The Numbers - Box Office Performance History for Factual Movies

Top-Grossing Movies 1995-2013, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Genre	MPAA Rating	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Fahrenheit 9/11	Jun 23, 2004	Documentary	R	$119,114,517	$151,292,841
2	Everest	Mar 6, 1998	Documentary	PG-13	$87,178,599	$125,785,867
3	Jackass 3D	Oct 15, 2010	Comedy	R	$117,229,692	$117,229,692
4	Space Station	Apr 19, 2002	Documentary	Not Rated	$87,763,245	$107,031,361
5	Anastasia	Nov 14, 1997	Musical	G	$58,403,409	$100,018,682
6	La marche de l'empereur	Jun 24, 2005	Documentary	G	$77,437,223	$95,286,851
7	Jackass: Number Two	Sep 22, 2006	Comedy	R	$72,778,712	$87,667,794
8	Dolphins	Oct 20, 2000	Documentary	Not Rated	$54,000,000	$79,046,383
9	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Oct 28, 2009	Documentary	PG	$72,091,016	$75,839,745
10	Justin Bieber: Never Say Never	Feb 9, 2011	Concert/Performance	G	$73,013,910	$73,013,910
11	Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour	Feb 1, 2008	Concert/Performance	G	$65,281,781	$71,737,221
12	Mysteries of Egypt	Jul 16, 1998	Documentary	Not Rated	$40,593,286	$68,290,199
13	The Original Kings of Comedy	Aug 18, 2000	Concert/Performance	R	$38,168,022	$55,871,189
14	Deep Sea 3-D	Mar 3, 2006	Documentary	G	$45,518,944	$51,346,053
15	Magnificent Desolation	Sep 23, 2005	Documentary	Not Rated	$40,144,533	$45,666,649
16	Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	Feb 27, 2009	Concert/Performance	G	$38,174,685	$38,174,685
17	Hubble 3D	Mar 19, 2010	Documentary	G	$37,950,526	$37,950,526
18	Under the Sea 3D	Feb 13, 2009	Documentary	G	$36,671,385	$36,671,385
19	earth	Apr 22, 2009	Documentary	G	$32,011,576	$33,676,177
20	2016: Obama's America	Jul 13, 2012	Documentary	PG	$33,349,941	$33,349,941
21	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Jul 11, 1997	Documentary	G	$18,798,682	$30,241,423
22	Bowling for Columbine	Oct 11, 2002	Documentary	R	$21,576,018	$28,984,507
23	Chimpanzee	Apr 20, 2012	Documentary	G	$28,965,459	$28,965,459
24	An Inconvenient Truth	May 24, 2006	Documentary	PG	$24,146,161	$28,687,070
25	Sicko	Jun 22, 2007	Documentary	PG-13	$24,538,513	$28,131,653
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Year by Year Market Share

Year	Movies in Release	Market Share	Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross	Top-Grossing Movie	Gross that Year
1995	9	1.55%	$81,796,269	18,803,739	$148,925,613	Hoop Dreams	$5,758,625
1996	6	0.16%	$8,923,476	2,018,886	$15,989,577	When We Were Kings	$2,666,118
1997	7	0.94%	$60,993,257	13,288,292	$105,243,273	Anastasia	$53,042,286
1998	13	1.78%	$120,974,290	25,794,091	$204,289,201	Everest	$56,145,919
1999	24	0.93%	$67,881,586	13,362,515	$105,831,119	Everest	$18,064,450
2000	40	2.04%	$152,678,527	28,326,259	$224,343,971	Dolphins	$54,000,000
2001	23	0.31%	$24,917,114	4,402,318	$34,866,359	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	$6,443,686
2002	29	1.30%	$119,604,030	20,585,891	$163,040,257	Space Station	$29,820,971
2003	47	0.96%	$89,571,633	14,854,334	$117,646,325	Space Station	$16,352,556
2004	84	2.38%	$217,089,876	34,958,112	$276,868,247	Fahrenheit 9/11	$119,078,393
2005	99	1.83%	$163,310,066	25,477,392	$201,780,945	La marche de l'empereur	$77,413,017
2006	111	1.91%	$176,334,340	26,921,275	$213,216,498	Jackass: Number Two	$72,778,712
2007	111	0.75%	$71,849,939	10,443,308	$82,710,999	Sicko	$24,530,513
2008	138	1.65%	$163,681,149	22,796,819	$180,550,806	Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour	$65,281,781
2009	86	2.02%	$215,563,246	28,741,767	$227,634,795	Michael Jackson's This Is It	$72,091,016
2010	107	2.01%	$210,437,758	26,671,456	$211,237,932	Jackass 3D	$117,109,417
2011	140	1.68%	$171,357,390	21,608,753	$171,141,324	Justin Bieber: Never Say Never	$73,013,910
2012	144	1.46%	$155,896,627	19,909,655	$157,684,468	2016: Obama's America	$33,349,941
2013	67	0.62%	$21,751,314	2,740,543	$21,705,101	Under the Sea 3D	$4,192,504

Box Office History for Factual Movies

Ticket Sales and Market Share by Year

Top-Grossing Movies 1995-2013, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

Year by Year Market Share