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All Time International Box Office for Documentary Movies
See also: Top Documentary Domestic - Top Documentary Worldwide
Other International Genres records: Top Adventure International - Top Action International - Top Comedy International - Top Drama International - Top Thriller/Suspense International - Top Horror International - Top Romantic Comedy International - Top Musical International
This chart contains the top 100 Documentary movies based on the cumulative international box office.
See our Documentary Theatrical Market Charts for more overviews regarding the domestic theatrical box office performance of Documentary movies.
| Rank | Released | Movie | International Box Office |
Domestic Box Office |
Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2009 | Michael Jackson’s This Is It | $189,092,572 | $72,091,016 | $261,183,588 |
| 2 | 1984 | Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets | $186,200,000 | $52,800,000 | $239,000,000 |
| 3 | 2004 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $102,034,442 | $119,114,517 | $221,148,959 |
| 4 | 2009 | Earth | $84,761,741 | $32,011,576 | $116,773,317 |
| 5 | 2018 | Li hai le, wo de guo | $72,506,344 | $72,506,344 | |
| 6 | 2010 | Oceans | $67,365,211 | $19,422,319 | $86,787,530 |
| 7 | 2005 | La Marche de L’empereur | $55,839,136 | $77,437,223 | $133,276,359 |
| 8 | 1998 | Mysteries of Egypt | $49,406,714 | $40,593,286 | $90,000,000 |
| 9 | 2006 | Deep Sea 3D | $41,778,182 | $64,001,579 | $105,779,761 |
| 10 | 1998 | Everest | $40,811,529 | $87,178,599 | $127,990,128 |
| 11 | 2002 | Bowling for Columbine | $36,664,469 | $21,576,018 | $58,240,487 |
| 12 | 1976 | To Fly! | $34,100,000 | $86,600,000 | $120,700,000 |
| 13 | 2014 | My Love, Don\'t Cross That River | $34,012,260 | $88,018 | $34,100,278 |
| 14 | 2002 | Space Station | $33,282,126 | $93,231,060 | $126,513,186 |
| 15 | 1999 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $32,906,421 | $7,195,792 | $40,102,213 |
| 16 | 2006 | An Inconvenient Truth | $29,219,764 | $24,146,161 | $53,365,925 |
| 17 | 2003 | Winged Migration | $27,445,930 | $11,689,053 | $39,134,983 |
| 18 | 2007 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $26,982,097 | $23,746,066 | $50,728,163 |
| 19 | 2013 | Justin Bieber’s Believe | $26,020,215 | $6,206,566 | $32,226,781 |
| 20 | 2003 | Ocean Wonderland | $25,977,417 | $25,977,417 | |
| 21 | 2017 | Twenty-Two | $25,711,603 | $22,222 | $25,733,825 |
| 22 | 2003 | Calendar Girls | $25,462,153 | $25,462,153 | |
| 23 | 2023 | Beijing 2022 (北京 2022) | $24,790,100 | $24,790,100 | |
| 24 | 2011 | Pina | $20,940,300 | $3,520,458 | $24,460,758 |
| 25 | 2004 | Deep Blue | $19,200,000 | $132,261 | $19,332,261 |
| 26 | 2021 | The Arctic: Our Last Great Wilderness | $16,894,562 | $16,894,562 | |
| 27 | 2018 | Burn the Stage: The Movie | $16,145,694 | $16,145,694 | |
| 28 | 2025 | Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a … | $16,000,000 | $34,062,774 | $50,062,774 |
| 29 | 2005 | Wild Safari 3D | $15,825,520 | $16,621,230 | $32,446,750 |
| 30 | 2020 | Red Dog | $15,788,420 | $15,788,420 | |
| 31 | 2010 | Hubble 3D | $15,695,306 | $52,840,185 | $68,535,491 |
| 32 | 2000 | Dolphins | $15,600,000 | $54,000,000 | $69,600,000 |
| 33 | 2016 | Kang rinpoche | $15,413,005 | $28,184 | $15,441,189 |
| 34 | 2015 | Amy | $15,365,441 | $8,413,144 | $23,778,585 |
| 35 | 2006 | Deutschland: Ein Sommermarchen | $14,700,000 | $14,700,000 | |
| 36 | 2012 | Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present | $14,576,364 | $86,637 | $14,663,001 |
| 37 | 2003 | To Be and To Have | $14,566,128 | $7,610,471 | $22,176,599 |
| 38 | 2018 | Io sono Tempesta | $13,748,817 | $13,748,817 | |
| 39 | 2011 | Plastic Planet | $13,565,535 | $3,164 | $13,568,699 |
| 40 | 2017 | Nomoohyeonibnida | $13,502,122 | $13,502,122 | |
| 41 | 1999 | Extreme | $13,499,624 | $12,456,958 | $25,956,582 |
| 42 | 2014 | The Salt of the Earth | $13,199,926 | $1,343,349 | $14,543,275 |
| 43 | 1999 | Buena Vista Social Club | $12,811,570 | $6,997,620 | $19,809,190 |
| 44 | 1997 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $12,480,529 | $18,798,682 | $31,279,211 |
| 45 | 2017 | Earth: One Amazing Day | $12,116,508 | $81,345 | $12,197,853 |
| 46 | 2007 | Sicko | $11,997,324 | $24,538,513 | $36,535,837 |
| 47 | 2003 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $11,648,645 | $17,093,668 | $28,742,313 |
| 48 | 2008 | Waltz with Bashir | $11,628,440 | $2,283,849 | $13,912,289 |
| 49 | 2016 | Born in China | $11,164,532 | $13,873,211 | $25,037,743 |
| 50 | 2018 | Free Solo | $11,064,905 | $17,541,090 | $28,605,995 |
| 51 | 2015 | Taxi | $10,913,305 | $321,642 | $11,234,947 |
| 52 | 2016 | Les Saisons | $10,903,563 | $150,092 | $11,053,655 |
| 53 | 2003 | Touching the Void | $10,802,927 | $4,593,598 | $15,396,525 |
| 54 | 2004 | Super Size Me | $10,704,440 | $11,529,368 | $22,233,808 |
| 55 | 2008 | Shine a Light | $10,668,612 | $5,505,267 | $16,173,879 |
| 56 | 2009 | Under the Sea 3D | $10,638,746 | $37,420,395 | $48,059,141 |
| 57 | 2025 | Hotline Beijing (您的声音) | $10,470,848 | $10,470,848 | |
| 58 | 2010 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $10,418,621 | $6,096,582 | $16,515,203 |
| 59 | 2011 | Born to be Wild 3D | $10,340,482 | $36,951,135 | $47,291,617 |
| 60 | 2003 | Bugs! (IMAX) | $10,112,664 | $19,084,280 | $29,196,944 |
| 61 | 2016 | A Beautiful Planet | $9,856,326 | $15,650,615 | $25,506,941 |
| 62 | 2024 | Io e Te dobbiamo parlare | $9,715,668 | $9,715,668 | |
| 63 | 2020 | Break the Silence: The Movie (브레이크 더 사일런스: 더 무비… | $9,670,308 | $1,000,000 | $10,670,308 |
| 64 | 2022 | Moonage Daydream | $9,643,774 | $4,266,717 | $13,910,491 |
| 65 | 2008 | Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D | $9,537,291 | $7,714,996 | $17,252,287 |
| 66 | 2024 | Dear Family | $9,319,724 | $9,319,724 | |
| 67 | 2011 | Senna | $9,312,217 | $1,612,430 | $10,924,647 |
| 68 | 2017 | La promesse de l'aube | $9,180,852 | $9,180,852 | |
| 69 | 2012 | Searching for Sugar Man | $8,937,411 | $3,965,090 | $12,902,501 |
| 70 | 2016 | Nanimono | $8,577,483 | $8,577,483 | |
| 71 | 1999 | Galapagos | $8,517,904 | $18,571,938 | $27,089,842 |
| 72 | 2015 | Demain | $8,295,068 | $43,471 | $8,338,539 |
| 73 | 2004 | Yves St. Laurent | $8,263,004 | $97,092 | $8,360,096 |
| 74 | 2019 | Bring the Soul: The Movie | $8,174,908 | $4,809,800 | $12,984,708 |
| 75 | 2012 | More Than Honey | $8,165,747 | $78,324 | $8,244,071 |
| 76 | 2019 | Di jiu tian chang | $8,093,136 | $8,093,136 | |
| 77 | 2018 | Pope Francis—A Man of His Word | $8,031,763 | $2,008,385 | $10,040,148 |
| 78 | 2022 | This Much I Know to be True | $8,013,372 | $8,013,372 | |
| 79 | 2024 | The Birth of Korea (건국전쟁) | $7,986,874 | $7,986,874 | |
| 80 | 2012 | Chimpanzee | $7,869,364 | $28,965,459 | $36,834,823 |
| 81 | 2011 | African Cats | $7,517,860 | $15,428,747 | $22,946,607 |
| 82 | 2013 | Journey to the South Pacific | $7,340,963 | $7,144,210 | $14,485,173 |
| 83 | 2025 | Shenzhou13 (窗外是蓝星) | $7,293,485 | $7,293,485 | |
| 84 | 2024 | LIM YOUNG WOONG│IM HERO THE STADIUM (임영웅ㅣ아임 히어로… | $7,213,291 | $7,213,291 | |
| 85 | 2016 | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week | $7,148,709 | $2,934,445 | $10,083,154 |
| 86 | 2002 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $7,036,640 | $16,933,791 | $23,970,431 |
| 87 | 2017 | Sachin | $6,630,190 | $6,630,190 | |
| 88 | 2020 | After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fak… | $6,455,717 | $6,455,717 | |
| 89 | 2018 | Loro 1 | $6,410,727 | $35,613 | $6,446,340 |
| 90 | 2015 | Iris | $6,374,703 | $1,310,678 | $7,685,381 |
| 91 | 2024 | The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru (里斯本丸沉没)… | $6,104,731 | $6,104,731 | |
| 92 | 2005 | Magnificent Desolation | $5,720,770 | $34,126,126 | $39,846,896 |
| 93 | 2005 | Sharks 3D | $5,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $14,000,000 |
| 94 | 1996 | Microcosmos | $5,400,000 | $1,573,842 | $6,973,842 |
| 95 | 2019 | Amazing Grace | $5,346,859 | $4,450,454 | $9,797,313 |
| 96 | 2002 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $5,297,876 | $10,086,514 | $15,384,390 |
| 97 | 2025 | Mountains and Rivers Witness (山河为证) | $5,200,579 | $5,200,579 | |
| 98 | 2025 | OCEAN: with David Attenborough | $5,198,861 | $5,198,861 | |
| 99 | 2016 | Born in the Exile: Sandaime J Soul Brothers no … | $5,181,032 | $5,181,032 | |
| 100 | 2011 | Flying Monsters 3D | $5,143,082 | $5,751,141 | $10,894,223 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding 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.