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Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 2014
Rank | Movie | Release Date |
Genre | MPAA Rating | 2014 Gross | Tickets Sold |
1 |
Bears |
Apr 18, 2014 |
Documentary |
G |
$17,780,194 |
2,176,278 |
2 |
America: Imagine a World Wi… |
Jun 27, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$14,444,502 |
1,767,992 |
3 |
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar |
Apr 4, 2014 |
Documentary |
G |
$8,860,004 |
1,084,455 |
4 |
Jerusalem |
Sep 13, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$6,304,112 |
771,617 |
5 |
Meet the Mormons |
Oct 10, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG |
$6,028,558 |
737,889 |
6 |
Hubble 3D |
Mar 19, 2010 |
Documentary |
G |
$5,754,866 |
704,389 |
7 |
Journey to the South Pacific |
Nov 27, 2013 |
Documentary |
G |
$5,238,809 |
641,225 |
8 |
The Fluffy Movie |
Jul 25, 2014 |
Concert/Perfor… |
PG-13 |
$2,827,393 |
346,070 |
9 |
CitizenFour |
Oct 24, 2014 |
Documentary |
R |
$2,263,209 |
277,014 |
10 |
Tim's Vermeer |
Jan 31, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$1,670,806 |
204,505 |
11 |
Fed Up |
May 9, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG |
$1,538,898 |
188,359 |
12 |
Finding Vivian Maier |
Mar 28, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,509,131 |
184,716 |
13 |
Awake: The Life of Yogananda |
Oct 10, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG |
$1,001,998 |
122,643 |
14 |
Particle Fever |
Mar 5, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$869,838 |
106,467 |
15 |
Born to be Wild 3D |
Apr 8, 2011 |
Documentary |
G |
$842,817 |
103,159 |
16 |
Life Itself |
Jul 4, 2014 |
Documentary |
R |
$810,454 |
99,198 |
17 |
Under the Sea 3D |
Feb 13, 2009 |
Documentary |
G |
$746,627 |
91,386 |
18 |
Space Station |
Apr 19, 2002 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$728,699 |
89,192 |
19 |
To the Arctic 3D |
Apr 20, 2012 |
Documentary |
G |
$674,932 |
82,611 |
20 |
Jodorowsky’s Dune |
Mar 21, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$646,512 |
79,132 |
21 |
Walking the Camino: Six Way… |
Sep 6, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$601,934 |
73,676 |
22 |
On Any Sunday: The Next Cha… |
Nov 7, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG |
$509,916 |
62,413 |
23 |
Last Days in Vietnam |
Sep 5, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$440,031 |
53,859 |
24 |
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa |
Oct 25, 2013 |
Comedy |
R |
$377,575 |
46,214 |
25 |
When Comedy Went to School |
Aug 2, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$365,548 |
44,742 |
26 |
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me |
Oct 24, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG |
$365,522 |
44,739 |
27 |
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me |
Feb 21, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$330,083 |
40,401 |
28 |
Björk: Biophilia Live |
Sep 26, 2014 |
Concert/Perfor… |
Not Rated |
$319,456 |
39,101 |
29 |
The Hornet’s Nest |
May 9, 2014 |
Documentary |
R |
$312,706 |
38,274 |
30 |
20,000 Days on Earth |
Sep 17, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$277,770 |
33,998 |
31 |
The Unknown Known |
Apr 2, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$275,658 |
33,740 |
32 |
The Green Prince |
Sep 12, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$258,237 |
31,607 |
33 |
Alive Inside |
Jul 18, 2014 |
Documentary |
R |
$256,682 |
31,417 |
34 |
The Galapagos Affair: Satan… |
Apr 4, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$247,159 |
30,252 |
35 |
Deep Sea 3D |
Mar 3, 2006 |
Documentary |
G |
$245,194 |
30,011 |
36 |
Justin Bieber’s Believe |
Dec 25, 2013 |
Documentary |
PG |
$243,584 |
29,814 |
37 |
Art and Craft |
Sep 19, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$237,091 |
29,019 |
38 |
Antarctica: A Year on Ice |
Nov 28, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG |
$234,047 |
28,647 |
39 |
Supermensch: The Legend of … |
Jun 6, 2014 |
Documentary |
R |
$212,701 |
26,034 |
40 |
I Am Eleven |
Sep 12, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$202,911 |
24,836 |
41 |
Code Black |
Jun 20, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$190,229 |
23,283 |
42 |
National Gallery |
Nov 5, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$189,344 |
23,175 |
43 |
The Armstrong Lie |
Nov 8, 2013 |
Documentary |
R |
$186,846 |
22,869 |
44 |
Anita: Speaking Truth to Power |
Mar 21, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$172,634 |
21,130 |
45 |
Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaqu… |
Feb 5, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$172,120 |
21,067 |
46 |
Nas: Time is Illmatic |
Oct 1, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$164,540 |
20,139 |
47 |
Keep On Keepin’ On |
Sep 19, 2014 |
Documentary |
R |
$162,530 |
19,893 |
48 |
Citizen Koch |
Jun 6, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$153,908 |
18,838 |
49 |
James Cameron’s Deepsea Cha… |
Aug 8, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG |
$149,879 |
18,345 |
50 |
Kids for Cash |
Feb 7, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$143,178 |
17,524 |
51 |
Mistaken for Strangers |
Mar 28, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$138,991 |
17,012 |
52 |
Dancing in Jaffa |
Apr 11, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$136,257 |
16,677 |
53 |
Gore Vidal: The United Stat… |
May 23, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$133,296 |
16,315 |
54 |
20 Feet From Stardom |
Jun 14, 2013 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$124,984 |
15,297 |
55 |
Finding Fela! |
Aug 1, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$120,426 |
14,740 |
56 |
God the Father |
Oct 14, 2014 |
Documentary |
R |
$109,508 |
13,403 |
57 |
Korengal |
May 30, 2014 |
Documentary |
R |
$101,310 |
12,400 |
58 |
The Overnighters |
Oct 10, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$100,023 |
12,242 |
59 |
Ivory Tower |
Jun 13, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$99,555 |
12,185 |
60 |
Pump |
Sep 19, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG |
$89,787 |
10,989 |
61 |
Visitors |
Jan 24, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$81,470 |
9,971 |
62 |
Advanced Style |
Sep 26, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$81,004 |
9,914 |
63 |
12 O’Clock Boys |
Jan 31, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$80,030 |
9,795 |
64 |
Whitey: United States of Am… |
Jun 27, 2014 |
Documentary |
R |
$75,881 |
9,287 |
65 |
Cutie and the Boxer |
Aug 16, 2013 |
Documentary |
R |
$73,892 |
9,044 |
66 |
The Square |
Oct 25, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$71,290 |
8,725 |
67 |
Take Me to the River |
Sep 12, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG |
$68,598 |
8,396 |
68 |
For No Good Reason |
Apr 25, 2014 |
Documentary |
R |
$67,105 |
8,213 |
69 |
Through a Lens Darkly |
Aug 27, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$64,441 |
7,887 |
70 |
Watermark |
Sep 27, 2013 |
Documentary |
PG |
$64,031 |
7,837 |
71 |
Maidentrip |
Dec 20, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$60,985 |
7,464 |
72 |
Sweet Dreams |
Nov 15, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$59,403 |
7,270 |
73 |
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case |
May 16, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$57,322 |
7,016 |
74 |
Big Men |
Mar 14, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$55,032 |
6,735 |
75 |
To Be Takei |
Aug 22, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$51,481 |
6,301 |
76 |
L'image manquante |
Mar 19, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$51,337 |
6,283 |
77 |
The Internet’s Own Boy: The… |
Jun 27, 2014 |
Documentary |
R |
$50,735 |
6,209 |
78 |
NOW: In the Wings on a Worl… |
May 2, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$49,591 |
6,069 |
79 |
She's Beautiful When She's … |
Dec 5, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$48,676 |
5,957 |
80 |
American Mustang |
Jan 17, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG |
$48,218 |
5,901 |
81 |
There’s No Place Like Utopia |
Jul 18, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$45,254 |
5,539 |
82 |
The Dog |
Aug 8, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$44,582 |
5,456 |
83 |
If You Build It |
Jan 10, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$43,393 |
5,311 |
84 |
Next Goal Wins |
Jan 4, 2023 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$43,089 |
5,274 |
85 |
Flamenco, Flamenco |
Nov 18, 2011 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$42,297 |
5,177 |
86 |
Le dernier des injustes |
Feb 7, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$40,563 |
4,964 |
87 |
Teenage |
Mar 14, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$40,169 |
4,916 |
88 |
Fire in the Blood |
Sep 6, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$36,228 |
4,434 |
89 |
Pulp: a Film About Life, De… |
Nov 19, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$35,866 |
4,389 |
90 |
Ekspeditionen til verdens ende |
Aug 20, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$33,416 |
4,090 |
91 |
Sagrada: el misteri de la c… |
Sep 12, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$32,600 |
3,990 |
92 |
Documented |
May 2, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$30,662 |
3,752 |
93 |
Stations of the Elevated |
Oct 17, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$28,516 |
3,490 |
94 |
Monk With a Camera |
Nov 21, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$27,663 |
3,385 |
95 |
Bettie Page Reveals All |
Nov 22, 2013 |
Documentary |
R |
$26,342 |
3,224 |
96 |
Elena |
May 30, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$25,866 |
3,165 |
97 |
The Act of Killing |
Jul 19, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$25,142 |
3,077 |
98 |
Muscle Shoals |
Sep 27, 2013 |
Documentary |
PG |
$24,431 |
2,990 |
99 |
Happy Valley |
Nov 19, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$23,868 |
2,921 |
100 |
Video Games: The Movie |
Jul 18, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$23,043 |
2,820 |
101 |
Der Anstandige |
Oct 1, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$20,240 |
2,477 |
102 |
The Past is a Grotesque Animal |
Jun 19, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$20,056 |
2,454 |
103 |
Peter Brook: The Tightrope |
Jan 31, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$19,365 |
2,370 |
104 |
Watchers of the Sky |
Oct 17, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$19,339 |
2,367 |
105 |
The Kill Team |
Jul 25, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$19,183 |
2,347 |
106 |
Who is Dayani Cristal? |
Apr 25, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$18,190 |
2,226 |
107 |
Levitated Mass |
Sep 5, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$16,086 |
1,968 |
108 |
Magician: The Astonishing L… |
Dec 10, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$15,528 |
1,900 |
109 |
Free the Mind |
May 3, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$15,069 |
1,844 |
110 |
Fifi az khoshhali zooze mak… |
Aug 8, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$13,614 |
1,666 |
111 |
The Pleasures of Being Out … |
Jun 25, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$13,137 |
1,607 |
112 |
K2: Siren of the Himalayas |
Aug 22, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$12,959 |
1,586 |
113 |
Inequality for All |
Sep 27, 2013 |
Documentary |
PG |
$12,301 |
1,505 |
114 |
Touch the Wall |
Nov 28, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$12,156 |
1,487 |
115 |
The Final Member |
Apr 18, 2014 |
Documentary |
R |
$11,428 |
1,398 |
116 |
Oxygen for the Ears: Living… |
Aug 31, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$11,293 |
1,382 |
117 |
Pay 2 Play: Democracy’s Hig… |
Sep 5, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$11,021 |
1,348 |
118 |
American Promise |
Oct 18, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$10,317 |
1,262 |
119 |
The Endless Summer |
Jul 23, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$10,233 |
1,252 |
120 |
The Great Invisible |
Oct 29, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$9,952 |
1,218 |
121 |
The Search for General Tso |
Jan 2, 2015 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$9,336 |
1,142 |
122 |
Kabbalah Me |
Aug 21, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$8,671 |
1,061 |
123 |
Next Year Jerusalem |
May 16, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$8,093 |
990 |
124 |
Faith Connections |
Sep 12, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,772 |
951 |
125 |
Concerning Violence |
Dec 5, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,241 |
886 |
126 |
Plot for Peace |
Oct 31, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,051 |
863 |
127 |
I Am Ali |
Oct 10, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG |
$6,526 |
798 |
128 |
Revenge of the Mekons |
Oct 29, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$6,487 |
794 |
129 |
More Than Honey |
Jun 12, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$6,347 |
776 |
130 |
In No Great Hurry: 13 Lesso… |
Jan 3, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$6,033 |
738 |
131 |
The Hacker Wars |
Oct 17, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$5,916 |
724 |
132 |
The Punk Singer |
Nov 29, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$5,604 |
685 |
133 |
Flex is Kings |
Apr 4, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$5,418 |
663 |
134 |
Web Junkie |
Aug 6, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$5,338 |
653 |
135 |
At Berkeley |
Nov 8, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$5,254 |
643 |
136 |
Half the Road |
Apr 18, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,783 |
585 |
137 |
Death Metal Angola |
Nov 7, 2014 |
Documentary |
R |
$4,674 |
572 |
138 |
Smiling Through the Apocalypse |
Sep 12, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,560 |
558 |
139 |
Jews of Egypt |
Mar 28, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,506 |
551 |
140 |
Showrunners: The Art of Run… |
Oct 29, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$3,100 |
379 |
141 |
Assistance mortelle |
Feb 28, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$3,000 |
367 |
142 |
Mercedes Sosa: La voz de La… |
Jan 24, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,648 |
324 |
143 |
Dinosaur 13 |
Aug 15, 2014 |
Documentary |
PG |
$2,500 |
305 |
144 |
Evergreen: The Road to Lega… |
Jun 13, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,363 |
289 |
145 |
Design is One |
Oct 11, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,308 |
282 |
146 |
Algorithms |
Oct 17, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,021 |
247 |
147 |
Stories We Tell |
Oct 12, 2012 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$2,015 |
246 |
148 |
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Stre… |
Sep 10, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,822 |
223 |
149 |
More Than the Rainbow |
May 2, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,677 |
205 |
150 |
The Human Scale |
Sep 20, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,635 |
200 |
151 |
The Trials of Muhammad Ali |
Aug 23, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,440 |
176 |
152 |
The Life of Reilly |
Nov 9, 2007 |
Concert/Perfor… |
Not Rated |
$1,267 |
155 |
153 |
People of a Feather |
Nov 8, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,194 |
146 |
154 |
We Are the Giant |
Dec 12, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,088 |
133 |
155 |
A People Uncounted |
May 16, 2014 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$930 |
113 |
156 |
Jamel Shabazz: Street Photo… |
Aug 2, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$614 |
75 |
Total Gross of All Movies | $92,071,720 | |
Total Tickets Sold | 11,269,414 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2014.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2014.
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.
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