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Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 2006
Rank | Movie | Release Date |
Genre | MPAA Rating | 2006 Gross | Tickets Sold |
1 |
Jackass: Number Two |
Sep 22, 2006 |
Reality |
R |
$72,778,712 |
11,111,253 |
2 |
Deep Sea 3D |
Mar 3, 2006 |
Documentary |
G |
$39,211,782 |
5,986,531 |
3 |
An Inconvenient Truth |
May 24, 2006 |
Documentary |
PG |
$24,146,161 |
3,686,436 |
4 |
The New World |
Dec 25, 2005 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$12,555,622 |
1,916,888 |
5 |
Dave Chappelle's Block Party |
Mar 3, 2006 |
Documentary |
R |
$11,718,595 |
1,789,098 |
6 |
Magnificent Desolation |
Sep 23, 2005 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$10,952,503 |
1,672,137 |
7 |
Wild Safari 3D |
Apr 8, 2005 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$5,790,595 |
884,060 |
8 |
Roving Mars |
Jan 27, 2006 |
Documentary |
G |
$5,482,822 |
837,072 |
9 |
Wordplay |
Jun 16, 2006 |
Documentary |
PG |
$3,121,270 |
476,529 |
10 |
Why We Fight |
Jan 20, 2006 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$1,880,863 |
287,154 |
11 |
Neil Young: Heart of Gold |
Feb 10, 2006 |
Concert/Perfor… |
PG |
$1,828,069 |
279,094 |
12 |
Who Killed the Electric Car? |
Jun 28, 2006 |
Documentary |
PG |
$1,678,874 |
256,316 |
13 |
Bugs! (IMAX) |
Mar 14, 2003 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,619,294 |
247,220 |
14 |
Aliens of the Deep |
Jan 28, 2005 |
Documentary |
G |
$1,206,247 |
184,159 |
15 |
Galapagos |
Oct 29, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,132,540 |
172,906 |
16 |
Shut Up and Sing |
Oct 27, 2006 |
Documentary |
R |
$1,120,005 |
170,993 |
17 |
The U.S. vs John Lennon |
Sep 15, 2006 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$1,109,146 |
169,335 |
18 |
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man |
Jun 21, 2006 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$1,044,254 |
159,428 |
19 |
Space Station |
Apr 19, 2002 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,031,820 |
157,529 |
20 |
Jesus Camp |
Sep 15, 2006 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$872,124 |
133,148 |
21 |
The Heart of the Game |
Jun 9, 2006 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$444,687 |
67,891 |
22 |
Sketches of Frank Gehry |
May 12, 2006 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$439,309 |
67,070 |
23 |
Ballets Russes |
Oct 28, 2005 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$364,725 |
55,683 |
24 |
The Devil and Daniel Johnston |
Mar 31, 2006 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$334,450 |
51,061 |
25 |
Don’t Trip, He Ain’t Throug… |
Mar 17, 2006 |
Concert/Perfor… |
Not Rated |
$319,088 |
48,715 |
26 |
This Film is Not Yet Rated |
Sep 1, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$306,845 |
46,846 |
27 |
The Boys of Baraka |
Dec 2, 2005 |
Documentary |
R |
$276,318 |
42,185 |
28 |
American Hardcore |
Sep 22, 2006 |
Documentary |
R |
$265,992 |
40,609 |
29 |
The War Tapes |
Jun 2, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$254,190 |
38,807 |
30 |
49 Up |
Oct 6, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$240,215 |
36,674 |
31 |
Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey |
Oct 11, 2002 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$226,500 |
34,580 |
32 |
Deliver Us From Evil |
Oct 13, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$201,275 |
30,729 |
33 |
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is M… |
Nov 11, 2005 |
Concert/Perfor… |
Not Rated |
$174,914 |
26,704 |
34 |
Our Brand is Crisis |
Mar 3, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$166,750 |
25,458 |
35 |
Cocaine Cowboys |
Oct 27, 2006 |
Documentary |
R |
$163,000 |
24,885 |
36 |
Awesome: I F%!#in' Shot That |
Mar 31, 2006 |
Concert/Perfor… |
R |
$162,538 |
24,814 |
37 |
Gay Sex in the 70's |
Nov 4, 2005 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$156,979 |
23,966 |
38 |
The Bridge |
Oct 27, 2006 |
Documentary |
R |
$150,731 |
23,012 |
39 |
Once in a Lifetime: the Ext… |
Jul 7, 2006 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$144,601 |
22,076 |
40 |
What the Bleep?: Down the R… |
Feb 3, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$135,706 |
20,718 |
41 |
Stolen |
Apr 21, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$132,596 |
20,243 |
42 |
Unknown White Male |
Feb 24, 2006 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$126,836 |
19,364 |
43 |
Sir! No Sir! |
Apr 7, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$116,944 |
17,854 |
44 |
Darwin's Nightmare |
Aug 5, 2005 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$106,132 |
16,203 |
45 |
Al Franken: God Spoke |
Sep 13, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$102,990 |
15,723 |
46 |
America: Freedom to Fascism |
Jul 28, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$87,400 |
13,343 |
47 |
51 Birch Street |
Oct 18, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$84,689 |
12,929 |
48 |
After Innocence |
Oct 21, 2005 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$78,076 |
11,920 |
49 |
Crossing the Bridge: The So… |
Jun 9, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$70,685 |
10,791 |
50 |
Iraq in Fragments |
Nov 8, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$68,223 |
10,415 |
51 |
Be Here to Love Me: A Film … |
Dec 2, 2005 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$67,315 |
10,277 |
52 |
Absolute Wilson |
Oct 27, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$54,176 |
8,271 |
53 |
Screamers |
Dec 8, 2006 |
Documentary |
R |
$52,034 |
7,944 |
54 |
Encounter in the Third Dime… |
Feb 26, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$48,877 |
7,462 |
55 |
Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy |
Mar 31, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$47,243 |
7,212 |
56 |
New York Doll |
Oct 28, 2005 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$43,125 |
6,583 |
57 |
Commune |
May 5, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$41,714 |
6,368 |
58 |
Touch the Sound |
Sep 9, 2005 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$40,004 |
6,107 |
59 |
Been Rich All My Life |
Jul 21, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$36,406 |
5,558 |
60 |
Bubot Niyar |
Sep 6, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$36,089 |
5,509 |
61 |
The Real Dirt on Farmer John |
Jan 20, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$34,298 |
5,236 |
62 |
My Country My Country |
Aug 4, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$33,620 |
5,132 |
63 |
Sisters in Law |
Apr 12, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$33,312 |
5,085 |
64 |
The Untold story of Emmett … |
Aug 19, 2005 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$30,565 |
4,666 |
65 |
Excellent Cadavers |
Jul 14, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$30,296 |
4,625 |
66 |
Who Gets to Call It Art? |
Feb 3, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$27,344 |
4,174 |
67 |
Trudell |
Feb 3, 2006 |
Documentary |
PG |
$26,756 |
4,084 |
68 |
Henri Cartier-Bresson - Bio… |
Jan 13, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$25,347 |
3,869 |
69 |
Wrestling with Angels |
Oct 4, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$24,729 |
3,775 |
70 |
Islam: What the West Needs … |
Jul 7, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$22,938 |
3,501 |
71 |
F*ck |
Nov 10, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$22,359 |
3,413 |
72 |
Giuliani Time |
May 12, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$21,967 |
3,353 |
73 |
The Ground Truth: After the… |
Sep 15, 2006 |
Documentary |
R |
$20,013 |
3,055 |
74 |
Suicide Killers |
Aug 25, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$18,239 |
2,784 |
75 |
Protocols of Zion |
Oct 21, 2005 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$17,558 |
2,680 |
76 |
The Wild Parrots of Telegra… |
Feb 11, 2005 |
Documentary |
G |
$16,936 |
2,585 |
77 |
So Much So Fast |
Oct 11, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$16,411 |
2,505 |
78 |
The Aristocrats |
Jul 29, 2005 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$15,907 |
2,428 |
79 |
Through the Fire |
Feb 10, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$14,769 |
2,254 |
80 |
The Devil's Miner |
Mar 17, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$14,289 |
2,181 |
81 |
Who the #$^% is Jackson Pol… |
Nov 15, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$13,710 |
2,093 |
82 |
I Trust You To Kill Me |
Sep 8, 2006 |
Documentary |
R |
$12,854 |
1,962 |
83 |
Words of My Perfect Teacher |
Dec 22, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$12,653 |
1,931 |
84 |
Cottonfields and Crossroads |
Jun 9, 2006 |
Documentary |
PG |
$12,000 |
1,832 |
85 |
Music from the Inside Out |
Apr 22, 2005 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$11,901 |
1,816 |
86 |
Abduction: The Megumi Yokot… |
Nov 24, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$11,836 |
1,807 |
87 |
Favela Rising |
Jun 2, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$10,565 |
1,612 |
88 |
So Goes the Nation |
Oct 4, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$10,337 |
1,578 |
89 |
The Photographer, His Wife,… |
Jul 28, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$10,330 |
1,577 |
90 |
Romántico |
Nov 1, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$9,598 |
1,465 |
91 |
Salvadore Allende |
Sep 8, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,820 |
1,193 |
92 |
Kill Your Idols |
Jul 7, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,753 |
1,183 |
93 |
The Cult of the Suicide Bomber |
Jun 2, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,451 |
1,137 |
94 |
Saint of 9/11 |
Sep 6, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,137 |
1,089 |
95 |
The Case of the Grinning Cat |
Jul 21, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,033 |
1,073 |
96 |
Searching for Wrong-Eyed Jesus |
Jul 13, 2005 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$6,907 |
1,054 |
97 |
Das Goebbels-Experiment |
Aug 12, 2005 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$6,074 |
927 |
98 |
Bullrider |
Apr 21, 2006 |
Documentary |
PG |
$5,800 |
885 |
99 |
King Leopold's Ghost |
Aug 18, 2006 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$5,194 |
792 |
100 |
Matthew Barney: No Restraint |
Dec 20, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$5,057 |
772 |
101 |
Street Fight |
Feb 22, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,779 |
729 |
102 |
The Fall of Fujimori |
May 5, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,630 |
706 |
103 |
Cowboy Del Amor |
Feb 10, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,438 |
677 |
104 |
Out of Place: Memories of E… |
Oct 13, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$3,897 |
594 |
105 |
95 Miles to Go |
Apr 7, 2006 |
Documentary |
R |
$3,195 |
487 |
106 |
39 Pounds of Love |
Nov 23, 2005 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,658 |
405 |
107 |
Mardi Gras: Made in China |
Mar 24, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,500 |
381 |
108 |
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities |
Apr 14, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,493 |
380 |
109 |
Rank |
Jun 28, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,485 |
379 |
110 |
Blossoms of Fire |
Feb 3, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,390 |
364 |
111 |
The Big Question |
Mar 17, 2006 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$2,248 |
343 |
112 |
Workingman's Death |
Feb 24, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,214 |
338 |
113 |
Power & Terror: Noam Chomsk… |
Nov 22, 2002 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,866 |
284 |
114 |
Reel Paradise |
Aug 19, 2005 |
Documentary |
R |
$1,515 |
231 |
115 |
The Ister |
Feb 10, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,124 |
171 |
116 |
The Empire in Africa |
Dec 8, 2006 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,088 |
166 |
117 |
Aristide and the Endless Re… |
Nov 24, 2005 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$772 |
117 |
Total Gross of All Movies | $207,345,620 | |
Total Tickets Sold | 31,655,760 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2006.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2006.
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.