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All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | 2008 | Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story | $60,332 | $60,332 | |
| 1,002 | 2011 | Crime after Crime | $60,291 | $60,291 | |
| 1,003 | 2016 | Presenting Princess Shaw | $60,197 | $60,197 | |
| 1,004 | 2012 | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | $60,064 | $60,064 | |
| 1,005 | 2017 | Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards | $60,056 | $4,831 | $64,887 |
| 1,006 | 2012 | Payback | $59,736 | $59,736 | |
| 1,007 | 2013 | Sweet Dreams | $59,403 | $59,403 | |
| 1,008 | 2008 | The Order of Myths | $59,400 | $59,400 | |
| 1,009 | 2017 | Bang! The Bert Berns Story | $59,300 | $59,300 | |
| 1,010 | 2008 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | $59,192 | $59,192 | |
| 1,011 | 2013 | The Trials of Muhammad Ali | $59,081 | $59,081 | |
| 1,012 | 2023 | Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV | $59,023 | $38,090 | $97,113 |
| 1,013 | 2007 | Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era … | $58,829 | $58,829 | |
| 1,014 | 2012 | Side by Side | $58,825 | $8,229 | $67,054 |
| 1,015 | 2018 | Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist | $58,799 | $317,420 | $376,219 |
| 1,016 | 2014 | Sagrada: el misteri de la creacio | $58,755 | $58,755 | |
| 1,017 | 2023 | The Mission | $58,639 | $11,424 | $70,063 |
| 1,018 | 2018 | Horn From the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story | $58,597 | $58,597 | |
| 1,019 | 2017 | The Force | $58,154 | $58,154 | |
| 1,020 | 2018 | In Search of Greatness | $58,090 | $58,090 | |
| 1,021 | 2023 | The Stones and Brian Jones | $57,924 | $37,660 | $95,584 |
| 1,022 | 2009 | William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe | $57,769 | $57,769 | |
| 1,023 | 2016 | Command and Control | $57,635 | $57,635 | |
| 1,024 | 2018 | Ramen Heads | $57,346 | $57,346 | |
| 1,025 | 2009 | The End of Poverty? | $57,324 | $57,324 | |
| 1,026 | 2003 | Only the Strong Survive | $57,322 | $57,322 | |
| 1,027 | 2014 | Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case | $57,322 | $57,322 | |
| 1,028 | 2004 | Voices of Iraq | $57,102 | $57,102 | |
| 1,029 | 2020 | The Dissident | $57,000 | $54,698 | $111,698 |
| 1,030 | 2015 | Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times | $56,744 | $56,744 | |
| 1,031 | 2018 | Django | $56,556 | $3,790,909 | $3,847,465 |
| 1,032 | 2009 | Collapse | $56,436 | $56,436 | |
| 1,033 | 2008 | Beautiful Losers | $56,386 | $56,386 | |
| 1,034 | 2017 | Saving Brinton | $56,220 | $56,220 | |
| 1,035 | 2004 | Divan | $56,214 | $56,214 | |
| 1,036 | 2013 | Terms and Conditions May Apply | $55,824 | $33,293 | $89,117 |
| 1,037 | 2019 | Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project | $55,632 | $55,632 | |
| 1,038 | 2011 | Finding Joe | $55,518 | $55,518 | |
| 1,039 | 2009 | The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story | $55,513 | $55,513 | |
| 1,040 | 2016 | The Lovers And The Despot | $55,511 | $51,115 | $106,626 |
| 1,041 | 2017 | The Paris Opera | $55,482 | $729,991 | $785,473 |
| 1,042 | 2011 | Into Eternity | $55,366 | $55,366 | |
| 1,043 | 2021 | Without Getting Killed or Caught | $55,333 | $55,333 | |
| 1,044 | 2009 | In a Dream | $55,270 | $55,270 | |
| 1,045 | 2001 | Cet obscur objet du desir | $55,261 | $2,326 | $57,587 |
| 1,046 | 2023 | Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Mi… | $55,124 | $55,124 | |
| 1,047 | 2014 | Big Men | $55,032 | $55,032 | |
| 1,048 | 2002 | Biggie and Tupac | $54,834 | $54,834 | |
| 1,049 | 2010 | The Nature of Existence | $54,645 | $54,645 | |
| 1,050 | 2003 | Girlhood | $54,389 | $86,797 | $141,186 |
| 1,051 | 2021 | Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation | $54,149 | $54,149 | |
| 1,052 | 2012 | Surviving Progress | $53,953 | $53,953 | |
| 1,053 | 2011 | The Other F Word | $53,714 | $53,714 | |
| 1,054 | 2006 | Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea | $53,471 | $53,471 | |
| 1,055 | 2011 | Farmageddon | $53,256 | $53,256 | |
| 1,056 | 2019 | Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound | $53,144 | $10,864 | $64,008 |
| 1,057 | 2016 | Mifune: The Last Samurai | $52,969 | $52,969 | |
| 1,058 | 2012 | Occupy Unmasked | $52,768 | $52,768 | |
| 1,059 | 2012 | An Inconsistent Truth | $52,756 | $52,756 | |
| 1,060 | 2011 | !Women, Art, Revolution | $52,681 | $52,681 | |
| 1,061 | 2016 | The Last Man on the Moon | $52,482 | $1,479 | $53,961 |
| 1,062 | 2008 | Dare Not Walk Alone | $52,166 | $52,166 | |
| 1,063 | 2017 | Voyage à Travers le Cinéma Français | $52,058 | $21,295 | $73,353 |
| 1,064 | 2006 | Screamers | $52,034 | $52,034 | |
| 1,065 | 2019 | American Dharma | $51,891 | $51,891 | |
| 1,066 | 2015 | The Quay Brothers in 35MM | $51,858 | $51,858 | |
| 1,067 | 2016 | King Georges | $51,663 | $51,663 | |
| 1,068 | 2014 | To Be Takei | $51,481 | $51,481 | |
| 1,069 | 2008 | Shoot Down | $51,408 | $51,408 | |
| 1,070 | 2014 | L'image manquante | $51,337 | $1,097 | $52,434 |
| 1,071 | 1999 | Meeting People is Easy | $51,282 | $51,282 | |
| 1,072 | 2013 | Venus and Serena | $51,271 | $51,271 | |
| 1,073 | 2013 | God Loves Uganda | $51,229 | $51,229 | |
| 1,074 | 2018 | Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable | $51,194 | $51,194 | |
| 1,075 | 2004 | Hiding and Seeking | $51,091 | $51,091 | |
| 1,076 | 2015 | We Come as Friends | $50,921 | $50,921 | |
| 1,077 | 2008 | Gunnin' for that #1 Spot | $50,804 | $50,804 | |
| 1,078 | 2014 | The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swar… | $50,735 | $2,379 | $53,114 |
| 1,079 | 2017 | Keep Quiet | $50,454 | $50,454 | |
| 1,080 | 1957 | Le mystère Picasso | $50,253 | $50,253 | |
| 1,081 | 2014 | The Yes Men Are Revolting | $50,190 | $50,190 | |
| 1,082 | 2019 | Love, Antosha | $50,168 | $12,732 | $62,900 |
| 1,083 | 2022 | Free Chol Soo Lee (프리 철수 리) | $50,083 | $24,633 | $74,716 |
| 1,084 | 2011 | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | $49,976 | $49,976 | |
| 1,085 | 2007 | Transformation: The Life & Legacy of Werner Erhard | $49,919 | $49,919 | |
| 1,086 | 2011 | Pianomania | $49,852 | $49,852 | |
| 1,087 | 2014 | NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage | $49,591 | $49,591 | |
| 1,088 | 2008 | The Dhamma Brothers | $49,568 | $49,568 | |
| 1,089 | 2023 | Make Me Famous | $49,538 | $4,572 | $54,110 |
| 1,090 | 2013 | Let the Fire Burn | $49,128 | $49,128 | |
| 1,091 | 2023 | The Disappearance of Shere Hite | $49,124 | $4,063 | $53,187 |
| 1,092 | 2013 | The Pervert's Guide to Ideology | $49,072 | $49,072 | |
| 1,093 | 2020 | The Way I See it | $49,030 | $49,030 | |
| 1,094 | 2011 | Orgasm Inc. | $49,001 | $49,001 | |
| 1,095 | 2007 | Ghosts of Cité Soleil | $48,752 | $48,752 | |
| 1,096 | 2018 | The China Hustle | $48,650 | $48,650 | |
| 1,097 | 2006 | Shakespeare Behind Bars | $48,594 | $48,594 | |
| 1,098 | 2022 | Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché | $48,544 | $5,385 | $53,929 |
| 1,099 | 2014 | American Mustang | $48,218 | $48,218 | |
| 1,100 | 2017 | Saving Banksy | $47,965 | $47,965 |
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.