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All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,901-2,000)
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This chart contains the top 100 Documentary movies based on the cumulative domestic box office.
See our Documentary Theatrical Market Charts for more overviews regarding the domestic theatrical box office performance of Documentary movies.
Rank |
Released |
Movie |
Domestic Box Office |
International Box Office |
Worldwide Box Office |
1,901 |
2012 |
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder |
$4,816 |
|
$4,816 |
1,902 |
2014 |
Half the Road |
$4,783 |
|
$4,783 |
1,903 |
2006 |
Street Fight |
$4,779 |
|
$4,779 |
1,904 |
2008 |
Stealing America: Vote by Vote |
$4,740 |
|
$4,740 |
1,905 |
2016 |
Roseanne for President! |
$4,734 |
|
$4,734 |
1,906 |
1991 |
Lyrisch nitraat |
$4,710 |
|
$4,710 |
1,907 |
2015 |
Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter |
$4,706 |
|
$4,706 |
1,908 |
2016 |
Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame |
$4,696 |
|
$4,696 |
1,909 |
2014 |
Death Metal Angola |
$4,674 |
|
$4,674 |
1,910 |
2019 |
What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire |
$4,672 |
$61,823 |
$66,495 |
1,911 |
2016 |
Blood on the Mountain |
$4,664 |
|
$4,664 |
1,912 |
2017 |
Night School |
$4,663 |
|
$4,663 |
1,913 |
2006 |
The Fall of Fujimori |
$4,630 |
|
$4,630 |
1,914 |
2015 |
Seeds of Time |
$4,630 |
|
$4,630 |
1,915 |
2015 |
Tango Negro: The African Roots of Tango |
$4,593 |
|
$4,593 |
1,916 |
2014 |
Smiling Through the Apocalypse |
$4,560 |
|
$4,560 |
1,917 |
2018 |
Kangaroo |
$4,547 |
$10,923 |
$15,470 |
1,918 |
2014 |
Jews of Egypt |
$4,506 |
|
$4,506 |
1,919 |
2021 |
Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts |
$4,504 |
|
$4,504 |
1,920 |
2015 |
As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 3, O Encantado |
$4,502 |
$2,167 |
$6,669 |
1,921 |
2017 |
The Pulitzer at 100 |
$4,489 |
|
$4,489 |
1,922 |
2020 |
Monero Means Money: Cryptocurrency 101, Live fr… |
$4,470 |
|
$4,470 |
1,923 |
2017 |
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey |
$4,468 |
|
$4,468 |
1,924 |
2015 |
Farewell, Herr Schwartz |
$4,455 |
|
$4,455 |
1,925 |
1999 |
Five Wives, Three Secretaries and Me |
$4,450 |
|
$4,450 |
1,926 |
2019 |
I’m Leaving Now |
$4,443 |
|
$4,443 |
1,927 |
2006 |
Cowboy Del Amor |
$4,438 |
|
$4,438 |
1,928 |
2005 |
Sacred Stage |
$4,410 |
|
$4,410 |
1,929 |
2007 |
Blood and Tears |
$4,364 |
|
$4,364 |
1,930 |
2008 |
Twisted: A Balloonamentary |
$4,345 |
|
$4,345 |
1,931 |
2005 |
McLibel |
$4,337 |
|
$4,337 |
1,932 |
2016 |
On Meditation |
$4,322 |
|
$4,322 |
1,933 |
2008 |
Poisoned by Polonium: Litvinenko File |
$4,293 |
|
$4,293 |
1,934 |
2012 |
Art is...The Permanent Revolution |
$4,291 |
|
$4,291 |
1,935 |
2022 |
a-ha: The Movie |
$4,258 |
$79,310 |
$83,568 |
1,936 |
2012 |
The Loving Story |
$4,218 |
|
$4,218 |
1,937 |
2016 |
Breaking a Monster |
$4,212 |
|
$4,212 |
1,938 |
2016 |
Among the Believers |
$4,189 |
|
$4,189 |
1,939 |
2019 |
Chinese Portrait |
$4,140 |
|
$4,140 |
1,940 |
2020 |
Dear Santa |
$4,109 |
|
$4,109 |
1,941 |
2008 |
Heavy Metal in Baghdad |
$4,070 |
|
$4,070 |
1,942 |
2016 |
I Don’t Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantel … |
$4,069 |
|
$4,069 |
1,943 |
1999 |
And Baby Makes 2 |
$4,058 |
|
$4,058 |
1,944 |
2017 |
Mostly Sunny |
$4,046 |
|
$4,046 |
1,945 |
2017 |
Swim Team |
$4,024 |
|
$4,024 |
1,946 |
2020 |
Amigo Skate, Cuba |
$4,019 |
|
$4,019 |
1,947 |
2011 |
Building Hope |
$4,000 |
|
$4,000 |
1,948 |
2006 |
Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said |
$3,897 |
|
$3,897 |
1,949 |
2005 |
Swenkas |
$3,875 |
|
$3,875 |
1,950 |
2005 |
Innocence and Experience: The Making of ‘The Ag… |
$3,845 |
|
$3,845 |
1,951 |
2004 |
Saints and Sinners |
$3,826 |
|
$3,826 |
1,952 |
2012 |
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film |
$3,804 |
|
$3,804 |
1,953 |
2005 |
The Aggressives |
$3,769 |
|
$3,769 |
1,954 |
2003 |
Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs, The Iraqi Conne… |
$3,741 |
|
$3,741 |
1,955 |
2005 |
This Divided State |
$3,724 |
|
$3,724 |
1,956 |
2011 |
The Harvest/La Cosecha |
$3,709 |
|
$3,709 |
1,957 |
2012 |
Yangsi |
$3,685 |
|
$3,685 |
1,958 |
2015 |
Im Keller |
$3,643 |
$4,002 |
$7,645 |
1,959 |
2013 |
Tricked |
$3,533 |
|
$3,533 |
1,960 |
2015 |
That Sugar Film |
$3,500 |
$2,379,483 |
$2,382,983 |
1,961 |
2018 |
Under the Wire |
$3,429 |
$20,447 |
$23,876 |
1,962 |
2017 |
Bugs |
$3,423 |
$20,144 |
$23,567 |
1,963 |
2017 |
Speed Sisters |
$3,423 |
$21,945 |
$25,368 |
1,964 |
2022 |
Into the Weeds |
$3,410 |
|
$3,410 |
1,965 |
2018 |
The Cage Fighter |
$3,392 |
|
$3,392 |
1,966 |
2012 |
Let Fury Have the Hour |
$3,386 |
|
$3,386 |
1,967 |
2008 |
Fraude |
$3,373 |
|
$3,373 |
1,968 |
2004 |
Brothers in Arms |
$3,270 |
|
$3,270 |
1,969 |
2018 |
Over the Limit |
$3,243 |
|
$3,243 |
1,970 |
2011 |
The Sons of Tennessee Williams |
$3,242 |
|
$3,242 |
1,971 |
2015 |
Dreams Rewired |
$3,240 |
$3,783 |
$7,023 |
1,972 |
2005 |
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death |
$3,238 |
|
$3,238 |
1,973 |
1996 |
Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the A… |
$3,204 |
|
$3,204 |
1,974 |
2003 |
The Backyard |
$3,200 |
|
$3,200 |
1,975 |
2006 |
95 Miles to Go |
$3,195 |
|
$3,195 |
1,976 |
2011 |
The Swell Season |
$3,178 |
$6,842 |
$10,020 |
1,977 |
2011 |
Plastic Planet |
$3,164 |
$13,565,535 |
$13,568,699 |
1,978 |
2009 |
Made in Jamaica |
$3,149 |
|
$3,149 |
1,979 |
2018 |
Hot to Trot |
$3,133 |
|
$3,133 |
1,980 |
2022 |
Bloom Up: A Swinger Couple Story |
$3,107 |
|
$3,107 |
1,981 |
2014 |
Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show |
$3,100 |
|
$3,100 |
1,982 |
2008 |
Who Does She Think She Is? |
$3,081 |
|
$3,081 |
1,983 |
2013 |
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster |
$3,078 |
|
$3,078 |
1,984 |
2019 |
Chasing Portraits |
$3,076 |
|
$3,076 |
1,985 |
2011 |
The Weird World of Blowfly |
$3,062 |
|
$3,062 |
1,986 |
2011 |
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel |
$3,050 |
|
$3,050 |
1,987 |
2013 |
A Girl and a Gun |
$3,018 |
|
$3,018 |
1,988 |
2016 |
Best and Most Beautiful Things |
$3,016 |
|
$3,016 |
1,989 |
2017 |
The Skyjacker’s Tale |
$3,009 |
|
$3,009 |
1,990 |
2016 |
Hooligan Sparrow |
$3,000 |
|
$3,000 |
1,991 |
2014 |
Assistance mortelle |
$3,000 |
|
$3,000 |
1,992 |
2005 |
Stolen Childhoods |
$2,996 |
|
$2,996 |
1,993 |
1926 |
Moana |
$2,993 |
|
$2,993 |
1,994 |
2008 |
Run For Your Life |
$2,992 |
|
$2,992 |
1,995 |
2008 |
Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Ro… |
$2,970 |
|
$2,970 |
1,996 |
2011 |
Protektor |
$2,968 |
|
$2,968 |
1,997 |
2013 |
Which Way is the Front Line From Here? The Life… |
$2,945 |
|
$2,945 |
1,998 |
2007 |
Malon 9 Kochavim |
$2,900 |
|
$2,900 |
1,999 |
2016 |
The Professor: Tai Chi's Journey West |
$2,852 |
|
$2,852 |
2,000 |
2021 |
The Village Detective: a song Cycle |
$2,839 |
|
$2,839 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of 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.