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Moore Shows the Money

By Tom White


Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore's latest, ka-chinged into the number two spot on the top ten grossers of 2009, zeroing in on the $5 million mark in just its second week of release. Capitalism is already among the top 20 grossing docs of all-time, joining most of the Moore canon-Fahrenheit 911, Sicko and Bowling for Columbine.

R. J. Cutler's The September Issue is flirting with $3 million after over a month in the theaters, while other titles like Food, Inc. and  Every Little Step continue to fare well amid their lengthy runs. Also showing promise is Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, Aviva Kempner's first feature doc since The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, which itself was one of the better performing docs of 2000.

Here is the latest list of the top-ten grossing docs of 2009:

1) Earth                                               $32,011,576

2) Capitalism: A Love Story                   $  4,849,067

3) Food, Inc.                                        $ 4,361,985

4) The September Issue                       $ 2,908,192

5) Waltz with Bashir                             $ 2,283,849

6) Valentino: The Last Emperor:            $ 1,755,134

7) Every Little Step                               $ 1,724,351

8) It Might Get Loud                              $ 1,234,300

9) Tyson                                              $    887,918

10) Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg                  $    815,273

Source: www.boxofficemojo.com   (as of October 5, 2009)