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 , #901-959 Rank Title (click to view) Studio Opening % of Theaters / Avg. Total Release 201 Anne Frank Remembered SPC $26,697 2.0% 4 $6,674 $1,310,200 2/23/96 202 My Kid Could Paint That SPC $26,290 11.4% 8 $3,286 $231,574 10/5/07 203 Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life Strand $26,101 12.7% 2 $13,051 $205,246 2/13/98 204 Project Nim RAtt. $25,820 6.3% 4 $6,455 $411,184 7/8/11 205 The Girl Next Door (2000) Indic. $25,807 3.3% 5 $5,161 $771,712 4/14/00 206 Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey Cdgm. $25,573 41.9% 23 $1,112 $61,018 3/8/13 207 Paper Clips Slow $25,535 2.3% 5 $5,107 $1,121,744 11/24/04 208 Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard ReelD $25,460 51.0% 1 $25,460 $49,919 7/27/07 209 District of Corruption RM $25,086 78.5% 3 $8,362 $31,954 10/26/12 210 Paragraph 175 NYer $25,007 25.9% 2 $12,503 $96,630 9/13/00 211 Better Living Through Circuitry 7Art $24,970 30.3% 4 $6,242 $82,378 5/26/00 212 Unknown White Male Wells $24,591 19.4% 4 $6,147 $126,836 2/24/06 213 Tying the Knot IDP $24,517 60.4% 8 $3,064 $40,576 10/1/04 214 Iraq in Fragments Arab $24,435 12.0% 7 $3,490 $204,462 11/8/06 215 The Yes Men UA $24,373 9.5% 3 $8,124 $255,364 9/24/04 216 Mr. Death Lions $24,125 4.7% 3 $8,041 $507,941 12/29/99 217 Imelda Unco $24,077 12.0% 6 $4,012 $200,992 6/9/04 218 Soul Power SPC $23,893 11.5% 6 $3,982 $207,121 7/10/09 219 Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy Mael. $23,865 5.7% 2 $11,932 $421,516 11/30/01 220 Fast, Cheap and Out of Control SPC $23,665 2.7% 2 $11,832 $878,960 10/3/97 221 Screamers (2006) Maya $23,609 45.4% 4 $5,902 $52,034 12/8/06 222 The Hunting of the President Reg. $23,298 6.2% 2 $11,649 $376,612 6/18/04 223 Darfur Now WIP $23,217 21.3% 3 $7,739 $109,107 11/2/07 224 The Devil and Daniel Johnston SPC $23,192 6.9% 5 $4,638 $334,450 3/31/06 225 Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey SD $22,963 7.6% 1 $22,963 $304,052 10/21/11 226 Arctic Tale ParV $22,607 2.7% 4 $5,651 $833,532 7/25/07 227 Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst Magn. $22,444 21.4% 4 $5,611 $105,054 11/26/04 228 The Imposter IM $22,379 2.5% 1 $22,379 $898,317 7/13/12 229 56 Up FRun $22,088 3.2% 1 $22,088 $695,371 1/4/13 230 Living in Emergency Truly $21,905 68.0% 7 $3,129 $32,208 6/4/10 231 God Grew Tired of Us NM $21,858 7.3% 2 $10,929 $301,447 1/12/07 232 The Story of the Weeping Camel Think $21,767 1.2% 2 $10,883 $1,763,052 6/4/04 233 Valentino: The Last Emperor Truly $21,762 1.2% 1 $21,762 $1,755,134 3/18/09 234 Protocols of Zion Think $21,733 12.1% 4 $5,433 $178,875 10/21/05 235 Mayor of the Sunset Strip First $21,722 8.4% 7 $3,103 $257,315 3/26/04 236 Life & Times of Hank Greenberg Cow. $21,675 1.3% 1 $21,675 $1,712,385 1/12/00 237 Grass Una. $21,578 6.9% 2 $10,789 $313,039 5/31/00 238 South of the Border Libre $21,545 10.8% 1 $21,545 $198,600 6/25/10 239 Trembling Before G-d NYer $21,410 2.7% 1 $21,410 $788,896 10/24/01 240 Southpaw: The Francis Barrett Story Shoot. $21,381 75.4% 19 $1,125 $28,365 4/7/00 241 Steep SPC $21,189 8.1% 17 $1,246 $260,586 12/21/07 242 A Great Day in Harlem Castle $21,078 4.0% 1 $21,078 $527,034 2/17/95 243 Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten IFC $20,880 8.4% 2 $10,440 $248,362 11/2/07 244 An Inconsistent Truth RM $20,733 29.9% 1 $20,733 $69,394 1/27/12 245 Ballplayer: Pelotero Strand $20,628 44.7% 10 $2,063 $46,109 7/13/12 246 To Be and to Have NYer $20,528 2.6% 3 $6,842 $777,129 9/19/03 247 The Last Days Oct. $20,492 4.9% 3 $6,830 $421,432 2/5/99 248 DIG! Palm $20,437 16.1% 2 $10,218 $127,067 10/1/04 249 Last Train Home Zeit. $20,418 7.1% 1 $20,418 $288,328 9/3/10 250 Gunnin' for That #1 Spot Osci. $20,355 40.1% 14 $1,454 $50,804 6/27/08 251 American Movie SPC $20,260 1.7% 2 $10,130 $1,165,795 11/5/99 252 Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness ICir $20,247 2.2% 1 $20,247 $906,666 7/8/11 253 Maxed Out Magn. $20,024 34.0% 6 $3,337 $58,829 3/9/07 254 The Flat IFC $19,916 4.2% 3 $6,639 $471,842 10/19/12 255 Crumb SPC $19,859 0.7% 1 $19,859 $3,041,083 4/21/95 256 The Other Dream Team TFA $19,821 14.7% 2 $9,911 $135,228 9/28/12 257 Waiting for Lightning Gold. $19,537 90.5% 11 $1,776 $21,577 12/7/12 258 Fidel FRun $19,320 15.9% 2 $9,660 $121,304 10/18/02 259 Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg ICir $19,302 1.7% 2 $9,651 $1,134,623 7/10/09 260 Incident at Oglala Mira. $19,070 3.6% 3 $6,356 $536,848 5/8/92 261 The Beaches of Agnes CGld $19,032 7.9% 3 $6,344 $239,711 7/2/09 262 The Wonder of It All Indic. $18,988 2.4% 3 $6,329 $781,016 7/17/09 263 The Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure Cow. $18,931 0.8% 3 $6,310 $2,453,083 10/5/01 264 My Flesh and Blood Strand $18,763 46.2% 7 $2,680 $40,573 11/28/03 265 Brooklyn Castle PDA $18,761 8.6% 2 $9,381 $219,407 10/19/12 266 Weapons of the Spirit FRun $18,580 8.0% 1 $18,580 $232,981 9/1/89 267 End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones Magn. $18,422 4.7% 1 $18,422 $391,950 8/20/04 268 Hoop Dreams FL $18,396 0.2% 3 $6,132 $7,830,611 10/14/94 269 Mansome Pala. $18,395 50.7% 20 $920 $36,280 5/18/12 270 Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune FRun $18,211 6.9% 1 $18,211 $263,723 1/5/11 271 American Hardcore SPC $18,102 6.5% 1 $18,102 $279,665 9/22/06 272 Crazy Love Magn. $17,952 6.0% 3 $5,984 $301,027 6/1/07 273 The Thin Blue Line Mira. $17,814 1.5% 1 $17,814 $1,209,846 8/26/88 274 Encounters at the End of the World Think $17,730 1.9% 1 $17,730 $944,933 6/11/08 275 My Perestroika ICir $17,680 7.3% 1 $17,680 $242,707 3/23/11 276 Jesus Camp Magn. $17,659 2.0% 13 $1,358 $902,544 9/15/06 277 Forks Over Knives Pas. $17,645 2.4% 1 $17,645 $739,561 1/7/11 278 New York Doll FInd. $17,583 8.0% 5 $3,516 $219,672 10/28/05 279 The Last Mountain Da. $17,570 14.3% 2 $8,785 $122,961 6/3/11 280 Spellbound (2003) Think $17,508 0.3% 1 $17,508 $5,728,581 4/30/03 281 Revenge of the Electric Car A23 $17,482 11.6% 2 $8,741 $150,886 10/21/11 282 Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Arth. $17,466 6.8% 1 $17,466 $256,242 7/21/10 283 Detropia LF $17,414 4.5% 1 $17,414 $390,024 9/7/12 284 Gay Sex in the 70s Lvtt. $17,357 7.0% 1 $17,357 $249,565 11/4/05 285 Bustin' Down the Door Scre. $17,317 15.8% 5 $3,463 $109,427 7/25/08 286 The Black Power Mix Tape: 1967-1975 IFC $17,316 6.3% 2 $8,658 $273,749 9/9/11 287 Sketches of Frank Gehry SPC $17,239 3.9% 2 $8,619 $439,309 5/12/06 288 Naqoyqatsi Mira. $17,154 12.9% 2 $8,577 $133,058 10/18/02 289 Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man LGF $17,130 1.6% 1 $17,130 $1,044,254 6/21/06 290 The Cockettes Strand $17,118 7.8% 3 $5,706 $220,165 5/10/02 291 The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg FRun $17,112 75.4% 2 $8,556 $22,692 2/17/94 292 Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould Lorb. $17,034 10.2% 3 $5,678 $167,508 9/10/10 293 Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Magn. $16,962 9.0% 3 $5,654 $189,416 11/5/10 294 The Last Dispatch Fabr. $16,848 81.5% 1 $16,848 $20,684 7/29/05 295 Kurt and Courtney Roxie $16,835 2.5% 1 $16,835 $668,228 2/27/98 296 Crude FRun $16,595 9.7% 1 $16,595 $170,295 9/9/09 297 Broadway: The Golden Age Da. $16,524 4.7% 2 $8,262 $353,580 6/11/04 298 Tom Dowd and the Language of Music Palm $16,522 40.4% 10 $1,652 $40,919 8/13/04 299 The Invisible War Cdgm. $16,500 22.9% 4 $4,125 $71,968 6/22/12 300 The House I Live In Abr. $16,453 7.8% 2 $8,227 $210,752 10/5/12 AVERAGE $7,698,112 24.7% 1,270 $6,062 $31,151,697 -
Rows: #1-100 , #101-200 , #201-300 , #301-400 , #401-500 , #501-600 , #601-700 , #701-800 , #801-900 , #901-959 Note: Only movies with opening weekend grosses are listed on this chart.
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