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All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 101-200)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 2015 | Taxi | $11,234,947 | $321,642 | $10,913,305 |
| 102 | 2016 | Les Saisons | $11,053,655 | $150,092 | $10,903,563 |
| 103 | 2011 | Senna | $10,924,647 | $1,612,430 | $9,312,217 |
| 104 | 2011 | Flying Monsters 3D | $10,894,223 | $5,751,141 | $5,143,082 |
| 105 | 2020 | Beureikeu deo sa illeonseu | $10,670,308 | $1,000,000 | $9,670,308 |
| 106 | 1999 | Island of the Sharks | $10,658,756 | $10,658,756 | |
| 107 | 2016 | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week | $10,090,957 | $2,934,445 | $7,156,512 |
| 108 | 2018 | Pope Francis—A Man of His Word | $10,040,148 | $2,008,385 | $8,031,763 |
| 109 | 2019 | Amazing Grace | $9,797,313 | $4,450,454 | $5,346,859 |
| 110 | 2013 | Jerusalem | $9,681,975 | $8,020,721 | $1,661,254 |
| 111 | 2017 | I Am Not Your Negro | $9,617,402 | $7,123,919 | $2,493,483 |
| 112 | 2005 | Mad Hot Ballroom | $9,387,581 | $8,117,961 | $1,269,620 |
| 113 | 2011 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | $9,369,629 | $5,304,920 | $4,064,709 |
| 114 | 1979 | Dirt | $9,200,000 | $9,200,000 | |
| 115 | 2017 | La promesse de l'aube | $9,180,852 | $9,180,852 | |
| 116 | 2016 | Nanimono | $8,577,483 | $8,577,483 | |
| 117 | 2019 | Pavarotti | $8,569,065 | $4,686,402 | $3,882,663 |
| 118 | 2004 | Yves St. Laurent | $8,360,096 | $97,092 | $8,263,004 |
| 119 | 2015 | Demain | $8,338,539 | $43,471 | $8,295,068 |
| 120 | 2012 | More Than Honey | $8,244,071 | $78,324 | $8,165,747 |
| 121 | 2018 | Pandas | $8,116,926 | $7,873,570 | $243,356 |
| 122 | 2019 | Di jiu tian chang | $8,093,136 | $8,093,136 | |
| 123 | 2022 | This Much I Know to be True | $8,013,372 | $8,013,372 | |
| 124 | 2024 | The Birth of Korea (건국전쟁) | $8,004,770 | $8,004,770 | |
| 125 | 2003 | Tupac Resurrection | $7,808,524 | $7,718,961 | $89,563 |
| 126 | 2010 | Inside Job | $7,799,257 | $4,311,834 | $3,487,423 |
| 127 | 2008 | Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed | $7,720,487 | $7,720,487 | |
| 128 | 2019 | Penguins | $7,699,452 | $7,699,452 | |
| 129 | 2008 | Young @ Heart | $7,649,255 | $3,992,189 | $3,657,066 |
| 130 | 2003 | Spellbound | $7,457,710 | $5,728,581 | $1,729,129 |
| 131 | 2010 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | $7,132,689 | $3,291,250 | $3,841,439 |
| 132 | 2009 | The September Issue | $7,081,682 | $3,820,700 | $3,260,982 |
| 133 | 1996 | Microcosmos | $6,973,842 | $1,573,842 | $5,400,000 |
| 134 | 1989 | Roger & Me | $6,706,368 | $6,706,368 | |
| 135 | 2005 | The Aristocrats | $6,702,604 | $6,377,461 | $325,143 |
| 136 | 2018 | Fahrenheit 11/9 | $6,653,715 | $6,352,306 | $301,409 |
| 137 | 2017 | Sachin | $6,630,190 | $6,630,190 | |
| 138 | 2019 | The Biggest Little Farm | $6,526,377 | $4,367,816 | $2,158,561 |
| 139 | 2020 | After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fak… | $6,455,717 | $6,455,717 | |
| 140 | 2018 | Loro 1 | $6,446,340 | $35,613 | $6,410,727 |
| 141 | 2010 | Waiting for Superman | $6,446,066 | $6,417,135 | $28,931 |
| 142 | 2014 | CitizenFour | $6,202,768 | $2,800,870 | $3,401,898 |
| 143 | 2014 | Meet the Mormons | $6,049,171 | $6,047,363 | $1,808 |
| 144 | 2012 | Samsara | $5,966,671 | $2,672,413 | $3,294,258 |
| 145 | 2013 | 20 Feet From Stardom | $5,892,466 | $4,946,250 | $946,216 |
| 146 | 2018 | Death of a Nation | $5,885,881 | $5,885,881 | |
| 147 | 2017 | An Inconvenient Sequel | $5,839,322 | $3,496,795 | $2,342,527 |
| 148 | 2016 | The Eagle Huntress | $5,631,241 | $3,168,664 | $2,462,577 |
| 149 | 2008 | Man on Wire | $5,617,067 | $2,962,242 | $2,654,825 |
| 150 | 2021 | Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain | $5,488,731 | $5,354,970 | $133,761 |
| 151 | 1999 | Wolves | $5,361,306 | $5,361,306 | |
| 152 | 2012 | Marley | $5,319,734 | $1,413,480 | $3,906,254 |
| 153 | 2003 | The Fog of War | $5,233,915 | $4,198,566 | $1,035,349 |
| 154 | 1999 | Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible | $5,231,283 | $5,231,283 | |
| 155 | 2016 | Born in the Exile: Sandaime J Soul Brothers no … | $5,181,032 | $5,181,032 | |
| 156 | 2010 | The Wildest Dream | $5,100,135 | $5,100,135 | |
| 157 | 2005 | Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room | $4,907,779 | $4,071,700 | $836,079 |
| 158 | 2017 | Return to the Wolves | $4,886,088 | $4,886,088 | |
| 159 | 2005 | Rize | $4,857,731 | $3,278,611 | $1,579,120 |
| 160 | 2004 | The Corporation | $4,843,572 | $3,493,516 | $1,350,056 |
| 161 | 2017 | KEDi | $4,797,784 | $2,834,262 | $1,963,522 |
| 162 | 2009 | Food, Inc. | $4,731,944 | $4,417,674 | $314,270 |
| 163 | 2018 | Whitney | $4,703,709 | $3,026,558 | $1,677,151 |
| 164 | 1996 | When We Were Kings | $4,647,606 | $2,666,118 | $1,981,488 |
| 165 | 2016 | Where to Invade Next | $4,604,687 | $3,827,261 | $777,426 |
| 166 | 2020 | The Big Parade | $4,550,000 | $4,550,000 | |
| 167 | 2011 | Buck | $4,523,972 | $4,036,175 | $487,797 |
| 168 | 2005 | Grizzly Man | $4,504,451 | $3,178,403 | $1,326,048 |
| 169 | 2003 | Capturing the Friedmans | $4,409,434 | $3,117,985 | $1,291,449 |
| 170 | 2015 | He Named Me Malala | $4,334,216 | $2,668,936 | $1,665,280 |
| 171 | 2019 | Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice | $4,252,657 | $4,252,657 | |
| 172 | 2009 | Good Hair | $4,222,942 | $4,157,223 | $65,719 |
| 173 | 1985 | That's Dancing | $4,210,938 | $4,210,938 | |
| 174 | 2008 | Beastie Boys | $4,205,499 | $4,205,499 | |
| 175 | 2002 | ESPN's Ultimate X - The Movie | $4,197,175 | $4,197,175 | |
| 176 | 2003 | The Real Cancun | $4,188,034 | $3,816,594 | $371,440 |
| 177 | 2012 | Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D | $4,182,062 | $3,377,000 | $805,062 |
| 178 | 2017 | Visages villages | $4,013,278 | $952,432 | $3,060,846 |
| 179 | 2003 | Step Into Liquid | $3,975,542 | $3,681,803 | $293,739 |
| 180 | 2018 | Geunal, bada | $3,972,816 | $3,972,816 | |
| 181 | 2004 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $3,966,448 | $1,751,698 | $2,214,750 |
| 182 | 2017 | Django | $3,847,465 | $56,556 | $3,790,909 |
| 183 | 2010 | Catfish | $3,798,734 | $3,237,343 | $561,391 |
| 184 | 2016 | Merci Patron! | $3,770,001 | $3,770,001 | |
| 185 | 1988 | Imagine: John Lennon | $3,753,977 | $3,753,977 | |
| 186 | 2004 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $3,735,969 | $3,430,117 | $305,852 |
| 187 | 2021 | Days and Nights in Wuhan | $3,720,000 | $3,720,000 | |
| 188 | 2023 | The Journey: A Music Special | $3,638,796 | $3,574,915 | $63,881 |
| 189 | 2003 | My Architect | $3,623,958 | $2,822,522 | $801,436 |
| 190 | 1999 | Genghis Blues | $3,599,174 | $3,599,174 | |
| 191 | 2014 | Finding Vivian Maier | $3,596,550 | $1,509,131 | $2,087,419 |
| 192 | 2019 | Western Stars | $3,581,681 | $1,581,681 | $2,000,000 |
| 193 | 1979 | The Glacier Fox | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | |
| 194 | 2012 | Bully | $3,483,795 | $3,483,795 | |
| 195 | 2019 | Maiden | $3,459,906 | $3,162,490 | $297,416 |
| 196 | 2022 | Ennio | $3,426,829 | $76,960 | $3,349,869 |
| 197 | 2021 | The Truffle Hunters | $3,379,278 | $521,202 | $2,858,076 |
| 198 | 2002 | Rivers and Tides | $3,368,550 | $2,200,276 | $1,168,274 |
| 199 | 2019 | Echo in the Canyon | $3,355,266 | $3,355,266 | |
| 200 | 1999 | Fifty | $3,328,240 | $3,328,240 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.