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Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 2021
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Genre | MPAA
Rating | 2021 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Roadrunner: A Film About An… |
Jul 16, 2021 |
Documentary |
R |
$5,354,970 |
526,546 |
| 2 |
Summer of Soul (…Or, When t… |
Jul 2, 2021 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$2,320,649 |
228,185 |
| 3 |
Show Me the Father |
Sep 10, 2021 |
Documentary |
PG |
$1,803,226 |
177,308 |
| 4 |
The Jesus Music |
Oct 1, 2021 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$1,016,725 |
99,973 |
| 5 |
The Alpinist |
Sep 10, 2021 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$844,743 |
83,062 |
| 6 |
The Rescue |
Oct 8, 2021 |
Documentary |
PG |
$787,460 |
77,429 |
| 7 |
The Sparks Brothers |
Jun 18, 2021 |
Documentary |
R |
$648,665 |
63,782 |
| 8 |
The Truffle Hunters |
Mar 5, 2021 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$521,202 |
51,248 |
| 9 |
The Lost Leonardo |
Aug 13, 2021 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$445,740 |
43,828 |
| 10 |
Julia |
Oct 21, 2021 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$389,890 |
38,337 |
| 11 |
Final Account |
May 21, 2021 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$308,976 |
30,381 |
| 12 |
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Wh… |
Jun 18, 2021 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$264,626 |
26,020 |
| 13 |
Becoming Cousteau |
Oct 22, 2021 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$232,285 |
22,840 |
| 14 |
Ailey |
Jul 23, 2021 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$204,512 |
20,109 |
| 15 |
Gunda |
Apr 8, 2021 |
Documentary |
G |
$113,591 |
11,169 |
| 16 |
The Loneliest Whale: The Se… |
Jul 9, 2021 |
Documentary |
PG |
$107,799 |
10,599 |
| 17 |
The First Wave |
Nov 19, 2021 |
Documentary |
R |
$62,376 |
6,133 |
| 18 |
Flee |
Dec 3, 2021 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$56,267 |
5,532 |
| 19 |
The Human Factor |
May 7, 2021 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$36,693 |
3,607 |
| 20 |
Das geheime Leben der Bäume |
Jan 24, 2020 |
Documentary |
PG |
$30,239 |
2,973 |
| 21 |
Bring Your Own Brigade |
Aug 6, 2021 |
Documentary |
R |
$13,375 |
1,315 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $15,564,009 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 1,530,376 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2021.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2021.
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.
Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
