Who Said There’s No Money in Documentary?

December 27, 2010 Who Said There’s No Money in Documentary?

The numbers are in. A handful of documentaries made over 1 million in box office sales this year.

Jackass 3D – Distributor: Paramount – Release date: October 13, 2010 – Box Office: $116,896,922
Oceans – Distributor: Disneynature – Release date: April 22,2010 – Box Office: $19,422,319
Babies – Distributor: Focus Features Release date: May 07, 2010 – Box Office: $7,320,323
Waiting For ‘Superman’ – Distributor: Paramount -Release date: Septeber 24,2010 – Box Office: $6,415,448
Exit Through The Gift Shop – Distributor: PDA – Release date: April 16, 2010 – Box Office: $3,291,250
Catfish – Distributor: Relativity – Release date: September 17, 2010 – Box Office: $3,237,343
Inside Job – Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics – Release date: October 8, 2010 – Box Office: $3,311,773
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work – Distributor: IFC – Release date: June 11, 2010 – Box Office: $2,930,687
Restrepo – Distributor: National Geographic – Release date: June 23, 2010 – Box Office: $1,330,894

Runner up with a decent profit :

The Tillman Story – Distributor: Weinstein Co. – Release date: August 20, 2010 – Box Office: $802,535

And just because you are all curious about Winnebago Man…. a few more.

The Art of The Steal – Distributor: IFC – Release date: February 26, 2010 – Box Office: $544,890
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers – Distributor: First Run – Release date: January 29, 2010 – Box Office: $453,650
A Film Unfinished – Distributor: Oscilloscope – Release date: August 18,2010 – Box Office: $320,486
Last Train Home – Distributor: Zeitgeist/Kinosmith – Release date: September 03, 2010 – Box Office: $285,848
Countdown to Zero – Distributor: Magnolia – Release date: July 23, 2010 – Box Office: $272,040
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child – Distributor: ArtH – Release date: July 21, 2010 – Box Office: $256,242
Sweetgrass – Distributor: Cinema Guild – Release date: January 6, 2010 – Box Office: $206,728
South Of The Border – Distributor: Studio Libre – Release date: June 25, 2010 – Box Office: $199,000
Winnebago – Distributor: Kino – Release date: July 9,2010 – Box Office: $181,039
Casino Jack and the United States of Money – Distributor: Magnolia – Release date: May 7, 2010 – Box Office: $176,865

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