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 Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1
260
Morning Light
BV
$275,497
55
$129,295
55
10/17/08
2
199
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
FRun
$453,650
12
$1,114
1
1/29/10
3
993
A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism
FRun
$1,916
2
$822
2
9/24/10
4
600
Moving Midway
FRun
$40,864
4
$6,539
2
9/12/08
5
584
Moving the Mountain
Oct.
$44,536
3
$3,199
1
4/26/95
6
195
Mr. Death
Lions
$507,941
28
$24,125
3
12/29/99
7
-
Mr. Leather
Reg.
n/a
-
n/a
-
12/8/06
8
431
Mr. Untouchable
Magn.
$104,678
26
$48,280
26
10/26/07
9
890
Mugabe and the White African
FRun
$7,924
1
$1,907
1
7/23/10
10
748
Muhammad Ali, The Greatest
Fct.
$20,073
1
$5,093
1
4/11/03
11
90
Murderball
Think
$1,531,154
97
$57,286
8
7/8/05
12
379
Music from the Inside Out
Emr.
$141,504
4
$13,444
1
4/22/05
13
61
My Architect
NYer
$2,750,707
39
$37,929
2
11/12/03
14
642
My Country, My Country
Zeit.
$33,620
4
$3,546
1
8/4/06
15
603
My Flesh and Blood
Strand
$40,573
7
$18,763
7
11/28/03
16
299
My Kid Could Paint That
SPC
$231,574
20
$26,290
8
10/5/07
17
290
My Perestroika
ICir
$242,707
19
$17,680
1
3/23/11
18
450
My Reincarnation
Long Shot
$92,822
5
$6,498
1
10/28/11
19
836
My Voyage to Italy
Mira.
$11,683
1
$7,117
1
10/24/01
20
676
Naked Fame
Reg.
$29,220
2
$2,837
1
2/18/05
21
488
Naked in Ashes
Jour
$72,073
6
$9,690
1
10/21/05
22
353
Nanking
Think
$161,182
10
$6,316
1
12/12/07
23
383
Naqoyqatsi
Mira.
$133,058
9
$17,154
2
10/18/02
24
314
Neil Young Journeys
SPC
$215,026
23
$12,025
3
6/29/12
25
769
Nenette
Kino
$18,009
3
$1,176
1
12/22/10
26
758
Neshoba: The Price of Freedom
FRun
$19,245
2
$4,645
1
8/13/10
27
804
Never Stand Still: Dancing at Jacob's Pillow
FRun
$14,272
2
$1,951
1
5/18/12
28
309
New York Doll
FInd.
$219,672
11
$17,583
5
10/28/05
29
831
New York in the 50's
Avat.
$11,882
1
$4,552
1
2/9/01
30
245
Nico-Icon
Roxie
$306,691
4
n/a
-
9/8/95
31
94
No End in Sight
Magn.
$1,433,319
117
$31,533
2
7/27/07
32
440
No Impact Man
Osci.
$100,028
8
$15,215
2
9/11/09
33
374
No Place on Earth
Magn.
$146,071
27
$13,813
2
4/5/13
34
784
No Restraint
IFC
$16,136
6
$1,241
1
12/20/06
35
485
The Nomi Song
Palm
$74,631
3
$14,510
2
2/4/05
36
358
Nostalgia for the Light
Icar.
$156,928
6
$5,664
1
1/13/11
37
920
Not Bad for a Girl
Hor.
$6,152
-
n/a
-
10/18/96
38
730
Not Quite Hollywood
Magn.
$21,152
6
$4,694
2
7/31/09
39
1021
Notes on Marie Menken
Icar.
$577
1
$577
1
2/9/07
40
693
Nursery University
Vari.
$26,042
4
$11,307
1
4/24/09
41
-
Obscene
Arth.
n/a
-
n/a
-
9/26/08
42
589
OC87
FKF
$43,583
6
$5,733
1
5/25/12
43
550
Occupy Unmasked
Magn.
$52,768
4
$40,952
4
9/21/12
44
11
Oceans
BV
$19,422,319
1,232
$6,058,958
1,206
4/22/10
45
647
Of Time and the City
Strand
$32,677
2
$5,595
1
1/21/09
46
619
Oh My God?
Mitro.
$38,244
7
$8,263
3
11/13/09
47
593
On the Bowery (re-release)
Mile.
$41,802
1
$13,236
1
9/17/10
48
574
On the Ropes
Wells
$46,737
5
$7,431
1
8/18/99
49
998
On the Rumba River
FRun
$1,698
1
$1,156
1
6/6/08
50
375
Once in a Lifetime
Mira.
$144,601
12
$9,805
1
7/7/06
51
791
One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern
FRun
$15,504
2
$2,876
1
9/16/05
52
359
One Day in September
SPC
$156,818
5
$15,149
5
11/17/00
53
835
One Peace at a Time
Mont.
$11,698
2
$4,138
1
12/4/09
54
765
One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das
Zeit.
$18,462
2
$11,515
1
5/8/13
55
795
Only the Young
Osci.
$15,312
2
$1,446
1
12/7/12
56
879
Only When I Dance
FM
$8,738
1
$2,181
1
7/2/10
57
838
Operation Filmmaker
Icar.
$11,573
1
$2,964
1
6/4/08
58
911
Operation Homecoming
Docu.
$6,795
1
$4,516
1
2/9/07
59
986
The Optimists: The Story of the Rescue of the Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust
Castle
$2,377
1
$2,377
1
10/21/05
60
634
Orchestra of Exiles
FRun
$34,577
5
$6,719
1
10/26/12
61
514
The Order of Myths
CGld
$62,645
3
$7,056
1
7/25/08
62
565
Orgasm Inc.
FRun
$49,001
3
$8,773
2
2/11/11
63
739
Orwell Rolls in His Grave
SHB
$20,389
3
$6,059
1
7/23/04
64
995
Oswald's Ghost
7Art
$1,796
1
$1,796
1
11/30/07
65
714
The Other City
CF
$22,539
2
$10,396
2
9/17/10
66
381
The Other Dream Team
TFA
$135,228
14
$19,821
2
9/28/12
67
545
The Other F Word
Osci.
$53,714
6
$15,792
2
11/4/11
68
700
Otter 501
Pala.
$24,449
4
$5,444
3
5/11/12
69
350
Our Brand Is Crisis
Koch
$166,750
2
$7,970
1
3/1/06
70
631
Our City Dreams
FRun
$34,972
3
$4,056
1
2/6/09
71
873
Out of the Past (1998)
Zeit.
$9,078
1
$1,671
1
7/31/98
72
198
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Libre
$461,572
18
$77,982
5
8/6/04
73
257
Outrage
Magn.
$287,198
18
$32,589
5
5/8/09
74
558
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
AM
$51,301
3
$7,272
1
8/10/11
75
-
Overnight
Think
n/a
-
n/a
-
11/10/04
76
121
Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times
Magn.
$1,067,028
65
$28,911
2
6/17/11
77
242
The Panama Deception
EPr
$309,596
11
$6,563
1
7/31/92
78
118
Paper Clips
Slow
$1,121,744
43
$25,535
5
11/24/04
79
625
Paper Dolls
Strand
$36,577
3
$7,870
3
9/6/06
80
264
Paradise Lost
CThnk
$272,750
11
$10,740
1
9/20/96
81
445
Paragraph 175
NYer
$96,630
2
$25,007
2
9/13/00
82
40
Paris is Burning
Mira.
$3,779,620
91
$310,127
23
8/9/91
83
992
Patagonia Rising
FRun
$2,064
1
$981
1
6/8/12
84
786
Patience (After Sebald)
CGld
$15,941
1
$5,302
1
5/9/12
85
659
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Palm
$30,918
1
$9,993
1
8/6/08
86
628
Paul Goodman Changed My Life
Zeit.
$35,671
2
$5,754
1
10/19/11
87
617
Paul Williams Still Alive
Abr.
$38,691
2
$6,116
1
6/8/12
88
771
Payback (2012)
Zeit.
$17,979
3
$2,186
1
4/25/12
89
937
Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land
Arab
$4,930
1
$1,735
1
1/28/05
90
197
Pearl Jam Twenty
Abr.
$471,334
60
$102,448
7
9/20/11
91
788
People Say I'm Crazy
Palo
$15,679
1
$4,820
1
4/30/04
92
382
A Perfect Candidate
7Art
$134,485
8
n/a
-
6/19/96
93
614
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
BV
$39,075
1
$10,350
1
3/6/98
94
460
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Wein.
$88,312
3
$11,945
1
10/26/07
95
270
Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune
FRun
$263,723
13
$18,211
1
1/5/11
96
820
The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover
Icar.
$12,546
1
$2,630
1
7/26/06
97
892
Photographic Memory
FRun
$7,822
2
$3,006
2
10/12/12
98
564
Pianomania
FRun
$49,852
6
$2,238
1
5/27/11
99
830
Picture Me
Strand
$12,008
1
$6,718
1
9/17/10
100
44
Pina
IFC
$3,524,826
84
$68,012
3
12/23/11
TOTAL (All Movies): $976,967,439 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $955,937 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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