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Documentary - Political 1982-Present Total Grosses Opening Weekends Rows: #1-100, #101-105 Rank Title (click to view) Studio Opening % of Total Theaters / Avg. Total Gross Release Date 1 Fahrenheit 9/11 Lions $23,920,637 20.1% 868 $27,558 $119,194,771 6/25/04 2 2016 Obama's America RM $6,509,433 19.5% 1,091 $5,966 $33,449,086 8/24/12 3 Capitalism: A Love Story Over. $4,447,378 31.0% 962 $4,623 $14,363,397 10/2/09 4 Sicko LGF $3,600,179 14.7% 702 $5,128 $24,540,079 7/3/07 5 Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed RM $2,970,848 38.5% 1,052 $2,824 $7,720,487 4/18/08 6 An Inconvenient Truth ParC $281,330 1.2% 4 $70,332 $24,146,161 5/24/06 7 Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry Think $279,219 45.5% 163 $1,713 $614,138 10/1/04 8 I Want Your Money Free $249,428 57.5% 537 $464 $433,588 10/15/10 9 Bowling for Columbine UA $209,148 1.0% 8 $26,143 $21,576,018 10/11/02 10 Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? Wein. $148,698 38.6% 102 $1,457 $384,955 4/18/08 11 The Big One Mira. $146,909 20.4% 33 $4,452 $720,074 4/10/98 12 Celsius 41.11: The Truth Behind the Lies of Fahrenheit 9/11 CitU $93,000 100.0% 116 $801 $93,000 10/22/04 13 Roger and Me WB $80,253 1.2% 4 $20,063 $6,706,368 12/22/89 14 Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism Libre $77,982 16.9% 5 $15,596 $461,572 8/6/04 15 The U.S. Vs. John Lennon LGF $69,143 6.2% 6 $11,523 $1,109,146 9/15/06 16 The Undefeated (2011) ArcEnt $65,132 56.0% 10 $6,513 $116,381 7/15/11 17 I.O.U.S.A. RAtt. $61,313 7.5% 18 $3,406 $821,046 8/22/08 18 America: Freedom to Fascism Libre $61,200 70.0% 10 $6,120 $87,400 7/28/06 19 Why We Fight SPC $53,571 3.7% 6 $8,928 $1,439,972 1/20/06 20 Shoot Down Magic $49,182 66.1% 21 $2,342 $74,421 1/25/08 21 In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed NFF $46,975 42.5% 6 $7,829 $110,577 10/1/04 22 Chicago 10 RAtt. $42,724 24.1% 14 $3,052 $177,490 2/29/08 23 The Fog of War SPC $41,449 1.0% 3 $13,816 $4,198,566 12/19/03 24 Call + Response FTrd. $41,346 19.2% 12 $3,446 $215,185 10/10/08 25 Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry IFC $41,104 7.7% 5 $8,221 $534,100 7/27/12 26 Occupy Unmasked Magn. $40,952 77.6% 4 $10,238 $52,768 9/21/12 27 Hating Breitbart RM $40,673 49.9% 4 $10,168 $81,432 10/19/12 28 Inside Job SPC $39,649 0.9% 2 $19,825 $4,312,735 10/8/10 29 Koch Zeit. $35,196 10.3% 2 $17,598 $342,941 2/1/13 30 Your Mommy Kills Animals Halo8 $34,000 100.0% 1 $34,000 $34,000 7/20/07 31 Brothers at War Gold. $33,142 21.6% 7 $4,735 $153,148 3/13/09 32 Outrage Magn. $32,589 11.3% 5 $6,518 $287,198 5/8/09 33 No End in Sight Magn. $31,533 2.2% 2 $15,766 $1,433,319 7/27/07 34 Uncovered: The War on Iraq Libre $31,481 13.2% 7 $4,497 $238,924 8/20/04 35 Escape Fire RAtt. $30,953 31.3% 12 $2,579 $99,028 10/5/12 36 Voices of Iraq Magn. $30,634 52.8% 12 $2,552 $57,999 10/29/04 37 Casino Jack and the United States of Money Magn. $28,234 16.0% 9 $3,137 $176,865 5/7/10 38 Control Room Magn. $27,125 1.0% 1 $27,125 $2,589,616 5/21/04 39 Tying the Knot IDP $24,517 60.4% 8 $3,064 $40,576 10/1/04 40 Iraq in Fragments Arab $24,435 12.0% 7 $3,490 $204,462 11/8/06 41 The Yes Men UA $24,373 9.5% 3 $8,124 $255,364 9/24/04 42 The Hunting of the President Reg. $23,298 6.2% 2 $11,649 $376,612 6/18/04 43 Grass Una. $21,578 6.9% 2 $10,789 $313,039 5/31/00 44 Fidel FRun $19,320 15.9% 2 $9,660 $121,304 10/18/02 45 The Last Mountain Da. $17,570 14.3% 2 $8,785 $122,961 6/3/11 46 Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Magn. $16,962 9.0% 3 $5,654 $189,416 11/5/10 47 The War Room Oct. $15,264 1.7% 1 $15,264 $901,668 11/3/93 48 The Trials of Henry Kissinger FRun $14,667 2.8% 1 $14,667 $516,726 9/25/02 49 The Weather Underground Shad. $13,984 2.5% 1 $13,984 $564,632 6/4/03 50 The War Tapes SenA $12,268 4.8% 1 $12,268 $254,190 6/2/06 51 The Ground Truth Focus $12,207 61.0% 8 $1,525 $20,013 9/15/06 52 Bush's Brain Tar. $11,927 6.7% 4 $2,981 $177,525 8/20/04 53 Feed OrC $11,448 25.2% 1 $11,448 $45,488 10/7/92 54 Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story IPos. $10,939 18.1% 2 $5,470 $60,332 9/26/08 55 Taxi to the Dark Side Think $10,930 4.0% 2 $5,465 $274,661 1/18/08 56 Ever Again RM $10,802 62.4% 12 $900 $17,304 12/8/06 57 Suicide Killers CityL $10,601 58.1% 1 $10,601 $18,239 8/25/06 58 Al Franken: God Spoke Bal. $10,533 10.2% 2 $5,266 $102,990 9/13/06 59 An Unreasonable Man IFC $9,813 5.6% 1 $9,813 $176,647 1/31/07 60 Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times FRun $9,442 3.2% 1 $9,442 $290,767 11/22/02 61 Giuliani Time Libre $8,661 39.4% 1 $8,661 $21,967 5/12/06 62 Ballot Measure 9 Zeit. $8,143 15.1% 1 $8,143 $53,819 3/31/95 63 Our Brand Is Crisis Koch $7,970 4.8% 1 $7,970 $166,750 3/1/06 64 Meeting Resistance ICir $7,712 37.4% 2 $3,856 $20,616 10/19/07 65 For the Bible Tells Me So FRun $7,412 2.4% 1 $7,412 $312,751 10/5/07 66 Sarah Palin - You Betcha! Free $6,911 63.2% 6 $1,152 $10,935 9/30/11 67 Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? AtRsk $6,742 19.0% 1 $6,742 $35,397 7/27/06 68 The Panama Deception EPr $6,563 2.1% 1 $6,563 $309,596 7/31/92 69 Orwell Rolls in His Grave SHB $6,059 29.7% 1 $6,059 $20,389 7/23/04 70 Granito: How to Nail a Dictator ICir $4,330 9.9% 1 $4,330 $43,942 9/14/11 71 Weapons of Mass Deception Libre $4,216 14.0% 3 $1,405 $30,210 12/3/04 72 The Last Party Trit $4,088 36.6% 1 $4,088 $11,156 8/27/93 73 Wall Life $4,015 27.6% 1 $4,015 $14,541 8/26/05 74 FLOW: For Love of Water Osci. $3,644 2.6% 1 $3,644 $142,569 3/21/08 75 The Cult of the Suicide Bomber DCo. $3,609 48.4% 1 $3,609 $7,451 6/2/06 76 My Country, My Country Zeit. $3,546 10.5% 1 $3,546 $33,620 8/4/06 77 The Price of Sugar Mitro. $3,384 100.0% 1 $3,384 $3,384 9/28/07 78 Body of War FSC $3,321 4.6% 1 $3,321 $71,716 3/7/08 79 Stolen Childhoods Bal. $2,996 100.0% 1 $2,996 $2,996 5/20/05 80 Stealing America: Vote by Vote Drct. $2,944 35.3% 1 $2,944 $8,350 8/1/08 81 Everything's Cool CityL $2,641 54.0% 2 $1,320 $4,890 11/23/07 82 So Goes the Nation IFC $2,622 25.4% 4 $655 $10,337 10/4/06 83 Crossing the Line Kino $2,605 28.1% 1 $2,605 $9,258 8/10/07 84 Lake of Fire Think $2,559 10.1% 1 $2,559 $25,317 10/3/07 85 The Unforeseen CGld $2,496 2.8% 1 $2,496 $90,287 2/29/08 86 Earth Days Zeit. $2,408 9.0% 1 $2,408 $26,748 8/14/09 87 Split: A Deeper Divide FPR $2,338 100.0% 1 $2,338 $2,338 10/12/12 88 Journeys with George Cn4 $2,264 63.1% 1 $2,264 $3,588 3/14/03 89 Blood and Tears Think $2,201 50.4% 1 $2,201 $4,364 6/15/07 90 The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair RedE $2,194 70.7% 2 $1,097 $3,103 3/23/07 91 Running with Arnold Lant $2,119 100.0% 2 $1,059 $2,119 1/11/08 92 Voices in Wartime Libre $1,966 9.5% 2 $983 $20,702 4/8/05 93 Up for Grabs L/Z $1,881 13.5% 2 $940 $13,931 5/6/05 94 Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire CalN $1,848 2.7% 1 $1,848 $68,249 5/13/05 95 Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land Arab $1,735 35.2% 1 $1,735 $4,930 1/28/05 96 This Divided State Mino. $1,653 38.8% 1 $1,653 $4,255 7/22/05 97 The Yes Men Fix the World Shad. $1,242 0.6% 2 $621 $194,533 9/25/09 98 The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers FRun $1,114 0.2% 1 $1,114 $453,650 1/29/10 99 The Empire in Africa Libre $1,088 100.0% 3 $362 $1,088 12/8/06 100 Unborn in the USA FRun $1,035 70.2% 1 $1,035 $1,475 6/15/07 AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only, 5 titles): $8,289,695 20.8% 935 $8,866 $39,853,564 - Rows: #1-100, #101-105 Note: Only movies with opening weekend grosses are listed on this chart. Total Grosses Opening Weekends If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com.