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 , #1001-1047 Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 347
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love
Shad.
$172,225
7
$32,598
3
6/12/09
346
An Unreasonable Man
IFC
$176,647
11
$9,813
1
1/31/07
345
Touch the Sound
Shad.
$176,801
9
$8,435
3
9/7/05
344
Chicago 10
RAtt.
$177,490
14
$42,724
14
2/29/08
343
Bush's Brain
Tar.
$177,525
9
$11,927
4
8/20/04
342
Monumental: In Search of America's National Treasure
AAE
$177,729
27
$28,340
6
3/30/12
341
Protocols of Zion
Think
$178,875
10
$21,733
4
10/21/05
340
Constantine's Sword
FRun
$179,507
6
$10,131
2
4/18/08
339
The Bridge
FStr.
$179,780
19
$49,313
19
10/27/06
338
Chop Suey
Zeit.
$179,914
5
$10,472
1
10/5/01
337
Stories We Tell (U.S. only)
RAtt.
$180,000
23
$27,053
2
5/10/13
336
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
EOne
$182,300
23
$39,630
4
5/3/13
335
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
FRun
$183,342
8
$15,411
1
9/23/11
334
Jig
Scre.
$183,790
5
$70,432
5
6/17/11
333
Waste Land
Arth.
$187,716
8
$9,806
1
10/29/10
332
Lost Boys of Sudan
Shad.
$188,467
8
$512
1
8/22/03
331
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Magn.
$189,416
17
$16,962
3
11/5/10
330
Mondo New York
4&B
$193,209
1
$10,752
1
4/22/88
329
The Yes Men Fix the World
Shad.
$194,533
16
$1,242
2
9/25/09
328
Herb & Dorothy
Arth.
$194,721
8
$9,242
2
6/5/09
327
South of the Border
Libre
$198,600
12
$21,545
1
6/25/10
326
What Would Jesus Buy?
WarP
$200,010
25
$9,527
1
11/16/07
325
Imelda
Unco
$200,992
6
$24,077
6
6/9/04
324
Deliver Us from Evil
LGF
$201,275
24
$15,656
4
10/13/06
323
Iraq in Fragments
Arab
$204,462
12
$24,435
7
11/8/06
322
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
Think
$204,956
10
$8,230
1
8/17/05
321
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
Strand
$205,246
-
$26,101
2
2/13/98
320
Soul Power
SPC
$207,121
23
$23,893
6
7/10/09
319
Sweetgrass
CGld
$207,473
9
$9,870
1
1/6/10
318
A Man Named Pearl
Tent.
$208,392
9
$8,378
3
8/31/07
317
Mondovino
Think
$209,618
8
$9,840
1
3/23/05
316
The House I Live In
Abr.
$210,752
12
$16,453
2
10/5/12
315
Somewhere Between
Long Shot
$210,975
6
$7,799
1
8/24/12
314
Neil Young Journeys
SPC
$215,026
23
$12,025
3
6/29/12
313
Call + Response
FTrd.
$215,185
17
$41,346
12
10/10/08
312
Chris & Don. A Love Story
Zeit.
$216,110
12
$10,337
2
6/13/08
311
Bus 174
Think
$217,201
5
$8,625
1
10/8/03
310
Brooklyn Castle
PDA
$219,407
13
$18,761
2
10/19/12
309
New York Doll
FInd.
$219,672
11
$17,583
5
10/28/05
308
The Cockettes
Strand
$220,165
6
$17,118
3
5/10/02
307
Into the Abyss
IFC
$223,880
30
$47,559
12
11/11/11
306
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
Mont.
$224,546
11
n/a
-
4/27/07
305
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Shad.
$225,448
13
$2,407
2
11/4/05
304
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
Lot47
$225,682
20
$6,776
1
8/16/00
303
The Agronomist
Think
$226,189
21
$30,855
7
4/23/04
302
This So-Called Disaster
IFC
$226,658
3
$8,435
1
4/21/04
301
Standard Operating Procedure
SPC
$229,117
21
$14,108
2
4/25/08
300
A Place at the Table
Magn.
$231,378
35
$92,257
35
3/1/13
299
My Kid Could Paint That
SPC
$231,574
20
$26,290
8
10/5/07
298
Weapons of the Spirit
FRun
$232,981
4
$18,580
1
9/1/89
297
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
AM
$237,181
10
$12,756
1
7/27/11
296
Ram Dass: Fierce Grace
Zeit.
$238,260
6
$3,638
2
2/27/02
295
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
Libre
$238,924
22
$31,481
7
8/20/04
294
The Beaches of Agnes
CGld
$239,711
7
$19,032
3
7/2/09
293
Manufactured Landscapes
Zeit.
$240,239
12
$9,129
1
6/20/07
292
49 Up
FRun
$241,772
21
$53,277
21
10/6/06
291
Gerhard Richter Painting
KL
$242,646
9
$13,537
1
3/14/12
290
My Perestroika
ICir
$242,707
19
$17,680
1
3/23/11
289
The Waiting Room
ICir
$244,951
8
$7,086
4
9/26/12
288
Watermarks
Kino
$246,094
9
$4,837
1
1/21/05
287
Enlighten Up!
Bal.
$246,649
12
$11,799
1
9/12/08
286
Promises
Cow.
$247,948
5
$6,535
5
3/15/02
285
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
IFC
$248,362
17
$20,880
2
11/2/07
284
Gay Sex in the 70s
Lvtt.
$249,565
5
$17,357
1
11/4/05
283
A Place Called Chiapas
Zeit.
$252,546
-
n/a
-
11/4/98
282
Life in a Day
NGE
$252,788
19
$45,202
11
7/29/11
281
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
OrionC
$253,311
11
$8,335
1
8/25/95
280
The War Tapes
SenA
$254,190
9
$12,268
1
6/2/06
279
Sex with Strangers
David
$254,852
8
$8,584
4
2/22/02
278
The Yes Men
UA
$255,364
32
$24,373
3
9/24/04
277
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Arth.
$256,242
7
$17,466
1
7/21/10
276
Dancemaker
AL
$256,780
6
$10,594
3
3/3/99
275
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
First
$257,315
18
$21,722
7
3/26/04
274
Stone Reader
Jet
$260,523
7
$5,682
1
2/12/03
273
Steep
SPC
$260,586
23
$21,189
17
12/21/07
272
Life and Debt
NYer
$263,107
4
$1,494
1
6/16/01
271
Room 237
IFC
$263,411
28
$29,693
2
3/29/13
270
Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune
FRun
$263,723
13
$18,211
1
1/5/11
269
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Abr.
$267,965
24
$97,043
24
6/24/11
268
American Dream
Mira.
$269,823
7
$9,291
2
3/18/92
267
Surfwise
Magn.
$269,994
13
$10,304
1
5/9/08
266
This Old Cub
Emr.
$270,014
6
$31,252
6
3/26/04
265
Heavy Petting
Skou
$272,371
11
$69,007
10
9/22/89
264
Paradise Lost
CThnk
$272,750
11
$10,740
1
9/20/96
263
The Black Power Mix Tape: 1967-1975
IFC
$273,749
13
$17,316
2
9/9/11
262
Planet B-Boy
Elep.
$273,870
14
$27,777
2
3/21/08
261
Taxi to the Dark Side
Think
$274,661
20
$10,930
2
1/18/08
260
Morning Light
BV
$275,497
55
$129,295
55
10/17/08
259
American Hardcore
SPC
$279,665
19
$18,102
1
9/22/06
258
The Interrupters
CGld
$282,448
10
$7,920
1
7/29/11
257
Outrage
Magn.
$287,198
18
$32,589
5
5/8/09
256
American Pimp
7Art
$287,724
9
$28,699
5
6/9/00
255
Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap
IM
$288,312
157
$150,337
157
6/15/12
254
Last Train Home
Zeit.
$288,328
14
$20,418
1
9/3/10
253
Scratch
Palm
$289,885
7
$29,677
5
2/15/02
252
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times
FRun
$292,470
4
$9,442
1
11/22/02
251
Bonhoeffer
FRun
$296,131
7
$10,099
1
6/20/03
250
42 Up
FRun
$300,880
5
$11,599
1
11/17/99
249
Crazy Love
Magn.
$301,027
38
$17,952
3
6/1/07
248
God Grew Tired of Us
NM
$301,447
10
$21,858
2
1/12/07
TOTAL (All Movies): $976,846,546 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $955,819 47 $132,543 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 , #1001-1047
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