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 601 432 Once in a Lifetime Mira. $9,805 6.8% 1 $9,805 $144,601 7/7/06 602 754 Kill Your Idols Palm $3,274 42.2% 1 $3,274 $7,753 7/7/06 603 128 Who Killed the Electric Car? SPC $45,138 2.7% 8 $5,642 $1,678,874 6/28/06 604 957 Rank IFC $314 12.6% 1 $314 $2,485 6/28/06 605 289 Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man LGF $17,130 1.6% 1 $17,130 $1,044,254 6/21/06 606 165 Wordplay IFC $32,847 1.1% 2 $16,423 $3,121,270 6/16/06 607 381 The Heart of the Game Mira. $11,251 2.5% 3 $3,750 $445,374 6/9/06 608 453 Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul Strand $9,161 13.0% 1 $9,161 $70,685 6/9/06 609 359 The War Tapes SenA $12,268 4.8% 1 $12,268 $254,190 6/2/06 610 502 Favela Rising Moch. $7,768 39.3% 1 $7,768 $19,781 6/2/06 611 731 The Cult of the Suicide Bomber DCo. $3,609 48.4% 1 $3,609 $7,451 6/2/06 612 29 An Inconvenient Truth ParC $281,330 1.2% 4 $70,332 $24,146,161 5/24/06 613 287 Sketches of Frank Gehry SPC $17,239 3.9% 2 $8,619 $439,309 5/12/06 614 466 Giuliani Time Libre $8,661 39.4% 1 $8,661 $21,967 5/12/06 615 936 The Fall of Fujimori Libre $779 16.8% 1 $779 $4,630 5/5/06 616 577 Stolen ICir $6,250 4.7% 1 $6,250 $132,596 4/19/06 617 878 Herbie Hancock: Possibilities Magn. $1,772 71.1% 2 $886 $2,493 4/14/06 618 653 Sisters in Law WMM $4,895 14.7% 1 $4,895 $33,312 4/12/06 619 511 Sir! No Sir! Bal. $7,547 6.5% 2 $3,773 $116,944 4/7/06 620 224 The Devil and Daniel Johnston SPC $23,192 6.9% 5 $4,638 $334,450 3/31/06 621 311 Rape of the Soul Slow $15,602 39.0% 8 $1,950 $39,975 3/17/06 622 950 The Big Question Think $466 20.7% 1 $466 $2,248 3/17/06 623 837 Shakespeare Behind Bars ICir $2,253 4.6% 1 $2,253 $48,594 3/10/06 624 490 Our Brand Is Crisis Koch $7,970 4.8% 1 $7,970 $166,750 3/1/06 625 212 Unknown White Male Wells $24,591 19.4% 4 $6,147 $126,836 2/24/06 626 683 Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea Tila. $4,424 8.3% 2 $2,212 $53,471 2/24/06 627 792 Forgiving Dr. Mengele FRun $2,754 26.5% 1 $2,754 $10,403 2/24/06 628 843 Workingman's Death 7Art $2,214 100.0% 2 $1,107 $2,214 2/24/06 629 710 Street Fight Frnt. $3,888 81.4% 2 $1,944 $4,779 2/22/06 630 321 Through the Fire Libre $14,769 57.4% 8 $1,846 $25,752 2/10/06 631 682 Cowboy del Amor Emr. $4,438 100.0% 2 $2,219 $4,438 2/10/06 632 920 The Ister Icar. $1,124 100.0% 1 $1,124 $1,124 2/10/06 633 888 Trudell Bal. $1,592 6.0% 1 $1,592 $26,756 2/3/06 634 512 Who Gets to Call It Art? Palm $7,520 27.5% 1 $7,520 $27,344 2/1/06 635 107 Why We Fight SPC $53,571 3.7% 6 $8,928 $1,439,972 1/20/06 636 358 The Real Dirt on Farmer John Slow $12,376 18.9% 3 $4,125 $65,429 1/20/06 637 514 That Man: Peter Berlin Gori. $7,511 13.6% 1 $7,511 $55,398 1/13/06 638 528 Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye Palm $7,235 24.4% 2 $3,617 $29,710 1/13/06 639 304 State of Fear Skyl. $16,075 80.2% 1 $16,075 $20,055 1/11/06 640 26 First Descent Uni. $438,615 58.4% 243 $1,805 $750,805 12/2/05 641 456 Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt Palm $9,098 7.0% 1 $9,098 $129,988 12/2/05 642 434 The Boys of Baraka Think $9,705 3.0% 1 $9,705 $323,860 11/30/05 643 812 Aristide and Endless Revolution FRun $2,552 36.5% 1 $2,552 $6,998 11/24/05 644 535 Zizek! Zeit. $7,062 35.0% 1 $7,062 $20,177 11/18/05 645 789 The Swenkas 7Art $2,790 31.5% 1 $2,790 $8,860 11/9/05 646 284 Gay Sex in the 70s Lvtt. $17,357 7.0% 1 $17,357 $249,565 11/4/05 647 823 The Beauty Academy of Kabul Shad. $2,407 1.1% 2 $1,203 $225,448 11/4/05 648 278 New York Doll FInd. $17,583 8.0% 5 $3,516 $219,672 10/28/05 649 360 Ballets Russes Zeit. $12,230 1.5% 1 $12,230 $815,848 10/26/05 650 234 Protocols of Zion Think $21,733 12.1% 4 $5,433 $178,875 10/21/05 651 323 Emmanuel's Gift First $14,642 61.7% 6 $2,440 $23,728 10/21/05 652 417 After Innocence NYer $10,194 8.9% 1 $10,194 $114,264 10/21/05 653 435 Naked in Ashes Jour $9,690 13.4% 1 $9,690 $72,073 10/21/05 654 756 Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death Artma $3,238 50.1% 1 $3,238 $6,458 10/21/05 655 826 The Optimists: The Story of the Rescue of the Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust Castle $2,377 100.0% 1 $2,377 $2,377 10/21/05 656 679 Three of Hearts Think $4,482 20.9% 1 $4,482 $21,429 10/19/05 657 717 The Aggressives 7Art $3,769 57.7% 1 $3,769 $6,533 10/7/05 658 719 Sacred Stage FRun $3,724 84.4% 1 $3,724 $4,410 10/7/05 659 783 One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern FRun $2,876 18.6% 1 $2,876 $15,504 9/16/05 660 465 Future of Food Libre $8,721 10.7% 2 $4,360 $81,280 9/14/05 661 472 Touch the Sound Shad. $8,435 4.8% 3 $2,811 $176,801 9/7/05 662 546 William Eggleston in the Real World Palm $6,820 15.3% 1 $6,820 $44,435 8/31/05 663 704 Wall Life $4,015 27.6% 1 $4,015 $14,541 8/26/05 664 482 The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till Think $8,230 4.0% 1 $8,230 $204,956 8/17/05 665 763 Reel Paradise Wells $3,100 9.7% 1 $3,100 $31,918 8/17/05 666 31 Grizzly Man Lions $269,131 8.5% 29 $9,280 $3,178,403 8/12/05 667 548 The Goebbels Experiment FRun $6,769 14.3% 1 $6,769 $47,211 8/12/05 668 620 A State of Mind Kino $5,515 13.3% 1 $5,515 $41,468 8/10/05 669 939 Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision Icar. $642 51.5% 1 $642 $1,246 8/5/05 670 36 The Aristocrats Think $243,796 3.8% 4 $60,949 $6,377,461 7/29/05 671 294 The Last Dispatch Fabr. $16,848 81.5% 1 $16,848 $20,684 7/29/05 672 645 The 3 Rooms of Melancholia Icar. $5,025 26.0% 1 $5,025 $19,317 7/29/05 673 11 March of the Penguins WIP $4,382,340 5.7% 695 $6,305 $77,437,223 7/22/05 674 886 This Divided State Mino. $1,653 38.8% 1 $1,653 $4,255 7/22/05 675 933 Monumental FRun $842 58.9% 1 $842 $1,430 7/22/05 676 951 Making Grace FRun $456 30.5% 1 $456 $1,496 7/20/05 677 698 Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus Shad. $4,095 5.1% 1 $4,095 $79,916 7/13/05 678 955 Return to the Land of Wonders Arab $357 26.7% 1 $357 $1,338 7/13/05 679 103 Murderball Think $57,286 3.7% 8 $7,160 $1,531,154 7/8/05 680 855 Twist of Faith AL $2,085 25.6% 2 $1,042 $8,129 7/1/05 681 866 A Decent Factory Icar. $1,900 24.0% 1 $1,900 $7,925 6/29/05 682 17 Rize Lions $1,574,787 47.2% 352 $4,473 $3,336,391 6/24/05 683 650 The Last Mogul Think $4,965 30.1% 1 $4,965 $16,469 6/24/05 684 872 McLibel Libre $1,821 42.0% 1 $1,821 $4,337 6/10/05 685 188 Rock School PicH $28,136 43.8% 32 $879 $64,310 6/3/05 686 476 Deep Blue Mira. $8,373 6.3% 2 $4,186 $132,261 6/3/05 687 655 Genesis Think $4,891 29.8% 1 $4,891 $16,413 5/27/05 688 772 Stolen Childhoods Bal. $2,996 100.0% 1 $2,996 $2,996 5/20/05 689 126 Mad Hot Ballroom ParC $45,348 0.6% 2 $22,674 $8,117,961 5/13/05 690 700 Tell Them Who You Are Think $4,060 10.4% 1 $4,060 $39,075 5/13/05 691 870 Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire CalN $1,848 2.7% 1 $1,848 $68,249 5/13/05 692 868 Up for Grabs L/Z $1,881 13.5% 2 $940 $13,931 5/6/05 693 838 Writer of O Zeit. $2,245 19.1% 1 $2,245 $11,728 5/4/05 694 75 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Magn. $76,639 1.9% 3 $25,546 $4,071,700 4/22/05 695 343 Music from the Inside Out Emr. $13,444 9.5% 1 $13,444 $141,504 4/22/05 696 191 The Year of the Yao FL $27,823 78.2% 12 $2,318 $35,591 4/15/05 697 861 Voices in Wartime Libre $1,966 9.5% 2 $983 $20,702 4/8/05 698 308 Dust to Glory IFC $15,757 2.5% 2 $7,878 $640,013 4/1/05 699 702 Lipstick and Dynamite Koch $4,046 15.5% 1 $4,046 $26,073 3/25/05 700 429 Mondovino Think $9,840 4.7% 1 $9,840 $209,618 3/23/05 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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