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All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 501-600)
See also: Top Documentary International - Top Documentary Worldwide - Top Documentary Weekend Domestic - Top Documentary Day Domestic
Other Domestic Genres records: Top Adventure Domestic - Top Action Domestic - Top Comedy Domestic - Top Drama Domestic - Top Thriller/Suspense Domestic - Top Horror Domestic - Top Romantic Comedy Domestic - Top Musical Domestic
This chart contains the top 100 Documentary movies based on the cumulative domestic box office.
See our Documentary Theatrical Market Charts for more overviews regarding the domestic theatrical box office performance of Documentary movies.
| Rank | Released | Movie | Domestic Box Office |
International Box Office |
Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | 2004 | Bukowski: Born Into This | $311,431 | $17,467 | $328,898 |
| 502 | 2012 | West of Memphis | $309,864 | $97,653 | $407,517 |
| 503 | 2021 | Final Account | $308,976 | $44,108 | $353,084 |
| 504 | 2008 | Bigger, Stronger, Faster* | $308,575 | $118 | $308,693 |
| 505 | 2006 | This Film is Not Yet Rated | $306,845 | $34,923 | $341,768 |
| 506 | 2012 | Whores’ Glory | $306,151 | $324,390 | $630,541 |
| 507 | 2015 | Hitchcock/Truffaut | $304,899 | $352,132 | $657,031 |
| 508 | 2011 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $303,791 | $28,644 | $332,435 |
| 509 | 2007 | God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of… | $301,447 | $301,447 | |
| 510 | 2019 | Aquarela | $301,429 | $393,232 | $694,661 |
| 511 | 2007 | Crazy Love | $301,027 | $301,027 | |
| 512 | 2014 | I Am Eleven | $300,968 | $300,968 | |
| 513 | 1999 | 42 Up | $300,680 | $300,680 | |
| 514 | 2019 | Ask Dr. Ruth | $297,195 | $21,895 | $319,090 |
| 515 | 2003 | Bonhoeffer | $296,181 | $296,181 | |
| 516 | 2002 | Power & Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times | $291,789 | $291,789 | |
| 517 | 2002 | Scratch | $289,885 | $289,885 | |
| 518 | 2014 | Antarctica: A Year on Ice | $288,757 | $288,757 | |
| 519 | 2015 | Above and Beyond | $288,751 | $288,751 | |
| 520 | 2012 | Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap | $288,738 | $45,388 | $334,126 |
| 521 | 2010 | Last Train Home | $288,328 | $288,328 | |
| 522 | 2000 | American Pimp | $287,724 | $287,724 | |
| 523 | 2009 | Outrage | $287,198 | $287,198 | |
| 524 | 2019 | Free Spirit | $284,229 | $24,711 | $308,940 |
| 525 | 2024 | I Am: Celine Dion | $283,358 | $9,632 | $292,990 |
| 526 | 2020 | Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words | $282,149 | $282,149 | |
| 527 | 2019 | Mike Wallace is Here | $281,245 | $281,245 | |
| 528 | 2006 | American Hardcore | $279,665 | $8,322 | $287,987 |
| 529 | 2014 | 20,000 Days on Earth | $279,558 | $1,700,215 | $1,979,773 |
| 530 | 2018 | Science Fair | $278,350 | $1,141 | $279,491 |
| 531 | 2023 | Every Body | $276,415 | $480 | $276,895 |
| 532 | 2014 | The Unknown Known | $275,658 | $275,658 | |
| 533 | 2008 | Morning Light | $275,093 | $275,093 | |
| 534 | 2008 | Taxi to the Dark Side | $274,661 | $29,811 | $304,472 |
| 535 | 2011 | The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 | $273,749 | $273,749 | |
| 536 | 2008 | Planet B-Boy | $272,791 | $272,791 | |
| 537 | 2010 | Countdown to Zero | $272,040 | $272,040 | |
| 538 | 2023 | Fremont | $271,343 | $283,779 | $555,122 |
| 539 | 2007 | Deep Water | $271,143 | $465,619 | $736,762 |
| 540 | 2008 | Surfwise | $269,994 | $269,994 | |
| 541 | 2018 | The World Before Your Feet | $268,646 | $268,646 | |
| 542 | 2008 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $268,431 | $268,431 | |
| 543 | 2011 | Conan O'Brien Can't Stop | $267,965 | $267,965 | |
| 544 | 2010 | Breath Made Visible | $267,281 | $267,281 | |
| 545 | 2019 | Cunningham | $265,102 | $102,900 | $368,002 |
| 546 | 2021 | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It | $264,626 | $264,626 | |
| 547 | 2011 | Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune | $263,723 | $263,723 | |
| 548 | 2013 | Room 237 | $263,411 | $54,644 | $318,055 |
| 549 | 2013 | Nostalghia | $262,008 | $262,008 | |
| 550 | 2016 | Mimimalism: A Documentary About the Important T… | $261,865 | $261,865 | |
| 551 | 2023 | Common Ground | $259,959 | $5,945 | $265,904 |
| 552 | 2007 | Steep | $259,840 | $259,840 | |
| 553 | 2018 | The King | $259,291 | $14,319 | $273,610 |
| 554 | 2013 | Linsanity | $258,427 | $30,345 | $288,772 |
| 555 | 2014 | The Green Prince | $258,237 | $222,171 | $480,408 |
| 556 | 2011 | PASSIONE: A Musical Adventure | $258,222 | $258,222 | |
| 557 | 2022 | The Automat | $257,371 | $257,371 | |
| 558 | 2004 | Mayor of the Sunset Strip | $257,315 | $5,249 | $262,564 |
| 559 | 2014 | Alive Inside | $256,682 | $256,682 | |
| 560 | 2010 | Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child | $256,242 | $2,316 | $258,558 |
| 561 | 1998 | The Cruise | $255,764 | $255,764 | |
| 562 | 2016 | Life, Animated | $254,738 | $127,465 | $382,203 |
| 563 | 2006 | The War Tapes | $254,190 | $254,190 | |
| 564 | 2014 | National Gallery | $253,941 | $1,357,828 | $1,611,769 |
| 565 | 2004 | This Old Cub | $253,531 | $253,531 | |
| 566 | 2011 | Life in a Day | $252,788 | $252,788 | |
| 567 | 2019 | One Child Nation | $252,734 | $1,716 | $254,450 |
| 568 | 2019 | Meeting Gorbachev | $251,837 | $75,733 | $327,570 |
| 569 | 2023 | The Essential Church | $250,000 | $250,000 | |
| 570 | 2005 | Gay Sex in the 70's | $249,565 | $249,565 | |
| 571 | 2007 | Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten | $248,182 | $1,205,093 | $1,453,275 |
| 572 | 2002 | Sex with Strangers | $247,740 | $247,740 | |
| 573 | 2014 | The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden | $247,159 | $247,159 | |
| 574 | 2008 | Enlighten Up! | $246,649 | $246,649 | |
| 575 | 2010 | When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors | $246,078 | $2,597,722 | $2,843,800 |
| 576 | 2005 | Watermarks | $245,845 | $245,845 | |
| 577 | 2010 | Queen of the Sun | $244,995 | $244,995 | |
| 578 | 2012 | The Waiting Room | $244,092 | $244,092 | |
| 579 | 2002 | Promises | $243,769 | $243,769 | |
| 580 | 2016 | Oasis: Supersonic | $242,867 | $1,379,319 | $1,622,186 |
| 581 | 2011 | My Perestroika | $242,706 | $242,706 | |
| 582 | 2012 | Gerhard Richter Painting | $242,646 | $1,211,284 | $1,453,930 |
| 583 | 1996 | Hype! | $242,021 | $242,021 | |
| 584 | 2006 | 49 Up | $241,772 | $241,772 | |
| 585 | 1999 | Dancemaker | $240,514 | $240,514 | |
| 586 | 2009 | Les plages d'Agnès | $239,711 | $9,583 | $249,294 |
| 587 | 1999 | A Place Called Chiapas | $237,779 | $237,779 | |
| 588 | 2018 | Generation Wealth | $237,709 | $52,660 | $290,369 |
| 589 | 2011 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $237,181 | $358,753 | $595,934 |
| 590 | 2014 | Art and Craft | $237,091 | $237,091 | |
| 591 | 2011 | The Interrupters | $236,957 | $236,957 | |
| 592 | 2022 | Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America | $234,298 | $74 | $234,372 |
| 593 | 2000 | Sex: The Annabel Chong Story | $233,076 | $233,076 | |
| 594 | 2024 | It’s Only Life After All | $232,803 | $232,803 | |
| 595 | 2021 | Becoming Cousteau | $232,285 | $58,349 | $290,634 |
| 596 | 2013 | A Place at the Table | $231,378 | $231,378 | |
| 597 | 2007 | My Kid Could Paint That | $231,274 | $231,274 | |
| 598 | 2018 | Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. | $230,808 | $236,555 | $467,363 |
| 599 | 2008 | Standard Operating Procedure | $228,830 | $103,290 | $332,120 |
| 600 | 2017 | Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent | $228,153 | $228,153 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.