Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 2005

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2005 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	March of the Penguins	Documentary	G	$77,437,223	12,080,690	$83,115,147
2	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,154,655	1,272,177	$8,752,578
3	Mad Hot Ballroom	Documentary	PG	$8,117,961	1,266,453	$8,713,197
4	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,015,995	1,250,545	$8,603,750
5	Aliens of the Deep	Documentary	G	$7,538,256	1,176,015	$8,090,983
6	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,657,557	1,038,620	$7,145,706
7	The Aristocrats	Comedy	Not Rated	$6,361,370	992,413	$6,827,801
8	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,071,700	635,211	$4,370,252
9	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	Documentary	R	$3,375,072	526,532	$3,622,540
10	Rize	Documentary	PG-13	$3,278,611	511,484	$3,519,010
11	Grizzly Man	Documentary	R	$3,178,403	495,851	$3,411,455
12	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Documentary	G	$3,041,591	474,507	$3,264,608
13	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,757,946	430,257	$2,960,168
14	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,099,989	327,611	$2,253,964
15	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Documentary	PG	$1,991,838	310,739	$2,137,884
16	Murderball	Documentary	PG-13	$1,531,154	238,870	$1,643,426
17	Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$1,149,330	179,303	$1,233,605
18	Paperclips	Documentary	G	$1,079,433	168,398	$1,158,578
19	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$945,269	147,468	$1,014,580
20	What the #$'! Do We Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$849,898	132,589	$912,212
21	First Descent	Documentary	PG-13	$739,690	115,396	$793,924
22	Inside Deep Throat	Documentary	NC-17	$691,880	107,938	$742,613
23	Dust to Glory	Documentary	PG	$639,990	99,842	$686,913
24	Gunner Palace	Documentary	PG	$607,502	94,774	$652,045
25	Ghosts of the Abyss	Documentary	G	$487,507	76,054	$523,252
26	Ballets Russes	Documentary	Not Rated	$451,123	70,378	$484,201
27	In the Realms of the Unreal	Documentary	Not Rated	$343,243	53,548	$368,410
28	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Documentary	Not Rated	$312,141	48,696	$335,028
29	Watermarks	Documentary	Not Rated	$245,845	38,353	$263,869
30	Naked Fame	Documentary	Not Rated	$213,621	33,326	$229,283
31	Mondovino	Documentary	PG-13	$209,618	32,702	$224,990
32	My Date With Drew	Documentary	PG	$181,041	28,244	$194,319
33	New York Doll	Documentary	PG-13	$176,056	27,466	$188,966
34	The Untold story of Emmett Till	Documentary	Not Rated	$171,916	26,820	$184,522
35	Protocols of Zion	Documentary	Not Rated	$161,317	25,166	$173,142
36	Touch the Sound	Documentary	Not Rated	$136,047	21,224	$146,021
37	Deep Blue	Documentary	G	$129,854	20,258	$139,375
38	Music from the Inside Out	Documentary	Not Rated	$124,693	19,453	$133,837
39	Tarnation	Documentary	Not Rated	$113,902	17,769	$122,251
40	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$113,740	17,744	$122,079
41	Darwin's Nightmare	Documentary	Not Rated	$97,614	15,228	$104,769
42	Gay Sex in the 70's	Documentary	Not Rated	$85,625	13,358	$91,903
43	The Future of Food	Documentary	Not Rated	$81,280	12,680	$87,238
44	The Nomi Song	Documentary	Not Rated	$74,216	11,578	$79,657
45	Searching for Wrong-Eyed Jesus	Documentary	Not Rated	$70,308	10,968	$75,460
46	Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire	Documentary	Not Rated	$68,249	10,647	$73,251
47	Lightning in a Bottle	Documentary	PG-13	$65,207	10,173	$69,990
48	Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes van Zandt	Documentary		$62,109	9,689	$66,660
49	Rock School	Documentary	R	$58,241	9,086	$62,512
50	The Boys of Baraka	Documentary	R	$47,542	7,417	$51,029
51	William Eggleston in the Real World	Documentary	Not Rated	$44,435	6,932	$47,692
52	A State of Mind	Documentary	Not Rated	$41,468	6,469	$44,507
53	The Goebbels Experiment	Documentary	Not Rated	$40,811	6,367	$43,805
54	Tell Them Who You Are	Documentary	R	$39,075	6,096	$41,940
55	After Innocence	Documentary	Not Rated	$36,004	5,617	$38,645
56	The Year of Yao	Documentary	PG	$34,699	5,413	$37,241
57	Reel Paradise	Documentary	R	$29,720	4,637	$31,903
58	Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst	Documentary	Not Rated	$28,506	4,447	$30,595
59	Lipstick & Dynamite	Documentary	Not Rated	$26,073	4,068	$27,988
60	39 Pounds of Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,467	3,973	$27,334
61	Emmanuel's Gift	Documentary	G	$23,578	3,678	$25,305
62	Three of Hearts	Documentary	R	$21,429	3,343	$23,000
63	Voices in Wartime	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,702	3,230	$22,222
64	Zizek!	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,117	3,138	$21,589
65	A League of Ordinary Gentlemen	Documentary	R	$18,326	2,859	$19,670
66	Genesis	Documentary	G	$16,413	2,561	$17,620
67	The 3 Rooms of Melancholia	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,080	2,509	$17,262
68	The Last Mogul: Life and Times of Lew Wasserman	Documentary	PG-13	$15,655	2,442	$16,801
69	One Bright Shining Moment	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,504	2,419	$16,643
70	Bright Leaves	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,415	2,405	$16,546
71	Up For Grabs	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,931	2,173	$14,950
72	Wall	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,913	2,171	$14,936
73	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Documentary		$12,087	1,886	$12,976
74	Sunset Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,802	1,373	$9,446
75	Twist of Faith	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,129	1,268	$8,724
76	Writer of O	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,127	1,268	$8,724
77	Occupation: Dreamland	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,018	1,251	$8,607
78	A Decent Factory	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,395	998	$6,866
79	Aristide and the Endless Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,226	971	$6,680
80	WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,460	852	$5,862
81	Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,930	769	$5,291
82	Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$4,433	692	$4,761
83	Sacred Stage	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,410	688	$4,733
84	McLibel	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,337	677	$4,658
85	Howard Zinn	Documentary		$4,020	627	$4,314
86	Swenkas	Documentary		$3,875	605	$4,162
87	Two by Scorsese	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,845	600	$4,128
88	The Aggressives	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,769	588	$4,045
89	This Divided State	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,724	581	$3,997
90	Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,238	505	$3,474
91	Stolen Childhoods	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,996	467	$3,213
92	The Optimists	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,377	371	$2,552
93	With God on Our Side	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,806	282	$1,940
94	Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer	Documentary		$1,790	279	$1,920
95	Making Grace	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,496	233	$1,603
96	Monumental: David Broners Fight for Wild America	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,430	223	$1,534
97	Return to the Land of Wonders	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,338	209	$1,438
98	The Letter: An American Town and the 'Somali Invasion'	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,058	165	$1,135
Total Gross of All Movies				$159,269,805
Total Tickets Sold					24,847,083
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$170,947,931

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2005. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2005. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2004 will most likely earn money in 2004 and 2005. 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.