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Werner Herzog

2000-Present

Row	Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Lifetime Gross / Theaters		Opening / Theaters		Date
1	4	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	First	$1,702,112	96	$245,398	27	11/20/09
2	2	Cave of Forgotten Dreams	IFC	$5,304,920	123	$139,101	5	4/29/11
3	10	Cobra Verde (re-issue)	518	$12,702	1	$7,402	1	3/23/07
4	5	Encounters at the End of the World	Think	$944,933	39	$17,730	1	6/11/08
5	3	Grizzly Man	Lions	$3,178,403	105	$269,131	29	8/12/05
6	7	Happy People: A Year in the Taiga	MBox	$338,987	23	$10,481	1	1/25/13
7	8	Into the Abyss	IFC	$223,880	30	$47,559	12	11/11/11
8	9	Invincible (2002)	FL	$81,954	9	$14,293	4	9/20/02
9	6	Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World	Magn.	$594,912	51	$114,273	39	8/19/16
10	1	Rescue Dawn	MGM	$5,490,423	505	$110,326	6	7/4/07

Note: Titles in grey are cameo or bit parts and not counted in totals and averages.

Lifetime Gross Total (10): $17,873,226
Average: $1,787,323

UPCOMING RELEASES

Title (click to view)	Studio	Release Date
Queen of the Desert		2017

Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Adjusted Gross	Unadjusted Gross	Release
1	Rescue Dawn	MGM	$7,054,500	$5,490,423	7/4/07
2	Cave of Forgotten Dreams	IFC	$5,832,200	$5,304,920	4/29/11
3	Grizzly Man	Lions	$4,383,300	$3,178,403	8/12/05
4	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	First	$1,961,600	$1,702,112	11/20/09
5	Encounters at the End of the World	Think	$1,163,400	$944,933	6/11/08
6	Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World	Magn.	$616,900	$594,912	8/19/16
7	Happy People: A Year in the Taiga	MBox	$374,400	$338,987	1/25/13
8	Into the Abyss	IFC	$252,800	$223,880	11/11/11
9	Invincible (2002)	FL	$124,700	$81,954	9/20/02
10	Cobra Verde (re-issue)	518	$16,300	$12,702	3/23/07

Note: Titles in grey are cameo or bit parts and not counted in totals and averages.

Adjusted Total: $21,780,100
Average: $2,178,000

Worldwide (Unadjusted)

Title (click to view)	Studio	Worldwide	Domestic / %		Overseas / %		Year
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	First	$10.6	$1.7	16.1%	$8.9	83.9%	2009
Rescue Dawn	MGM	$7.2	$5.5	76.5%	$1.7	23.5%	2007
Cave of Forgotten Dreams	IFC	$6.5	$5.3	82%	$1.2	18%	2011
Grizzly Man	Lions	$4.1	$3.2	78.3%	$883k	21.7%	2005
Encounters at the End of the World	Think	$1.2	$945k	78.4%	$261k	21.6%	2008
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World	Magn.	$595k	$595k	100%	n/a	0%	2016
Into the Abyss	IFC	$224k	$224k	100%	n/a	0%	2011
Invincible (2002)	FL	$82.0k	$82.0k	100%	n/a	0%	2002
Queen of the Desert	IFC	n/a	n/a	-	n/a	-	2017

Note: Titles in grey are cameo or bit parts and not counted in totals and averages.
Total: $30.4 million

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