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 , #1001-1057 Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 147 Trembling Before G-d New Yorker $788,896 8 $21,410 1 10/24/01 2 151 To Be and to Have New Yorker $777,129 14 $20,528 3 9/19/03 3 274 Life and Debt New Yorker $263,107 4 $1,494 1 6/16/01 4 413 After Innocence New Yorker $114,264 4 $10,194 1 10/21/05 5 447 Paragraph 175 New Yorker $96,630 2 $25,007 2 9/13/00 6 512 Absolute Wilson New Yorker $66,217 3 $6,879 2 10/27/06 7 605 Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4PM New Yorker $41,040 2 $7,412 1 10/12/01 8 624 Tsahal New Yorker $38,773 1 $12,195 1 1/27/95 9 880 ABC Africa New Yorker $9,075 1 $559 1 5/3/02 10 - The Sky Turns (El cielo gira) New Yorker n/a 1 n/a 1 2/11/11 11 613 Yiddish Theater: A Love Story New Love Films $40,182 3 $1,886 1 11/21/07 12 73 The Endless Summer II New Line $2,155,385 302 $657,292 302 6/3/94 13 189 Wild Man Blues New Line $533,759 25 $54,458 3 4/17/98 14 225 The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years New Line $373,743 21 $45,008 21 6/3/88 15 28 Flying Monsters National Geographic Entertainment $5,309,543 27 n/a 6 10/7/11 16 101 Restrepo National Geographic Entertainment $1,330,894 52 $35,581 2 6/25/10 17 135 The Wildest Dream National Geographic Entertainment $898,137 21 $67,848 12 8/6/10 18 171 The Last Lions National Geographic Entertainment $635,325 61 $53,344 4 2/18/11 19 284 Life in a Day National Geographic Entertainment $252,788 19 $45,202 11 7/29/11 20 817 Benda Bilili! National Geographic Entertainment $13,420 3 $1,678 1 9/30/11 21 231 Happy People: A Year in the Taiga Music Box Films $338,987 23 $10,481 1 1/25/13 22 467 Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present Music Box Films $86,637 5 $11,041 2 6/13/12 23 463 The Cartel Moving Pictures Institute $87,763 2 $3,694 2 4/16/10 24 308 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama Monterey Media, Inc. $224,546 11 n/a - 4/27/07 25 840 One Peace at a Time Monterey Media, Inc. $11,698 2 $4,138 1 12/4/09 26 857 whaledreamers Monterey Media, Inc. $10,584 6 $1,827 6 9/26/08 27 760 Favela Rising Mochary Films $19,781 2 $7,768 1 6/2/06 28 627 Oh My God? Mitropoulos Films $38,244 7 $8,263 3 11/13/09 29 704 Gotta Dance Mitropoulos Films $25,108 4 $8,576 1 7/31/09 30 976 The Price of Sugar Mitropoulos Films $3,384 1 $3,384 1 9/28/07 31 13 Madonna: Truth or Dare Miramax $15,012,935 652 $543,250 51 5/10/91 32 40 Paris is Burning Miramax $3,779,620 91 $310,127 23 8/9/91 33 58 Unzipped Miramax $2,875,086 119 $71,275 2 8/4/95 34 60 Comedian Miramax $2,751,988 244 $60,224 4 10/11/02 35 87 Rhyme & Reason Miramax $1,608,277 280 $853,589 280 3/7/97 36 95 Microcosmos Miramax $1,433,210 43 $35,189 2 10/9/96 37 113 The Thin Blue Line Miramax $1,209,846 23 $17,814 1 8/26/88 38 159 The Big One Miramax $720,074 53 $146,909 33 4/10/98 39 187 Incident at Oglala Miramax $536,848 12 $19,070 3 5/8/92 40 204 The Heart of the Game Miramax $445,374 21 $11,251 3 6/9/06 41 270 American Dream Miramax $269,823 7 $9,291 2 3/18/92 42 376 Once in a Lifetime Miramax $144,601 12 $9,805 1 7/7/06 43 385 Naqoyqatsi Miramax $133,058 9 $17,154 2 10/18/02 44 388 Deep Blue Miramax $132,261 5 $8,373 2 6/3/05 45 739 Small Wonders Miramax $20,819 7 $2,880 1 10/4/96 46 799 Full-Tilt Boogie Miramax $15,313 6 $9,895 6 7/31/98 47 841 My Voyage to Italy Miramax $11,683 1 $7,117 1 10/24/01 48 957 This Divided State Minority Films $4,255 1 $1,653 1 7/22/05 49 600 On the Bowery (re-release) Milestone $41,802 1 $13,236 1 9/17/10 50 828 Full Battle Rattle Mile End Films $12,306 1 $3,216 1 7/9/08 51 33 That's Dancing! MGM $4,210,938 906 $1,506,802 906 1/18/85 52 121 Say Amen, Somebody MGM $1,108,299 - n/a - 3/11/83 53 160 Shanghai Ghetto Menemsha $712,446 13 $10,356 1 9/27/02 54 221 Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela Mela Films $381,225 3 $3,263 1 10/22/04 55 560 Screamers (2006) Maya Entertainment $52,034 4 $23,609 4 12/8/06 56 969 Fraude Maya Entertainment $3,637 5 $2,369 5 10/10/08 57 506 2012: Time for Change Mangusta Productions $68,339 2 $9,009 1 4/9/10 58 31 Food, Inc. Magnolia $4,417,674 155 $60,513 3 6/12/09 59 36 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Magnolia $4,071,700 151 $76,639 3 4/22/05 60 53 Capturing the Friedmans Magnolia $3,119,113 78 $65,154 3 5/30/03 61 56 Man on Wire Magnolia $2,962,242 93 $51,392 2 7/25/08 62 64 Control Room Magnolia $2,589,616 74 $27,125 1 5/21/04 63 65 Jiro Dreams of Sushi Magnolia $2,552,478 80 $42,035 2 3/9/12 64 68 The Queen of Versailles Magnolia $2,401,999 89 $51,326 3 7/20/12 65 94 No End in Sight Magnolia $1,433,319 117 $31,533 2 7/27/07 66 96 Marley Magnolia $1,413,480 73 $262,004 42 4/20/12 67 109 Gonzo Magnolia $1,252,100 59 $191,942 26 7/4/08 68 122 Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times Magnolia $1,067,028 65 $28,911 2 6/17/11 69 132 Jesus Camp Magnolia $902,544 52 $17,659 13 9/15/06 70 216 End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones Magnolia $391,950 10 $18,422 1 8/20/04 71 237 Bukowski: Born Into This Magnolia $318,816 8 $27,095 5 5/28/04 72 245 Bigger, Stronger, Faster* Magnolia $308,575 26 $31,576 6 5/30/08 73 251 Crazy Love Magnolia $301,027 38 $17,952 3 6/1/07 74 259 Outrage Magnolia $287,198 18 $32,589 5 5/8/09 75 269 Surfwise Magnolia $269,994 13 $10,304 1 5/9/08 76 302 A Place at the Table Magnolia $231,378 35 $92,257 35 3/1/13 77 333 Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Magnolia $189,416 17 $16,962 3 11/5/10 78 338 No Place on Earth Magnolia $182,306 27 $13,813 2 4/5/13 79 366 Magic Trip Magnolia $154,521 18 $14,367 4 8/5/11 80 374 Cocaine Cowboys Magnolia $150,056 14 $36,295 12 10/27/06 81 430 Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview Magnolia $105,710 13 n/a - 11/16/11 82 432 Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst Magnolia $105,054 9 $22,444 4 11/26/04 83 433 Mr. Untouchable Magnolia $104,678 26 $48,280 26 10/26/07 84 438 Freakonomics Magnolia $101,270 20 $31,893 20 10/1/10 85 440 Rejoice and Shout Magnolia $100,237 7 $6,589 1 6/3/11 86 529 Limelight Magnolia $60,335 4 $9,259 1 9/23/11 87 534 Maxed Out Magnolia $58,829 6 $20,024 6 3/9/07 88 537 Voices of Iraq Magnolia $57,999 12 $30,634 12 10/29/04 89 555 Occupy Unmasked Magnolia $52,768 4 $40,952 4 9/21/12 90 575 Venus and Serena Magnolia $48,280 8 $10,981 4 5/10/13 91 576 Terror's Advocate Magnolia $47,724 4 $11,197 3 10/12/07 92 674 American Swing Magnolia $30,156 2 $10,174 1 3/27/09 93 736 Not Quite Hollywood Magnolia $21,152 6 $4,694 2 7/31/09 94 767 A League of Ordinary Gentlemen Magnolia $18,807 4 n/a 1 5/27/05 95 921 Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie Magnolia $6,609 5 $3,936 5 6/7/13 96 992 Herbie Hancock: Possibilities Magnolia $2,493 2 $1,772 2 4/14/06 97 488 Shoot Down Magic Lamp $74,421 21 $49,182 21 1/25/08 98 209 Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy Maelstrom $421,516 7 $23,865 2 11/30/01 99 981 Beyond Barbed Wire Mac and Ava Motion Pictures $3,109 1 $1,668 1 7/18/97 100 676 I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal Luminous Velocity Releasing $29,976 9 $5,075 4 5/23/07 TOTAL (All Movies): $979,247,108 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $948,883 46 $131,414 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 , #1001-1057
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