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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. Total Grosses Opening Weekends Rows: #1-100, #101-200, #201-300, #301-400, #401-500, #501-600, #601-700, #701-800, #801-900, #901-1000, #1001-1057 Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 994 Looking for an Icon Icar. $2,393 1 $1,760 1 5/9/07 2 993 Rank IFC $2,485 1 $314 1 6/28/06 3 991 Standing by Yourself Cheap $2,500 1 $2,200 1 5/17/02 4 990 Risk/Reward Org. $2,517 1 $2,517 1 2/27/04 5 988 Beautopia Wells $2,870 1 $1,219 1 3/5/99 6 987 Wetlands Preserved FRun $2,970 1 $1,736 1 3/14/08 7 986 Run for Your Life Scre. $2,992 1 $2,537 1 10/29/08 8 985 Stolen Childhoods Bal. $2,996 1 $2,996 1 5/20/05 9 984 The Weird World of Blowfly Vari. $3,062 1 $1,036 1 9/16/11 10 983 Who Does She Think She Is? AL $3,081 1 $3,081 1 10/17/08 11 981 Beyond Barbed Wire M&A $3,109 1 $1,668 1 7/18/97 12 980 Plastic Planet FRun $3,164 2 $740 1 1/14/11 13 979 The Backyard Hiqi $3,200 1 $1,500 1 8/29/03 14 977 The Sons of Tennessee Williams FRun $3,242 1 $1,492 1 10/7/11 15 976 The Price of Sugar Mitro. $3,384 1 $3,384 1 9/28/07 16 975 Call Me Kuchu Cdgm. $3,476 1 $3,476 1 6/14/13 17 973 Revolution OS 7Art $3,500 1 $3,500 1 8/23/02 18 974 Building Hope NobP $3,500 1 $3,500 1 6/3/11 19 972 Sister Helen Cn4 $3,541 1 $2,163 1 10/24/03 20 971 Journeys with George Cn4 $3,588 1 $2,264 1 3/14/03 21 970 Moog Plx. $3,604 1 $2,227 1 9/24/04 22 968 Brothers in Arms FRun $3,664 2 $658 1 8/27/04 23 967 Still, the Children Are Here Icar. $3,685 1 $2,210 1 11/5/04 24 966 Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story FRun $3,700 1 $3,700 1 6/14/13 25 965 The Harvest/La Cosecha Libre $3,709 1 $2,245 1 7/29/11 26 964 They Come to America C/360 $3,775 1 $3,775 1 3/31/12 27 963 Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film KL $3,804 1 $1,350 1 8/3/12 28 962 Saints and Sinners Avat. $3,826 1 $2,167 1 6/18/04 29 961 High Tech, Low Life Argo. $3,836 1 $1,718 1 1/9/13 30 958 Twisted: A Balloonamentary N/A $4,218 2 $2,354 1 5/23/08 31 957 This Divided State Mino. $4,255 1 $1,653 1 7/22/05 32 956 Art Is... The Permanent Revolution FRun $4,291 1 $2,718 1 3/2/12 33 955 McLibel Libre $4,337 3 $1,821 1 6/10/05 34 954 Blood and Tears Think $4,364 1 $2,201 1 6/15/07 35 953 Sacred Stage FRun $4,410 1 $3,724 1 10/7/05 36 951 The Fall of Fujimori Libre $4,630 1 $779 1 5/5/06 37 950 How to Draw a Bunny Palm $4,658 1 $2,706 1 3/12/04 38 948 Ferlinghetti: The Rebirth of Wonder FRun $4,816 2 $1,197 1 2/8/13 39 947 Home of the Brave (2004) Emr. $4,874 1 $3,185 1 10/1/04 40 945 Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land Arab $4,930 1 $1,735 1 1/28/05 41 944 Herman's House FRun $4,956 2 $3,552 1 4/19/13 42 943 Poisoned by Polonium: The Litvinenko File Kino $5,080 1 $2,402 1 3/21/08 43 941 King Leopold's Ghost Aloha $5,194 1 $3,078 1 8/18/06 44 940 A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar... Indic. $5,202 1 $980 1 2/29/08 45 939 Rock the Bells 7Art $5,347 1 $1,325 1 4/11/07 46 938 Whiz Kids Shad. $5,386 2 $1,333 1 6/4/10 47 937 Gogol Bordello Non-Stop Lorb. $5,532 1 $2,793 1 9/11/09 48 935 Elevate Vari. $5,580 2 $3,547 1 10/21/11 49 933 Klezmer on Fish Street Castle $5,724 1 $2,628 1 4/16/04 50 932 Sushi: The Global Catch AM $5,757 1 $516 1 8/3/12 51 931 Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles Zeit. $5,869 1 $5,869 1 4/30/99 52 928 Scottsboro: An American Tragedy SMP $6,123 1 $2,991 1 1/19/01 53 929 El Sicario, Room 164 Icar. $6,123 1 $2,040 1 12/28/11 54 926 The Red Chapel Lorb. $6,196 2 $2,459 1 12/29/10 55 925 Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death Artma $6,458 1 $3,238 1 10/21/05 56 924 The Beat Hotel FRun $6,480 1 $1,458 1 3/30/12 57 923 Windfall FRun $6,504 1 $1,780 1 2/3/12 58 922 The Aggressives 7Art $6,533 1 $3,769 1 10/7/05 59 918 Operation Homecoming Docu. $6,795 1 $4,516 1 2/9/07 60 917 Speaking in Strings 7Art $6,859 2 $1,519 1 9/10/99 61 915 Los Angeles Plays Itself B/F $6,945 1 $5,005 1 7/28/04 62 914 Love, Marilyn SD $6,950 1 $4,000 1 11/30/12 63 913 Camden 28 FRun $6,983 1 $3,428 1 7/27/07 64 912 Aristide and Endless Revolution FRun $6,998 1 $2,552 1 11/24/05 65 910 Quantum Hoops GFor. $7,075 1 $4,216 1 11/2/07 66 909 Saint of 9/11 IFC $7,137 1 $3,680 1 9/6/06 67 908 Casting About Kino $7,279 2 $893 1 5/11/07 68 906 Bel Borba Aqui PDA $7,426 2 $1,869 1 10/3/12 69 905 The Cult of the Suicide Bomber DCo. $7,451 1 $3,609 1 6/2/06 70 903 More Than Honey KL $7,531 1 $5,225 1 6/12/13 71 902 Last Days Here IFC $7,643 1 $2,671 1 3/2/12 72 900 A Walk to Beautiful Engel $7,718 1 $7,718 1 2/8/08 73 899 Kill Your Idols Palm $7,753 2 $3,274 1 7/7/06 74 896 Mugabe and the White African FRun $7,924 1 $1,907 1 7/23/10 75 895 A Decent Factory Icar. $7,925 1 $1,900 1 6/29/05 76 893 In the Mirror of Maya Deren Zeit. $8,077 2 $3,225 1 1/24/03 77 891 Stealing America: Vote by Vote Drct. $8,350 3 $2,944 1 8/1/08 78 890 Dreams of a Life Strand $8,405 1 $3,085 1 8/3/12 79 889 Glastonbury Think $8,419 3 $1,179 1 2/23/07 80 887 Without the King FRun $8,663 1 $4,237 1 4/25/08 81 885 Only When I Dance FM $8,738 1 $2,181 1 7/2/10 82 884 Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope AL $8,779 1 $7,502 1 9/7/01 83 883 The Swenkas 7Art $8,860 1 $2,790 1 11/9/05 84 882 Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe Arth. $8,939 1 $3,815 1 10/19/07 85 881 Three Stars FRun $8,942 1 $1,003 1 9/21/12 86 880 ABC Africa NYer $9,075 1 $559 1 5/3/02 87 879 Out of the Past (1998) Zeit. $9,078 1 $1,671 1 7/31/98 88 877 Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead Abr. $9,166 1 $4,352 1 2/27/09 89 876 Crossing the Line Kino $9,258 2 $2,605 1 8/10/07 90 875 The City Dark Argo. $9,269 2 $2,983 1 1/18/12 91 874 Two by Scorsese (re-issue) Kino $9,395 1 $3,845 1 1/21/05 92 873 Elemental TFC $9,426 3 n/a 1 5/17/13 93 872 The Unknown Soldier FRun $9,602 1 $3,545 1 9/7/07 94 869 Stolen Moments FRun $9,743 1 $3,636 1 4/10/98 95 867 Cuba: Island of Music Cn4 $9,791 1 $5,071 1 1/16/04 96 866 Act of God Zeit. $9,955 1 $522 1 7/31/09 97 865 Putin's Kiss KL $10,082 1 $1,525 1 2/17/12 98 864 Black Is, Black Ain't Tara $10,171 1 $7,120 1 5/5/95 99 862 Forgiving Dr. Mengele FRun $10,403 1 $2,754 1 2/24/06 100 861 Let's Get Frank Rnd. $10,440 1 $3,465 1 7/14/04 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 Total Grosses Opening Weekends If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com.

UPCOMING RELEASES Title (click to view) Studio Release Date Workingman's Death 7Art 2/24/06 Muscle Shoals Magn. Summer 2013 Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire HTR 6/20/13 Downloaded Abr. 6/21/13 How to Make Money Selling Drugs Trib. 6/26/13 A Band Called Death Drft. 6/28/13 The Secret Disco Revolution Scre. 6/28/13 Oxygen for the Ears Indic. Jul 2013 Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me Magn. 7/3/13 Act of Killing Drft. 7/19/13 When Comedy Went to School ICir 7/31/13 The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear Icar. 8/2/13 Cutie and the Boxer RTWC 8/16/13 Salinger Wein. 9/6/13 99% - The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film Part. 9/6/13 Le Joli Mai Icar. 9/13/13 Bears BV 4/18/14