It's been a few weeks since we've had a chance to check in on the fate of nonfiction at the box office. In the interim, the solid debut has been the Rob VanAlkemade-helmed and Morgan Spurlock-produced WHAT WOULD JESUS BUY? It had a single screen opening of nearly $10K and has expanded nicely, coming in just shy of $80K after its third weekend.
This weekend, JOE STRUMMER: THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN moves into the top 15 for the first time, supplanting MY KID COULD PAINT THAT, which had earlier bumped the Ralph Nader doc AN UNREASONABLE MAN.
Coming this week are two great docs opening theatrically in NYC - Jennifer Venditti's BILLY THE KID opens Wednesday at the IFC in New York and Paul Lovelace & Sam Douglas' THE HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS - BOUND TO LOSE, which unspools exclusively at the Anthology Film Archives starting Friday.
Here's the top 15 docs of the year, box office-wise, to date:
1. SICKO (LionsGate) $24,540,079
2. NO END IN SIGHT (Magnolia) $ 1,433,319
3. IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON (THINK) $ 1,125,684
4. SHARKWATER (Alliance) $ 850,920
5. ARCTIC TALE (Paramount Vantage) $ 833,532
6. INTO GREAT SILENCE (Zeitgeist) $ 790,452
7. THE 11TH HOUR (Warner Independent) $ 707,343
8. THE KING OF KONG (Picturehouse) $ 677,914
9. GYPSY CARAVAN (Shadow) $ 432,547
10. GOD GREW TIRED OF US (Newmarket) $ 301,447
11. CRAZY LOVE (Magnolia) $ 301,027
12. DEEP WATER (IFC) $ 261,365
13. FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO (First Run) $ 243,095
14. MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES (Zeitgeist) $ 240,239
15. JOE STRUMMER: THE FUTURE IS... (IFC) $ 191,615
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