Market Charts > 2022 > Genres > Documentary
Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2022
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Theatrical
Distributor | MPAA
Rating | 2022 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Moonage Daydream |
Sep 16, 2022 |
Neon |
PG-13 |
$4,266,717 |
405,196 |
| 2 |
2000 Mules |
May 20, 2022 |
D’Souza Media |
Not Rated |
$1,465,512 |
139,174 |
| 3 |
Fire of Love |
Apr 29, 2022 |
|
PG |
$1,064,080 |
101,052 |
| 4 |
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, … |
Jul 1, 2022 |
Sony Pictures Cla… |
PG-13 |
$1,062,143 |
100,868 |
| 5 |
Johnny Cash: The Redemption… |
Dec 5, 2022 |
Fathom Events |
Not Rated |
$840,580 |
79,827 |
| 6 |
Under the Sea 3D |
Feb 13, 2009 |
Warner Bros. |
G |
$631,403 |
59,962 |
| 7 |
Deep in the Heart: A Texas … |
Jun 3, 2022 |
Fin and Fur Films |
PG |
$480,240 |
45,606 |
| 8 |
Facing Nolan |
Jun 24, 2022 |
Utopia |
Not Rated |
$405,797 |
38,537 |
| 9 |
Superspreader |
Sep 29, 2022 |
Iconic Releasing |
PG-13 |
$399,370 |
37,926 |
| 10 |
Meet Me in the Bathroom |
Nov 4, 2022 |
Utopia |
Not Rated |
$319,880 |
30,377 |
| 11 |
Waterman |
Apr 1, 2022 |
Purdie Distribution |
Not Rated |
$316,848 |
30,090 |
| 12 |
All The Beauty And The Bloo… |
Nov 23, 2022 |
Neon |
Not Rated |
$287,365 |
27,290 |
| 13 |
Flee |
Dec 3, 2021 |
Neon |
PG-13 |
$283,487 |
26,921 |
| 14 |
The Automat |
Feb 18, 2022 |
A Slice of Pie Pr… |
Not Rated |
$257,371 |
24,441 |
| 15 |
Who We Are: A Chronicle of … |
Jan 14, 2022 |
Sony Pictures Cla… |
PG-13 |
$234,298 |
22,250 |
| 16 |
CatVideoFest 2022 |
Jun 24, 2022 |
Oscilloscope Pict… |
Not Rated |
$217,330 |
20,639 |
| 17 |
Hockeyland |
Sep 9, 2022 |
Greenwich |
Not Rated |
$179,665 |
17,062 |
| 18 |
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story |
May 13, 2022 |
Sony Pictures Cla… |
PG-13 |
$179,005 |
17,000 |
| 19 |
Gabby Giffords Won’t Back D… |
Jul 15, 2022 |
Briarcliff Entert… |
PG-13 |
$134,098 |
12,734 |
| 20 |
Gamestop: Rise of the Players |
Jan 28, 2022 |
Super LTD |
R |
$126,297 |
11,994 |
| 21 |
My Old School |
Jul 22, 2022 |
Magnolia Pictures |
Not Rated |
$103,966 |
9,873 |
| 22 |
La panthère des neiges |
Dec 22, 2021 |
Oscilloscope Pict… |
Not Rated |
$99,045 |
9,405 |
| 23 |
The Return Of Tanya Tucker:… |
Oct 21, 2022 |
Sony Pictures Cla… |
R |
$93,275 |
8,858 |
| 24 |
Eternal Spring |
Sep 23, 2022 |
LevelFILM |
Not Rated |
$92,114 |
8,747 |
| 25 |
Three Minutes - A Lengthening |
Aug 19, 2022 |
Super LTD |
PG |
$90,144 |
8,560 |
| 26 |
Buried: The 1982 Alpine Mea… |
Sep 23, 2022 |
Greenwich |
Not Rated |
$76,762 |
7,289 |
| 27 |
The Territory |
Aug 19, 2022 |
National Geograph… |
PG |
$69,316 |
6,582 |
| 28 |
Born to be Wild 3D |
Apr 8, 2011 |
Warner Bros. |
G |
$67,569 |
6,417 |
| 29 |
Freakscene — The Story of D… |
May 27, 2022 |
Utopia |
Not Rated |
$66,038 |
6,271 |
| 30 |
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams |
Nov 4, 2022 |
Sony Pictures Cla… |
PG |
$65,970 |
6,265 |
| 31 |
Deep Sea 3D |
Mar 3, 2006 |
Warner Bros. |
G |
$63,723 |
6,052 |
| 32 |
Cat Daddies |
Oct 14, 2022 |
Gray Hat Productions |
Not Rated |
$63,498 |
6,030 |
| 33 |
Free Chol Soo Lee (프리 철수 리)… |
Aug 12, 2022 |
MUBI |
Not Rated |
$50,083 |
4,756 |
| 34 |
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché |
Feb 2, 2022 |
Utopia |
Not Rated |
$48,544 |
4,610 |
| 35 |
Take Me to the River: New O… |
Apr 22, 2022 |
360 Distribution |
Not Rated |
$43,563 |
4,137 |
| 36 |
All That Breathes |
Oct 21, 2022 |
Submarine Deluxe |
Not Rated |
$43,467 |
4,127 |
| 37 |
Punch 9 for Harold Washington |
Sep 23, 2022 |
Tallgrass Films |
Not Rated |
$43,170 |
4,099 |
| 38 |
Jane par Charlotte |
Mar 18, 2022 |
Utopia |
Not Rated |
$41,080 |
3,901 |
| 39 |
Riotsville, U.S.A. |
Sep 16, 2022 |
Magnolia Pictures |
Not Rated |
$40,960 |
3,889 |
| 40 |
Remembering Heaven |
May 6, 2022 |
Purdie Distribution |
Not Rated |
$40,907 |
3,884 |
| 41 |
Loudmouth |
Dec 9, 2022 |
Greenwich |
Not Rated |
$40,323 |
3,829 |
| 42 |
Anonymous Club |
Jul 15, 2022 |
Oscilloscope Pict… |
Not Rated |
$35,481 |
3,369 |
| 43 |
Pandas |
Apr 6, 2018 |
IMAX Films |
G |
$32,970 |
3,131 |
| 44 |
Sparks: The Ken Sparks Story |
Jan 7, 2022 |
Double J Productions |
Not Rated |
$30,801 |
2,925 |
| 45 |
Bitterbrush |
Jun 17, 2022 |
Magnolia Pictures |
Not Rated |
$28,099 |
2,668 |
| 46 |
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar |
Apr 4, 2014 |
Warner Bros. |
G |
$27,173 |
2,581 |
| 47 |
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power |
Oct 21, 2022 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$26,936 |
2,558 |
| 48 |
Young Plato |
Sep 23, 2022 |
Soilsiu Films |
Not Rated |
$24,376 |
2,314 |
| 49 |
To the Arctic 3D |
Apr 20, 2012 |
Warner Bros. |
G |
$22,987 |
2,183 |
| 50 |
Life & Life |
Oct 14, 2022 |
Indican Pictures |
Not Rated |
$22,932 |
2,177 |
| 51 |
Dreaming Walls |
Jul 8, 2022 |
Magnolia Pictures |
Not Rated |
$22,534 |
2,139 |
| 52 |
Cow |
Apr 8, 2022 |
IFC Films |
Not Rated |
$22,504 |
2,137 |
| 53 |
Bad Axe |
Nov 18, 2022 |
IFC Films |
Not Rated |
$20,696 |
1,965 |
| 54 |
Sirens |
Sep 30, 2022 |
Oscilloscope Pict… |
Not Rated |
$19,262 |
1,829 |
| 55 |
Love, Charlie: The Rise and… |
Nov 18, 2022 |
Greenwich |
Not Rated |
$18,757 |
1,781 |
| 56 |
2nd Chance |
Dec 2, 2022 |
Bleecker Street |
Not Rated |
$18,523 |
1,759 |
| 57 |
Beba |
Jun 24, 2022 |
Neon |
R |
$16,254 |
1,543 |
| 58 |
Claydream |
Aug 5, 2022 |
Oscilloscope Pict… |
Not Rated |
$16,093 |
1,528 |
| 59 |
To the End |
Dec 9, 2022 |
Roadside Attractions |
R |
$15,801 |
1,500 |
| 60 |
Only in Theaters |
Nov 18, 2022 |
The Film Collabor… |
Not Rated |
$15,261 |
1,449 |
| 61 |
¡Viva Maestro! |
Apr 8, 2022 |
Greenwich |
Not Rated |
$14,310 |
1,358 |
| 62 |
Writing With Fire |
Nov 26, 2021 |
Music Box Films |
Not Rated |
$14,112 |
1,340 |
| 63 |
752 Is Not a Number |
Dec 9, 2022 |
Mongrel Media |
Not Rated |
$12,398 |
1,177 |
| 64 |
The Wobblies |
Mar 18, 1981 |
First Run Features |
Not Rated |
$12,232 |
1,161 |
| 65 |
Last Flight Home |
Oct 7, 2022 |
MTV Documentary F… |
Not Rated |
$10,984 |
1,043 |
| 66 |
Julia |
Nov 12, 2021 |
Sony Pictures Cla… |
PG-13 |
$9,921 |
942 |
| 67 |
The Torch |
Mar 18, 2022 |
IFC Films |
Not Rated |
$9,459 |
898 |
| 68 |
Turn Every Page: The Advent… |
Dec 30, 2022 |
Sony Pictures Cla… |
PG |
$7,787 |
740 |
| 69 |
Hold Your Fire |
May 20, 2022 |
IFC Films |
Not Rated |
$7,502 |
712 |
| 70 |
Mau |
Mar 18, 2022 |
Greenwich |
Not Rated |
$7,500 |
712 |
| 71 |
Tantura |
Dec 2, 2022 |
Reel Peak Films |
Not Rated |
$6,967 |
661 |
| 72 |
The Story of Film: A New Ge… |
Sep 9, 2022 |
Music Box Films |
Not Rated |
$6,463 |
613 |
| 73 |
Fiddler’s Journey to the Bi… |
Apr 29, 2022 |
Zeitgeist |
Not Rated |
$6,318 |
600 |
| 74 |
Lowndes County and the Road… |
Dec 2, 2022 |
Greenwich |
Not Rated |
$6,240 |
592 |
| 75 |
Hello, Bookstore |
Apr 29, 2022 |
Greenwich |
Not Rated |
$6,000 |
569 |
| 76 |
Les années Super-8 |
Dec 16, 2022 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$5,877 |
558 |
| 77 |
a-ha: The Movie |
Apr 8, 2022 |
Lightyear Enterta… |
Not Rated |
$4,258 |
404 |
| 78 |
Into the Weeds |
May 20, 2022 |
Mongrel Media |
Not Rated |
$3,410 |
323 |
| 79 |
Bloom Up: A Swinger Couple … |
Aug 12, 2022 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$3,107 |
295 |
| 80 |
Petite fille |
Sep 17, 2021 |
Music Box Films |
Not Rated |
$1,122 |
106 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $15,088,410 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 1,432,867 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2022.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2022.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
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Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.
Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
