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Domestic Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 2020

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RankMovieRelease
Date
GenreMPAA
Rating
2020 GrossTickets Sold
1 CatVideoFest 2020 Feb 21, 2020 Reality Not Rated $478,775 52,154
2 Once Were Brothers: Robbie … Feb 21, 2020 Documentary R $449,561 48,972
3 Created Equal: Clarence Tho… Jan 31, 2020 Documentary PG-13 $282,149 30,735
4 63 Up Nov 27, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $254,405 27,713
5 Fantastic Fungi Sep 20, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $248,360 27,054
6 Cunningham Dec 13, 2019 Documentary PG $205,151 22,348
7 The Doors: Break on Thru — … Feb 12, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $186,920 20,362
8 The Times of Bill Cunningham Feb 14, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $134,288 14,628
9 No Safe Spaces Dec 6, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $132,155 14,396
10 Honeyland Jul 26, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $102,719 11,189
11 Citizen K Nov 22, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $101,762 11,085
12 The Woman Who Loves Giraffes Oct 4, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $99,508 10,840
13 Pray: The Story of Patrick … Oct 9, 2020 Documentary PG $72,347 7,881
14 Varda by Agnes May 30, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $57,664 6,281
15 The Dissident Mar 18, 2021 Documentary PG-13 $57,000 6,209
16 The Way I See it Sep 18, 2020 Documentary PG-13 $49,030 5,341
17 Other Music Apr 17, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $37,191 4,051
18 Best of CatVideoFest Apr 3, 2020 Reality Not Rated $34,287 3,735
19 RBG May 4, 2018 Documentary PG $34,000 3,704
20 Nick Mason’s Saucerful of S… Mar 10, 2020 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $31,739 3,457
21 After Parkland Feb 12, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $30,444 3,316
22 Tread Feb 21, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $29,136 3,174
23 Midnight Family Dec 6, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $26,773 2,916
24 The Booksellers Mar 6, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $25,694 2,799
25 Recorder: The Marion Stokes… Nov 15, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $22,160 2,414
26 La cordillère des songes Feb 12, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $20,943 2,281
27 The Cave Oct 18, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $17,529 1,909
28 Advocate Jan 3, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $16,942 1,846
29 Pahokee Apr 24, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $13,250 1,443
30 The Kingmaker Nov 8, 2019 Documentary R $12,639 1,377
31 Linda Ronstadt: The Sound o… Sep 6, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $12,148 1,323
32 Lost in America Feb 28, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $11,301 1,231
33 Circles: The Restorative Ju… May 15, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $10,260 1,118
34 Foosballers Feb 11, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $9,966 1,086
35 American Dharma Nov 1, 2019 Documentary R $7,882 859
36 Afterward Jan 10, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $6,477 706
37 Deep Sea 3D Mar 3, 2006 Documentary G $6,323 689
38 Human Nature Mar 13, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $5,487 598
39 Storia di B. — La scomparsa… Dec 6, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $5,363 584
40 Monero Means Money: Cryptoc… Apr 10, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $4,470 487
41 Stuffed Oct 16, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $3,849 419
42 Chinese Portrait Dec 13, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $2,988 325
43 Be Natural: The Untold Stor… Apr 19, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $1,791 195
44 Une jeunesse allemande Oct 11, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $509 55
Total Gross of All Movies$3,353,335
Total Tickets Sold365,285

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2020. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2020. 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.