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All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies


See also: Top Documentary International - Top Documentary Worldwide - Top Documentary Weekend Domestic - Top Documentary Day Domestic

Other Domestic Genres records: Top Adventure Domestic - Top Action Domestic - Top Comedy Domestic - Top Drama Domestic - Top Thriller/Suspense Domestic - Top Horror Domestic - Top Romantic Comedy Domestic - Top Musical Domestic

This chart contains the top 100 Documentary movies based on the cumulative domestic box office.

See our Documentary Theatrical Market Charts for more overviews regarding the domestic theatrical box office performance of Documentary movies.

Rank Released Movie Domestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
1 2004 Fahrenheit 9/11 $119,114,517 $102,034,442 $221,148,959
2 2010 Jackass 3D $117,229,692 $54,456,101 $171,685,793
3 2002 Space Station $93,231,060 $33,282,126 $126,513,186
4 1998 Everest $87,178,599 $40,811,529 $127,990,128
5 2005 La marche de l'empereur $77,437,223 $55,839,136 $133,276,359
6 2006 Jackass: Number Two $72,778,712 $12,500,000 $85,278,712
7 2009 Michael Jackson's This Is It $72,091,016 $189,092,572 $261,183,588
8 1985 The Dream is Alive $70,000,000 $70,000,000
9 1991 Antarctica $65,000,000 $1,070,389 $66,070,389
10 1995 The Living Sea $64,800,000 $64,800,000
11 2002 Jackass: The Movie $64,282,312 $15,000,000 $79,282,312
12 2006 Deep Sea 3D $63,909,721 $41,778,182 $105,687,903
13 2000 Dolphins $54,000,000 $15,600,000 $69,600,000
14 1989 To the Limit $53,000,000 $53,000,000
15 1984 Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets $52,800,000 $186,200,000 $239,000,000
16 2010 Hubble 3D $52,753,175 $15,695,306 $68,448,481
17 1998 Mysteries of Egypt $40,593,286 $49,406,714 $90,000,000
18 2009 Under the Sea 3D $37,346,841 $10,638,746 $47,985,587
19 2011 Born to be Wild 3D $36,869,362 $10,530,926 $47,400,288
20 1970 Woodstock $34,505,110 $194,156 $34,699,266
21 2005 Magnificent Desolation $34,126,126 $5,720,770 $39,846,896
22 2012 2016: Obama’s America $33,349,941 $33,349,941
23 2009 Earth $32,011,576 $84,761,741 $116,773,317
24 2012 Chimpanzee $28,965,459 $7,869,364 $36,834,823
25 1974 Erinnerungen an die Zukunft $25,900,000 $25,900,000
26 2007 Sicko $24,538,513 $11,997,324 $36,535,837
27 2006 An Inconvenient Truth $24,146,161 $29,219,764 $53,365,925
28 1978 Beyond and Back $23,800,000 $23,800,000
29 2007 Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure $23,746,066 $26,982,097 $50,728,163
30 2018 Won’t You Be My Neighbor? $22,835,787 $11,872 $22,847,659
31 2002 Bowling for Columbine $21,576,018 $36,664,469 $58,240,487
32 2004 NASCAR: The IMAX Experience $21,550,235 $649,121 $22,199,356
33 2010 Oceans $19,422,319 $67,365,211 $86,787,530
34 2012 To the Arctic 3D $19,128,441 $4,521,674 $23,650,115
35 2003 Bugs! (IMAX) $19,084,280 $10,112,664 $29,196,944
36 1997 Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun $18,798,682 $12,480,529 $31,279,211
37 2000 Michael Jordan to the MAX $18,642,318 $633,949 $19,276,267
38 1999 Galapagos $18,571,938 $8,517,904 $27,089,842
39 2018 They Shall Not Grow Old $17,956,913 $3,021,610 $20,978,523
40 2014 Bears $17,780,194 $371,552 $18,151,746
41 2018 Free Solo $17,541,090 $11,064,905 $28,605,995
42 2003 Ghosts of the Abyss $17,093,668 $11,648,645 $28,742,313
43 2002 Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk $16,933,791 $7,036,640 $23,970,431
44 2005 Wild Safari 3D $16,621,230 $15,825,520 $32,446,750
45 2015 Monkey Kingdom $16,432,322 $727,208 $17,159,530
46 2016 A Beautiful Planet $15,650,615 $9,927,260 $25,577,875
47 2001 Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure $15,553,324 $4,113,837 $19,667,161
48 2011 African Cats $15,428,747 $7,517,860 $22,946,607
49 2014 America: Imagine a World Without Her $14,444,502 $14,444,502
50 2009 Capitalism: A Love Story $14,363,397 $4,758,134 $19,121,531
51 2018 RBG $14,051,361 $394,210 $14,445,571
52 2017 Born in China $13,873,211 $11,164,532 $25,037,743
53 1998 Africa's Elephant Kingdom $13,485,455 $13,485,455
54 2016 Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the De… $13,099,931 $13,099,931
55 2008 Religulous $13,011,160 $870,157 $13,881,317
56 1999 Extreme $12,456,958 $13,499,624 $25,956,582
57 2018 Three Identical Strangers $12,320,845 $1,047,103 $13,367,948
58 2014 Island of Lemurs: Madagascar $11,750,928 $419,850 $12,170,778
59 2006 Dave Chappelle's Block Party $11,718,595 $333,329 $12,051,924
60 2003 Winged Migration $11,689,053 $27,445,930 $39,134,983
61 2004 Super Size Me $11,529,368 $10,704,440 $22,233,808
62 1955 Galapagos $11,500,000 $11,500,000
63 2023 After Death $11,478,326 $271,680 $11,750,006
64 2004 What the #$'! Do We Know $10,941,801 $762,967 $11,704,768
65 1999 Island of the Sharks $10,658,756 $10,658,756
66 2006 Roving Mars $10,407,978 $841,000 $11,248,978
67 2002 Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey $10,086,514 $5,297,876 $15,384,390
68 1979 Dirt $9,200,000 $9,200,000
69 2019 Apollo 11 $9,040,224 $3,085,771 $12,125,995
70 2005 Aliens of the Deep $8,968,684 $3,797,000 $12,765,684
71 2005 Sharks 3D $8,500,000 $5,500,000 $14,000,000
72 2015 Amy $8,413,144 $15,365,441 $23,778,585
73 2005 Mad Hot Ballroom $8,117,961 $1,269,620 $9,387,581
74 2013 Jerusalem $8,020,721 $1,661,254 $9,681,975
75 2023 Bangtansonyeondan Yet Tu Keom In Sinema (방탄소년단 … $7,889,021 $45,110,979 $53,000,000
76 2018 Pandas $7,873,570 $243,356 $8,116,926
77 1994 Hoop Dreams $7,768,371 $4,000,000 $11,768,371
78 2008 Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed $7,720,487 $7,720,487
79 2003 Tupac Resurrection $7,718,961 $89,563 $7,808,524
80 2008 Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D $7,714,996 $9,537,291 $17,252,287
81 2019 Penguins $7,699,452 $7,699,452
82 2003 To Be and To Have $7,610,471 $14,566,128 $22,176,599
83 2010 Babies $7,320,323 $4,826,496 $12,146,819
84 1999 Encounter in the Third Dimension $7,195,792 $32,906,421 $40,102,213
85 2013 Journey to the South Pacific $7,144,210 $7,340,963 $14,485,173
86 2017 I Am Not Your Negro $7,123,919 $2,493,483 $9,617,402
87 1999 Buena Vista Social Club $6,997,620 $12,811,570 $19,809,190
88 1989 Roger & Me $6,706,368 $6,706,368
89 2010 Waiting for Superman $6,417,135 $28,931 $6,446,066
90 2005 The Aristocrats $6,377,461 $325,143 $6,702,604
91 2018 Fahrenheit 11/9 $6,352,306 $301,409 $6,653,715
92 2013 Justin Bieber’s Believe $6,206,566 $26,020,215 $32,226,781
93 2010 Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World $6,096,582 $10,418,621 $16,515,203
94 2014 Meet the Mormons $6,047,363 $1,808 $6,049,171
95 2018 Death of a Nation $5,885,881 $5,885,881
96 2011 Flying Monsters 3D $5,751,141 $5,143,082 $10,894,223
97 2003 Spellbound $5,728,581 $1,729,129 $7,457,710
98 2008 Shine a Light $5,505,267 $10,668,612 $16,173,879
99 1999 Wolves $5,361,306 $5,361,306
100 2021 Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain $5,354,970 $133,761 $5,488,731

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.