Food, Inc., Robert Kenner's searing indictment of the US food industry, passed the $1 million mark after less than a month in the theaters. The film joins Earth, Waltz with Bashir, Valentino: The Last Emperor, and Every Little Step in the seven-figure club of 2009.
With such festival crowd-pleasers as Soul Power and The Cove scheduled for theatrical release this month, the total number of million-dollar grossers this year could very well exceed the total for 2008--six.
Here are the top grossing documentaries of 2009, so far, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com:
1) Earth: $31,800,598
2) Waltz with Bashir: $2,283,849
3) Valentino: The Last Emperor: $1,533,077
4) Every Little Step: $1,477,126
5) Food, Inc.: $1,286,693
6) Tyson: $ 857,488
7) Cross: The Arthur Blessit Story: $ 741,557
8) Anvil!: The Story of Avil: $ 623,642
9) Outrage: $ 246,649
10) Enlighten Up!: $ 153,148