Documentary
1982-PresentLarge 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.
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 101 Chasing Ice SD $1,328,467 53 n/a - 11/9/12 102 Hearts of Darkness Trit $1,318,449 28 $42,992 4 11/27/91 103 Anne Frank Remembered SPC $1,310,200 31 $26,697 4 2/23/96 104 Air Racers 3D 3D $1,309,987 10 n/a - 4/6/12 105 Brother's Keeper CThnk $1,305,915 15 $10,758 1 9/9/92 106 Dogtown and Z-Boys SPC $1,300,682 70 $103,355 20 4/26/02 107 Startup.com Art. $1,283,356 35 $16,118 1 5/11/01 108 Gonzo Magn. $1,252,100 59 $191,942 26 7/4/08 109 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster IFC $1,222,708 147 $46,359 3 7/9/04 110 Shut Up and Sing Wein. $1,215,045 84 $50,103 4 10/27/06 111 The Thin Blue Line Mira. $1,209,846 23 $17,814 1 8/26/88 112 Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest SPC $1,200,326 54 $111,982 4 7/8/11 113 Festival Express Think $1,174,079 43 $12,074 1 7/23/04 114 American Movie SPC $1,165,795 29 $20,260 2 11/5/99 115 Girl Rising Gathr $1,144,298 170 $81,640 34 3/7/13 116 Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg ICir $1,134,623 25 $19,302 2 7/10/09 117 In the Shadow of the Moon Think $1,134,358 104 $38,281 4 9/7/07 118 Paper Clips Slow $1,121,744 43 $25,535 5 11/24/04 119 The U.S. Vs. John Lennon LGF $1,109,146 65 $69,143 6 9/15/06 120 Say Amen, Somebody MGM $1,108,299 - n/a - 3/11/83 121 Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times Magn. $1,067,028 65 $28,911 2 6/17/11 122 Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man LGF $1,044,254 55 $17,130 1 6/21/06 123 The Eyes of Tammy Faye Lions $1,029,591 51 $46,111 9 7/21/00 124 Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel Gold. $1,017,579 27 $63,700 3 9/21/12 125 First Position IFC $1,014,071 58 $48,024 5 5/4/12 126 More Than a Game LGF $950,675 111 $182,943 14 10/2/09 127 Encounters at the End of the World Think $944,933 39 $17,730 1 6/11/08 128 American Teen ParV $942,441 109 $45,589 5 7/25/08 129 35 Up Gold. $922,872 21 $13,690 1 1/15/92 130 Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness ICir $906,666 29 $20,247 1 7/8/11 131 Jesus Camp Magn. $902,544 52 $17,659 13 9/15/06 132 The War Room Oct. $901,668 21 $15,264 1 11/3/93 133 The Imposter IM $898,317 31 $22,379 1 7/13/12 134 The Wildest Dream NGE $898,137 21 $67,848 12 8/6/10 135 Tyson SPC $887,918 56 $85,046 11 4/24/09 136 Fast, Cheap and Out of Control SPC $878,960 40 $23,665 2 10/3/97 137 The Cove RAtt. $857,005 56 $57,640 4 7/31/09 138 Marlene Aliv $852,676 6 $14,490 1 11/7/86 139 Sharkwater Free $850,920 60 $37,140 60 9/28/07 140 Arctic Tale ParV $833,532 227 $22,607 4 7/25/07 141 I.O.U.S.A. RAtt. $821,046 358 $61,313 18 8/22/08 142 Ballets Russes Zeit. $815,848 21 $12,230 1 10/26/05 143 The Tillman Story Wein. $802,535 28 $52,185 4 8/20/10 144 Visions of Light Kino $799,856 13 $27,761 2 2/24/93 145 Into Great Silence Zeit. $790,452 19 $11,355 1 2/28/07 146 Trembling Before G-d NYer $788,896 8 $21,410 1 10/24/01 147 Bill W. P124 $784,333 31 n/a - 5/18/12 148 Up the Yangtze Zeit. $783,969 23 $15,851 1 4/25/08 149 The Wonder of It All Indic. $781,016 39 $18,988 3 7/17/09 150 To Be and to Have NYer $777,129 14 $20,528 3 9/19/03 151 Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones WB $776,699 111 $99,740 26 10/5/90 152 The Girl Next Door (2000) Indic. $771,712 5 $25,807 5 4/14/00 153 For All Mankind Apol. $770,132 9 $33,777 6 11/1/89 154 First Descent Uni. $750,805 243 $438,615 243 12/2/05 155 The Cross: The Arthur Blessit Story 8X $741,557 221 $309,455 221 3/27/09 156 Forks Over Knives Pas. $739,561 39 $17,645 1 1/7/11 157 Lost in La Mancha IFC $732,393 24 $63,303 8 1/31/03 158 The Big One Mira. $720,074 53 $146,909 33 4/10/98 159 Shanghai Ghetto Men. $712,446 13 $10,356 1 9/27/02 160 The 11th Hour WIP $707,343 111 $60,853 4 8/17/07 161 Tabloid IFC $696,921 37 $91,201 14 7/15/11 162 56 Up FRun $694,896 33 $22,088 1 1/4/13 163 Inside Deep Throat Uni. $691,880 27 $88,709 12 2/11/05 164 Wigstock: The Movie Gold. $686,152 30 $35,563 3 6/9/95 165 The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters PicH $677,914 58 $51,493 5 8/17/07 166 Kurt and Courtney Roxie $668,228 12 $16,835 1 2/27/98 167 Anvil! The Story of Anvil Abr. $667,911 27 $34,651 3 4/10/09 168 Dust to Glory IFC $640,013 80 $15,757 2 4/1/05 169 POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold SPC $638,476 141 $118,294 18 4/22/11 170 The Last Lions NGE $635,325 61 $53,344 4 2/18/11 171 Pumping Iron 2: The Women Cinc $628,050 - n/a - 5/3/85 172 Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry Think $614,138 163 $279,219 163 10/1/04 173 The Filth and the Fury FL $612,192 29 $13,305 1 3/29/00 174 Gunner Palace Palm $607,844 56 $63,520 8 3/4/05 175 Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - From Hollywood to the Heartland PicH $603,894 962 $464,170 962 2/8/08 176 Road Scholar Gold. $597,564 16 $8,635 1 7/16/93 177 Tarnation Wells $592,014 22 $12,740 1 10/6/04 178 Powaqqatsi Can. $589,244 22 $27,899 1 4/29/88 179 Elvis On Tour 75th Anniversary WB $587,818 - n/a - 7/29/10 180 Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion AL $578,241 15 $9,482 1 9/19/03 181 La Danse: Le Ballet de L'Opera de Paris Zipp. $567,493 25 $14,000 1 11/4/09 182 The Weather Underground Shad. $564,632 14 $13,984 1 6/4/03 183 Hands on a Hard Body Prov. $563,482 6 $7,607 1 7/10/98 184 Undefeated (2012) Wein. $562,218 21 $33,165 5 2/17/12 185 The Art of the Steal IFC $544,890 34 $39,019 3 2/26/10 186 Incident at Oglala Mira. $536,848 12 $19,070 3 5/8/92 187 Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry IFC $534,100 37 $41,104 5 7/27/12 188 Wild Man Blues NL $533,759 25 $54,458 3 4/17/98 189 Sex Is... OutF $530,833 6 n/a - 5/7/93 190 A Great Day in Harlem Castle $527,034 8 $21,078 1 2/17/95 191 Trouble the Water Zeit. $520,151 15 $28,606 3 8/22/08 192 Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser WB $518,918 11 $31,842 2 10/1/89 193 The Trials of Henry Kissinger FRun $516,726 8 $14,667 1 9/25/02 194 Shut Up and Play the Hits Osci. $510,334 161 n/a - 7/18/12 195 Mr. Death Lions $507,941 28 $24,125 3 12/29/99 196 The Flat IFC $471,842 27 $19,916 3 10/19/12 197 Pearl Jam Twenty Abr. $471,334 60 $102,448 7 9/20/11 198 Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism Libre $461,572 18 $77,982 5 8/6/04 199 The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers FRun $453,650 12 $1,114 1 1/29/10 200 The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl Kino $449,707 3 $9,711 1 3/18/94 TOTAL (All Movies): $976,657,632 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $956,570 47 $132,667 25 - TOTAL $498,427,158 - - - - AVERAGE $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
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