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Domestic Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 2019

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RankMovieRelease
Date		 GenreMPAA
Rating		2019 GrossTickets Sold
1 They Shall Not Grow Old Nov 9, 2018 Documentary R $12,253,074 1,337,672
2 Apollo 11 Mar 8, 2019 Documentary G $9,040,224 986,924
3 Penguins Apr 17, 2019 Documentary G $7,699,452 840,552
4 Free Solo Sep 28, 2018 Documentary PG-13 $6,300,521 687,830
5 Bring the Soul: The Movie Aug 7, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $4,809,800 525,087
6 Pavarotti Jun 7, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $4,686,402 511,616
7 The Biggest Little Farm May 10, 2019 Documentary PG $4,367,816 476,836
8 Amazing Grace Apr 5, 2019 Documentary G $4,339,065 473,697
9 Linda Ronstadt: The Sound o… Sep 6, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $4,240,509 462,938
10 Echo in the Canyon May 24, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $3,355,266 366,295
11 Maiden Jun 28, 2019 Documentary PG $3,162,490 345,250
12 Pandas Apr 6, 2018 Documentary G $1,816,106 198,265
13 Western Stars Nov 29, 2019 Documentary PG $1,581,681 172,673
14 Fantastic Fungi Sep 20, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $1,325,374 144,691
15 No Safe Spaces Dec 6, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $1,159,359 126,568
16 Marianne & Leonard: Words o… Jul 5, 2019 Documentary R $1,013,820 110,679
17 RUSH: Cinema Strangiato 2019 Aug 21, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $958,907 104,684
18 Metallica & San Francisco S… Oct 9, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $907,163 99,035
19 Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Jun 21, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $903,018 98,583
20 Jesus is King Oct 25, 2019 Musical Not Rated $850,000 92,795
21 Between Me and My Mind Jul 17, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $813,844 88,848
22 JONI 75: A Birthday Celebra… Feb 7, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $752,205 82,118
23 David Crosby: Remember My Name Jul 19, 2019 Documentary R $732,515 79,969
24 Honeyland Jul 26, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $712,363 77,769
25 Zhongguo jizhang Sep 28, 2019 Drama Not Rated $706,572 77,137
26 Where’s My Roy Cohn? Sep 20, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $704,780 76,941
27 Depeche Mode: SPIRITS in th… Nov 21, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $704,744 76,937
28 Raise Hell: The Life and Ti… Aug 30, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $694,410 75,809
29 Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Aug 23, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $614,201 67,053
30 Roger Waters Us + Them Oct 2, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $594,982 64,954
31 Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable Jul 12, 2019 Documentary PG $590,671 64,484
32 Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles Aug 23, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $549,385 59,977
33 Everybody’s Everything Nov 12, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $547,207 59,739
34 Anthropocene: The Human Epoch Sep 28, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $546,722 59,686
35 Grateful Dead Meet-Up at th… Aug 1, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $534,611 58,364
36 The Spy Behind Home Plate May 24, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $519,525 56,717
37 CatVideoFest 2019 Feb 15, 2019 Reality Not Rated $470,923 51,411
38 Hail Satan? Apr 17, 2019 Documentary R $424,284 46,319
39 The Cure: Anniversary 1978-… Jul 11, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $378,405 41,311
40 Josh Groban Bridges from Ma… Feb 12, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $315,173 34,408
41 Aquarela Aug 16, 2019 Documentary PG $301,429 32,907
42 Ask Dr. Ruth May 3, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $297,195 32,445
43 Free Spirit Mar 29, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $284,229 31,029
44 Mike Wallace is Here Jul 26, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $281,245 30,704
45 One Child Nation Aug 9, 2019 Documentary R $252,734 27,591
46 Meeting Gorbachev May 3, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $251,837 27,493
47 Under the Sea 3D Feb 13, 2009 Documentary G $246,137 26,871
48 311: Enlarged to Show Detail 3 Mar 11, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $238,791 26,069
49 63 Up Nov 27, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $229,280 25,031
50 Hesburgh Apr 26, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $204,709 22,348
51 Iyengar: The Man, Yoga, The… Apr 12, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $176,387 19,256
52 The World Before Your Feet Nov 21, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $156,823 17,120
53 Halston May 24, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $151,991 16,593
54 Jay Myself Jul 31, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $151,331 16,521
55 The River and the Wall May 3, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $150,816 16,465
56 Hubble 3D Mar 19, 2010 Documentary G $147,277 16,078
57 The Last Resort Dec 21, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $141,074 15,401
58 Who Will Write Our History Jan 18, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $138,039 15,070
59 Born to be Wild 3D Apr 8, 2011 Documentary G $134,027 14,632
60 Paris is Burning Mar 13, 1991 Documentary R $125,677 13,720
61 A Tuba to Cuba Feb 15, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $121,772 13,294
62 Free Trip to Egypt Jun 12, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $120,780 13,186
63 Be Natural: The Untold Stor… Apr 19, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $113,914 12,436
64 The Kingmaker Nov 8, 2019 Documentary R $109,948 12,003
65 The Brink Mar 29, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $106,059 11,578
66 Cold Case Hammarskjold Aug 16, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $104,965 11,459
67 Varda by Agnes May 30, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $103,101 11,256
68 Walking on Water May 17, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $98,358 10,738
69 Woodstock: Three Days That … May 24, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $84,440 9,218
70 Mayday Life May 24, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $78,966 8,621
71 Hale County This Morning, T… Sep 14, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $74,926 8,180
72 Cunningham Dec 13, 2019 Documentary PG $59,951 6,545
73 Loopers: The Caddie’s Long … Jun 7, 2019 Documentary PG $58,085 6,341
74 Making Waves: The Art of Ci… Oct 25, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $53,144 5,802
75 Maria by Callas Apr 26, 2018 Documentary PG $50,990 5,567
76 Love, Antosha Aug 2, 2019 Documentary R $50,168 5,477
77 The Queen Jun 27, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $47,818 5,220
78 The Proposal May 24, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $45,149 4,929
79 The Cave Oct 18, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $45,096 4,923
80 What is Democracy Jan 16, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $44,502 4,858
81 Carmine Street Guitars Apr 24, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $44,253 4,831
82 American Dharma Nov 1, 2019 Documentary R $44,009 4,804
83 For Sama Jul 26, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $43,796 4,781
84 Midnight Traveler Sep 18, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $41,265 4,505
85 The Quiet One Jun 21, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $37,012 4,041
86 Loro 1 Apr 24, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $35,613 3,888
87 Moonlight Sonata: Deafness … Sep 13, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $33,841 3,694
88 Recorder: The Marion Stokes… Nov 15, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $33,472 3,654
89 Deep Sea 3D Mar 3, 2006 Documentary G $32,831 3,584
90 Desolation Center Sep 13, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $32,016 3,495
91 Gift Oct 11, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $31,588 3,448
92 Memory: The Origins of Alien Oct 4, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $31,378 3,426
93 Horn From the Heart: The Pa… Oct 17, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $30,179 3,295
94 Leaving Home, Coming Home: … May 29, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $27,073 2,956
95 Wrestle Feb 22, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $26,597 2,904
96 Chasing Einstein Sep 13, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $24,117 2,633
97 Island of Lemurs: Madagascar Apr 4, 2014 Documentary G $23,187 2,531
98 Célébration Oct 2, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $22,557 2,463
99 The Gospel of Eureka Feb 8, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $20,873 2,279
100 The All Americans Nov 8, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $20,322 2,219
101 Storia di B. — La scomparsa… Dec 6, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $19,588 2,138
102 Scandalous: The Untold Stor… Nov 15, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $18,759 2,048
103 To the Arctic 3D Apr 20, 2012 Documentary G $18,010 1,966
104 Citizen K Nov 22, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $17,704 1,933
105 Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of t… Mar 1, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $16,971 1,853
106 Midnight Family Dec 6, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $15,537 1,696
107 Wrinkles the Clown Oct 4, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $14,938 1,631
108 ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Ban… Aug 19, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $14,879 1,624
109 The Woman Who Loves Giraffes Oct 4, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $14,350 1,567
110 Combat Obscura Mar 15, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $14,242 1,555
111 Screwball Mar 29, 2019 Multiple Genres Not Rated $13,967 1,525
112 Touch Me Not Sep 28, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $13,782 1,505
113 This One’s For The Ladies Jun 7, 2019 Documentary NC-17 $13,688 1,494
114 Rapid Response Sep 6, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $13,262 1,448
115 Zen for Nothing Mar 29, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $12,107 1,322
116 Cassandro the Exotico Jul 19, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $11,897 1,299
117 Stuffed Oct 16, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $11,683 1,275
118 Ferrante Fever Nov 23, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $11,137 1,216
119 If the Dancer Dances Apr 26, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $10,912 1,191
120 Vision Portraits Aug 9, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $10,771 1,176
121 The Eyes of Orson Welles Aug 17, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $10,252 1,119
122 Shooting the Mafia Nov 22, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $9,988 1,090
123 Liyana Oct 10, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $9,843 1,075
124 Studio 54 Jun 15, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $9,355 1,021
125 When Lambs Become Lions Nov 22, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $9,337 1,019
126 Cracked Up Sep 13, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $9,197 1,004
127 Advocate Jan 3, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $9,152 999
128 Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, W… Mar 15, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $9,025 985
129 That Pärt Feeling—The Unive… May 24, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $8,818 963
130 Ghost Fleet Dec 8, 2022 Documentary Not Rated $7,850 857
131 To Be of Service Nov 1, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $6,173 674
132 Kinder des Kalifats Nov 16, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $6,118 668
133 Monrovia, Indiana Oct 26, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $5,738 626
134 Het Wonder van Le Petit Prince Aug 28, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $5,553 606
135 What You Gonna Do When The … Aug 16, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $4,672 510
136 I’m Leaving Now Sep 6, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $4,443 485
137 Chasing Portraits Feb 26, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $3,076 336
138 Filmworker May 11, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $3,016 329
139 Back to the Fatherland Jun 14, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $2,697 294
140 TINY: The Life of Erin Blac… Jul 19, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $2,465 269
141 Chef Flynn Nov 9, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $2,267 247
142 Serendipity Oct 18, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $2,213 242
143 Salafists Jan 25, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $1,939 212
144 Une jeunesse allemande Oct 11, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $1,834 200
145 Divide and Conquer: The Sto… Dec 7, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $1,813 198
146 Owarani hito Miyazaki: Hayao Dec 13, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $1,449 158
147 Chinese Portrait Dec 13, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $1,152 126
148 Narcissister Organ Player Nov 7, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $1,015 111
149 Over the Limit Oct 3, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $69 8
Total Gross of All Movies$93,385,411
Total Tickets Sold10,194,920

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2019. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2019. 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.

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