Documentary
1982-PresentLarge 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 247 Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey SD $304,052 15 $22,963 1 10/21/11 246 Unmistaken Child Osci. $306,140 6 $6,293 1 6/3/09 245 Nico-Icon Roxie $306,691 4 n/a - 9/8/95 244 This Film Is Not Yet Rated IFC $306,845 18 $30,664 2 9/1/06 243 Bigger, Stronger, Faster* Magn. $308,575 26 $31,576 6 5/30/08 242 The Panama Deception EPr $309,596 11 $6,563 1 7/31/92 241 West of Memphis SPC $310,154 40 $13,360 5 12/25/12 240 L'Amour Fou IFC $312,494 18 $37,250 2 5/13/11 239 For the Bible Tells Me So FRun $312,751 15 $7,412 1 10/5/07 238 Grass Una. $313,039 10 $21,578 2 5/31/00 237 America's Heart and Soul BV $314,402 98 $134,939 98 7/2/04 236 Hava Nagila (The Movie) ICir $316,896 24 $8,218 1 3/1/13 235 Trekkies ParC $318,246 339 $125,636 339 5/21/99 234 Bukowski: Born Into This Magn. $318,816 8 $27,095 5 5/28/04 233 A Film Unfinished Osci. $320,486 16 $34,060 4 8/18/10 232 The Boys of Baraka Think $323,860 9 $9,705 1 11/30/05 231 The Central Park Five IFC $325,653 22 $30,570 3 11/23/12 230 The Devil and Daniel Johnston SPC $334,450 17 $23,192 5 3/31/06 229 Kings of Pastry FRun $336,386 10 $15,162 2 9/15/10 228 Happy People: A Year in the Taiga MBox $337,141 23 $10,481 1 1/25/13 227 Koch Zeit. $342,212 16 $35,196 2 2/1/13 226 Broadway: The Golden Age Da. $353,580 14 $16,524 2 6/11/04 225 The Source Wells $362,649 - n/a - 8/25/99 224 Keep the River on Your Right - A Modern Cannibal Tale IFC $373,366 15 $12,623 2 3/30/01 223 The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years NL $373,743 21 $45,008 21 6/3/88 222 Genghis Blues Roxie $374,550 6 $6,524 1 7/1/99 221 The Hunting of the President Reg. $376,612 20 $23,298 2 6/18/04 220 Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary SPC $378,382 12 $9,216 1 1/24/03 219 Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela Mela $381,225 3 $3,263 1 10/22/04 218 Into the Arms of Strangers WB $382,807 18 $32,037 5 9/15/00 217 Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? Wein. $384,955 102 $148,698 102 4/18/08 216 Turtle: The Incredible Journey Hann. $386,073 24 $69,389 24 6/24/11 215 Detropia LF $390,024 24 $17,414 1 9/7/12 214 End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones Magn. $391,950 10 $18,422 1 8/20/04 213 Still, We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie Think $396,803 54 $91,388 17 5/7/04 212 Amandla! Art. $405,331 16 $14,181 1 2/19/03 211 Project Nim RAtt. $411,184 22 $25,820 4 7/8/11 210 Sound City Vari. $412,605 50 $62,842 16 2/1/13 209 In the Realms of the Unreal Wells $417,120 13 $15,477 3 12/22/04 208 The Last Days Oct. $421,432 32 $20,492 3 2/5/99 207 Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy Mael. $421,516 7 $23,865 2 11/30/01 206 The Singing Revolution Abr. $426,855 5 $2,475 1 12/7/07 205 I Want Your Money Free $433,588 537 $249,428 537 10/15/10 204 Sketches of Frank Gehry SPC $439,309 21 $17,239 2 5/12/06 203 Gypsy Caravan Shad. $442,936 16 $379 1 1/19/07 202 The Heart of the Game Mira. $445,374 21 $11,251 3 6/9/06 201 I Am Trying to Break Your Heart Cow. $445,522 13 $10,776 1 7/26/02 200 The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl Kino $449,707 3 $9,711 1 3/18/94 199 The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers FRun $453,650 12 $1,114 1 1/29/10 198 Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism Libre $461,572 18 $77,982 5 8/6/04 197 Pearl Jam Twenty Abr. $471,334 60 $102,448 7 9/20/11 196 The Flat IFC $471,842 27 $19,916 3 10/19/12 195 Mr. Death Lions $507,941 28 $24,125 3 12/29/99 194 Shut Up and Play the Hits Osci. $510,334 161 n/a - 7/18/12 193 The Trials of Henry Kissinger FRun $516,726 8 $14,667 1 9/25/02 192 Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser WB $518,918 11 $31,842 2 10/1/89 191 Trouble the Water Zeit. $520,151 15 $28,606 3 8/22/08 190 A Great Day in Harlem Castle $527,034 8 $21,078 1 2/17/95 189 Sex Is... OutF $530,833 6 n/a - 5/7/93 188 Wild Man Blues NL $533,759 25 $54,458 3 4/17/98 187 Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry IFC $534,100 37 $41,104 5 7/27/12 186 Incident at Oglala Mira. $536,848 12 $19,070 3 5/8/92 185 The Art of the Steal IFC $544,890 34 $39,019 3 2/26/10 184 Undefeated (2012) Wein. $562,218 21 $33,165 5 2/17/12 183 Hands on a Hard Body Prov. $563,482 6 $7,607 1 7/10/98 182 The Weather Underground Shad. $564,632 14 $13,984 1 6/4/03 181 La Danse: Le Ballet de L'Opera de Paris Zipp. $567,493 25 $14,000 1 11/4/09 180 Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion AL $578,241 15 $9,482 1 9/19/03 179 Elvis On Tour 75th Anniversary WB $587,818 - n/a - 7/29/10 178 Powaqqatsi Can. $589,244 22 $27,899 1 4/29/88 177 Tarnation Wells $592,014 22 $12,740 1 10/6/04 176 Road Scholar Gold. $597,564 16 $8,635 1 7/16/93 175 Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - From Hollywood to the Heartland PicH $603,894 962 $464,170 962 2/8/08 174 Gunner Palace Palm $607,844 56 $63,520 8 3/4/05 173 The Filth and the Fury FL $612,192 29 $13,305 1 3/29/00 172 Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry Think $614,138 163 $279,219 163 10/1/04 171 Pumping Iron 2: The Women Cinc $628,050 - n/a - 5/3/85 170 The Last Lions NGE $635,325 61 $53,344 4 2/18/11 169 POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold SPC $638,476 141 $118,294 18 4/22/11 168 Dust to Glory IFC $640,013 80 $15,757 2 4/1/05 167 Anvil! The Story of Anvil Abr. $667,911 27 $34,651 3 4/10/09 166 Kurt and Courtney Roxie $668,228 12 $16,835 1 2/27/98 165 The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters PicH $677,914 58 $51,493 5 8/17/07 164 Wigstock: The Movie Gold. $686,152 30 $35,563 3 6/9/95 163 Inside Deep Throat Uni. $691,880 27 $88,709 12 2/11/05 162 56 Up FRun $695,371 33 $22,088 1 1/4/13 161 Tabloid IFC $696,921 37 $91,201 14 7/15/11 160 The 11th Hour WIP $707,343 111 $60,853 4 8/17/07 159 Shanghai Ghetto Men. $712,446 13 $10,356 1 9/27/02 158 The Big One Mira. $720,074 53 $146,909 33 4/10/98 157 Lost in La Mancha IFC $732,393 24 $63,303 8 1/31/03 156 Forks Over Knives Pas. $739,561 39 $17,645 1 1/7/11 155 The Cross: The Arthur Blessit Story 8X $741,557 221 $309,455 221 3/27/09 154 First Descent Uni. $750,805 243 $438,615 243 12/2/05 153 For All Mankind Apol. $770,132 9 $33,777 6 11/1/89 152 The Girl Next Door (2000) Indic. $771,712 5 $25,807 5 4/14/00 151 Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones WB $776,699 111 $99,740 26 10/5/90 150 To Be and to Have NYer $777,129 14 $20,528 3 9/19/03 149 The Wonder of It All Indic. $781,016 39 $18,988 3 7/17/09 148 Up the Yangtze Zeit. $783,969 23 $15,851 1 4/25/08 TOTAL (All Movies): $976,967,439 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $955,937 47 $132,543 25 - TOTAL $498,427,158 - - - - AVERAGE $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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