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All Time Worldwide 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 worldwide box office.
See our Documentary Theatrical Market Charts for more overviews regarding the domestic theatrical box office performance of Documentary movies.
Rank |
Released |
Movie |
Worldwide Box Office |
Domestic Box Office |
International Box Office |
1,901 |
2023 |
Bromley: Light After Dark |
$56,038 |
|
$56,038 |
1,902 |
2019 |
Byutipul Maindeu |
$55,845 |
|
$55,845 |
1,903 |
2020 |
The Leunig Fragments |
$55,782 |
|
$55,782 |
1,904 |
2018 |
Salvador Dalí: In Search of Immortality |
$55,778 |
|
$55,778 |
1,905 |
2019 |
Hospitalarios: Las manos de la Vírgen |
$55,731 |
|
$55,731 |
1,906 |
2019 |
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project |
$55,632 |
$55,632 |
|
1,907 |
2011 |
Finding Joe |
$55,518 |
$55,518 |
|
1,908 |
2009 |
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story |
$55,513 |
$55,513 |
|
1,909 |
2022 |
Wash My Soul in the River’s Flow |
$55,376 |
|
$55,376 |
1,910 |
2011 |
Into Eternity |
$55,366 |
$55,366 |
|
1,911 |
2021 |
Without Getting Killed or Caught |
$55,333 |
$55,333 |
|
1,912 |
2009 |
In a Dream |
$55,270 |
$55,270 |
|
1,913 |
2023 |
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Mi… |
$55,124 |
$55,124 |
|
1,914 |
2014 |
Big Men |
$55,032 |
$55,032 |
|
1,915 |
2002 |
Biggie and Tupac |
$54,834 |
$54,834 |
|
1,916 |
2021 |
Some Kind of Heaven |
$54,752 |
$45,068 |
$9,684 |
1,917 |
2009 |
We Live in Public |
$54,706 |
$44,344 |
$10,362 |
1,918 |
1987 |
Australian Made: The Movie |
$54,690 |
|
$54,690 |
1,919 |
2010 |
The Nature of Existence |
$54,645 |
$54,645 |
|
1,920 |
2003 |
Venus Boyz |
$54,394 |
$18,401 |
$35,993 |
1,921 |
2012 |
Wagner & Me |
$54,215 |
$37,745 |
$16,470 |
1,922 |
2021 |
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation |
$54,149 |
$54,149 |
|
1,923 |
2023 |
Make Me Famous |
$54,110 |
$49,538 |
$4,572 |
1,924 |
2016 |
The Last Man on the Moon |
$53,961 |
$52,482 |
$1,479 |
1,925 |
2012 |
Surviving Progress |
$53,953 |
$53,953 |
|
1,926 |
2021 |
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché |
$53,929 |
$48,544 |
$5,385 |
1,927 |
2017 |
Dries |
$53,880 |
|
$53,880 |
1,928 |
2018 |
Hitler contro Picasso e gli altri |
$53,874 |
|
$53,874 |
1,929 |
2011 |
The Other F Word |
$53,714 |
$53,714 |
|
1,930 |
2006 |
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea |
$53,471 |
$53,471 |
|
1,931 |
2020 |
Kaillaseu ganeun gil |
$53,428 |
|
$53,428 |
1,932 |
2022 |
DIO: Dreamers Never Die |
$53,341 |
|
$53,341 |
1,933 |
2023 |
Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & … |
$53,299 |
|
$53,299 |
1,934 |
2011 |
Farmageddon |
$53,256 |
$53,256 |
|
1,935 |
2023 |
The Disappearance of Shere Hite |
$53,187 |
$49,124 |
$4,063 |
1,936 |
2015 |
Love Thy Nature |
$53,134 |
$41,336 |
$11,798 |
1,937 |
2014 |
The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swar… |
$53,114 |
$50,735 |
$2,379 |
1,938 |
2015 |
What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy |
$53,098 |
$40,119 |
$12,979 |
1,939 |
2021 |
Palazzo Di Cozzo |
$53,003 |
|
$53,003 |
1,940 |
2016 |
Mifune: The Last Samurai |
$52,969 |
$52,969 |
|
1,941 |
2023 |
Reinventing Elvis: The ’68 Comeback |
$52,893 |
|
$52,893 |
1,942 |
2012 |
Occupy Unmasked |
$52,768 |
$52,768 |
|
1,943 |
2012 |
An Inconsistent Truth |
$52,756 |
$52,756 |
|
1,944 |
2011 |
!Women, Art, Revolution |
$52,681 |
$52,681 |
|
1,945 |
2014 |
In Search of Chopin |
$52,616 |
|
$52,616 |
1,946 |
2021 |
A Fire Inside |
$52,523 |
|
$52,523 |
1,947 |
2014 |
L'image manquante |
$52,434 |
$51,337 |
$1,097 |
1,948 |
2023 |
Raffa |
$52,424 |
|
$52,424 |
1,949 |
2023 |
Martin Skrtel #37 |
$52,292 |
|
$52,292 |
1,950 |
2016 |
Russkie evrei. Film pervyy. Do revolutsii |
$52,179 |
|
$52,179 |
1,951 |
2008 |
Dare Not Walk Alone |
$52,166 |
$52,166 |
|
1,952 |
2006 |
Screamers |
$52,034 |
$52,034 |
|
1,953 |
2019 |
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Deep Space… |
$51,979 |
|
$51,979 |
1,954 |
2019 |
American Dharma |
$51,891 |
$51,891 |
|
1,955 |
2016 |
Battle Mountain: Graeme Obreeʼs Story |
$51,860 |
|
$51,860 |
1,956 |
2015 |
The Quay Brothers in 35MM |
$51,858 |
$51,858 |
|
1,957 |
2013 |
Fire in the Blood |
$51,785 |
$36,228 |
$15,557 |
1,958 |
2017 |
Your Rock |
$51,747 |
|
$51,747 |
1,959 |
2016 |
King Georges |
$51,663 |
$51,663 |
|
1,960 |
2016 |
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach |
$51,485 |
|
$51,485 |
1,961 |
2014 |
To Be Takei |
$51,481 |
$51,481 |
|
1,962 |
2023 |
Yaksok (약속) |
$51,461 |
|
$51,461 |
1,963 |
2023 |
Fashion Reimagined |
$51,458 |
|
$51,458 |
1,964 |
2023 |
The Talent Show (장기자랑) |
$51,435 |
|
$51,435 |
1,965 |
2008 |
Shoot Down |
$51,408 |
$51,408 |
|
1,966 |
2020 |
Partizanas |
$51,318 |
|
$51,318 |
1,967 |
1999 |
Meeting People is Easy |
$51,282 |
$51,282 |
|
1,968 |
2013 |
Venus and Serena |
$51,271 |
$51,271 |
|
1,969 |
2013 |
God Loves Uganda |
$51,229 |
$51,229 |
|
1,970 |
2018 |
Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable |
$51,194 |
$51,194 |
|
1,971 |
2013 |
Plot for Peace |
$51,163 |
$7,051 |
$44,112 |
1,972 |
2004 |
Hiding and Seeking |
$51,091 |
$51,091 |
|
1,973 |
2020 |
Palabra de capitán |
$51,055 |
|
$51,055 |
1,974 |
2018 |
The Cleaners |
$50,984 |
|
$50,984 |
1,975 |
2015 |
We Come as Friends |
$50,921 |
$50,921 |
|
1,976 |
2020 |
My Mexican Bretzel |
$50,893 |
|
$50,893 |
1,977 |
2008 |
Gunnin' for that #1 Spot |
$50,804 |
$50,804 |
|
1,978 |
2013 |
Rising From Ashes |
$50,796 |
$37,673 |
$13,123 |
1,979 |
2015 |
The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson |
$50,681 |
|
$50,681 |
1,980 |
2022 |
Power of Rome |
$50,626 |
|
$50,626 |
1,981 |
2022 |
mulbanguleul geurineun namja (물방울을 그리는 남자)… |
$50,465 |
|
$50,465 |
1,982 |
2018 |
Border Politics |
$50,457 |
|
$50,457 |
1,983 |
2017 |
Keep Quiet |
$50,454 |
$50,454 |
|
1,984 |
2019 |
Midnight Traveler |
$50,349 |
$41,265 |
$9,084 |
1,985 |
2023 |
Ms. Information |
$50,348 |
|
$50,348 |
1,986 |
2021 |
Phil Liggett: The Voice of Cycling |
$50,305 |
|
$50,305 |
1,987 |
1957 |
Le mystère Picasso |
$50,253 |
$50,253 |
|
1,988 |
2021 |
han-chang-na-i seon-nyeo-nim (한창나이 선녀님)… |
$50,203 |
|
$50,203 |
1,989 |
2014 |
The Yes Men Are Revolting |
$50,190 |
$50,190 |
|
1,990 |
2016 |
Crossing Rachmaninoff |
$50,139 |
|
$50,139 |
1,991 |
2019 |
QT8: The First Eight |
$50,076 |
|
$50,076 |
1,992 |
2022 |
Jeontuwang (전투왕) |
$50,035 |
|
$50,035 |
1,993 |
2017 |
Quest |
$50,018 |
$47,807 |
$2,211 |
1,994 |
2023 |
Luò Dì Shēng Gēn (落地生根) |
$50,000 |
|
$50,000 |
1,995 |
2011 |
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow |
$49,976 |
$49,976 |
|
1,996 |
2007 |
Transformation: The Life & Legacy of Werner Erhard |
$49,919 |
$49,919 |
|
1,997 |
2022 |
McEnroe |
$49,883 |
|
$49,883 |
1,998 |
2021 |
Dangsineui sawol |
$49,860 |
|
$49,860 |
1,999 |
2011 |
Pianomania |
$49,852 |
$49,852 |
|
2,000 |
2014 |
NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage |
$49,591 |
$49,591 |
|
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.