Box Office Records > Domestic > All Movies > Genres > Top Documentary Domestic
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 901-1,000)
See also: Top Documentary International - Top Documentary Worldwide - Top Documentary Weekend Domestic
Other Domestic Genres records: Top Adventure Domestic - Top Action Domestic - Top Comedy Domestic - Top Drama Domestic - Top Thriller/Suspense Domestic - Top Horror Domestic - Top Romantic Comedy Domestic - Top Musical Domestic
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | 2007 | Kurt Cobain: About a Son | $82,718 | $82,718 | |
| 902 | 2008 | Praying with Lior | $82,553 | $82,553 | |
| 903 | 2016 | Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt | $82,143 | $24,748 | $106,891 |
| 904 | 2014 | Visitors | $81,470 | $81,470 | |
| 905 | 2017 | Earth: One Amazing Day | $81,345 | $12,116,508 | $12,197,853 |
| 906 | 2005 | The Future of Food | $81,280 | $81,280 | |
| 907 | 2011 | The Whale | $81,212 | $81,212 | |
| 908 | 2010 | Waking Sleeping Beauty | $80,741 | $80,741 | |
| 909 | 2000 | Better Living Through Circuitry | $80,739 | $80,739 | |
| 910 | 2015 | Trace Amounts | $80,735 | $80,735 | |
| 911 | 2016 | For the Love of Spock | $80,141 | $80,141 | |
| 912 | 2014 | 12 O’Clock Boys | $80,030 | $80,030 | |
| 913 | 2005 | Searching for Wrong-Eyed Jesus | $79,916 | $79,916 | |
| 914 | 2012 | Harvest of Empire | $79,627 | $79,627 | |
| 915 | 2013 | More Than Honey | $78,324 | $8,165,747 | $8,244,071 |
| 916 | 2016 | Colliding Dreams | $78,288 | $78,288 | |
| 917 | 2004 | Bright Leaves | $77,888 | $77,888 | |
| 918 | 2024 | Ennio | $77,745 | $3,349,869 | $3,427,614 |
| 919 | 2013 | Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve | $77,619 | $77,619 | |
| 920 | 2011 | Circo | $77,466 | $77,466 | |
| 921 | 2023 | Kokomo City | $77,278 | $11,042 | $88,320 |
| 922 | 2022 | Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche | $76,762 | $76,762 | |
| 923 | 2021 | In Balanchine’s Classroom | $76,650 | $76,650 | |
| 924 | 2004 | Word Wars | $76,481 | $76,481 | |
| 925 | 2013 | Leviathan | $76,202 | $76,202 | |
| 926 | 2008 | America the Beautiful | $76,173 | $76,173 | |
| 927 | 2016 | Don’t Blink: Robert Frank | $76,134 | $1,425 | $77,559 |
| 928 | 2018 | 93Queen | $76,056 | $76,056 | |
| 929 | 2014 | Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bu… | $75,881 | $75,881 | |
| 930 | 2012 | The Island President | $75,233 | $11,098 | $86,331 |
| 931 | 2017 | Bill Nye: Science Guy | $74,909 | $74,909 | |
| 932 | 2015 | Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World | $74,709 | $74,709 | |
| 933 | 2005 | The Nomi Song | $74,216 | $74,216 | |
| 934 | 2017 | Wait For Your Laugh | $73,585 | $73,585 | |
| 935 | 2010 | Enemies of the People | $73,171 | $73,171 | |
| 936 | 2021 | CatVideoFest 2021 | $73,015 | $73,015 | |
| 937 | 2016 | Do Not Resist | $72,791 | $72,791 | |
| 938 | 2008 | Lord, Save Us From Your Followers | $72,451 | $72,451 | |
| 939 | 2020 | Pray: The Story of Patrick Peyton | $72,347 | $72,347 | |
| 940 | 2012 | The Invisible War | $71,968 | $71,968 | |
| 941 | 2016 | Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Eve… | $71,916 | $71,916 | |
| 942 | 2011 | Flamenco, Flamenco | $71,732 | $1,051 | $72,783 |
| 943 | 2008 | Body of War | $71,716 | $71,716 | |
| 944 | 2007 | Air Guitar Nation | $71,471 | $12,179 | $83,650 |
| 945 | 2016 | Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You | $70,950 | $70,950 | |
| 946 | 2006 | Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul | $70,685 | $70,000 | $140,685 |
| 947 | 2023 | The League | $70,038 | $70,038 | |
| 948 | 2017 | Turn it Around: The Story of East Bay Punk | $69,787 | $69,787 | |
| 949 | 2007 | Zoo | $69,770 | $69,770 | |
| 950 | 2008 | The Business of Being Born | $69,348 | $69,348 | |
| 951 | 2022 | The Territory | $69,316 | $88,465 | $157,781 |
| 952 | 2010 | Living in Emergency | $69,047 | $69,047 | |
| 953 | 2010 | Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magneti… | $68,719 | $68,719 | |
| 954 | 2014 | Take Me to the River | $68,598 | $68,598 | |
| 955 | 2017 | Alive and Kicking | $68,485 | $68,485 | |
| 956 | 2018 | Chef Flynn | $68,407 | $1,136 | $69,543 |
| 957 | 2010 | Budrus | $68,353 | $18,395 | $86,748 |
| 958 | 2010 | 2012: Time for Change | $68,339 | $68,339 | |
| 959 | 2005 | Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Rome… | $68,249 | $68,249 | |
| 960 | 2013 | Maidentrip | $68,243 | $68,243 | |
| 961 | 2015 | I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story | $67,845 | $7,311 | $75,156 |
| 962 | 2015 | The Messenger | $67,816 | $67,816 | |
| 963 | 2008 | Happy Valley | $67,665 | $67,665 | |
| 964 | 2023 | The Eternal Memory | $67,594 | $53,200 | $120,794 |
| 965 | 2007 | Lagerfeld Confidential | $67,500 | $67,500 | |
| 966 | 2018 | Monrovia, Indiana | $67,475 | $652 | $68,127 |
| 967 | 2013 | After Tiller | $67,414 | $67,414 | |
| 968 | 2018 | The Doctor From India | $67,136 | $67,136 | |
| 969 | 2014 | For No Good Reason | $67,105 | $67,105 | |
| 970 | 2008 | Allah Made Me Funny | $66,903 | $66,903 | |
| 971 | 2013 | Pandora's Promise | $66,680 | $66,680 | |
| 972 | 2024 | High & Low — John Galliano | $66,511 | $132,976 | $199,487 |
| 973 | 2023 | Immediate Family | $66,379 | $66,379 | |
| 974 | 2006 | Absolute Wilson | $66,217 | $66,217 | |
| 975 | 2010 | Dancing Across Borders | $66,166 | $66,166 | |
| 976 | 2022 | Freakscene — The Story of Dinosaur Jr. | $66,038 | $3,249 | $69,287 |
| 977 | 2022 | Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams | $65,970 | $85,308 | $151,278 |
| 978 | 2018 | 3100: Run and Become | $65,524 | $1,265 | $66,789 |
| 979 | 2017 | Architects of Denial | $65,424 | $65,424 | |
| 980 | 2018 | Beuys | $65,410 | $12,886 | $78,296 |
| 981 | 2014 | Through a Lens Darkly | $65,169 | $65,169 | |
| 982 | 2008 | CSNY: Déjà Vu | $65,025 | $105,201 | $170,226 |
| 983 | 2005 | Rock School | $64,310 | $25,088 | $89,398 |
| 984 | 2012 | Never Stand Still | $63,811 | $63,811 | |
| 985 | 2010 | Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage | $63,696 | $63,696 | |
| 986 | 2016 | Trapped | $63,240 | $63,240 | |
| 987 | 2018 | The Gardener | $62,734 | $74,488 | $137,222 |
| 988 | 2010 | Cool It | $62,713 | $7,876 | $70,589 |
| 989 | 2015 | Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead The Story of the Na… | $62,684 | $62,684 | |
| 990 | 2004 | Proteus | $62,673 | $62,673 | |
| 991 | 2013 | Traviata et nous | $62,652 | $62,652 | |
| 992 | 2019 | The Cave | $62,625 | $97,290 | $159,915 |
| 993 | 2016 | Dancer | $62,578 | $1,256,995 | $1,319,573 |
| 994 | 2021 | The First Wave | $62,376 | $4,464 | $66,840 |
| 995 | 2008 | Bloodline | $62,248 | $62,248 | |
| 996 | 2015 | Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World | $61,845 | $61,845 | |
| 997 | 2013 | Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey | $61,018 | $61,018 | |
| 998 | 2023 | Lynch/Oz | $60,701 | $8,286 | $68,987 |
| 999 | 2011 | How to Live Forever | $60,630 | $60,630 | |
| 1,000 | 2021 | Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time | $60,389 | $43,529 | $103,918 |
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.