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 601 Paul Goodman Changed My Life Zeit. $5,754 16.1% 1 $5,754 $35,671 10/19/11 602 OC87 FKF $5,733 13.2% 1 $5,733 $43,583 5/25/12 603 Biggie and Tupac Roxie $5,728 6.0% 1 $5,728 $94,874 9/20/02 604 Better Than Something: Jay Reatard BTS $5,712 26.3% 4 $1,428 $21,697 3/2/12 605 How to Grow a Band ICir $5,705 28.3% 1 $5,705 $20,135 4/13/12 606 Death by China A23 $5,701 14.8% 1 $5,701 $38,492 8/17/12 607 Stone Reader Jet $5,682 2.2% 1 $5,682 $260,523 2/12/03 608 The Line King: Al Hirschfeld Castle $5,677 11.2% 1 $5,677 $50,605 9/27/96 609 Nostalgia for the Light Icar. $5,664 3.6% 1 $5,664 $156,928 1/13/11 610 Carmen & Geoffrey FRun $5,656 40.0% 1 $5,656 $14,130 3/13/09 611 Step Up to the Plate CGld $5,643 11.9% 2 $2,822 $47,439 9/14/12 612 If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Osci. $5,634 9.1% 2 $2,817 $61,794 6/22/11 613 America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments PMKBNC $5,599 45.3% 3 $1,866 $12,366 10/14/11 614 Of Time and the City Strand $5,595 17.1% 1 $5,595 $32,677 1/21/09 615 Garbo: The Spy FRun $5,593 19.6% 1 $5,593 $28,563 11/18/11 616 Burma VJ Osci. $5,554 10.7% 1 $5,554 $51,672 5/20/09 617 Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts Koch $5,546 27.7% 1 $5,546 $20,018 4/18/08 618 Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation KL $5,530 24.5% 1 $5,530 $22,607 1/18/13 619 Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock PicH $5,526 40.3% 2 $2,763 $13,710 11/15/06 620 A State of Mind Kino $5,515 13.3% 1 $5,515 $41,468 8/10/05 621 Killing Kasztner SkyI $5,513 4.9% 1 $5,513 $112,313 10/23/09 622 Best Worst Movie Abr. $5,503 5.0% 1 $5,503 $109,895 4/23/10 623 I Like Killing Flies Think $5,487 33.8% 1 $5,487 $16,214 7/28/06 624 Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill A Mockingbird FRun $5,457 17.5% 2 $2,729 $31,135 5/13/11 625 Otter 501 Pala. $5,444 22.3% 3 $1,815 $24,449 5/11/12 626 Great Directors Pala. $5,440 30.4% 3 $1,813 $17,921 7/2/10 627 Circo FRun $5,403 7.0% 1 $5,403 $77,466 4/1/11 628 Whores' Glory KL $5,358 17.1% 3 $1,786 $31,420 4/27/12 629 Patience (After Sebald) CGld $5,302 33.3% 1 $5,302 $15,941 5/9/12 630 F**k Think $5,299 23.7% 2 $2,649 $22,359 11/10/06 631 In a Dream ICir $5,297 9.7% 1 $5,297 $54,640 4/10/09 632 Blindsight Abr. $5,279 5.9% 1 $5,279 $89,169 3/5/08 633 Blockade Icar. $5,271 44.9% 1 $5,271 $11,750 3/14/07 634 Dancing Across Borders FRun $5,204 7.9% 1 $5,204 $66,166 3/26/10 635 Forever Icar. $5,202 21.8% 1 $5,202 $23,828 9/12/07 636 The Cats of Mirikitani LucD. $5,160 13.3% 1 $5,160 $38,925 3/2/07 637 Balseros 7Art $5,111 30.5% 1 $5,111 $16,783 7/23/03 638 Muhammad Ali, The Greatest Fct. $5,093 25.4% 1 $5,093 $20,073 4/11/03 639 I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal LVR $5,075 16.9% 4 $1,268 $29,976 5/23/07 640 Cuba: Island of Music Cn4 $5,071 51.8% 1 $5,071 $9,791 1/16/04 641 Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story Tost. $5,054 38.6% 1 $5,054 $13,080 3/4/11 642 Angels in the Dust Libre $5,043 43.5% 1 $5,043 $11,606 9/14/07 643 Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story Sage. $5,034 18.7% 1 $5,034 $26,859 11/24/06 644 Chely Wright: Wish Me Away FRun $5,026 27.0% 3 $1,675 $18,618 6/1/12 645 The 3 Rooms of Melancholia Icar. $5,025 26.0% 1 $5,025 $19,317 7/29/05 646 Los Angeles Plays Itself B/F $5,005 72.1% 1 $5,005 $6,945 7/28/04 647 Carol Channing: Larger Than Life EOne $5,000 22.0% 2 $2,500 $22,740 1/20/12 648 Becoming Traviata Distrib. $5,000 79.4% 1 $5,000 $6,300 5/15/13 649 See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary WP $4,996 4.2% 1 $4,996 $118,206 3/19/10 650 The Woman with the Five Elephants CGld $4,988 45.2% 1 $4,988 $11,026 7/20/11 651 The Last Mogul Think $4,965 30.1% 1 $4,965 $16,469 6/24/05 652 With All Deliberate Speed Emp. $4,920 64.0% 5 $984 $7,690 5/14/04 653 Girl Model FRun $4,898 23.2% 1 $4,898 $21,154 9/5/12 654 Sisters in Law WMM $4,895 14.7% 1 $4,895 $33,312 4/12/06 655 Wagner & Me FRun $4,891 13.0% 2 $2,446 $37,745 12/7/12 656 Genesis Think $4,891 29.8% 1 $4,891 $16,413 5/27/05 657 Girlhood Wells $4,845 12.8% 2 $2,422 $37,977 10/29/03 658 Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme Palm $4,842 38.4% 1 $4,842 $12,600 7/16/04 659 Watermarks Kino $4,837 2.0% 1 $4,837 $246,094 1/21/05 660 The Whale Pala. $4,835 5.9% 2 $2,418 $81,881 9/9/11 661 People Say I'm Crazy Palo $4,820 30.7% 1 $4,820 $15,679 4/30/04 662 East of Havana BMG $4,800 41.6% 1 $4,800 $11,550 2/2/07 663 Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon Reel $4,792 24.3% 1 $4,792 $19,712 5/30/08 664 American Cannibal Life $4,778 28.8% 1 $4,778 $16,566 3/16/07 665 Defamation FRun $4,725 39.3% 4 $1,181 $12,038 11/20/09 666 The Pruitt-Igoe Myth FRun $4,721 10.5% 1 $4,721 $44,883 1/20/12 667 Not Quite Hollywood Magn. $4,694 22.2% 2 $2,347 $21,152 7/31/09 668 Bert Stern: Original Mad Man FRun $4,691 15.7% 4 $1,173 $29,946 4/5/13 669 Neshoba: The Price of Freedom FRun $4,645 24.1% 1 $4,645 $19,245 8/13/10 670 The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu FDesk $4,644 13.6% 1 $4,644 $34,023 9/9/11 671 Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh Roxie $4,632 0.3% 1 $4,632 $1,577,480 8/19/88 672 Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields Vari. $4,620 6.7% 1 $4,620 $68,719 10/27/10 673 Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired Think $4,613 7.8% 1 $4,613 $59,192 7/11/08 674 New York in the 50's Avat. $4,552 38.3% 1 $4,552 $11,882 2/9/01 675 Operation Homecoming Docu. $4,516 66.5% 1 $4,516 $6,795 2/9/07 676 You've Been Trumped ICir $4,497 15.4% 1 $4,497 $29,273 8/3/12 677 The Kids Grow Up Shad. $4,497 37.2% 1 $4,497 $12,095 10/29/10 678 The Protagonist IFC $4,495 32.5% 1 $4,495 $13,850 11/30/07 679 Bright Leaves FRun $4,485 5.8% 1 $4,485 $77,888 8/25/04 680 Three of Hearts Think $4,482 20.9% 1 $4,482 $21,429 10/19/05 681 Vajra Sky Over Tibet Truly $4,471 7.2% 1 $4,471 $62,356 8/18/06 682 Fast Trip, Long Drop Drif $4,438 42.2% 1 $4,438 $10,524 1/6/95 683 Cowboy del Amor Emr. $4,438 100.0% 2 $2,219 $4,438 2/10/06 684 Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea Tila. $4,424 8.3% 2 $2,212 $53,471 2/24/06 685 A Letter to True Zeit. $4,395 28.1% 1 $4,395 $15,635 9/8/04 686 Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead Abr. $4,352 47.5% 1 $4,352 $9,166 2/27/09 687 Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman AL $4,347 21.6% 1 $4,347 $20,157 7/4/07 688 Granito: How to Nail a Dictator ICir $4,330 9.9% 1 $4,330 $43,942 9/14/11 689 Chelsea on the Rocks Aliq. $4,286 36.3% 1 $4,286 $11,799 10/2/09 690 Freedom on My Mind Tara $4,272 6.0% 1 $4,272 $71,176 6/22/94 691 Without the King FRun $4,237 48.9% 1 $4,237 $8,663 4/25/08 692 Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer Indic. $4,236 4.0% 2 $2,118 $107,040 3/5/04 693 Weapons of Mass Deception Libre $4,216 14.0% 3 $1,405 $30,210 12/3/04 694 Quantum Hoops GFor. $4,216 59.6% 1 $4,216 $7,075 11/2/07 695 Surviving Progress FRun $4,161 7.7% 2 $2,081 $53,953 4/6/12 696 One Peace at a Time Mont. $4,138 35.4% 1 $4,138 $11,698 12/4/09 697 Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet FRun $4,117 8.9% 1 $4,117 $46,412 11/8/02 698 The Garden Osci. $4,114 15.3% 1 $4,114 $26,931 4/24/09 699 Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus Shad. $4,095 5.1% 1 $4,095 $79,916 7/13/05 700 The Last Party Trit $4,088 36.6% 1 $4,088 $11,156 8/27/93 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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