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All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 101-200)
See also: Top Documentary International - Top Documentary Worldwide - Top Documentary Weekend 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 2019 | Bring the Soul: The Movie | $4,809,800 | $8,181,232 | $12,991,032 |
| 102 | 2019 | Pavarotti | $4,686,402 | $3,882,663 | $8,569,065 |
| 103 | 2004 | Touching the Void | $4,593,598 | $10,802,927 | $15,396,525 |
| 104 | 2019 | Amazing Grace | $4,450,454 | $5,346,859 | $9,797,313 |
| 105 | 2009 | Food, Inc. | $4,417,674 | $314,270 | $4,731,944 |
| 106 | 2019 | The Biggest Little Farm | $4,367,816 | $2,158,561 | $6,526,377 |
| 107 | 2010 | Inside Job | $4,311,834 | $3,487,423 | $7,799,257 |
| 108 | 2022 | Moonage Daydream | $4,266,717 | $9,643,774 | $13,910,491 |
| 109 | 2019 | Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice | $4,252,657 | $4,252,657 | |
| 110 | 1985 | That's Dancing | $4,210,938 | $4,210,938 | |
| 111 | 2003 | The Fog of War | $4,198,566 | $1,035,349 | $5,233,915 |
| 112 | 2002 | ESPN's Ultimate X - The Movie | $4,197,175 | $4,197,175 | |
| 113 | 2009 | Good Hair | $4,157,223 | $65,719 | $4,222,942 |
| 114 | 2005 | Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room | $4,071,700 | $836,079 | $4,907,779 |
| 115 | 2011 | Buck | $4,036,175 | $487,797 | $4,523,972 |
| 116 | 2008 | Young @ Heart | $3,992,189 | $3,657,066 | $7,649,255 |
| 117 | 2012 | Searching for Sugar Man | $3,965,090 | $8,937,411 | $12,902,501 |
| 118 | 2016 | Where to Invade Next | $3,827,261 | $777,426 | $4,604,687 |
| 119 | 2009 | The September Issue | $3,820,700 | $3,260,982 | $7,081,682 |
| 120 | 2003 | The Real Cancun | $3,816,594 | $371,440 | $4,188,034 |
| 121 | 1988 | Imagine: John Lennon | $3,753,977 | $3,753,977 | |
| 122 | 2003 | Step Into Liquid | $3,681,803 | $293,739 | $3,975,542 |
| 123 | 1999 | Genghis Blues | $3,599,174 | $3,599,174 | |
| 124 | 2023 | The Journey: A Music Special | $3,574,915 | $63,881 | $3,638,796 |
| 125 | 2012 | Pina | $3,520,458 | $20,940,300 | $24,460,758 |
| 126 | 1979 | The Glacier Fox | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | |
| 127 | 2017 | An Inconvenient Sequel | $3,496,795 | $2,342,527 | $5,839,322 |
| 128 | 2004 | The Corporation | $3,493,516 | $1,350,056 | $4,843,572 |
| 129 | 2012 | Bully | $3,483,795 | $3,483,795 | |
| 130 | 2004 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $3,430,117 | $305,852 | $3,735,969 |
| 131 | 2012 | Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D | $3,377,000 | $805,062 | $4,182,062 |
| 132 | 2019 | Echo in the Canyon | $3,355,266 | $3,355,266 | |
| 133 | 1999 | Fifty | $3,328,240 | $3,328,240 | |
| 134 | 2010 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | $3,291,250 | $3,841,439 | $7,132,689 |
| 135 | 2005 | Rize | $3,278,611 | $1,579,120 | $4,857,731 |
| 136 | 1991 | Paris is Burning | $3,247,160 | $3,247,160 | |
| 137 | 2010 | Catfish | $3,237,343 | $561,391 | $3,798,734 |
| 138 | 2005 | Grizzly Man | $3,178,403 | $1,326,048 | $4,504,451 |
| 139 | 2000 | Ride | $3,176,650 | $3,176,650 | |
| 140 | 2016 | The Eagle Huntress | $3,168,664 | $2,462,577 | $5,631,241 |
| 141 | 2019 | Maiden | $3,162,490 | $297,416 | $3,459,906 |
| 142 | 2006 | Wordplay | $3,121,270 | $56,366 | $3,177,636 |
| 143 | 2003 | Capturing the Friedmans | $3,117,985 | $1,291,449 | $4,409,434 |
| 144 | 2005 | The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill | $3,058,527 | $160,182 | $3,218,709 |
| 145 | 1995 | Crumb | $3,041,083 | $19,577 | $3,060,660 |
| 146 | 2018 | Whitney | $3,026,558 | $1,677,151 | $4,703,709 |
| 147 | 1998 | Mark Twain's America 3D | $2,992,106 | $2,992,106 | |
| 148 | 2008 | Man on Wire | $2,962,242 | $2,654,825 | $5,617,067 |
| 149 | 2016 | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week | $2,934,445 | $7,156,512 | $10,090,957 |
| 150 | 2010 | Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work | $2,930,687 | $2,930,687 | |
| 151 | 2017 | KEDi | $2,834,262 | $1,963,522 | $4,797,784 |
| 152 | 1995 | Unzipped | $2,833,010 | $2,833,010 | |
| 153 | 2003 | My Architect | $2,822,522 | $801,436 | $3,623,958 |
| 154 | 2014 | CitizenFour | $2,800,870 | $3,401,898 | $6,202,768 |
| 155 | 1998 | Freeriders | $2,750,064 | $2,750,064 | |
| 156 | 2002 | Comedian | $2,744,253 | $2,744,253 | |
| 157 | 1995 | The Show | $2,702,000 | $2,702,000 | |
| 158 | 2012 | Samsara | $2,672,413 | $3,294,258 | $5,966,671 |
| 159 | 2015 | He Named Me Malala | $2,668,936 | $1,665,280 | $4,334,216 |
| 160 | 1996 | When We Were Kings | $2,666,118 | $1,981,488 | $4,647,606 |
| 161 | 2004 | Control Room | $2,589,616 | $135,210 | $2,724,826 |
| 162 | 2017 | Is Genesis History? | $2,570,355 | $2,570,355 | |
| 163 | 2012 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $2,552,478 | $237,557 | $2,790,035 |
| 164 | 2023 | Come Out in Jesus Name | $2,543,913 | $2,543,913 | |
| 165 | 2001 | The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic… | $2,452,566 | $2,452,566 | |
| 166 | 2013 | The Gatekeepers | $2,408,553 | $183,755 | $2,592,308 |
| 167 | 2012 | The Queen of Versailles | $2,401,999 | $103,101 | $2,505,100 |
| 168 | 2016 | Hillsong: Let Hope Rise | $2,394,725 | $283,800 | $2,678,525 |
| 169 | 1999 | Wildfire: Feel The Heat | $2,378,388 | $2,378,388 | |
| 170 | 2015 | Meru | $2,334,228 | $16,592 | $2,350,820 |
| 171 | 2021 | Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could … | $2,320,649 | $644,963 | $2,965,612 |
| 172 | 1997 | Snowriders 2 | $2,287,639 | $2,287,639 | |
| 173 | 2008 | Waltz with Bashir | $2,283,849 | $11,628,440 | $13,912,289 |
| 174 | 2004 | Riding Giants | $2,276,368 | $1,015,965 | $3,292,333 |
| 175 | 2003 | DysFunkTional Family | $2,255,000 | $2,255,000 | |
| 176 | 2002 | Rivers and Tides | $2,200,276 | $1,168,274 | $3,368,550 |
| 177 | 1994 | The Endless Summer 2 | $2,155,385 | $2,155,385 | |
| 178 | 2024 | The Ark and the Darkness | $2,097,560 | $2,097,560 | |
| 179 | 1982 | It Came From Hollywood | $2,091,037 | $2,091,037 | |
| 180 | 2013 | Blackfish | $2,073,582 | $281,293 | $2,354,875 |
| 181 | 1999 | Beyond the Mat | $2,047,570 | $2,047,570 | |
| 182 | 1996 | Snowriders | $2,035,470 | $2,035,470 | |
| 183 | 2018 | Pope Francis—A Man of His Word | $2,008,385 | $8,031,763 | $10,040,148 |
| 184 | 1995 | Endless Winter | $1,966,454 | $1,966,454 | |
| 185 | 2006 | Why We Fight | $1,880,863 | $1,880,863 | |
| 186 | 2021 | Show Me the Father | $1,803,226 | $115,685 | $1,918,911 |
| 187 | 2009 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $1,755,134 | $449,604 | $2,204,738 |
| 188 | 2004 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $1,751,698 | $2,214,750 | $3,966,448 |
| 189 | 2009 | Every Little Step | $1,725,141 | $1,044,622 | $2,769,763 |
| 190 | 2017 | Jane | $1,723,379 | $635,115 | $2,358,494 |
| 191 | 2000 | The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg | $1,703,901 | $1,703,901 | |
| 192 | 2015 | Meet the Patels | $1,700,680 | $1,700,680 | |
| 193 | 2006 | Who Killed the Electric Car? | $1,678,874 | $170,518 | $1,849,392 |
| 194 | 1985 | Bring on the Night | $1,675,689 | $1,675,689 | |
| 195 | 2016 | Weiner | $1,675,196 | $75,924 | $1,751,120 |
| 196 | 2014 | Tim's Vermeer | $1,670,806 | $53,678 | $1,724,484 |
| 197 | 1994 | Vertical Reality | $1,619,747 | $1,619,747 | |
| 198 | 2002 | Standing in the Shadows of Motown | $1,615,732 | $77,944 | $1,693,676 |
| 199 | 2011 | Senna | $1,612,430 | $9,312,217 | $10,924,647 |
| 200 | 2009 | It Might Get Loud | $1,610,163 | $1,610,163 |
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.