Market Charts > 2025 > Genres > Documentary
Domestic Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2025
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Theatrical
Distributor | MPAA
Rating | 2025 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Taylor Swift | The Official… |
Oct 3, 2025 |
AMC Theatres Dist… |
Not Rated |
$34,062,774 |
3,011,740 |
| 2 |
Becoming Led Zeppelin |
Feb 7, 2025 |
Sony Pictures Cla… |
PG-13 |
$10,403,808 |
919,877 |
| 3 |
No Other Land |
Jan 31, 2025 |
Cinetic Media |
Not Rated |
$2,549,422 |
225,413 |
| 4 |
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckl… |
Aug 8, 2025 |
Magnolia Pictures |
Not Rated |
$1,448,031 |
128,031 |
| 5 |
October 8 |
Mar 14, 2025 |
Briarcliff Entert… |
Not Rated |
$1,368,458 |
120,995 |
| 6 |
CatVideoFest 2025 |
Aug 1, 2025 |
Oscilloscope Pict… |
Not Rated |
$1,066,197 |
94,270 |
| 7 |
In Whose Name? |
Sep 19, 2025 |
AMSI Entertainment |
R |
$1,022,559 |
90,412 |
| 8 |
Secret Mall Apartment |
Mar 21, 2025 |
Wheelhouse Creative |
Not Rated |
$850,593 |
75,207 |
| 9 |
Cheech and Chong’s Last Mov… |
Apr 25, 2025 |
Keep Smokin’ |
R |
$750,396 |
66,348 |
| 10 |
The Encampments |
Mar 28, 2025 |
Watermelon Pictures |
Not Rated |
$520,034 |
45,980 |
| 11 |
One to One: John & Yoko |
Apr 11, 2025 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$394,239 |
34,858 |
| 12 |
Orwell: 2+2 = 5 |
Oct 3, 2025 |
Neon |
R |
$355,288 |
31,414 |
| 13 |
Pavements |
May 2, 2025 |
Utopia |
Not Rated |
$354,538 |
31,347 |
| 14 |
Nothing But a Winner |
Jul 31, 2025 |
Fathom Events |
Not Rated |
$336,366 |
29,741 |
| 15 |
Turnstile: Never Enough |
Jun 5, 2025 |
Sumerian |
Not Rated |
$331,542 |
29,314 |
| 16 |
From Ground Zero |
Jan 3, 2025 |
Watermelon Pictures |
Not Rated |
$330,188 |
29,194 |
| 17 |
Triumph Over Evil: Battle o… |
Oct 30, 2025 |
Fathom Events |
Not Rated |
$227,674 |
20,130 |
| 18 |
Liza: A Truly Terrific Abso… |
Jan 24, 2025 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$222,775 |
19,697 |
| 19 |
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat |
Nov 1, 2024 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$221,936 |
19,623 |
| 20 |
Every Little Thing |
Jan 10, 2025 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$200,679 |
17,744 |
| 21 |
Brothers After War |
Feb 28, 2025 |
SDG Releasing |
R |
$174,932 |
15,467 |
| 22 |
The Librarians |
Oct 3, 2025 |
8 Above |
Not Rated |
$164,467 |
14,542 |
| 23 |
Drop Dead City |
Apr 25, 2025 |
Fear City LLC |
Not Rated |
$159,523 |
14,105 |
| 24 |
Grand Theft Hamlet |
Jan 17, 2025 |
MUBI |
R |
$143,543 |
12,692 |
| 25 |
Riefenstahl |
Sep 5, 2025 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$130,562 |
11,544 |
| 26 |
Folktales |
Jul 25, 2025 |
Magnolia Pictures |
Not Rated |
$129,358 |
11,437 |
| 27 |
The American Southwest |
Sep 5, 2025 |
Fin and Fur Films |
G |
$128,762 |
11,385 |
| 28 |
Clemente |
Sep 12, 2025 |
|
Not Rated |
$128,429 |
11,355 |
| 29 |
Strange Journey: The Story … |
Sep 26, 2025 |
Margot Station |
Not Rated |
$109,020 |
9,639 |
| 30 |
Hung Up on a Dream: The Zom… |
May 13, 2025 |
Utopia |
Not Rated |
$108,957 |
9,634 |
| 31 |
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone An… |
Jun 20, 2025 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$105,824 |
9,357 |
| 32 |
Wisdom of Happiness |
Oct 17, 2025 |
Abramorama Films |
Not Rated |
$105,654 |
9,342 |
| 33 |
Architecton |
Aug 1, 2025 |
A24 |
G |
$103,230 |
9,127 |
| 34 |
Mistress Dispeller |
Oct 22, 2025 |
Oscilloscope Pict… |
Not Rated |
$78,812 |
6,968 |
| 35 |
Ain’t No Back to a Merry Go… |
May 2, 2025 |
Ruby Pictures Inc. |
Not Rated |
$72,267 |
6,390 |
| 36 |
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmm… |
Nov 27, 1991 |
Rialto Pictures |
R |
$70,462 |
6,230 |
| 37 |
Sabbath Queen |
Nov 22, 2024 |
8 Above |
Not Rated |
$68,190 |
6,029 |
| 38 |
Been Here Stay Here |
Jun 20, 2025 |
Lost and Found Films |
Not Rated |
$67,407 |
5,960 |
| 39 |
Predators |
Sep 19, 2025 |
MTV Documentary F… |
Not Rated |
$60,970 |
5,391 |
| 40 |
Sharing Aloha |
Aug 29, 2025 |
Susan Tuckett Media |
G |
$58,337 |
5,158 |
| 41 |
The Man Who Saves the World? |
Oct 17, 2025 |
Area 23a |
Not Rated |
$55,809 |
4,934 |
| 42 |
Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Pa… |
May 2, 2025 |
Magnolia Pictures |
Not Rated |
$51,047 |
4,513 |
| 43 |
We Are Guardians |
Jun 6, 2025 |
Area 23a |
Not Rated |
$48,417 |
4,281 |
| 44 |
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence |
Mar 28, 2025 |
Greenwich |
Not Rated |
$47,749 |
4,222 |
| 45 |
DIG! XX |
Jan 17, 2025 |
Oscilloscope Pict… |
Not Rated |
$47,086 |
4,163 |
| 46 |
Monk in Pieces |
Jul 25, 2025 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$39,108 |
3,458 |
| 47 |
Women in Christ |
Sep 12, 2025 |
Purdie Distribution |
Not Rated |
$38,392 |
3,395 |
| 48 |
Put Your Soul on Your Hand … |
Nov 5, 2025 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$37,843 |
3,346 |
| 49 |
Coexistence, My Ass |
Oct 31, 2025 |
My Teez Productions |
Not Rated |
$37,729 |
3,336 |
| 50 |
Shari & Lamb Chop |
Jul 18, 2025 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$30,491 |
2,696 |
| 51 |
A Photographic Memory |
Jun 12, 2025 |
Zeitgeist |
Not Rated |
$28,965 |
2,561 |
| 52 |
Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire |
Sep 5, 2025 |
Panorama Studios |
Not Rated |
$25,185 |
2,227 |
| 53 |
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found |
Nov 22, 2024 |
Magnolia Pictures |
Not Rated |
$21,647 |
1,914 |
| 54 |
A Savage Art |
Sep 5, 2025 |
Magnolia Pictures |
Not Rated |
$16,545 |
1,463 |
| 55 |
Zodiac Killer Project |
Nov 21, 2025 |
Music Box Films |
Not Rated |
$16,158 |
1,429 |
| 56 |
The Tale of Silyan |
Nov 28, 2025 |
Picturehouse |
PG |
$15,777 |
1,395 |
| 57 |
Thank You Very Much |
Mar 28, 2025 |
Drafthouse Films |
Not Rated |
$14,439 |
1,277 |
| 58 |
Naked Ambition |
Sep 12, 2025 |
Music Box Films |
Not Rated |
$12,095 |
1,069 |
| 59 |
Natchez |
Jan 30, 2026 |
Oscilloscope Pict… |
Not Rated |
$12,025 |
1,063 |
| 60 |
Make Me Famous |
Jun 22, 2023 |
Red Splat Product… |
Not Rated |
$11,943 |
1,056 |
| 61 |
ADA: My Mother the Architect |
May 9, 2025 |
Chapter Two Films |
Not Rated |
$11,797 |
1,043 |
| 62 |
Marcella |
May 9, 2025 |
Greenwich |
Not Rated |
$11,204 |
991 |
| 63 |
Let’s Get Lost |
Apr 21, 1989 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$9,085 |
803 |
| 64 |
Endless Cookie |
Jun 13, 2025 |
Mongrel Media |
Not Rated |
$8,493 |
751 |
| 65 |
AUM: The Cult at the End of… |
Mar 19, 2025 |
Greenwich |
Not Rated |
$8,268 |
731 |
| 66 |
Prisoners of Fire |
Mar 14, 2025 |
Purdie Distribution |
Not Rated |
$7,961 |
704 |
| 67 |
Little Girl Blue |
Nov 1, 2024 |
Indican Pictures |
Not Rated |
$7,618 |
674 |
| 68 |
Cutting Through Rocks |
Nov 21, 2025 |
Film Forum |
Not Rated |
$7,066 |
625 |
| 69 |
Paul |
May 2, 2025 |
Mongrel Media |
Not Rated |
$6,523 |
577 |
| 70 |
Daytime Revolution |
Oct 9, 2024 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$1,227 |
108 |
| 71 |
2073 |
Dec 27, 2024 |
Neon |
R |
$1,210 |
107 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $59,875,105 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 5,293,999 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2025.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2025.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.
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.
