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 , #901-958 Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Opening % of Theaters / Avg. Total Release 101 705 Love, Marilyn SD $4,000 57.6% 1 $4,000 $6,950 11/30/12 102 35 I Want Your Money Free $249,428 57.5% 537 $464 $433,588 10/15/10 103 321 Through the Fire Libre $14,769 57.4% 8 $1,846 $25,752 2/10/06 104 851 Saints and Sinners Avat. $2,167 56.6% 1 $2,167 $3,826 6/18/04 105 947 Beyond Hatred FRun $533 56.2% 1 $533 $949 6/15/07 106 90 The Undefeated (2011) ArcEnt $65,132 56.0% 10 $6,513 $116,381 7/15/11 107 554 Picture Me Strand $6,718 55.9% 1 $6,718 $12,008 9/17/10 108 828 Twisted: A Balloonamentary N/A $2,354 55.8% 1 $2,354 $4,218 5/23/08 109 578 Sputnik Mania Bal. $6,223 54.4% 1 $6,223 $11,441 3/14/08 110 803 Everything's Cool CityL $2,641 54.0% 2 $1,320 $4,890 11/23/07 111 148 Beyond the Gates (2004) ETr. $36,412 54.0% 5 $7,282 $67,433 11/5/04 112 82 Free Angela and All Political Prisoners Code $69,306 53.7% 16 $4,332 $129,102 4/5/13 113 885 Beyond Barbed Wire M&A $1,668 53.7% 1 $1,668 $3,109 7/18/97 114 935 The Letter: An American Town and the 'Somali Invasion' Arab $789 53.3% 1 $789 $1,479 2/9/05 115 365 Islam: What the West Needs to Know Quix. $12,184 53.1% 3 $4,061 $22,938 7/7/06 116 22 Rhyme & Reason Mira. $853,589 53.1% 280 $3,048 $1,608,277 3/7/97 117 178 Voices of Iraq Magn. $30,634 52.8% 12 $2,552 $57,999 10/29/04 118 44 Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap IM $150,337 52.1% 157 $958 $288,312 6/15/12 119 640 Cuba: Island of Music Cn4 $5,071 51.8% 1 $5,071 $9,791 1/16/04 120 723 Saint of 9/11 IFC $3,680 51.6% 1 $3,680 $7,137 9/6/06 121 939 Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision Icar. $642 51.5% 1 $642 $1,246 8/5/05 122 208 Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard ReelD $25,460 51.0% 1 $25,460 $49,919 7/27/07 123 941 The Trials of Darryl Hunt Think $619 50.9% 2 $309 $1,217 6/15/07 124 269 Mansome Pala. $18,395 50.7% 20 $920 $36,280 5/18/12 125 715 loudQUIETloud: A Film About The Pixies Roxie $3,792 50.5% 3 $1,264 $7,506 9/29/06 126 788 Gogol Bordello Non-Stop Lorb. $2,793 50.5% 1 $2,793 $5,532 9/11/09 127 845 Blood and Tears Think $2,201 50.4% 1 $2,201 $4,364 6/15/07 128 943 Food Beware FRun $595 50.4% 1 $595 $1,181 10/16/09 129 77 Hecho En Mexico LGF $76,123 50.4% 12 $6,344 $151,133 11/30/12 130 756 Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death Artma $3,238 50.1% 1 $3,238 $6,458 10/21/05 131 139 Hating Breitbart RM $40,673 49.9% 4 $10,168 $81,432 10/19/12 132 599 Crop Circles: Quest for Truth Open $5,763 49.8% 1 $5,763 $11,562 8/23/02 133 421 The Highest Pass Libre $10,125 49.7% 2 $5,063 $20,386 4/27/12 134 857 Heavy Metal in Baghdad ArtsA $2,012 49.4% 2 $1,006 $4,070 5/23/08 135 361 Free the Mind ICir $12,215 49.2% 1 $12,215 $24,806 5/3/13 136 744 Camden 28 FRun $3,428 49.1% 1 $3,428 $6,983 7/27/07 137 690 Without the King FRun $4,237 48.9% 1 $4,237 $8,663 4/25/08 138 773 Scottsboro: An American Tragedy SMP $2,991 48.8% 1 $2,991 $6,123 1/19/01 139 542 Desert Bayou Libre $6,976 48.6% 1 $6,976 $14,350 10/5/07 140 731 The Cult of the Suicide Bomber DCo. $3,609 48.4% 1 $3,609 $7,451 6/2/06 141 436 If I Die Tonight Indic. $9,646 47.7% 2 $4,823 $20,214 7/31/09 142 929 Patagonia Rising FRun $981 47.5% 1 $981 $2,064 6/8/12 143 685 Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead Abr. $4,352 47.5% 1 $4,352 $9,166 2/27/09 144 946 The Color of Olives Arab $555 47.5% 1 $555 $1,169 7/12/06 145 824 Poisoned by Polonium: The Litvinenko File Kino $2,402 47.3% 1 $2,402 $5,080 3/21/08 146 17 Rize Lions $1,574,787 47.2% 352 $4,473 $3,336,391 6/24/05 147 52 Morning Light BV $129,295 46.9% 55 $2,351 $275,497 10/17/08 148 895 The Backyard Hiqi $1,500 46.9% 1 $1,500 $3,200 8/29/03 149 348 The Ambassador Drft. $13,046 46.4% 4 $3,262 $28,102 8/29/12 150 264 My Flesh and Blood Strand $18,763 46.2% 7 $2,680 $40,573 11/28/03 151 410 The Other City CF $10,396 46.1% 2 $5,198 $22,539 9/17/10 152 119 Mr. Untouchable Magn. $48,280 46.1% 26 $1,856 $104,678 10/26/07 153 897 The Sons of Tennessee Williams FRun $1,492 46.0% 1 $1,492 $3,242 10/7/11 154 726 Eleven Minutes Reg. $3,670 46.0% 4 $918 $7,986 2/20/09 155 806 Klezmer on Fish Street Castle $2,628 45.9% 1 $2,628 $5,724 4/16/04 156 591 I Trust You to Kill Me FInd. $5,888 45.8% 1 $5,888 $12,854 9/8/06 157 30 Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry Think $279,219 45.5% 163 $1,713 $614,138 10/1/04 158 221 Screamers (2006) Maya $23,609 45.4% 4 $5,902 $52,034 12/8/06 159 613 America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments PMKBNC $5,599 45.3% 3 $1,866 $12,366 10/14/11 160 649 The Woman with the Five Elephants CGld $4,988 45.2% 1 $4,988 $11,026 7/20/11 161 633 Blockade Icar. $5,271 44.9% 1 $5,271 $11,750 3/14/07 162 882 High Tech, Low Life Argo. $1,718 44.8% 1 $1,718 $3,836 1/9/13 163 245 Ballplayer: Pelotero Strand $20,628 44.7% 10 $2,063 $46,109 7/13/12 164 821 Bookers Place Trib. $2,455 44.2% 2 $1,228 $5,549 4/25/12 165 104 The First Saturday in May Truly $54,553 43.9% 20 $2,727 $124,294 4/18/08 166 188 Rock School PicH $28,136 43.8% 32 $879 $64,310 6/3/05 167 642 Angels in the Dust Libre $5,043 43.5% 1 $5,043 $11,606 9/14/07 168 379 Nursery University Vari. $11,307 43.4% 1 $11,307 $26,042 4/24/09 169 488 Saving Marriage Reg. $8,044 43.0% 2 $4,022 $18,720 10/17/08 170 50 America's Heart and Soul BV $134,939 42.9% 98 $1,376 $314,402 7/2/04 171 934 A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism FRun $822 42.9% 2 $411 $1,916 9/24/10 172 199 Cool It RAtt. $26,847 42.8% 41 $655 $62,713 11/12/10 173 713 Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe Arth. $3,815 42.7% 1 $3,815 $8,939 10/19/07 174 91 Go Tigers! IFC $64,479 42.5% 61 $1,057 $151,779 9/21/01 175 122 In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed NFF $46,975 42.5% 6 $7,829 $110,577 10/1/04 176 914 Beautopia Wells $1,219 42.5% 1 $1,219 $2,870 3/5/99 177 133 8: The Mormon Proposition RF $42,566 42.4% 16 $2,660 $100,280 6/18/10 178 754 Kill Your Idols Palm $3,274 42.2% 1 $3,274 $7,753 7/7/06 179 681 Fast Trip, Long Drop Drif $4,438 42.2% 1 $4,438 $10,524 1/6/95 180 872 McLibel Libre $1,821 42.0% 1 $1,821 $4,337 6/10/05 181 206 Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey Cdgm. $25,573 41.9% 23 $1,112 $61,018 3/8/13 182 28 The Cross: The Arthur Blessit Story 8X $309,455 41.7% 221 $1,400 $741,557 3/27/09 183 55 Bully (2012) Wein. $116,472 41.7% 5 $23,294 $279,202 3/30/12 184 329 Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madame InP $14,321 41.6% 2 $7,160 $34,402 2/9/96 185 661 East of Havana BMG $4,800 41.6% 1 $4,800 $11,550 2/2/07 186 164 Waking Sleeping Beauty BV $33,115 41.0% 5 $6,623 $80,741 3/26/10 187 711 Two by Scorsese (re-issue) Kino $3,845 40.9% 1 $3,845 $9,395 1/21/05 188 571 7th Street PAc. $6,354 40.7% 1 $6,354 $15,629 1/17/03 189 1 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Par. $29,514,054 40.4% 3,105 $9,505 $73,013,910 2/11/11 190 298 Tom Dowd and the Language of Music Palm $16,522 40.4% 10 $1,652 $40,919 8/13/04 191 619 Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock PicH $5,526 40.3% 2 $2,763 $13,710 11/15/06 192 152 Exporting Raymond Gold. $35,292 40.2% 13 $2,715 $87,727 4/29/11 193 196 Happy Valley Ston5 $27,122 40.1% 7 $3,874 $67,665 3/28/08 194 250 Gunnin' for That #1 Spot Osci. $20,355 40.1% 14 $1,454 $50,804 6/27/08 195 610 Carmen & Geoffrey FRun $5,656 40.0% 1 $5,656 $14,130 3/13/09 196 757 In the Mirror of Maya Deren Zeit. $3,225 39.9% 1 $3,225 $8,077 1/24/03 197 65 A Place at the Table Magn. $92,257 39.9% 35 $2,636 $231,378 3/1/13 198 820 The Red Chapel Lorb. $2,459 39.7% 1 $2,459 $6,196 12/29/10 199 743 Man on a Mission FRun $3,430 39.5% 4 $858 $8,688 1/13/12 200 53 Trekkies ParC $125,636 39.5% 339 $370 $318,246 5/21/99 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 , #901-958 Note: Only movies with opening weekend grosses are listed on this chart.
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