114,517	19,150,244	$131,753,679
2	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Documentary	PG	$19,558,397	3,144,437	$21,633,727
3	Super Size Me	Documentary	PG-13	$11,529,368	1,853,596	$12,752,740
4	What the #$'! Do We Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,091,903	1,622,492	$11,162,745
5	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,598,551	1,543,175	$10,617,044
6	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,528,407	1,531,898	$10,539,458
7	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,909,046	1,432,323	$9,854,382
8	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,760,025	1,247,592	$8,583,433
9	To Be and To Have	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,065,318	1,135,903	$7,815,013
10	Touching the Void	Documentary	R	$4,593,598	738,521	$5,081,024
11	The Fog of War	Documentary	PG-13	$3,922,139	630,569	$4,338,315
12	Control Room	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,589,616	416,337	$2,864,399
13	My Architect	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,456,483	394,933	$2,717,139
14	Riding Giants	Documentary	PG-13	$2,276,368	365,976	$2,517,915
15	The Corporation	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,879,301	302,138	$2,078,709
16	The Story of the Weeping Camel	Documentary	PG	$1,751,698	281,623	$1,937,566
17	Ghosts of the Abyss	Documentary	G	$1,322,679	212,649	$1,463,025
18	Metallica: Some Kind of Monster	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,222,708	196,577	$1,352,450
19	Fade to Black	Documentary	R	$728,802	117,171	$806,136
20	Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry	Documentary	PG-13	$613,252	98,594	$678,327
21	Tarnation	Documentary	Not Rated	$478,112	76,867	$528,845
22	Outfoxed - Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism	Documentary	Not Rated	$405,900	65,257	$448,968
23	Still, We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie	Documentary		$396,803	63,795	$438,910
24	End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones	Documentary	Not Rated	$391,950	63,014	$433,536
25	The Hunting of the President	Documentary		$376,552	60,539	$416,508
26	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Documentary		$341,493	54,902	$377,726
27	America's Heart and Soul	Documentary		$314,000	50,482	$347,316
28	Bukowski: Born Into This	Documentary	R	$311,431	50,069	$344,475
29	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$305,814	49,166	$338,262
30	Mayor of Sunset Strip	Documentary		$257,315	41,369	$284,619
31	This Old Cub	Documentary		$253,531	40,761	$280,436
32	The Agronomist	Documentary	PG-13	$226,189	36,365	$250,191
33	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Documentary	Not Rated	$202,592	32,571	$224,088
34	Imelda	Documentary		$200,992	32,314	$222,320
35	Yes Men	Documentary	R	$198,975	31,990	$220,091
36	Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War	Documentary	Not Rated	$190,424	30,615	$210,631
37	Lost Boys of Sudan	Documentary		$182,839	29,395	$202,238
38	Bush's Brain	Documentary	PG-13	$176,610	28,394	$195,351
39	The Five Obstructions	Documentary		$150,966	24,271	$166,984
40	Lightning in a Bottle	Documentary	PG-13	$136,367	21,924	$150,837
41	Dig	Documentary	Not Rated	$127,067	20,429	$140,552
42	Howard Zinn	Documentary		$116,230	18,686	$128,560
43	In the Face of Evil	Documentary	PG-13	$110,577	17,778	$122,313
44	Yves St. Laurent	Documentary		$97,092	15,610	$107,397
45	Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer	Documentary		$94,848	15,249	$104,913
46	Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer	Documentary	R	$85,992	13,825	$95,116
47	Word Wars	Documentary		$76,481	12,296	$84,596
48	Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst	Documentary	Not Rated	$72,933	11,726	$80,675
49	In the Realms of the Unreal	Documentary	Not Rated	$70,465	11,329	$77,944
50	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Documentary	Not Rated	$69,084	11,107	$76,416
51	Weather Underground	Documentary	Not Rated	$63,755	10,250	$70,520
52	Bright Leaves	Documentary	Not Rated	$62,473	10,044	$69,103
53	Proteus	Documentary	R	$61,858	9,945	$68,422
54	Voices From Iraq	Documentary	Not Rated	$57,102	9,180	$63,158
55	Divan	Documentary		$56,214	9,038	$62,181
56	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	Documentary	R	$55,045	8,850	$60,888
57	Hiding and Seeking	Documentary		$51,091	8,214	$56,512
58	Bus 174	Documentary	R	$48,818	7,849	$54,001
59	This So-Called Disaster	Documentary		$45,195	7,266	$49,990
60	Paperclips	Documentary	G	$42,311	6,802	$46,798
61	Tom Dowd and the Language of Music	Documentary	Not Rated	$40,238	6,469	$44,507
62	Power Trip	Documentary		$38,593	6,205	$42,690
63	Tying the Knot	Documentary	Not Rated	$37,464	6,023	$41,438
64	Incident at Loch Ness	Documentary	PG-13	$36,830	5,921	$40,736
65	Beyond the Gates of Splendor	Documentary	PG-13	$36,412	5,854	$40,276
66	Maestro	Documentary		$25,315	4,070	$28,002
67	Bonhoeffer	Documentary		$24,944	4,010	$27,589
68	WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception	Documentary	Not Rated	$21,841	3,511	$24,156
69	S21: The Khmer Rouge Death Machine	Documentary		$21,678	3,485	$23,977
70	Orwell Rolls in His Grave	Documentary		$19,257	3,096	$21,300
71	American Storytellers	Documentary		$16,346	2,628	$18,081
72	Faster	Documentary	PG-13	$16,265	2,615	$17,991
73	People Say I'm Crazy	Documentary		$15,679	2,521	$17,344
74	A Letter to True	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,835	2,224	$15,301
75	Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme	Documentary		$11,255	1,809	$12,446
76	Let's Get Frank	Documentary		$9,386	1,509	$10,382
77	Girlhood	Documentary		$9,060	1,457	$10,024
78	Cuba: Island of Music	Documentary		$8,806	1,416	$9,742
79	I'll Sing for You	Documentary		$8,798	1,414	$9,728
80	With All Deliberate Speed	Documentary		$4,920	791	$5,442
81	Saints and Sinners	Documentary		$3,826	615	$4,231
82	Brothers in Arms	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,270	526	$3,619
83	Venus Boyz	Documentary		$3,230	519	$3,571
84	The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,668	429	$2,952
85	Moog	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,227	358	$2,463
86	Still, the Children are Here	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,210	355	$2,442
87	Rivers and Tides	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,039	328	$2,257
88	Jesus, You Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$604	97	$667
Total Gross of All Movies				$233,912,658
Total Tickets Sold					37,606,536
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$258,732,968

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2004. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2004. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2003 will most likely earn money in 2003 and 2004. 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.