Can you name the highest grossing documentaries (U.S.)?

Rank	Documentary	Subject (Year)
1		Political (2004)
2		Nature (2005)
3		Music (2011)
4		Nature (2009)
5		Political (2007)
6		Activism (2006)
7		Political (2002)
8		Nature (2010)
9		Nature (2011)
10		Biography (1991)

Rank	Documentary	Subject (Year)
11		Political (2009)
12		Religion (2008)
13		Nature (2001)
14		Activism (2004)
15		Event (2005)
16		Sports (1994)
17		Activism (2008)
18		Biography (2003)
19		Cultural (2010)
20		Political (1989)
21	Political (1989)
22	Political (1989)
23	Political (1989)
24	Political (1989)
--	Political (1989)
--	Political (1989)

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Highest Grossing Documentaries Quiz

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Created by: CharlieBrown -
Contributed: October 4th, 2009
Published: October 5th, 2009
Category: Movies
Plays: 35,769

Tags: Grossing Quizzes, highest, documentary, rank, subject

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	moegoldberg:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 19:40 GMT	18 points
	dammit ... so that's how you spell Fahrenheit ... I think I know what's going to be in the next sporcle misspelled words quiz

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	orbit:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 19:52 GMT	5 points
	Check out Touching the Void if you haven't seen it, it's a pretty interesting account of mountain climbing gone awry.

	Diablo11d:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 19:52 GMT	14 points
	capitalism was only realeased 3 days ago. wow

	Boomhauer:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 19:53 GMT	9 points
	Attenborough is still my knight in shining armour

	eln77:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 20:02 GMT	28 points
	Wow...say what you will about Michael Moore, the man knows how to make money.

	buppyspek:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 20:05 GMT	20 points
	Since we're talking about highest-grossing documentaries, it would be nice to see the dollar amount of how much these films grossed.

	Haunter:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 20:07 GMT	13 points
	also, say what you will about Michael Moore, but Bowling For Columbine and Roger And Me are legitimate important films.

	chantastic:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 20:19 GMT	10 points
	Where is Jackass the Movie?

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	CharlieBrown:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 20:23 GMT	0 points
	I too was surprised when taking this. One of the answers I put was bumped off by a newer film already.

	Rave:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 20:24 GMT	10 points
	spinal tap is #1 in my book

	Barzuniac:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 20:24 GMT	-3 points
	Jackass is classifiable, I think, as a "reality" movie, like a reality TV show. It's not a documentary in any sense of the word. Also, nice to see so many Michael Moore films up here, as well as Hoop Dreams. It's a shame, tho, that Errol Morris films make so little money.

	rockgolf:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 20:25 GMT	19 points
	Michael Moore got Wal-Mart to pull sales of bullets for automatic weapons. How many lives have you saved, Hagrid or Geowiz?

	JakePFC:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 20:26 GMT	10 points
	I don't think Expelled should be in here. It wasn't really a documentary - more like one massive joke.

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	CharlieBrown:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 20:26 GMT	7 points
	Actually it was K-Mart.

	Barzuniac:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 20:27 GMT	-1 points
	rockgolf, no use arguing with anyone who is still self-identifying as a conservative in America in 2009.

	zwieblekopf:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 20:27 GMT	-1 points
	@ rockgolf how many lives has the walmart move made? plus I can still buy 9mm there and there are plenty automatic 9mm's around.

	rockgolf:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 20:28 GMT	-3 points
	Jackass, based on the same site, took in (I refuse to say "earned") $64 million at the box-office. That would put it third on this list.

	JohnJF:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 20:29 GMT	50 points
	Michael Bay will eventually make this list, once history judges that Transformers 2 was actually a step-by-step instructional film on how to make a terrible movie.

	Barzuniac:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 20:29 GMT	-4 points
	Breaking my own rule... zwieblekopf, that has got to be the dumbest response in the history of responses. It's like if I praise someone for saving someone's life, and you say, "Oh, he's still going to die sometime. You didn't really save his life." Conservatives, ladies and gentlemen.

	rockgolf:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 20:33 GMT	0 points
	@Barzuniac: I forgot. Like Barney Frank said, it's like arguing with a dining room table. Of course the table has a leg to stand on.

	Kuzybus:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 20:35 GMT	5 points
	I put Capitalism as a joke and I was like "Damn!" Basically name Michael Moore movies, and hit give up.

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	JohnJF:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 20:52 GMT	22 points
	Michael Moore hatred is just so boring. While he is overweight (which apparently is a valid insult against a filmmaker) and biased, his documentaries are usually informative and entertaining, and in the case of 'Sicko', even emotional.

	HollywoodH17:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 20:56 GMT	11 points
	This is Spinal Tap bonus = win

	madhatter22:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 21:06 GMT	15 points
	A lot of these wouldn't have gotten made if Michael Moore hadn't proved documentaries could be profitable. I don't get the M.M. hating. Yes, he can be abrasive and over the top in making his points, but he makes entertaining and thought provoking films on subjects more people should be fired up about. His personality (and esp. his appearance - that's just juvenile bringing that up) don't negate that. Fun quiz even though I did horribly. I missed 9 of the films I've seen!!

	shawnoc:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 21:07 GMT	3 points
	I was hoping that A Mighty Wind or Dog Show would've made the bonuses also.

	madhatter22:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 21:11 GMT	2 points
	I wish enough people would see Errol Morris's documentaries to push them onto a list like this. Everything he's done has been amazing.

	twist:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 21:15 GMT	7 points
	Michael Moore is also an extremist, that's what they do. They find a way to voice their opinion. People who don't agree are obviously going to hate him. Whether right or wrong he brings a lot of very important issues to the table. Shoves them in your face so you have to acknowledge them! Makes you THINK.

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	zwieblekopf:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 21:23 GMT	11 points
	@Barzuniac, thanks for teaching me that all automatic ammunition will eventually kill people. now if we could just get those cars off the road because they are always killing people too the world would be a safer place

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	Reed:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 21:38 GMT	7 points
	I am shocked that Planet of the Apes did not make the list.

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	pbysr:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 21:41 GMT	-2 points
	Regardless of political viewpoint, director's who have no integrity and manipulate the film medium to distort the truth should be denounced. The fact that Moore's films are puerile is another story altogether.

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	Zeus12888:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 21:44 GMT	21 points
	I find it hilarious that Michael Moore makes a movie blasting capitalism, but has made so much money from his movies.