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All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies


See also: Top Documentary Domestic - Top Documentary International

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

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

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

Rank Released Movie Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
1 2009 Michael Jackson's This Is It $261,183,588 $72,091,016 $189,092,572
2 1984 Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets $239,000,000 $52,800,000 $186,200,000
3 2004 Fahrenheit 9/11 $221,148,959 $119,114,517 $102,034,442
4 2010 Jackass 3D $171,685,793 $117,229,692 $54,456,101
5 2005 La marche de l'empereur $133,276,359 $77,437,223 $55,839,136
6 1998 Everest $127,990,128 $87,178,599 $40,811,529
7 2002 Space Station $126,513,186 $93,231,060 $33,282,126
8 2009 Earth $116,773,317 $32,011,576 $84,761,741
9 2014 Where Are We Going Dad? $112,370,000 $112,370,000
10 2006 Deep Sea 3D $105,687,903 $63,909,721 $41,778,182
11 1998 Mysteries of Egypt $90,000,000 $40,593,286 $49,406,714
12 2010 Oceans $86,787,530 $19,422,319 $67,365,211
13 2006 Jackass: Number Two $85,278,712 $72,778,712 $12,500,000
14 2002 Jackass: The Movie $79,282,312 $64,282,312 $15,000,000
15 2018 Li hai le, wo de guo $72,506,344 $72,506,344
16 1985 The Dream is Alive $70,000,000 $70,000,000
17 2000 Dolphins $69,600,000 $54,000,000 $15,600,000
18 2010 Hubble 3D $68,448,481 $52,753,175 $15,695,306
19 1991 Antarctica $66,070,389 $65,000,000 $1,070,389
20 1995 The Living Sea $64,800,000 $64,800,000
21 2002 Bowling for Columbine $58,240,487 $21,576,018 $36,664,469
22 2006 An Inconvenient Truth $53,365,925 $24,146,161 $29,219,764
23 1989 To the Limit $53,000,000 $53,000,000
24 2023 Bangtansonyeondan Yet Tu Keom In Sinema (방탄소년단 … $53,000,000 $7,889,021 $45,110,979
25 2007 Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure $50,728,163 $23,746,066 $26,982,097
26 2009 Under the Sea 3D $47,985,587 $37,346,841 $10,638,746
27 2011 Born to be Wild 3D $47,400,288 $36,869,362 $10,530,926
28 1999 Encounter in the Third Dimension $40,102,213 $7,195,792 $32,906,421
29 2005 Magnificent Desolation $39,846,896 $34,126,126 $5,720,770
30 2003 Winged Migration $39,134,983 $11,689,053 $27,445,930
31 2012 Chimpanzee $36,834,823 $28,965,459 $7,869,364
32 2007 Sicko $36,535,837 $24,538,513 $11,997,324
33 1970 Woodstock $34,699,266 $34,505,110 $194,156
34 2014 My Love, Don't Cross That River $34,100,278 $88,018 $34,012,260
35 2012 2016: Obama’s America $33,349,941 $33,349,941
36 2005 Wild Safari 3D $32,446,750 $16,621,230 $15,825,520
37 2013 Justin Bieber’s Believe $32,226,781 $6,206,566 $26,020,215
38 1997 Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun $31,279,211 $18,798,682 $12,480,529
39 2003 Bugs! (IMAX) $29,196,944 $19,084,280 $10,112,664
40 2003 Ghosts of the Abyss $28,742,313 $17,093,668 $11,648,645
41 2018 Free Solo $28,605,995 $17,541,090 $11,064,905
42 1999 Galapagos $27,089,842 $18,571,938 $8,517,904
43 2003 Ocean Wonderland $25,977,417 $25,977,417
44 1999 Extreme $25,956,582 $12,456,958 $13,499,624
45 1974 Erinnerungen an die Zukunft $25,900,000 $25,900,000
46 2017 Twenty-Two $25,733,825 $22,222 $25,711,603
47 2016 A Beautiful Planet $25,577,875 $15,650,615 $9,927,260
48 2003 Calendar Girls $25,462,153 $25,462,153
49 2016 Born in China $25,037,743 $13,873,211 $11,164,532
50 2023 Beijing 2022 (北京 2022) $24,790,100 $24,790,100
51 2011 Pina $24,460,758 $3,520,458 $20,940,300
52 2002 Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk $23,970,431 $16,933,791 $7,036,640
53 1978 Beyond and Back $23,800,000 $23,800,000
54 2015 Amy $23,778,585 $8,413,144 $15,365,441
55 2012 To the Arctic 3D $23,650,115 $19,128,441 $4,521,674
56 2011 African Cats $22,946,607 $15,428,747 $7,517,860
57 2018 Won’t You Be My Neighbor? $22,847,659 $22,835,787 $11,872
58 2004 Super Size Me $22,233,808 $11,529,368 $10,704,440
59 2004 NASCAR: The IMAX Experience $22,199,356 $21,550,235 $649,121
60 2003 To Be and To Have $22,176,599 $7,610,471 $14,566,128
61 2018 They Shall Not Grow Old $20,978,523 $17,956,913 $3,021,610
62 1999 Buena Vista Social Club $19,809,190 $6,997,620 $12,811,570
63 2001 Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure $19,667,161 $15,553,324 $4,113,837
64 2004 Deep Blue $19,332,261 $132,261 $19,200,000
65 2000 Michael Jordan to the MAX $19,276,267 $18,642,318 $633,949
66 2009 Capitalism: A Love Story $19,121,531 $14,363,397 $4,758,134
67 2014 Bears $18,151,746 $17,780,194 $371,552
68 2008 Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D $17,252,287 $7,714,996 $9,537,291
69 2015 Monkey Kingdom $17,159,530 $16,432,322 $727,208
70 2010 Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World $16,515,203 $6,096,582 $10,418,621
71 2008 Shine a Light $16,173,879 $5,505,267 $10,668,612
72 2011 Red Dog $16,110,694 $16,110,694
73 2016 Kang rinpoche $15,441,189 $28,184 $15,413,005
74 2003 Touching the Void $15,396,525 $4,593,598 $10,802,927
75 2002 Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey $15,384,390 $10,086,514 $5,297,876
76 2006 Deutschland: Ein Sommermarchen $14,700,000 $14,700,000
77 2012 Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present $14,663,001 $86,637 $14,576,364
78 2014 The Salt of the Earth $14,543,275 $1,343,349 $13,199,926
79 2013 Journey to the South Pacific $14,485,173 $7,144,210 $7,340,963
80 2018 RBG $14,445,571 $14,051,361 $394,210
81 2014 America: Imagine a World Without Her $14,444,502 $14,444,502
82 2005 Sharks 3D $14,000,000 $8,500,000 $5,500,000
83 2008 Waltz with Bashir $13,912,289 $2,283,849 $11,628,440
84 2022 Moonage Daydream $13,910,491 $4,266,717 $9,643,774
85 2008 Religulous $13,881,317 $13,011,160 $870,157
86 2018 Io sono Tempesta $13,748,817 $13,748,817
87 2011 Plastic Planet $13,568,699 $3,164 $13,565,535
88 2017 Nomoohyeonibnida $13,502,122 $13,502,122
89 1998 Africa's Elephant Kingdom $13,485,455 $13,485,455
90 2018 Three Identical Strangers $13,367,948 $12,320,845 $1,047,103
91 2016 Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the De… $13,099,931 $13,099,931
92 2019 Bring the Soul: The Movie $12,991,032 $4,809,800 $8,181,232
93 2012 Searching for Sugar Man $12,902,501 $3,965,090 $8,937,411
94 2005 Aliens of the Deep $12,765,684 $8,968,684 $3,797,000
95 2017 Earth: One Amazing Day $12,197,853 $81,345 $12,116,508
96 2014 Island of Lemurs: Madagascar $12,170,778 $11,750,928 $419,850
97 2010 Babies $12,146,819 $7,320,323 $4,826,496
98 2019 Apollo 11 $12,125,995 $9,040,224 $3,085,771
99 2006 Dave Chappelle's Block Party $12,051,924 $11,718,595 $333,329
100 1994 Hoop Dreams $11,768,371 $7,768,371 $4,000,000

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.