Documentary
1982-Present NOTE: Documentary as sub-genre of Non-Fiction.Large format (ex. Everest), concert (music, ex. Woodstock, and comedy, ex. Raw) , compilation (ex. That's Entertainment) and reality TV movies (ex. Jackass) omitted. Hybrids (ex. Never Say Never) are included.
Rows: #1-100 , #101-200 , #201-300 , #301-400 , #401-500 , #501-600 , #601-700 , #701-800 , #801-900 , #901-1000 , #1001-1057 Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 457
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Bal.
$90,066
5
$8,227
1
11/7/08
456
The Unforeseen
CGld
$90,287
3
$2,496
1
2/29/08
455
Martha and Ethel
SPC
$91,874
6
$7,622
2
2/3/95
454
The Brandon Teena Story
Zeit.
$92,113
2
$11,281
1
9/23/98
453
American: The Bill Hicks Story
Vari.
$92,234
11
$5,872
1
4/8/11
452
My Reincarnation
Long Shot
$92,822
5
$6,498
1
10/28/11
451
Celsius 41.11: The Truth Behind the Lies of Fahrenheit 9/11
CitU
$93,000
116
$93,000
116
10/22/04
450
Black Gold
CalN
$93,477
6
$6,764
3
10/6/06
449
Biggie and Tupac
Roxie
$94,874
6
$5,728
1
9/20/02
448
Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, The Mistress and the Tangerine
Zeit.
$95,865
4
$9,220
1
6/25/08
447
Paragraph 175
NYer
$96,630
2
$25,007
2
9/13/00
446
Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer
Lant
$97,362
6
$16,158
3
1/9/04
445
Under Our Skin
Shad.
$98,548
6
$7,043
1
6/19/09
444
Escape Fire
RAtt.
$99,028
12
$30,953
12
10/5/12
443
Yves St. Laurent
Emp.
$99,819
2
$15,385
1
1/7/04
442
No Impact Man
Osci.
$100,028
8
$15,215
2
9/11/09
441
Bhutto
FRun
$100,202
4
$8,275
2
12/3/10
440
Rejoice and Shout
Magn.
$100,237
7
$6,589
1
6/3/11
439
8: The Mormon Proposition
RF
$100,280
16
$42,566
16
6/18/10
438
Freakonomics
Magn.
$101,270
20
$31,893
20
10/1/10
437
Afghan Star
Zeit.
$102,115
5
$3,671
1
6/26/09
436
Al Franken: God Spoke
Bal.
$102,990
10
$10,533
2
9/13/06
435
Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams
Abr.
$103,028
76
n/a
-
3/31/13
434
Stevie
Lions
$103,401
13
$9,383
4
3/28/03
433
Mr. Untouchable
Magn.
$104,678
26
$48,280
26
10/26/07
432
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Magn.
$105,054
9
$22,444
4
11/26/04
431
King Corn
Bal.
$105,422
8
$6,753
1
10/12/07
430
Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
Magn.
$105,710
13
n/a
-
11/16/11
429
The Way We Get By
ICir
$106,542
7
$7,149
1
7/17/09
428
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
First
$106,686
5
$8,981
1
4/2/03
427
Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer
Indic.
$107,040
2
$4,236
2
3/5/04
426
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
SPC
$108,807
21
$10,413
7
10/26/07
425
Trumbo
Gold.
$109,057
6
$28,125
3
6/27/08
424
Darfur Now
WIP
$109,107
24
$23,217
3
11/2/07
423
Bustin' Down the Door
Scre.
$109,427
17
$17,317
5
7/25/08
422
Best Worst Movie
Abr.
$109,895
2
$5,503
1
4/23/10
421
5 Broken Cameras
KL
$109,983
9
$6,674
1
5/30/12
420
In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed
NFF
$110,577
15
$46,975
6
10/1/04
419
Word Wars
7Art
$110,617
5
$7,559
1
5/28/04
418
Wild Horse Wild Ride
Scre.
$111,205
21
$3,610
1
8/24/12
417
Burn (2012)
A23
$111,300
4
$1,970
1
11/9/12
416
Marwencol
CGld
$112,036
6
$3,276
1
10/8/10
415
Killing Kasztner
SkyI
$112,313
5
$5,513
1
10/23/09
414
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
ICir
$112,679
19
$7,882
1
5/4/12
413
After Innocence
NYer
$114,264
4
$10,194
1
10/21/05
412
Ballerina
FRun
$114,507
5
$2,656
1
1/16/09
411
Sound and Fury
AL
$114,882
6
$7,104
2
10/25/00
410
War/Dance
Think
$115,210
10
$15,471
3
11/9/07
409
Blank City
IR
$116,037
3
$13,989
1
4/6/11
408
The Undefeated (2011)
ArcEnt
$116,381
14
$65,132
10
7/15/11
407
Beware of Mr. Baker
SF
$116,476
15
$12,195
1
11/28/12
406
Sir! No Sir!
Bal.
$116,944
7
$7,547
2
4/7/06
405
See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary
WP
$118,206
21
$4,996
1
3/19/10
404
Examined Life
Zeit.
$120,712
6
$12,085
1
2/25/09
403
Fidel
FRun
$121,304
2
$19,320
2
10/18/02
402
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
FRun
$122,011
4
n/a
-
6/18/04
401
Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)
CityL
$122,905
9
$14,030
1
8/17/07
400
The Last Mountain
Da.
$122,961
7
$17,570
2
6/3/11
399
Inni
CP
$123,482
7
$14,903
3
10/28/11
398
The First Saturday in May
Truly
$124,294
20
$54,553
20
4/18/08
397
Unknown White Male
Wells
$126,836
11
$24,591
4
2/24/06
396
DIG!
Palm
$127,067
10
$20,437
2
10/1/04
395
Stonewall Uprising
FRun
$128,203
10
$15,729
4
6/16/10
394
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Code
$129,102
16
$69,306
16
4/5/13
393
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt
Palm
$129,988
5
$9,098
1
12/2/05
392
4 Little Girls
GV
$130,146
4
$13,528
1
7/9/97
391
Until the Light Takes Us
Vari.
$130,441
3
$7,246
1
12/4/09
390
How to Survive a Plague
IFC
$132,055
15
$28,250
4
9/21/12
389
Kumare
KL
$132,160
9
$9,601
1
6/20/12
388
Deep Blue
Mira.
$132,261
5
$8,373
2
6/3/05
387
Stolen
ICir
$132,596
5
$6,250
1
4/19/06
386
The Devil Came on Horseback
ICir
$132,782
7
$11,143
1
7/25/07
385
Naqoyqatsi
Mira.
$133,058
9
$17,154
2
10/18/02
384
A Perfect Candidate
7Art
$134,485
8
n/a
-
6/19/96
383
The Other Dream Team
TFA
$135,228
14
$19,821
2
9/28/12
382
Dirty Wars
IFC
$137,247
14
$63,504
4
6/7/13
381
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
AL
$140,000
8
$8,318
1
1/3/97
380
Music from the Inside Out
Emr.
$141,504
4
$13,444
1
4/22/05
379
Waco: The Rules of Engagement
Som.
$142,193
5
n/a
-
2/28/97
378
FLOW: For Love of Water
Osci.
$142,569
11
$3,644
1
3/21/08
377
Thunder Soul
RAtt.
$143,986
37
$51,260
35
9/23/11
376
Once in a Lifetime
Mira.
$144,601
12
$9,805
1
7/7/06
375
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
7Art
$148,292
5
$7,482
1
10/20/06
374
Cocaine Cowboys
Magn.
$150,056
14
$36,295
12
10/27/06
373
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
Palm
$150,268
13
$10,998
1
8/22/03
372
Revenge of the Electric Car
A23
$150,886
11
$17,482
2
10/21/11
371
Hecho En Mexico
LGF
$151,133
26
$76,123
12
11/30/12
370
Go Tigers!
IFC
$151,779
61
$64,479
61
9/21/01
369
Show Business
Reg.
$151,792
9
$8,829
1
5/11/07
368
Eames: The Architect and the Painter
FRun
$153,088
12
n/a
-
11/11/11
367
Brothers at War
Gold.
$153,148
18
$33,142
7
3/13/09
366
Magic Trip
Magn.
$154,521
18
$14,367
4
8/5/11
365
Bra Boys
Slow
$155,056
23
$45,589
23
4/11/08
364
The Gleaners and I
Zeit.
$155,320
4
$12,655
2
3/7/01
363
Billabong Odyssey
Arna
$156,000
27
$54,000
27
11/7/03
362
Horse Boy
Zeit.
$156,612
5
$6,554
3
9/30/09
361
One Day in September
SPC
$156,818
5
$15,149
5
11/17/00
360
Nostalgia for the Light
Icar.
$156,928
6
$5,664
1
1/13/11
359
Derrida
Zeit.
$157,200
6
$11,473
1
10/23/02
358
Crazy Horse
Zipp.
$157,782
14
$7,963
1
1/18/12
TOTAL (All Movies): $979,249,096 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $948,885 46 $131,414 25 - TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): $498,427,158 - - - - AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): $31,151,697 1,544 $9,246,299 1,474 -
Rows: #1-100 , #101-200 , #201-300 , #301-400 , #401-500 , #501-600 , #601-700 , #701-800 , #801-900 , #901-1000 , #1001-1057
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