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Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 2003
Rank | Movie | Release Date |
Genre | MPAA Rating | 2003 Gross | Tickets Sold |
1 |
Space Station |
Apr 19, 2002 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$15,713,110 |
2,605,822 |
2 |
Ghosts of the Abyss |
Apr 11, 2003 |
Documentary |
G |
$15,283,482 |
2,534,574 |
3 |
Winged Migration |
Apr 18, 2003 |
Documentary |
G |
$11,689,053 |
1,938,483 |
4 |
Tupac Resurrection |
Nov 14, 2003 |
Documentary |
R |
$7,718,961 |
1,280,093 |
5 |
Spellbound |
Apr 30, 2003 |
Documentary |
G |
$5,728,581 |
950,013 |
6 |
Bowling for Columbine |
Oct 11, 2002 |
Documentary |
R |
$5,545,141 |
919,592 |
7 |
Bugs! (IMAX) |
Mar 14, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,374,388 |
725,437 |
8 |
The Real Cancun |
Apr 25, 2003 |
Documentary |
R |
$3,816,594 |
632,934 |
9 |
Step Into Liquid |
Aug 8, 2003 |
Documentary |
PG |
$3,681,803 |
610,580 |
10 |
Capturing the Friedmans |
May 30, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$3,117,985 |
517,078 |
11 |
DysFunkTional Family |
Apr 4, 2003 |
Documentary |
R |
$2,255,000 |
373,963 |
12 |
Rivers and Tides |
Jun 28, 2002 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,198,237 |
364,550 |
13 |
Shackleton's Antarctic Adve… |
Feb 9, 2001 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,874,005 |
310,780 |
14 |
Lost in La Mancha |
Jan 31, 2003 |
Documentary |
R |
$734,514 |
121,809 |
15 |
Shanghai Ghetto |
Sep 27, 2002 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$683,331 |
113,321 |
16 |
Mark Twain's America 3D |
Jul 3, 1998 |
Documentary |
G |
$620,689 |
102,933 |
17 |
To Be and To Have |
Sep 17, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$545,153 |
90,406 |
18 |
The Weather Underground |
Jun 6, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$500,877 |
83,064 |
19 |
Thrill Ride: The Science of… |
Jul 11, 1997 |
Documentary |
G |
$482,900 |
80,082 |
20 |
My Architect |
Nov 14, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$439,580 |
72,898 |
21 |
Amandla! A Revolution in Fo… |
Feb 21, 2003 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$405,331 |
67,219 |
22 |
Galapagos |
Oct 29, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$391,051 |
64,850 |
23 |
Im Toten Winkel - Hitlers S… |
Jan 24, 2003 |
Documentary |
PG |
$376,886 |
62,501 |
24 |
Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion |
Sep 19, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$375,249 |
62,230 |
25 |
Standing in the Shadows of … |
Nov 15, 2002 |
Documentary |
PG |
$284,720 |
47,217 |
26 |
The Fog of War |
Dec 19, 2003 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$276,427 |
45,841 |
27 |
Bonhoeffer |
Jun 20, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$271,237 |
44,981 |
28 |
Encounter in the Third Dime… |
Feb 26, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$265,482 |
44,026 |
29 |
The Girl Next Door |
Apr 14, 2000 |
Documentary |
R |
$256,477 |
42,533 |
30 |
Power & Terror: Noam Chomsk… |
Nov 22, 2002 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$234,686 |
38,919 |
31 |
Ônibus 174 |
Oct 8, 2003 |
Documentary |
R |
$167,340 |
27,751 |
32 |
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns |
May 23, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$160,621 |
26,636 |
33 |
Billabong Odyssey |
Nov 7, 2003 |
Documentary |
PG |
$155,500 |
25,787 |
34 |
Stoked: The Rise and Fall o… |
Aug 22, 2003 |
|
R |
$131,712 |
21,842 |
35 |
The Trials of Henry Kissinger |
Sep 25, 2002 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$126,788 |
21,026 |
36 |
Extreme |
Mar 23, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$121,923 |
20,219 |
37 |
Fellini: Sono un Gran Bugiardo |
Apr 2, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$106,080 |
17,592 |
38 |
Stevie |
Mar 28, 2003 |
Documentary |
R |
$97,044 |
16,093 |
39 |
Concert for George |
Oct 3, 2003 |
Concert/Perfor… |
PG-13 |
$70,000 |
11,608 |
40 |
Only the Strong Survive |
May 9, 2003 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$57,322 |
9,506 |
41 |
Secret Lives: Hidden Childr… |
May 16, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$37,156 |
6,161 |
42 |
My Flesh and Blood |
Nov 26, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$35,838 |
5,943 |
43 |
A Decade Under the Influence |
Apr 25, 2003 |
Documentary |
R |
$34,514 |
5,723 |
44 |
Girlhood |
Oct 31, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$28,892 |
4,791 |
45 |
Beyond Vanilla |
May 9, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$27,396 |
4,543 |
46 |
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest |
Nov 21, 1969 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$20,073 |
3,328 |
47 |
Ziggy Stardust and the Spid… |
Jul 10, 2002 |
Documentary |
PG |
$18,430 |
3,056 |
48 |
7th Street |
Jan 17, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$15,629 |
2,591 |
49 |
Venus Boyz |
Aug 22, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$15,171 |
2,515 |
50 |
Hybrid |
May 10, 2002 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$11,943 |
1,980 |
51 |
Cinemania |
May 16, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$11,305 |
1,874 |
52 |
The Settlers |
Jan 15, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$10,592 |
1,756 |
53 |
American Storytellers |
Nov 7, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$8,440 |
1,399 |
54 |
In the Mirror of Maya Deren |
Jan 24, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$6,015 |
997 |
55 |
Forget Baghdad: Jews and Ar… |
Dec 5, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$3,741 |
620 |
56 |
The Backyard |
Aug 29, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$3,200 |
530 |
57 |
The Ballad of Bering Strait |
Feb 19, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,440 |
238 |
58 |
The Cockettes |
May 10, 2002 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,210 |
200 |
59 |
Independent Spirits: Faith … |
Nov 28, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$960 |
159 |
Total Gross of All Movies | $91,627,205 | |
Total Tickets Sold | 15,195,193 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2003.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2003.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
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