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Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 2016
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Genre | MPAA
Rating | 2016 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Kevin Hart: What Now? |
Oct 14, 2016 |
Concert/Perfor… |
R |
$23,591,043 |
2,727,288 |
| 2 |
A Beautiful Planet |
Apr 29, 2016 |
Documentary |
G |
$15,650,615 |
1,809,319 |
| 3 |
Hillary’s America: The Secr… |
Jul 15, 2016 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$13,099,931 |
1,514,442 |
| 4 |
Where to Invade Next |
Dec 23, 2015 |
Documentary |
R |
$3,827,261 |
442,457 |
| 5 |
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week |
Sep 16, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,919,918 |
337,562 |
| 6 |
Hillsong: Let Hope Rise |
Sep 16, 2016 |
Documentary |
PG |
$2,394,725 |
276,846 |
| 7 |
The Eagle Huntress |
Nov 2, 2016 |
Documentary |
G |
$2,089,613 |
241,573 |
| 8 |
Weiner |
May 20, 2016 |
Documentary |
R |
$1,675,196 |
193,664 |
| 9 |
The Music of Strangers: Yo-… |
Jun 10, 2016 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$1,169,214 |
135,169 |
| 10 |
Vaxxed: From Cover Up to Ca… |
Apr 1, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,163,265 |
134,481 |
| 11 |
Dark Horse |
Apr 17, 2015 |
Documentary |
PG |
$940,715 |
108,753 |
| 12 |
Hubble 3D |
Mar 19, 2010 |
Documentary |
G |
$923,832 |
106,801 |
| 13 |
Born to be Wild 3D |
Apr 8, 2011 |
Documentary |
G |
$653,620 |
75,563 |
| 14 |
Tickled |
Jun 17, 2016 |
Documentary |
R |
$613,956 |
70,977 |
| 15 |
City of Gold |
Mar 11, 2016 |
Documentary |
R |
$608,799 |
70,381 |
| 16 |
Lo And Behold, Reveries Of … |
Aug 19, 2016 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$594,912 |
68,775 |
| 17 |
Gleason |
Jul 29, 2016 |
Documentary |
R |
$585,233 |
67,656 |
| 18 |
Harry & Snowman |
May 20, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$552,614 |
63,886 |
| 19 |
The First Monday in May |
Apr 15, 2016 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$527,474 |
60,979 |
| 20 |
Galapagos |
Oct 29, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$463,537 |
53,588 |
| 21 |
Gimme Danger |
Oct 28, 2016 |
Documentary |
R |
$440,627 |
50,939 |
| 22 |
Embrace |
Jul 15, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$412,340 |
47,669 |
| 23 |
Eat That Question: Frank Za… |
Jun 24, 2016 |
Documentary |
R |
$355,074 |
41,049 |
| 24 |
Under the Sea 3D |
Feb 13, 2009 |
Documentary |
G |
$335,961 |
38,839 |
| 25 |
Mimimalism: A Documentary A… |
May 24, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$261,865 |
30,273 |
| 26 |
Life, Animated |
Jul 1, 2016 |
Documentary |
PG |
$254,738 |
29,449 |
| 27 |
Oasis: Supersonic |
Oct 26, 2016 |
Documentary |
R |
$242,867 |
28,077 |
| 28 |
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar |
Apr 4, 2014 |
Documentary |
G |
$214,339 |
24,779 |
| 29 |
Deep Sea 3D |
Mar 3, 2006 |
Documentary |
G |
$185,453 |
21,440 |
| 30 |
Jheronimus Bosch, Touched b… |
Jul 27, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$172,533 |
19,946 |
| 31 |
De Palma |
Jun 10, 2016 |
Documentary |
R |
$165,237 |
19,102 |
| 32 |
The Witness |
Jun 3, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$158,527 |
18,326 |
| 33 |
Eva Hesse |
Apr 27, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$157,481 |
18,205 |
| 34 |
Generation Found |
Aug 29, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$151,751 |
17,543 |
| 35 |
Michael Moore in TrumpLand |
Oct 19, 2016 |
Concert/Perfor… |
Not Rated |
$149,090 |
17,235 |
| 36 |
Seed: The Untold Story |
Aug 22, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$145,001 |
16,763 |
| 37 |
Janis: Little Girl Blue |
Nov 27, 2015 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$141,679 |
16,379 |
| 38 |
Requiem for the American Dream |
Jan 29, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$130,152 |
15,046 |
| 39 |
Miss Sharon Jones |
Jul 29, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$120,880 |
13,974 |
| 40 |
Hockney |
Apr 22, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$120,745 |
13,958 |
| 41 |
Les Saisons |
Mar 10, 2016 |
Documentary |
PG |
$109,755 |
12,688 |
| 42 |
Zero Days |
Jul 8, 2016 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$109,649 |
12,676 |
| 43 |
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict |
Nov 6, 2015 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$104,844 |
12,120 |
| 44 |
Best Worst Thing That Ever … |
Nov 18, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$102,233 |
11,818 |
| 45 |
Cameraperson |
Sep 9, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$102,033 |
11,795 |
| 46 |
Un tango mas |
Apr 15, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$100,086 |
11,570 |
| 47 |
V paprscích slunce |
Apr 27, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$99,436 |
11,495 |
| 48 |
Hitchcock/Truffaut |
Dec 2, 2015 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$98,108 |
11,341 |
| 49 |
Heart of a Dog |
Oct 21, 2015 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$98,070 |
11,337 |
| 50 |
Jag är Ingrid |
Nov 13, 2015 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$95,767 |
11,071 |
| 51 |
Space Station |
Apr 19, 2002 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$94,440 |
10,917 |
| 52 |
My Love, Don't Cross That R… |
Jun 17, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$88,018 |
10,175 |
| 53 |
Author: The JT LeRoy Story |
Sep 9, 2016 |
Documentary |
R |
$85,999 |
9,942 |
| 54 |
Los sures |
Apr 15, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$83,992 |
9,710 |
| 55 |
Vita Activa: The Spirit of … |
Apr 6, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$82,143 |
9,496 |
| 56 |
For the Love of Spock |
Sep 9, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$80,141 |
9,264 |
| 57 |
Colliding Dreams |
Mar 4, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$78,288 |
9,050 |
| 58 |
Don’t Blink: Robert Frank |
Jul 13, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$76,134 |
8,801 |
| 59 |
Raiders! The Story of the G… |
Jun 17, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$71,916 |
8,313 |
| 60 |
Do Not Resist |
Sep 30, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$71,195 |
8,230 |
| 61 |
Norman Lear: Just Another V… |
Jul 8, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$70,950 |
8,202 |
| 62 |
The Messenger |
Dec 4, 2015 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$67,816 |
7,840 |
| 63 |
Fuocoammare |
Jun 10, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$66,419 |
7,678 |
| 64 |
Trapped |
Mar 4, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$63,240 |
7,310 |
| 65 |
Dancer |
Sep 9, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$62,578 |
7,234 |
| 66 |
Presenting Princess Shaw |
May 27, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$60,197 |
6,959 |
| 67 |
Command and Control |
Sep 14, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$57,635 |
6,663 |
| 68 |
The Lovers And The Despot |
Sep 23, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$55,511 |
6,417 |
| 69 |
Journey to the South Pacific |
Nov 27, 2013 |
Documentary |
G |
$53,171 |
6,146 |
| 70 |
The Last Man on the Moon |
Feb 26, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$52,482 |
6,067 |
| 71 |
King Georges |
Feb 26, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$51,663 |
5,972 |
| 72 |
Mifune: The Last Samurai |
Nov 25, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$49,438 |
5,715 |
| 73 |
To the Arctic 3D |
Apr 20, 2012 |
Documentary |
G |
$46,545 |
5,381 |
| 74 |
We are X |
Oct 21, 2016 |
Documentary |
R |
$45,270 |
5,233 |
| 75 |
Nuts! |
Jun 22, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$44,230 |
5,113 |
| 76 |
Danny Says |
Sep 30, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$44,213 |
5,111 |
| 77 |
Catching the Sun |
Apr 1, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$38,613 |
4,463 |
| 78 |
Germans and Jews |
Jun 10, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$38,100 |
4,404 |
| 79 |
How to Let Go of the World … |
Apr 20, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$36,386 |
4,206 |
| 80 |
Off the Rails |
Nov 4, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$34,249 |
3,959 |
| 81 |
Taxi |
Oct 2, 2015 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$30,554 |
3,532 |
| 82 |
The Best Democracy Money Ca… |
Sep 23, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$29,500 |
3,410 |
| 83 |
Troublemakers: The Story of… |
Jan 8, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$29,462 |
3,406 |
| 84 |
The Seventh Fire |
May 13, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$29,361 |
3,394 |
| 85 |
The Unknowns |
May 23, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$29,284 |
3,385 |
| 86 |
Time to Choose |
Jun 3, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$29,233 |
3,379 |
| 87 |
Bikes vs Cars |
Dec 4, 2015 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$28,072 |
3,245 |
| 88 |
Rabin, in His Own Words |
May 6, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$27,941 |
3,230 |
| 89 |
Unlocking the Cage |
May 25, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$27,284 |
3,154 |
| 90 |
Kate Plays Christine |
Aug 26, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$25,564 |
2,955 |
| 91 |
Disturbing the Peace |
Nov 11, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$25,287 |
2,923 |
| 92 |
No Home Movie |
Apr 1, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$24,132 |
2,789 |
| 93 |
Gridiron Heroes |
Apr 15, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$23,237 |
2,686 |
| 94 |
Generation Startup |
Sep 23, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$22,271 |
2,574 |
| 95 |
The Winding Stream |
Dec 16, 2015 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$21,683 |
2,506 |
| 96 |
Thank You For Your Service |
Oct 7, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$21,497 |
2,485 |
| 97 |
Crocodile Gennadiy |
May 20, 2016 |
Documentary |
R |
$21,142 |
2,444 |
| 98 |
Art Bastard |
Jun 3, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$19,600 |
2,265 |
| 99 |
Revelation: Dawn of Global … |
Apr 15, 2016 |
Documentary |
PG |
$19,107 |
2,208 |
| 100 |
In Jackson Heights |
Nov 4, 2015 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$18,619 |
2,152 |
| 101 |
Peter and the Farm |
Nov 4, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$18,123 |
2,095 |
| 102 |
Holy Hell |
May 27, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$18,051 |
2,086 |
| 103 |
Streit’s: Matzo and the Ame… |
Apr 20, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$17,506 |
2,023 |
| 104 |
Landfill Harmonic |
Sep 9, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$17,205 |
1,989 |
| 105 |
Sembene! |
Nov 13, 2015 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$17,114 |
1,978 |
| 106 |
The Seasons in Quincy: Four… |
Aug 31, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$16,738 |
1,935 |
| 107 |
Argentina |
Jun 17, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$14,869 |
1,718 |
| 108 |
The Uncondemned |
Oct 21, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$14,393 |
1,663 |
| 109 |
Newtown |
Oct 7, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$14,109 |
1,631 |
| 110 |
A Space Program |
Mar 18, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$13,739 |
1,588 |
| 111 |
Siakh lokhamim: ha'slilim h… |
Oct 15, 2015 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$13,029 |
1,506 |
| 112 |
Elstree 1976 |
May 6, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$12,173 |
1,407 |
| 113 |
Hot Water |
May 5, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$12,101 |
1,398 |
| 114 |
When Two Worlds Collide |
Aug 17, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$12,080 |
1,396 |
| 115 |
Oxygen for the Ears: Living… |
Aug 31, 2013 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$11,755 |
1,358 |
| 116 |
Lucha Mexico |
Jul 15, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$11,722 |
1,355 |
| 117 |
The Ruins of Lifta |
Sep 23, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$11,548 |
1,335 |
| 118 |
Harry Benson: Shoot First |
Dec 9, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$11,398 |
1,317 |
| 119 |
Theo Who Lived |
Sep 30, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$11,271 |
1,303 |
| 120 |
National Bird |
Nov 11, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$10,470 |
1,210 |
| 121 |
Butterfly Girl |
Feb 27, 2015 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$8,547 |
988 |
| 122 |
We Are Twisted F***ing Sister! |
Feb 15, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$8,277 |
956 |
| 123 |
Silicon Cowboys |
Sep 16, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$8,239 |
952 |
| 124 |
The Other Side |
May 20, 2016 |
Documentary |
PG |
$8,074 |
933 |
| 125 |
Talent Has Hunger |
Mar 11, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,998 |
924 |
| 126 |
Portret van een tuin |
Oct 26, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,914 |
914 |
| 127 |
The Lost Arcade |
Aug 12, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,500 |
867 |
| 128 |
Tab Hunter Confidential |
Oct 15, 2015 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,489 |
865 |
| 129 |
Indian Point |
Jul 8, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,251 |
838 |
| 130 |
El boton de nacar |
Oct 23, 2015 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,237 |
836 |
| 131 |
Rosenwald |
Aug 14, 2015 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,033 |
813 |
| 132 |
The Brainwashing of My Dad |
Mar 18, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,028 |
812 |
| 133 |
Magnus |
Nov 18, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$6,921 |
800 |
| 134 |
Boom Bust Boom |
Mar 11, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$6,896 |
797 |
| 135 |
Behind the White Glasses: P… |
Mar 4, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$6,840 |
790 |
| 136 |
Mad Tiger |
Mar 18, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$6,823 |
788 |
| 137 |
The Dying of the Light |
Apr 7, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$6,627 |
766 |
| 138 |
Call Her Applebroog |
Jun 10, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,842 |
559 |
| 139 |
Roseanne for President! |
Jul 1, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,734 |
547 |
| 140 |
Marinoni: The Fire in the F… |
Apr 1, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,696 |
542 |
| 141 |
Blood on the Mountain |
Nov 18, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,664 |
539 |
| 142 |
Noma: My Perfect Storm |
Dec 18, 2015 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,430 |
512 |
| 143 |
On Meditation |
Jul 27, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,322 |
499 |
| 144 |
Breaking a Monster |
Jun 24, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,212 |
486 |
| 145 |
Among the Believers |
Sep 30, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,189 |
484 |
| 146 |
I Don’t Belong Anywhere: Th… |
Mar 30, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,069 |
470 |
| 147 |
Amy |
Jul 3, 2015 |
Documentary |
R |
$3,528 |
407 |
| 148 |
Best and Most Beautiful Things |
Dec 2, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$3,016 |
348 |
| 149 |
Hooligan Sparrow |
Jul 22, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$3,000 |
346 |
| 150 |
Moana |
Jan 7, 1926 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,993 |
346 |
| 151 |
The Bad Kids |
Dec 16, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,977 |
344 |
| 152 |
The Professor: Tai Chi's Jo… |
May 6, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,852 |
329 |
| 153 |
Homeland: Iraq Year Zero |
Oct 6, 2016 |
Documentary |
NC-17 |
$2,491 |
287 |
| 154 |
A Small Good Thing |
Aug 19, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,196 |
138 |
| 155 |
Yalom’s Cure |
Mar 11, 2016 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,164 |
134 |
| 156 |
Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World |
May 13, 2015 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$542 |
62 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $82,205,601 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 9,503,464 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2016.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2016.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.
Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.
Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
