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Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 2020

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RankMovieRelease
Date		 GenreMPAA
Rating		2020 GrossTickets Sold
1 Once Were Brothers: Robbie … Feb 21, 2020 Documentary R $449,561 48,971
2 Created Equal: Clarence Tho… Jan 31, 2020 Documentary PG-13 $282,149 30,735
3 The Doors: Break on Thru — … Feb 12, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $186,920 20,361
4 63 Up Nov 27, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $183,940 20,037
5 Cunningham Dec 13, 2019 Documentary PG $163,020 17,758
6 The Times of Bill Cunningham Feb 14, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $134,288 14,628
7 Fantastic Fungi Sep 20, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $129,130 14,066
8 Honeyland Jul 26, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $102,719 11,189
9 Citizen K Nov 22, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $101,762 11,085
10 The Woman Who Loves Giraffes Oct 4, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $99,508 10,839
11 Pray: The Story of Patrick … Oct 9, 2020 Documentary PG $72,347 7,880
12 The Dissident Mar 18, 2021 Documentary PG-13 $57,000 6,209
13 Varda by Agnes May 30, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $53,134 5,788
14 No Safe Spaces Dec 6, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $51,303 5,588
15 The Way I See it Sep 18, 2020 Documentary PG-13 $49,030 5,340
16 Other Music Apr 17, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $37,191 4,051
17 Best of CatVideoFest Apr 3, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $34,287 3,734
18 RBG May 4, 2018 Documentary PG $34,000 3,703
19 Nick Mason’s Saucerful of S… Mar 10, 2020 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $31,739 3,457
20 After Parkland Feb 12, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $30,444 3,316
21 Tread Feb 21, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $29,136 3,173
22 The Booksellers Mar 6, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $25,694 2,798
23 Midnight Family Dec 6, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $22,327 2,432
24 La cordillère des songes Feb 12, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $20,943 2,281
25 Recorder: The Marion Stokes… Nov 15, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $19,109 2,081
26 The Cave Oct 18, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $17,529 1,909
27 Pahokee Apr 24, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $13,250 1,443
28 Lost in America Feb 28, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $11,301 1,231
29 Circles: The Restorative Ju… May 15, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $10,260 1,117
30 Foosballers Feb 11, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $9,966 1,085
31 Advocate Jan 3, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $7,790 848
32 Linda Ronstadt: The Sound o… Sep 6, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $7,763 845
33 The Kingmaker Nov 8, 2019 Documentary R $7,334 798
34 Afterward Jan 10, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $6,477 705
35 Human Nature Mar 13, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $5,487 597
36 Storia di B. — La scomparsa… Dec 6, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $4,658 507
37 Monero Means Money: Cryptoc… Apr 10, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $4,470 486
38 Stuffed Oct 16, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $3,849 419
39 Chinese Portrait Dec 13, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $2,894 315
40 American Dharma Nov 1, 2019 Documentary R $1,641 178
41 Be Natural: The Untold Stor… Apr 19, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $1,467 159
42 Une jeunesse allemande Oct 11, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $166 18
Total Gross of All Movies$2,516,983
Total Tickets Sold274,160

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2020. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2020. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.

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