Box Office Records > Domestic > All Movies > Genres > Top Documentary Domestic
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | 2016 | Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You | $70,950 | $70,950 | |
| 1,002 | 2006 | Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul | $70,685 | $70,000 | $140,685 |
| 1,003 | 2023 | The League | $70,038 | $70,038 | |
| 1,004 | 2017 | Turn it Around: The Story of East Bay Punk | $69,787 | $69,787 | |
| 1,005 | 2007 | Zoo | $69,770 | $69,770 | |
| 1,006 | 2008 | The Business of Being Born | $69,348 | $69,348 | |
| 1,007 | 2022 | The Territory | $69,316 | $88,465 | $157,781 |
| 1,008 | 2010 | Living in Emergency | $69,047 | $69,047 | |
| 1,009 | 2010 | Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magneti… | $68,719 | $68,719 | |
| 1,010 | 2014 | Take Me to the River | $68,598 | $68,598 | |
| 1,011 | 2017 | Alive and Kicking | $68,485 | $68,485 | |
| 1,012 | 2018 | Chef Flynn | $68,407 | $1,136 | $69,543 |
| 1,013 | 2010 | Budrus | $68,353 | $18,395 | $86,748 |
| 1,014 | 2010 | 2012: Time for Change | $68,339 | $68,339 | |
| 1,015 | 2005 | Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Rome… | $68,249 | $68,249 | |
| 1,016 | 2013 | Maidentrip | $68,243 | $68,243 | |
| 1,017 | 2015 | I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story | $67,845 | $7,311 | $75,156 |
| 1,018 | 2015 | The Messenger | $67,816 | $67,816 | |
| 1,019 | 2008 | Happy Valley | $67,665 | $67,665 | |
| 1,020 | 2023 | The Eternal Memory | $67,594 | $53,200 | $120,794 |
| 1,021 | 2007 | Lagerfeld Confidential | $67,500 | $67,500 | |
| 1,022 | 2018 | Monrovia, Indiana | $67,475 | $652 | $68,127 |
| 1,023 | 2013 | After Tiller | $67,414 | $67,414 | |
| 1,024 | 2018 | The Doctor From India | $67,136 | $67,136 | |
| 1,025 | 2014 | For No Good Reason | $67,105 | $67,105 | |
| 1,026 | 2024 | How to Come Alive With Normal Mailer | $66,974 | $66,974 | |
| 1,027 | 2008 | Allah Made Me Funny | $66,903 | $66,903 | |
| 1,028 | 2013 | Pandora's Promise | $66,680 | $66,680 | |
| 1,029 | 2024 | High & Low — John Galliano | $66,511 | $270,671 | $337,182 |
| 1,030 | 2023 | Immediate Family | $66,379 | $66,379 | |
| 1,031 | 2006 | Absolute Wilson | $66,217 | $66,217 | |
| 1,032 | 2010 | Dancing Across Borders | $66,166 | $66,166 | |
| 1,033 | 2022 | Freakscene — The Story of Dinosaur Jr. | $66,038 | $3,249 | $69,287 |
| 1,034 | 2022 | Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams | $65,970 | $85,308 | $151,278 |
| 1,035 | 2018 | 3100: Run and Become | $65,524 | $1,265 | $66,789 |
| 1,036 | 2017 | Architects of Denial | $65,424 | $65,424 | |
| 1,037 | 2018 | Beuys | $65,410 | $12,886 | $78,296 |
| 1,038 | 2024 | Taking Venice | $65,334 | $65,334 | |
| 1,039 | 2014 | Through a Lens Darkly | $65,169 | $65,169 | |
| 1,040 | 2008 | CSNY: Déjà Vu | $65,025 | $105,201 | $170,226 |
| 1,041 | 2005 | Rock School | $64,310 | $25,088 | $89,398 |
| 1,042 | 2012 | Never Stand Still | $63,811 | $63,811 | |
| 1,043 | 2010 | Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage | $63,696 | $63,696 | |
| 1,044 | 2016 | Trapped | $63,240 | $63,240 | |
| 1,045 | 2018 | The Gardener | $62,734 | $76,351 | $139,085 |
| 1,046 | 2010 | Cool It | $62,713 | $7,876 | $70,589 |
| 1,047 | 2015 | Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead The Story of the Na… | $62,684 | $62,684 | |
| 1,048 | 2004 | Proteus | $62,673 | $62,673 | |
| 1,049 | 2013 | Traviata et nous | $62,652 | $62,652 | |
| 1,050 | 2019 | The Cave | $62,625 | $97,290 | $159,915 |
| 1,051 | 2016 | Dancer | $62,578 | $1,256,995 | $1,319,573 |
| 1,052 | 2021 | The First Wave | $62,376 | $4,464 | $66,840 |
| 1,053 | 2008 | Bloodline | $62,248 | $62,248 | |
| 1,054 | 2015 | Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World | $61,845 | $61,845 | |
| 1,055 | 2013 | Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey | $61,018 | $61,018 | |
| 1,056 | 2025 | Predators | $60,970 | $282 | $61,252 |
| 1,057 | 2023 | Lynch/Oz | $60,701 | $8,286 | $68,987 |
| 1,058 | 2025 | Mistress Dispeller | $60,683 | $60,683 | |
| 1,059 | 2011 | How to Live Forever | $60,630 | $60,630 | |
| 1,060 | 2021 | Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time | $60,389 | $43,529 | $103,918 |
| 1,061 | 2011 | Limelight | $60,335 | $60,335 | |
| 1,062 | 2008 | Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story | $60,332 | $60,332 | |
| 1,063 | 2011 | Crime after Crime | $60,291 | $60,291 | |
| 1,064 | 2016 | Presenting Princess Shaw | $60,197 | $60,197 | |
| 1,065 | 2012 | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | $60,064 | $60,064 | |
| 1,066 | 2017 | Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards | $60,056 | $4,831 | $64,887 |
| 1,067 | 2012 | Payback | $59,736 | $59,736 | |
| 1,068 | 2013 | Sweet Dreams | $59,403 | $59,403 | |
| 1,069 | 2008 | The Order of Myths | $59,400 | $59,400 | |
| 1,070 | 2017 | Bang! The Bert Berns Story | $59,300 | $59,300 | |
| 1,071 | 2008 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | $59,192 | $59,192 | |
| 1,072 | 2013 | The Trials of Muhammad Ali | $59,081 | $59,081 | |
| 1,073 | 2023 | Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV | $59,023 | $38,090 | $97,113 |
| 1,074 | 2024 | Ernest Cole: Lost and Found | $58,867 | $47,392 | $106,259 |
| 1,075 | 2007 | Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era … | $58,829 | $58,829 | |
| 1,076 | 2012 | Side by Side | $58,825 | $8,229 | $67,054 |
| 1,077 | 2018 | Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist | $58,799 | $317,420 | $376,219 |
| 1,078 | 2014 | Sagrada: el misteri de la creacio | $58,755 | $58,755 | |
| 1,079 | 2023 | The Mission | $58,639 | $11,424 | $70,063 |
| 1,080 | 2018 | Horn From the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story | $58,597 | $58,597 | |
| 1,081 | 2025 | Been Here Stay Here | $58,530 | $58,530 | |
| 1,082 | 2025 | Sharing Aloha | $58,337 | $58,337 | |
| 1,083 | 2017 | The Force | $58,154 | $58,154 | |
| 1,084 | 2018 | In Search of Greatness | $58,090 | $58,090 | |
| 1,085 | 2023 | The Stones and Brian Jones | $57,924 | $37,660 | $95,584 |
| 1,086 | 2009 | William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe | $57,769 | $57,769 | |
| 1,087 | 2016 | Command and Control | $57,635 | $57,635 | |
| 1,088 | 2024 | The Cowboy & the Queen | $57,589 | $57,589 | |
| 1,089 | 2018 | Ramen Heads | $57,346 | $57,346 | |
| 1,090 | 2009 | The End of Poverty? | $57,324 | $57,324 | |
| 1,091 | 2003 | Only the Strong Survive | $57,322 | $57,322 | |
| 1,092 | 2014 | Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case | $57,322 | $57,322 | |
| 1,093 | 2004 | Voices of Iraq | $57,102 | $57,102 | |
| 1,094 | 2020 | The Dissident | $57,000 | $54,698 | $111,698 |
| 1,095 | 2015 | Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times | $56,744 | $56,744 | |
| 1,096 | 2018 | Django | $56,556 | $3,790,909 | $3,847,465 |
| 1,097 | 2009 | Collapse | $56,436 | $56,436 | |
| 1,098 | 2008 | Beautiful Losers | $56,386 | $56,386 | |
| 1,099 | 2017 | Saving Brinton | $56,220 | $56,220 | |
| 1,100 | 2004 | Divan | $56,214 | $56,214 |
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.