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Documentary Movie Index
Find below a breakdown of all Documentary movies by year and first letter.
See also: Domestic Box Office Analysis for Documentary Movies - Top Domestic Documentary Movies - Top International Documentary Movies - Top Worldwide Documentary Movies - Top Domestic Documentary Stars - Top International Documentary Stars - Top Worldwide Documentary Stars
The table below lists the top-grossing Documentary movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Documentary films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Documentary movies for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.
The table below shows the highest-grossing Documentary movie that begins with each letter of the alphabet. Click on the name of the film to go to its page. Or click on the letter at the beginning of each row for a list of all the Documentary movies beginning with that letter.
Index | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
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( | 1 | |||
0 | 1 | $44,559 | 0,03 Seconds | |
1 | 47 | $5,086,804 | 1950 Ta Men Zheng Nian Qing | |
2 | 30 | $1,750,000 | $44,828,596 | 2016: Obama’s America |
3 | 15 | $1,290,361 | 35 Up | |
4 | 10 | $900,000 | $855,125 | 42 Up |
5 | 16 | $350,000 | $1,143,101 | 56 Up |
6 | 2 | $483,685 | 63 Up | |
7 | 8 | $79,571 | 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene | |
8 | 6 | $2,500,000 | $215,743 | ‘85 The Greatest Team in Football History |
9 | 9 | $82,973 | 93Queen | |
A | 591 | $1,193,750 | $273,709,788 | Antarctica |
B | 679 | $645,000 | $410,972,468 | Bowling for Columbine |
C | 562 | $3,550,000 | $155,521,243 | Chimpanzee |
D | 431 | $1,917,143 | $394,802,911 | Deep Sea 3D |
E | 315 | $23,612,500 | $420,999,276 | Everest |
F | 388 | $2,091,083 | $316,969,025 | Fahrenheit 9/11 |
G | 357 | $875,000 | $366,003,650 | Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets |
H | 354 | $3,280,000 | $131,854,532 | Hubble 3D |
I | 367 | $1,027,083 | $151,070,285 | An Inconvenient Truth |
J | 185 | $90,418,192 | Justin Bieber’s Believe | |
K | 191 | $37,591,328 | Kang rinpoche | |
L | 429 | $6,000,000 | $180,680,408 | Li hai le, wo de guo |
M | 669 | $8,353,358 | $743,341,819 | Michael Jackson's This Is It |
N | 225 | $2,000,000 | $67,079,370 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience |
O | 250 | $14,516,667 | $127,871,455 | Oceans |
P | 443 | $1,028,333 | $127,477,263 | Pina |
Q | 48 | $3,512,498 | The Queen of Versailles | |
R | 384 | $1,485,000 | $113,798,587 | Red Dog |
S | 791 | $2,046,611 | $460,103,682 | Space Station |
T | 446 | $930,769 | $273,898,714 | To the Limit |
U | 171 | $625,000 | $58,088,367 | Under the Sea 3D |
V | 157 | $933,333 | $21,191,242 | Visages villages |
W | 415 | $5,371,429 | $354,880,903 | Where Are We Going Dad? |
X | 10 | $4,027,552 | Xuan feng jiu ri | |
Y | 80 | $21,053,837 | Yves St. Laurent | |
Z | 40 | $2,049,514 | Zheng qi |