Market Charts > 2020 > Genres > Documentary
Domestic Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 2020
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Theatrical
Distributor | MPAA
Rating | 2020 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Break the Silence: The Movi… |
Sep 24, 2020 |
Trafalgar Releasing |
Not Rated |
$1,000,000 |
108,932 |
| 2 |
CatVideoFest 2020 |
Feb 21, 2020 |
Oscilloscope Pict… |
Not Rated |
$478,775 |
52,154 |
| 3 |
Once Were Brothers: Robbie … |
Feb 21, 2020 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$449,561 |
48,972 |
| 4 |
Created Equal: Clarence Tho… |
Jan 31, 2020 |
Manifold Productions |
PG-13 |
$282,149 |
30,735 |
| 5 |
63 Up |
Nov 27, 2019 |
BritBox |
Not Rated |
$254,405 |
27,713 |
| 6 |
Fantastic Fungi |
Sep 20, 2019 |
Area 23a |
Not Rated |
$248,360 |
27,054 |
| 7 |
Cunningham |
Dec 13, 2019 |
Magnolia Pictures |
PG |
$205,151 |
22,348 |
| 8 |
The Doors: Break on Thru — … |
Feb 12, 2020 |
Trafalgar Releasing |
Not Rated |
$186,920 |
20,362 |
| 9 |
The Times of Bill Cunningham |
Feb 14, 2020 |
Greenwich |
Not Rated |
$134,288 |
14,628 |
| 10 |
No Safe Spaces |
Dec 6, 2019 |
Atlas Distribution |
PG-13 |
$132,155 |
14,396 |
| 11 |
Honeyland |
Jul 26, 2019 |
Neon |
Not Rated |
$102,719 |
11,189 |
| 12 |
Citizen K |
Nov 22, 2019 |
Greenwich |
Not Rated |
$101,762 |
11,085 |
| 13 |
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes |
Oct 4, 2019 |
Zeitgeist |
Not Rated |
$99,508 |
10,840 |
| 14 |
Pray: The Story of Patrick … |
Oct 9, 2020 |
ArtAffects |
PG |
$72,347 |
7,881 |
| 15 |
Varda by Agnes |
Nov 22, 2019 |
Janus Films |
Not Rated |
$57,664 |
6,281 |
| 16 |
The Dissident |
Dec 25, 2020 |
Briarcliff Entert… |
PG-13 |
$57,000 |
6,209 |
| 17 |
The Way I See it |
Sep 18, 2020 |
Focus Features |
PG-13 |
$49,030 |
5,341 |
| 18 |
Other Music |
Apr 17, 2020 |
Oscilloscope Pict… |
Not Rated |
$37,191 |
4,051 |
| 19 |
Best of CatVideoFest |
Apr 3, 2020 |
Oscilloscope Pict… |
Not Rated |
$34,287 |
3,735 |
| 20 |
RBG |
May 4, 2018 |
Magnolia Pictures |
PG |
$34,000 |
3,704 |
| 21 |
After Parkland |
Feb 12, 2020 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$30,444 |
3,316 |
| 22 |
Tread |
Feb 21, 2020 |
Gravitas Ventures |
Not Rated |
$29,136 |
3,174 |
| 23 |
Midnight Family |
Dec 6, 2019 |
1091 Media |
Not Rated |
$26,773 |
2,916 |
| 24 |
The Booksellers |
Mar 6, 2020 |
Greenwich |
Not Rated |
$25,694 |
2,799 |
| 25 |
Recorder: The Marion Stokes… |
Nov 15, 2019 |
Zeitgeist |
Not Rated |
$22,160 |
2,414 |
| 26 |
La cordillère des songes |
Feb 12, 2020 |
Icarus Films |
Not Rated |
$20,943 |
2,281 |
| 27 |
Quarantine Cat Film Fest |
Jun 19, 2020 |
Row House Cinema |
Not Rated |
$20,000 |
2,179 |
| 28 |
The Cave |
Oct 18, 2019 |
National Geograph… |
PG-13 |
$17,529 |
1,909 |
| 29 |
Advocate |
Jan 3, 2020 |
Film Movement |
Not Rated |
$16,942 |
1,846 |
| 30 |
Zappa |
Nov 27, 2020 |
Magnolia Pictures |
Not Rated |
$15,502 |
1,689 |
| 31 |
Pahokee |
Apr 24, 2020 |
Monument Releasing |
Not Rated |
$13,250 |
1,443 |
| 32 |
The Kingmaker |
Nov 8, 2019 |
Greenwich |
R |
$12,639 |
1,377 |
| 33 |
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound o… |
Sep 6, 2019 |
Greenwich |
PG-13 |
$12,148 |
1,323 |
| 34 |
Lost in America |
Feb 28, 2020 |
Indican Pictures |
Not Rated |
$11,301 |
1,231 |
| 35 |
Circles: The Restorative Ju… |
May 15, 2020 |
Indican Pictures |
Not Rated |
$10,260 |
1,118 |
| 36 |
Coded Bias |
Nov 11, 2020 |
7th Empire Media |
Not Rated |
$10,236 |
1,115 |
| 37 |
Foosballers |
Feb 11, 2020 |
Kicking and Scree… |
Not Rated |
$9,966 |
1,086 |
| 38 |
American Dharma |
Nov 1, 2019 |
Utopia |
R |
$7,882 |
859 |
| 39 |
I Am Greta |
Oct 16, 2020 |
|
Not Rated |
$7,574 |
825 |
| 40 |
Afterward |
Jan 10, 2020 |
Abramorama Films |
Not Rated |
$6,477 |
706 |
| 41 |
Human Nature |
Mar 13, 2020 |
Greenwich |
Not Rated |
$5,487 |
598 |
| 42 |
Storia di B. — La scomparsa… |
Dec 6, 2019 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$5,363 |
584 |
| 43 |
Ottolenghi and the Cakes of… |
Sep 25, 2020 |
IFC Films |
Not Rated |
$4,962 |
541 |
| 44 |
Monero Means Money: Cryptoc… |
Apr 10, 2020 |
rCryptoCurrency, LLC |
Not Rated |
$4,470 |
487 |
| 45 |
Dear Santa |
Dec 4, 2020 |
IFC Films |
Not Rated |
$4,109 |
448 |
| 46 |
Stuffed |
Oct 16, 2019 |
Music Box Films |
Not Rated |
$3,849 |
419 |
| 47 |
Chinese Portrait |
Dec 13, 2019 |
Cinema Guild |
Not Rated |
$2,988 |
325 |
| 48 |
Crock of Gold |
Dec 4, 2020 |
Magnolia Pictures |
Not Rated |
$2,455 |
267 |
| 49 |
Amigo Skate, Cuba |
Nov 20, 2020 |
Indican Pictures |
Not Rated |
$2,232 |
243 |
| 50 |
Be Natural: The Untold Stor… |
Apr 19, 2019 |
Zeitgeist |
Not Rated |
$1,791 |
195 |
| 51 |
Queen of the Capital |
Jun 20, 2020 |
Mutiny Pictures |
Not Rated |
$1,269 |
138 |
| 52 |
Parallel Policy |
Dec 20, 2020 |
Gathr Films |
Not Rated |
$1,070 |
117 |
| 53 |
Une jeunesse allemande |
Oct 11, 2019 |
Big World Pictures |
Not Rated |
$509 |
55 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $4,384,682 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 477,633 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2020.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2020.
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.
