The table below lists the top-grossing Factual movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Factual films released that year.
The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Factual movies for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on
the movie name to see information on the individual film.
| Year | Annual
Stats | Total
Movies | Average
Production
Budget | Combined
Worldwide
Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
|---|
| TBD |
|
180 |
|
|
|
| 2029 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
| 2024 |
Annual Stats |
350 |
|
$26,035,687 |
Suga | Agust D Tour ‘D-Day’ The Movie |
| 2023 |
Annual Stats |
1,175 |
$5,000,000 |
$464,405,806 |
TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR |
| 2022 |
Annual Stats |
900 |
$5,175,000 |
$180,040,343 |
jackass forever |
| 2021 |
Annual Stats |
723 |
$3,400,000 |
$62,973,353 |
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain |
| 2020 |
Annual Stats |
845 |
|
$165,605,203 |
Wo Zai Shi Jian Jin Tou Deng Ni |
| 2019 |
Annual Stats |
816 |
$250,000 |
$614,518,848 |
Zhongguo jizhang |
| 2018 |
Annual Stats |
740 |
$1,893,040 |
$306,195,695 |
Li hai le, wo de guo |
| 2017 |
Annual Stats |
671 |
$622,714 |
$186,233,685 |
Twenty-Two |
| 2016 |
Annual Stats |
578 |
$5,745,000 |
$213,430,519 |
A Beautiful Planet |
| 2015 |
Annual Stats |
471 |
$468,333 |
$201,464,575 |
Benpao Ba! Xiongdi |
| 2014 |
Annual Stats |
285 |
$914,818 |
$249,147,198 |
Where Are We Going Dad? |
| 2013 |
Annual Stats |
286 |
$4,654,545 |
$400,248,146 |
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa |
| 2012 |
Annual Stats |
234 |
$2,932,143 |
$247,440,367 |
Chimpanzee |
| 2011 |
Annual Stats |
208 |
$3,651,250 |
$314,830,677 |
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never |
| 2010 |
Annual Stats |
232 |
$16,114,286 |
$403,794,617 |
Jackass 3D |
| 2009 |
Annual Stats |
108 |
$17,662,500 |
$523,701,985 |
Michael Jackson's This Is It |
| 2008 |
Annual Stats |
154 |
$3,632,143 |
$195,406,793 |
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour |
| 2007 |
Annual Stats |
118 |
$3,533,333 |
$109,832,613 |
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure |
| 2006 |
Annual Stats |
113 |
$1,895,417 |
$304,329,345 |
Deep Sea 3D |
| 2005 |
Annual Stats |
94 |
$3,852,610 |
$306,032,930 |
La marche de l'empereur |
| 2004 |
Annual Stats |
91 |
$2,095,000 |
$339,335,521 |
Fahrenheit 9/11 |
| 2003 |
Annual Stats |
54 |
$7,460,000 |
$231,867,733 |
Winged Migration |
| 2002 |
Annual Stats |
29 |
$1,228,571 |
$265,851,365 |
Space Station |
| 2001 |
Annual Stats |
12 |
|
$28,173,752 |
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure |
| 2000 |
Annual Stats |
28 |
$5,000,000 |
$139,076,153 |
Dolphins |
| 1999 |
Annual Stats |
32 |
$437,500 |
$155,204,652 |
Encounter in the Third Dimension |
| 1998 |
Annual Stats |
17 |
|
$239,648,364 |
Everest |
| 1997 |
Annual Stats |
13 |
|
$36,299,005 |
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun |
| 1996 |
Annual Stats |
11 |
|
$17,099,308 |
Microcosmos |
| 1995 |
Annual Stats |
13 |
|
$78,616,882 |
The Living Sea |
| 1994 |
|
5 |
$700,000 |
$25,728,204 |
Hoop Dreams |
| 1993 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
| 1992 |
|
3 |
|
$116,195 |
Daddy and the Muscle Academy: The Life, Art and Times of Tom of Finland |
| 1991 |
|
11 |
$35,000 |
$100,226,772 |
Antarctica |
| 1990 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
| 1989 |
|
3 |
$140,000 |
$59,706,368 |
To the Limit |
| 1988 |
|
6 |
|
$13,669,932 |
U2: Rattle and Hum |
| 1987 |
|
6 |
|
$52,952,140 |
Eddie Murphy Raw |
| 1986 |
|
4 |
|
$39,065 |
Stripper |
| 1985 |
|
9 |
|
$75,925,775 |
The Dream is Alive |
| 1984 |
|
7 |
|
$245,805,768 |
Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets |
| 1983 |
|
5 |
|
$19,821,571 |
Richard Pryor Here and Now |
| 1982 |
|
7 |
|
$37,464,187 |
Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip |
| 1981 |
|
5 |
|
$441,682 |
This is Elvis |
| 1980 |
|
3 |
|
$2,261,507 |
Gilda Live |
| 1979 |
|
7 |
$170,000 |
$12,937,413 |
Dirt |
| 1978 |
|
3 |
|
$23,800,000 |
Beyond and Back |
| 1977 |
|
3 |
|
$484 |
Os Doces Bárbaros |
| 1976 |
|
6 |
|
$36,923 |
Grey Gardens |
| 1975 |
|
5 |
|
$62,138 |
Dersu Uzala |
| 1974 |
|
5 |
|
$26,025,061 |
Erinnerungen an die Zukunft |
| 1973 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
| 1972 |
|
4 |
|
$587,818 |
Elvis on Tour |
| 1971 |
|
3 |
|
$13,082 |
Le chagrin et la pitié |
| 1970 |
|
7 |
$600,000 |
$34,764,360 |
Woodstock |
| 1969 |
|
2 |
|
$20,073 |
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest |
| 1968 |
|
2 |
|
$49,342 |
The Queen |
| 1967 |
|
3 |
|
$27,158 |
Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back |
| 1965 |
|
4 |
|
$10,802 |
The Endless Summer |
| 1964 |
|
2 |
|
$885 |
Belarmino |
| 1962 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1961 |
|
2 |
|
$14,483,352 |
King of Kings |
| 1960 |
|
1 |
|
$105,953 |
Jazz on a Summer’s Day |
| 1959 |
|
2 |
|
$10,203 |
India: Matri Bhumi |
| 1958 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1957 |
|
3 |
|
$92,055 |
Le mystère Picasso |
| 1955 |
|
2 |
|
$11,500,000 |
Galapagos |
| 1953 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
| 1950 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1929 |
|
2 |
|
$22,967 |
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens |
| 1928 |
|
1 |
|
$21,877 |
La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc |
| 1927 |
|
1 |
|
$133,826 |
The Epic of Everest |
| 1926 |
|
1 |
|
$2,993 |
Moana |
| 1922 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 1919 |
|
1 |
|
$46,865 |
South |
| 1918 |
|
1 |
|
$9,685 |
Godovshchina revolyutsii |
| Total |
9,744 |
$3,920,873 |
$7,765,765,601 |
Zhongguo jizhang |
The table below shows the highest-grossing Factual movie that begins with each letter of the alphabet. Click on the name of the film
to go to its page. Or click on the letter at the beginning of each row for a list of all the Factual movies beginning with that letter.
| Index | Total
Movies | Average
Production
Budget | Combined
Worldwide
Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
|---|
| ( |
1 |
|
|
|
| 0 |
2 |
|
$218,545 |
07:19 La Hora del Temblor |
| 1 |
48 |
|
$12,707,148 |
120 battements par minute |
| 2 |
40 |
$1,750,000 |
$45,688,941 |
2016: Obama’s America |
| 3 |
16 |
|
$1,529,152 |
35 Up |
| 4 |
9 |
$900,000 |
$855,125 |
42 Up |
| 5 |
19 |
$350,000 |
$1,150,183 |
56 Up |
| 6 |
2 |
|
$483,685 |
63 Up |
| 7 |
8 |
|
$79,571 |
78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene |
| 8 |
6 |
$2,500,000 |
$100,280 |
8: The Mormon Proposition |
| 9 |
9 |
|
$82,973 |
93Queen |
| A |
630 |
$1,193,750 |
$325,768,558 |
Antarctica |
| B |
729 |
$645,000 |
$592,187,364 |
Benpao Ba! Xiongdi |
| C |
600 |
$3,550,000 |
$166,881,444 |
Chimpanzee |
| D |
477 |
$1,917,143 |
$393,649,568 |
Deep Sea 3D |
| E |
339 |
$23,612,500 |
$492,867,271 |
Everest |
| F |
399 |
$2,091,083 |
$353,259,413 |
Fahrenheit 9/11 |
| G |
377 |
$3,583,333 |
$390,445,625 |
Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets |
| H |
363 |
$3,602,000 |
$203,044,216 |
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour |
| I |
373 |
$1,027,083 |
$139,585,362 |
An Inconvenient Truth |
| J |
240 |
$13,800,000 |
$716,040,088 |
Jackass 3D |
| K |
217 |
$6,312,500 |
$142,259,777 |
Katy Perry: Part of Me |
| L |
458 |
$3,017,500 |
$213,984,118 |
Li hai le, wo de guo |
| M |
709 |
$8,743,656 |
$817,384,574 |
Michael Jackson's This Is It |
| N |
250 |
$16,000,000 |
$101,494,760 |
The New World |
| O |
256 |
$12,512,500 |
$235,515,375 |
Oceans |
| P |
452 |
$1,034,000 |
$126,170,742 |
Pina |
| Q |
48 |
|
$6,030,934 |
Queen Rock Montreal |
| R |
423 |
$1,485,000 |
$215,006,681 |
RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ |
| S |
837 |
$2,046,611 |
$485,382,198 |
Space Station |
| T |
479 |
$930,769 |
$558,506,474 |
TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR |
| U |
200 |
$5,416,667 |
$93,447,742 |
Under the Sea 3D |
| V |
160 |
$933,333 |
$22,121,857 |
Visages villages |
| W |
429 |
$5,371,429 |
$439,362,816 |
Where Are We Going Dad? |
| X |
11 |
|
$5,047,552 |
Xuan feng jiu ri |
| Y |
85 |
|
$31,239,747 |
You So Crazy |
| Z |
43 |
|
$436,185,742 |
Zhongguo jizhang |
