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Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 2010
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Genre | MPAA
Rating | 2010 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Jackass 3D |
Oct 15, 2010 |
Reality |
R |
$117,109,417 |
14,842,765 |
| 2 |
Hubble 3D |
Mar 19, 2010 |
Documentary |
G |
$20,149,829 |
2,553,844 |
| 3 |
Oceans |
Apr 22, 2010 |
Documentary |
G |
$19,422,319 |
2,461,637 |
| 4 |
Babies |
May 7, 2010 |
Documentary |
PG |
$7,320,323 |
927,797 |
| 5 |
Waiting for Superman |
Sep 24, 2010 |
Documentary |
PG |
$6,417,135 |
813,325 |
| 6 |
Under the Sea 3D |
Feb 13, 2009 |
Documentary |
G |
$5,857,442 |
742,388 |
| 7 |
The Wildest Dream |
Apr 30, 2010 |
Documentary |
PG |
$4,896,296 |
620,569 |
| 8 |
Inside Job |
Oct 8, 2010 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$3,452,017 |
437,517 |
| 9 |
Exit Through the Gift Shop |
Apr 16, 2010 |
Documentary |
R |
$3,291,250 |
417,141 |
| 10 |
Catfish |
Sep 17, 2010 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$3,237,343 |
410,310 |
| 11 |
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work |
Jun 11, 2010 |
Documentary |
R |
$2,930,687 |
371,443 |
| 12 |
Magnificent Desolation |
Sep 23, 2005 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,504,085 |
317,374 |
| 13 |
U2 3D |
Feb 15, 2008 |
Concert/Perfor… |
G |
$2,054,521 |
260,395 |
| 14 |
Space Station |
Apr 19, 2002 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,931,542 |
244,808 |
| 15 |
Deep Sea 3D |
Mar 3, 2006 |
Documentary |
G |
$1,379,500 |
174,842 |
| 16 |
Restrepo |
Jun 25, 2010 |
Documentary |
R |
$1,330,894 |
168,681 |
| 17 |
The Tillman Story |
Aug 20, 2010 |
Documentary |
R |
$798,940 |
101,259 |
| 18 |
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric… |
Oct 5, 2007 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$781,527 |
99,052 |
| 19 |
Racing Dreams |
May 21, 2010 |
Documentary |
PG |
$615,028 |
77,950 |
| 20 |
Elvis on Tour |
Jul 29, 2010 |
Concert/Perfor… |
G |
$587,818 |
74,502 |
| 21 |
The Art of the Steal |
Feb 26, 2010 |
Documentary |
PG |
$544,890 |
69,060 |
| 22 |
Phish 3D |
Apr 16, 2010 |
Concert/Perfor… |
Not Rated |
$485,913 |
61,585 |
| 23 |
Dolphins and Whales Tribes … |
Feb 15, 2008 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$458,309 |
58,087 |
| 24 |
The Most Dangerous Man in A… |
Jan 29, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$453,650 |
57,496 |
| 25 |
I Want Your Money |
Oct 15, 2010 |
Documentary |
PG |
$433,588 |
54,954 |
| 26 |
I'm Still Here |
Sep 10, 2010 |
Documentary |
R |
$408,983 |
51,835 |
| 27 |
A Film Unfinished |
Aug 18, 2010 |
Documentary |
R |
$320,486 |
40,619 |
| 28 |
Last Train Home |
Sep 3, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$288,328 |
36,543 |
| 29 |
Countdown to Zero |
Jul 23, 2010 |
Documentary |
PG |
$272,040 |
34,479 |
| 30 |
Breath Made Visible |
Apr 2, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$267,281 |
33,875 |
| 31 |
Kings of Pastry |
Sep 15, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$264,482 |
33,521 |
| 32 |
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The R… |
Jul 21, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$256,242 |
32,476 |
| 33 |
When You're Strange: A Film… |
Apr 9, 2010 |
Documentary |
R |
$246,078 |
31,188 |
| 34 |
Sweetgrass |
Jan 6, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$207,473 |
26,295 |
| 35 |
South of the Border |
Jun 25, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$198,600 |
25,171 |
| 36 |
Winnebago Man |
Jul 9, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$181,039 |
22,945 |
| 37 |
Casino Jack and the United … |
May 7, 2010 |
Documentary |
R |
$176,865 |
22,416 |
| 38 |
Client 9: The Rise and Fall… |
Nov 5, 2010 |
Documentary |
R |
$170,829 |
21,651 |
| 39 |
Genius Within: The Inner Li… |
Sep 10, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$162,122 |
20,547 |
| 40 |
La Danse |
Nov 4, 2009 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$149,561 |
18,955 |
| 41 |
Stonewall Uprising |
Jun 16, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$128,203 |
16,248 |
| 42 |
Galapagos |
Oct 29, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$113,853 |
14,430 |
| 43 |
Best Worst Movie |
Apr 23, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$109,895 |
13,928 |
| 44 |
Waste Land |
Oct 29, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$102,454 |
12,985 |
| 45 |
Freakonomics |
Oct 1, 2010 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$101,270 |
12,835 |
| 46 |
8: The Mormon Proposition |
Jun 18, 2010 |
Documentary |
R |
$100,280 |
12,709 |
| 47 |
Until the Light Takes Us |
Nov 20, 2009 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$84,156 |
10,666 |
| 48 |
Waking Sleeping Beauty |
Mar 26, 2010 |
Documentary |
PG |
$80,741 |
10,233 |
| 49 |
Living in Emergency |
Jun 4, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$69,047 |
8,751 |
| 50 |
Budrus |
Oct 8, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$68,353 |
8,663 |
| 51 |
2012: Time for Change |
Apr 9, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$68,339 |
8,661 |
| 52 |
Dancing Across Borders |
Mar 26, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$66,166 |
8,386 |
| 53 |
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage |
Jun 4, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$63,696 |
8,073 |
| 54 |
Marwencol |
Oct 8, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$63,292 |
8,021 |
| 55 |
Cool It |
Nov 12, 2010 |
Documentary |
PG |
$62,713 |
7,948 |
| 56 |
The Nature of Existence |
Jun 18, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$54,645 |
6,925 |
| 57 |
Strange Powers: Stephin Mer… |
Oct 27, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$54,152 |
6,863 |
| 58 |
Enemies of the People |
Jul 30, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$46,463 |
5,888 |
| 59 |
Cropsey |
Jun 4, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$42,392 |
5,372 |
| 60 |
The Oath |
May 7, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$42,273 |
5,357 |
| 61 |
Queen of the Sun |
Sep 17, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$41,895 |
5,309 |
| 62 |
On the Bowery |
Mar 18, 1957 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$41,802 |
5,298 |
| 63 |
The Legend of Pale Male |
Nov 24, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$38,083 |
4,826 |
| 64 |
Boxing Gym |
Oct 22, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$36,812 |
4,665 |
| 65 |
Bhutto |
Dec 3, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$34,963 |
4,431 |
| 66 |
The Yes Men Fix the World |
Oct 7, 2009 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$34,136 |
4,326 |
| 67 |
Ahead of Time |
Sep 10, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$33,024 |
4,185 |
| 68 |
William S. Burroughs: A Man… |
Nov 17, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$32,608 |
4,132 |
| 69 |
Who is Harry Nilsson (and W… |
Sep 10, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$30,975 |
3,925 |
| 70 |
GasLand |
Sep 15, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$30,846 |
3,909 |
| 71 |
Deux de la vague |
May 19, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$28,808 |
3,651 |
| 72 |
Visual Acoustics |
Oct 9, 2009 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$27,565 |
3,493 |
| 73 |
The Human Experience |
Apr 9, 2010 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$27,170 |
3,443 |
| 74 |
October Country |
Feb 12, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$26,185 |
3,318 |
| 75 |
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inf… |
Jul 16, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$24,328 |
3,083 |
| 76 |
Behind the Burly Q |
Apr 23, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$23,889 |
3,027 |
| 77 |
Saint Misbehavin’: The Wavy… |
Dec 3, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$23,887 |
3,027 |
| 78 |
Smash His Camera |
Jul 30, 2010 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$23,671 |
3,000 |
| 79 |
The Other City |
Sep 17, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$22,539 |
2,856 |
| 80 |
And Everything is Going Fine |
Dec 10, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$22,080 |
2,798 |
| 81 |
Raw Faith |
May 28, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$20,956 |
2,656 |
| 82 |
Double Take |
Jun 2, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$20,218 |
2,562 |
| 83 |
Neshoba: The Price of Freedom |
Aug 13, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$19,245 |
2,439 |
| 84 |
The Horse Boy |
Sep 11, 2009 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$19,117 |
2,422 |
| 85 |
Off and Running |
Jan 29, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$18,262 |
2,314 |
| 86 |
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo |
May 12, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$15,930 |
2,019 |
| 87 |
Shoah |
Nov 1, 1985 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$15,642 |
1,982 |
| 88 |
The End of Poverty? |
Nov 13, 2009 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$15,444 |
1,957 |
| 89 |
Les plages d'Agnès |
Jul 1, 2009 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$14,523 |
1,840 |
| 90 |
The Kids Grow Up |
Oct 29, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$12,095 |
1,532 |
| 91 |
After the Cup: Sons of Sakh… |
May 21, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$12,085 |
1,531 |
| 92 |
Picture Me: A Model's Diary |
Sep 17, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$12,008 |
1,521 |
| 93 |
Mine |
Mar 1, 2009 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$11,283 |
1,430 |
| 94 |
Good Hair |
Oct 9, 2009 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$11,053 |
1,400 |
| 95 |
The Two Escobars |
Aug 27, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$10,942 |
1,386 |
| 96 |
Waiting for Armageddon |
Jan 8, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$10,501 |
1,330 |
| 97 |
GhettoPhysics: Will the Rea… |
Oct 8, 2010 |
Documentary |
R |
$10,229 |
1,296 |
| 98 |
The Cove |
Jul 31, 2009 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$7,934 |
1,005 |
| 99 |
Mugabe and the White African |
Jul 23, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,924 |
1,004 |
| 100 |
The Thorn in the Heart |
Apr 2, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,376 |
934 |
| 101 |
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring Wha… |
Jun 12, 2009 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,296 |
924 |
| 102 |
Only When I Dance |
Jul 2, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,150 |
906 |
| 103 |
Crude |
Sep 9, 2009 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$6,878 |
871 |
| 104 |
The Cartel |
Apr 16, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$6,569 |
832 |
| 105 |
Under Our Skin |
Jun 17, 2009 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$6,526 |
827 |
| 106 |
Brutal Beauty: Tales of the… |
Jan 8, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$6,280 |
795 |
| 107 |
Phyllis and Harold |
Feb 19, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$5,992 |
759 |
| 108 |
Nénette |
Dec 22, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$5,450 |
690 |
| 109 |
Whiz Kids |
Jun 4, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$5,427 |
687 |
| 110 |
American Grindhouse |
Jun 18, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$3,598 |
456 |
| 111 |
Det røde kapel |
Dec 29, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$3,539 |
448 |
| 112 |
The September Issue |
Aug 28, 2009 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$3,169 |
401 |
| 113 |
Sweethearts of the Prison R… |
Sep 17, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,198 |
278 |
| 114 |
Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagar… |
Oct 2, 2009 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,126 |
269 |
| 115 |
Nobody's Perfect |
Apr 16, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,122 |
268 |
| 116 |
A Mother's Courage: Talking… |
Sep 24, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,916 |
242 |
| 117 |
45365 |
Feb 26, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,909 |
241 |
| 118 |
Carbon Nation |
May 7, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,470 |
186 |
| 119 |
Convention |
Jun 4, 2010 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,220 |
154 |
| 120 |
Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg |
Jul 10, 2009 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$961 |
121 |
| 121 |
The Wonder of it All |
Jul 17, 2009 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$355 |
44 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $214,497,239 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 27,185,900 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2010.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2010.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.
Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.
Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
