Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2010

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Theatrical Distributor	MPAA Rating	2010 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	Hubble 3D	3/19/2010	Warner Bros.	G	$20,149,829	2,553,844
2	Oceans	4/22/2010	Walt Disney	G	$19,422,319	2,461,637
3	Babies	5/7/2010	Focus Features	PG	$7,320,323	927,798
4	Waiting for Superman	9/24/2010	Paramount Vantage	PG	$6,417,135	813,325
5	Under the Sea 3D	2/13/2009	Warner Bros.	G	$5,857,442	742,388
6	Inside Job	10/8/2010	Sony Pictures Classics	PG-13	$3,452,017	437,518
7	Catfish	9/17/2010	Universal	PG-13	$3,237,343	410,310
8	Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work	6/11/2010	IFC Films	R	$2,930,687	371,443
9	Space Station	4/19/2002	IMAX Films	Not Rated	$1,931,542	244,809
10	Deep Sea 3-D	3/3/2006	Warner Bros.	G	$1,379,500	174,842
11	Restrepo	6/25/2010	National Geographic Entertainment	R	$1,330,894	168,681
12	The Tillman Story	8/20/2010	Weinstein Co.	R	$798,940	101,260
13	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	10/5/2007	National Geographic Entertainment	Not Rated	$781,527	99,053
14	The Wildest Dream	4/30/2010	National Geographic Entertainment	PG	$694,298	87,997
15	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	2/15/2008	3D Entertainment	Not Rated	$458,309	58,087
16	I Want Your Money	10/15/2010	Freestyle Releasing	PG	$433,588	54,954
17	I'm Still Here	9/10/2010	Magnolia Pictures	R	$408,983	51,836
18	Countdown to Zero	7/23/2010	Magnolia Pictures	PG	$272,040	34,479
19	When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors	4/9/2010	Abramorama Films	R	$246,078	31,189
20	Casino Jack and the United States of Money	5/7/2010	Magnolia Pictures	R	$176,865	22,416
21	Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer	11/5/2010	Magnolia Pictures	R	$170,829	21,651
22	Freakonomics	10/1/2010	Magnolia Pictures	PG-13	$101,270	12,835
23	8: The Mormon Proposition	6/18/2010		R	$100,280	12,710
24	Waking Sleeping Beauty	3/26/2010	Walt Disney	PG	$80,741	10,233
25	Racing Dreams	5/21/2010	Hannover House	PG	$65,082	8,249
26	Cool It	11/12/2010	Roadside Attractions	PG	$62,713	7,948
27	The Human Experience	4/9/2010		PG-13	$27,170	3,444
28	Good Hair	10/9/2009	Roadside Attractions	PG-13	$11,053	1,401
29	GhettoPhysics: Will the Real Pimps and Ho's Please Stand Up?	10/8/2010	Samuel Goldwyn Films	R	$10,087	1,278
30	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	6/12/2009	Shadow	Not Rated	$7,991	1,013
31	The Cove	7/31/2009	Roadside Attractions	PG-13	$7,934	1,006
32	Smash His Camera	7/30/2010	Magnolia Pictures	PG-13	$3,644	462
33	The September Issue	8/28/2009	Roadside Attractions	PG-13	$3,517	446
34	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	7/10/2009	International Film Circuit	Not Rated	$961	122
Total Gross of All Movies					$78,352,931
Total Tickets Sold						9,930,664

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.

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.