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Documentary 1982-Present NOTE: Documentary as sub-genre of Non-Fiction. Large 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. Total Grosses Opening Weekends Rows: #1-100, #101-200, #201-300, #301-400, #401-500, #501-600, #601-700, #701-800, #801-900, #901-1000, #1001-1047 Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 901 Casting About Kino $7,279 2 $893 1 5/11/07 902 Saint of 9/11 IFC $7,137 1 $3,680 1 9/6/06 903 Quantum Hoops GFor. $7,075 1 $4,216 1 11/2/07 904 Corman's World Anch. $7,000 2 $7,000 2 12/16/11 905 Aristide and Endless Revolution FRun $6,998 1 $2,552 1 11/24/05 906 Camden 28 FRun $6,983 1 $3,428 1 7/27/07 907 Love, Marilyn SD $6,950 1 $4,000 1 11/30/12 908 Los Angeles Plays Itself B/F $6,945 1 $5,005 1 7/28/04 909 The Jew in the Lotus Blin $6,940 - n/a - 9/3/98 910 Speaking in Strings 7Art $6,859 2 $1,519 1 9/10/99 911 Operation Homecoming Docu. $6,795 1 $4,516 1 2/9/07 912 Regina Spektor: Live In London CP $6,684 9 $1,798 9 11/19/10 913 Skid Row Scre. $6,627 3 $6,627 3 8/24/07 914 The Aggressives 7Art $6,533 1 $3,769 1 10/7/05 915 Windfall FRun $6,504 1 $1,780 1 2/3/12 916 The Beat Hotel FRun $6,480 1 $1,458 1 3/30/12 917 Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death Artma $6,458 1 $3,238 1 10/21/05 918 Becoming Traviata Distrib. $6,300 1 $5,000 1 5/15/13 919 The Red Chapel Lorb. $6,196 2 $2,459 1 12/29/10 920 Not Bad for a Girl Hor. $6,152 - n/a - 10/18/96 921 Scottsboro: An American Tragedy SMP $6,123 1 $2,991 1 1/19/01 922 El Sicario, Room 164 Icar. $6,123 1 $2,040 1 12/28/11 923 Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo CP $5,922 2 $2,198 2 9/17/10 924 Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles Zeit. $5,869 1 $5,869 1 4/30/99 925 Sushi: The Global Catch AM $5,757 1 $516 1 8/3/12 926 Klezmer on Fish Street Castle $5,724 1 $2,628 1 4/16/04 927 Fired! ICir $5,661 4 $2,158 4 2/2/07 928 Elevate Vari. $5,580 2 $3,547 1 10/21/11 929 Bookers Place Trib. $5,549 2 $2,455 2 4/25/12 930 Gogol Bordello Non-Stop Lorb. $5,532 1 $2,793 1 9/11/09 931 Whiz Kids Shad. $5,386 2 $1,333 1 6/4/10 932 Rock the Bells 7Art $5,347 1 $1,325 1 4/11/07 933 A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar... Indic. $5,202 1 $980 1 2/29/08 934 King Leopold's Ghost Aloha $5,194 1 $3,078 1 8/18/06 935 God and Gays: Bridging the Gap Indic. $5,095 2 $1,460 2 10/24/08 936 Poisoned by Polonium: The Litvinenko File Kino $5,080 1 $2,402 1 3/21/08 937 Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land Arab $4,930 1 $1,735 1 1/28/05 938 Everything's Cool CityL $4,890 2 $2,641 2 11/23/07 939 Home of the Brave (2004) Emr. $4,874 1 $3,185 1 10/1/04 940 Ferlinghetti: The Rebirth of Wonder FRun $4,816 2 $1,197 1 2/8/13 941 Street Fight Frnt. $4,779 2 $3,888 2 2/22/06 942 How to Draw a Bunny Palm $4,658 1 $2,706 1 3/12/04 943 Herman's House FRun $4,655 2 $3,552 1 4/19/13 944 The Fall of Fujimori Libre $4,630 1 $779 1 5/5/06 945 Cowboy del Amor Emr. $4,438 2 $4,438 2 2/10/06 946 Sacred Stage FRun $4,410 1 $3,724 1 10/7/05 947 Blood and Tears Think $4,364 1 $2,201 1 6/15/07 948 McLibel Libre $4,337 3 $1,821 1 6/10/05 949 Art Is... The Permanent Revolution FRun $4,291 1 $2,718 1 3/2/12 950 This Divided State Mino. $4,255 1 $1,653 1 7/22/05 951 Twisted: A Balloonamentary N/A $4,218 2 $2,354 1 5/23/08 952 Heavy Metal in Baghdad ArtsA $4,070 2 $2,012 2 5/23/08 953 Yangsi KL $4,008 1 n/a - 12/7/12 954 High Tech, Low Life Argo. $3,836 1 $1,718 1 1/9/13 955 Saints and Sinners Avat. $3,826 1 $2,167 1 6/18/04 956 Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film KL $3,804 1 $1,350 1 8/3/12 957 They Come to America C/360 $3,775 1 $3,775 1 3/31/12 958 The Harvest/La Cosecha Libre $3,709 1 $2,245 1 7/29/11 959 Still, the Children Are Here Icar. $3,685 1 $2,210 1 11/5/04 960 Brothers in Arms FRun $3,664 2 $658 1 8/27/04 961 Fraude Maya $3,637 5 $2,369 5 10/10/08 962 Moog Plx. $3,604 1 $2,227 1 9/24/04 963 Journeys with George Cn4 $3,588 1 $2,264 1 3/14/03 964 Sister Helen Cn4 $3,541 1 $2,163 1 10/24/03 965 Revolution OS 7Art $3,500 1 $3,500 1 8/23/02 966 Building Hope NobP $3,500 1 $3,500 1 6/3/11 967 The Price of Sugar Mitro. $3,384 1 $3,384 1 9/28/07 968 The Sons of Tennessee Williams FRun $3,242 1 $1,492 1 10/7/11 969 Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press Glds. $3,204 1 n/a - 10/11/96 970 The Backyard Hiqi $3,200 1 $1,500 1 8/29/03 971 Plastic Planet FRun $3,164 2 $740 1 1/14/11 972 Beyond Barbed Wire M&A $3,109 1 $1,668 1 7/18/97 973 The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair RedE $3,103 2 $2,194 2 3/23/07 974 Who Does She Think She Is? AL $3,081 1 $3,081 1 10/17/08 975 The Weird World of Blowfly Vari. $3,062 1 $1,036 1 9/16/11 976 Stolen Childhoods Bal. $2,996 1 $2,996 1 5/20/05 977 Run for Your Life Scre. $2,992 1 $2,537 1 10/29/08 978 Wetlands Preserved FRun $2,970 1 $1,736 1 3/14/08 979 Beautopia Wells $2,870 1 $1,219 1 3/5/99 980 Knuckle Vita. $2,647 3 $2,647 3 12/9/11 981 Risk/Reward Org. $2,517 1 $2,517 1 2/27/04 982 Standing by Yourself Cheap $2,500 1 $2,200 1 5/17/02 983 Herbie Hancock: Possibilities Magn. $2,493 2 $1,772 2 4/14/06 984 Rank IFC $2,485 1 $314 1 6/28/06 985 Looking for an Icon Icar. $2,393 1 $1,760 1 5/9/07 986 The Optimists: The Story of the Rescue of the Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust Castle $2,377 1 $2,377 1 10/21/05 987 Split: A Deeper Divide FPR $2,338 1 $2,338 1 10/12/12 988 You're Gonna Miss Me Palm $2,324 1 $1,340 1 6/8/07 989 The Big Question Think $2,248 3 $466 1 3/17/06 990 Workingman's Death 7Art $2,214 2 $2,214 2 2/24/06 991 Running with Arnold Lant $2,119 2 $2,119 2 1/11/08 992 Patagonia Rising FRun $2,064 1 $981 1 6/8/12 993 A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism FRun $1,916 2 $822 2 9/24/10 994 With God on Our Side: George W. Bush... Lum. $1,884 1 $563 1 1/19/05 995 Oswald's Ghost 7Art $1,796 1 $1,796 1 11/30/07 996 Children of Fate FRun $1,738 1 $1,099 1 11/23/93 997 You Don't Need Feet to Dance FRun $1,719 1 $1,239 1 3/22/13 998 On the Rumba River FRun $1,698 1 $1,156 1 6/6/08 1000 Rockets Redglare! SmlP $1,605 1 $1,292 1 9/3/04 1001 Making Grace FRun $1,496 1 $456 1 7/20/05 TOTAL (All Movies): $976,967,439 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $955,937 47 $132,543 25 - TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): $498,427,158 - - - - AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): $31,151,697 1,544 $9,246,299 1,474 - Rows: #1-100, #101-200, #201-300, #301-400, #401-500, #501-600, #601-700, #701-800, #801-900, #901-1000, #1001-1047 Total Grosses Opening Weekends If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com.

UPCOMING RELEASES Title (click to view) Studio Release Date Persons of Interest FRun 9/3/04 Muscle Shoals Magn. Summer 2013 We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks Focus 5/24/13 Triumph of the Wall FRun 5/31/13 Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie Magn. 6/7/13 Dirty Wars IFC 6/7/13 Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story FRun 6/14/13 20 Feet from Stardom RTWC 6/14/13 Call Me Kuchu Cdgm. 6/14/13 How to Make Money Selling Drugs Trib. 6/26/13 Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me Magn. 7/3/13 Cutie and the Boxer RTWC 8/16/13 Salinger Wein. 9/6/13 Le Joli Mai Icar. 9/13/13 Bears BV 4/18/14