Market Charts > 2001 > Genres > Documentary
Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2001
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Theatrical
Distributor | MPAA
Rating | 2001 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Shackleton's Antarctic Adve… |
Feb 9, 2001 |
WGBH Giant-Screen… |
Not Rated |
$6,683,025 |
1,180,746 |
| 2 |
Michael Jordan to the MAX |
May 5, 2000 |
Giant Screen Films |
Not Rated |
$4,293,965 |
758,651 |
| 3 |
Galapagos |
Oct 29, 1999 |
IMAX Films |
Not Rated |
$3,511,940 |
620,484 |
| 4 |
Island of the Sharks |
Apr 30, 1999 |
IMAX Films |
Not Rated |
$1,626,777 |
287,416 |
| 5 |
The Endurance: Shackleton's… |
Oct 5, 2001 |
Cowboy Pictures |
G |
$1,435,399 |
253,604 |
| 6 |
Extreme |
Mar 23, 1999 |
IMAX Films |
Not Rated |
$1,285,048 |
227,040 |
| 7 |
Startup.com |
May 11, 2001 |
Artisan |
R |
$1,280,975 |
226,320 |
| 8 |
Encounter in the Third Dime… |
Feb 26, 1999 |
nWave Pictures |
Not Rated |
$996,546 |
176,068 |
| 9 |
Thrill Ride: The Science of… |
Jul 11, 1997 |
Sony Pictures Cla… |
G |
$546,397 |
96,536 |
| 10 |
Trembling Before G-D |
Oct 26, 2001 |
New Yorker |
Not Rated |
$281,541 |
49,742 |
| 11 |
Mysteries of Egypt |
Jul 16, 1998 |
Sony Pictures |
Not Rated |
$210,300 |
37,155 |
| 12 |
Porn Star: The Legend of Ro… |
Nov 30, 2001 |
|
R |
$175,040 |
30,925 |
| 13 |
Calle 54 |
Oct 20, 2000 |
Miramax |
G |
$122,129 |
21,577 |
| 14 |
Africa's Elephant Kingdom |
May 8, 1998 |
Discovery/IMAX |
Not Rated |
$118,955 |
21,016 |
| 15 |
Chop Suey |
Oct 5, 2001 |
Zeitgeist |
Not Rated |
$84,729 |
14,969 |
| 16 |
Cet obscur objet du desir |
Jul 13, 2001 |
|
R |
$55,261 |
9,763 |
| 17 |
Live Nude Girls Unite |
Oct 6, 2000 |
|
Not Rated |
$25,507 |
4,506 |
| 18 |
Siegfried & Roy: Masters of… |
Oct 1, 1999 |
IMAX Films |
PG |
$15,953 |
2,818 |
| 19 |
The Girl Next Door |
Apr 14, 2000 |
Indican Pictures |
R |
$13,117 |
2,317 |
| 20 |
The Art of Amália |
Dec 8, 2000 |
Avatar |
Not Rated |
$12,164 |
2,149 |
| 21 |
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack |
Aug 16, 2000 |
|
PG-13 |
$10,325 |
1,824 |
| 22 |
Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope |
Sep 7, 2001 |
Artistic License |
Not Rated |
$8,285 |
1,463 |
| 23 |
The Man Who Bought Mustique |
May 11, 2001 |
|
Not Rated |
$7,778 |
1,374 |
| 24 |
Paragraph 175 |
Sep 13, 2000 |
|
Not Rated |
$6,853 |
1,210 |
| 25 |
Monterey Pop |
Dec 26, 1968 |
|
Not Rated |
$1,524 |
269 |
| 26 |
Lauzon Lauzone |
Mar 23, 2001 |
|
Not Rated |
$848 |
149 |
| 27 |
Benjamin Smoke |
Jul 21, 2000 |
Cowboy Pictures |
Not Rated |
$62 |
10 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $22,810,443 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 4,030,101 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2001.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2001.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
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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.
