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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 401 Fidel FRun $121,304 2 $19,320 2 10/18/02 402 Examined Life Zeit. $120,712 6 $12,085 1 2/25/09 403 See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary WP $118,206 21 $4,996 1 3/19/10 404 Sir! No Sir! Bal. $116,944 7 $7,547 2 4/7/06 405 Beware of Mr. Baker SF $116,476 15 $12,195 1 11/28/12 406 The Undefeated (2011) ArcEnt $116,381 14 $65,132 10 7/15/11 407 Blank City IR $116,037 3 $13,989 1 4/6/11 408 War/Dance Think $115,210 10 $15,471 3 11/9/07 409 Sound and Fury AL $114,882 6 $7,104 2 10/25/00 410 Ballerina FRun $114,507 5 $2,656 1 1/16/09 411 After Innocence NYer $114,264 4 $10,194 1 10/21/05 412 Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story ICir $112,679 19 $7,882 1 5/4/12 413 Killing Kasztner SkyI $112,313 5 $5,513 1 10/23/09 414 Marwencol CGld $112,036 6 $3,276 1 10/8/10 415 Burn (2012) A23 $111,300 4 $1,970 1 11/9/12 416 Wild Horse Wild Ride Scre. $111,205 21 $3,610 1 8/24/12 417 Word Wars 7Art $110,617 5 $7,559 1 5/28/04 418 In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed NFF $110,577 15 $46,975 6 10/1/04 419 5 Broken Cameras KL $109,983 9 $6,674 1 5/30/12 420 Best Worst Movie Abr. $109,895 2 $5,503 1 4/23/10 421 Bustin' Down the Door Scre. $109,427 17 $17,317 5 7/25/08 422 Darfur Now WIP $109,107 24 $23,217 3 11/2/07 423 Trumbo Gold. $109,057 6 $28,125 3 6/27/08 424 Jimmy Carter Man from Plains SPC $108,807 21 $10,413 7 10/26/07 425 Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer Indic. $107,040 2 $4,236 2 3/5/04 426 Fellini: I'm a Born Liar First $106,686 5 $8,981 1 4/2/03 427 The Way We Get By ICir $106,542 7 $7,149 1 7/17/09 428 Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview Magn. $105,710 13 n/a - 11/16/11 429 King Corn Bal. $105,422 8 $6,753 1 10/12/07 430 Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst Magn. $105,054 9 $22,444 4 11/26/04 431 Mr. Untouchable Magn. $104,678 26 $48,280 26 10/26/07 432 Stevie Lions $103,401 13 $9,383 4 3/28/03 433 Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams Abr. $103,028 76 n/a - 3/31/13 434 Al Franken: God Spoke Bal. $102,990 10 $10,533 2 9/13/06 435 Afghan Star Zeit. $102,115 5 $3,671 1 6/26/09 436 Freakonomics Magn. $101,270 20 $31,893 20 10/1/10 437 8: The Mormon Proposition RF $100,280 16 $42,566 16 6/18/10 438 Rejoice and Shout Magn. $100,237 7 $6,589 1 6/3/11 439 Bhutto FRun $100,202 4 $8,275 2 12/3/10 440 No Impact Man Osci. $100,028 8 $15,215 2 9/11/09 441 Yves St. Laurent Emp. $99,819 2 $15,385 1 1/7/04 442 Escape Fire RAtt. $99,028 12 $30,953 12 10/5/12 443 Under Our Skin Shad. $98,548 6 $7,043 1 6/19/09 444 Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer Lant $97,362 6 $16,158 3 1/9/04 445 Paragraph 175 NYer $96,630 2 $25,007 2 9/13/00 446 Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, The Mistress and the Tangerine Zeit. $95,865 4 $9,220 1 6/25/08 447 Biggie and Tupac Roxie $94,874 6 $5,728 1 9/20/02 448 Black Gold CalN $93,477 6 $6,764 3 10/6/06 449 Celsius 41.11: The Truth Behind the Lies of Fahrenheit 9/11 CitU $93,000 116 $93,000 116 10/22/04 450 My Reincarnation Long Shot $92,822 5 $6,498 1 10/28/11 451 American: The Bill Hicks Story Vari. $92,234 11 $5,872 1 4/8/11 452 The Brandon Teena Story Zeit. $92,113 2 $11,281 1 9/23/98 453 Martha and Ethel SPC $91,874 6 $7,622 2 2/3/95 454 The Unforeseen CGld $90,287 3 $2,496 1 2/29/08 455 Pray the Devil Back to Hell Bal. $90,066 5 $8,227 1 11/7/08 456 Stripper Fox $90,000 1 $14,155 1 1/31/86 457 Throw Down Your Heart Argo. $89,521 4 $7,283 2 3/13/09 458 Stranded: I Have Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains Zeit. $89,473 7 $3,077 1 10/22/08 459 Blindsight Abr. $89,169 5 $5,279 1 3/5/08 460 Pete Seeger: The Power of Song Wein. $88,312 3 $11,945 1 10/26/07 461 The Cartel MP $87,763 2 $3,694 2 4/16/10 462 Exporting Raymond Gold. $87,727 13 $35,292 13 4/29/11 463 America: Freedom to Fascism Libre $87,400 10 $61,200 10 7/28/06 464 Kurt Cobain About a Son Bal. $87,016 6 $10,749 2 10/3/07 465 Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present MBox $86,637 5 $11,041 2 6/13/12 466 Crazy Wisdom AM $86,202 5 $10,304 1 11/25/11 467 51 Birch Street Truly $84,689 6 $10,827 2 10/18/06 468 Wretches & Jabberers A23 $84,610 1 n/a - 4/1/11 469 16 Days of Glory Par. $83,857 - n/a - 3/7/86 470 Praying with Lior FRun $82,553 4 $8,401 1 2/1/08 471 Better Living Through Circuitry 7Art $82,378 8 $24,970 4 5/26/00 472 The Whale Pala. $81,881 5 $4,835 2 9/9/11 473 Hating Breitbart RM $81,432 8 $40,673 4 10/19/12 474 Future of Food Libre $81,280 5 $8,721 2 9/14/05 475 Waking Sleeping Beauty BV $80,741 5 $33,115 5 3/26/10 476 Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus Shad. $79,916 6 $4,095 1 7/13/05 477 Harvest of Empire Onyx $79,627 2 n/a - 9/28/12 478 Radiant City All. $78,944 4 n/a - 3/30/07 479 Bright Leaves FRun $77,888 4 $4,485 1 8/25/04 480 Circo FRun $77,466 4 $5,403 1 4/1/11 481 To Catch a Dollar A23 $77,142 - n/a - 3/31/11 482 This is Not a Film PalT $77,016 5 $12,608 5 2/29/12 483 The Island President Gold. $76,398 5 $13,998 2 3/28/12 484 America the Beautiful FInd. $76,173 5 $6,760 1 5/9/08 485 The Nomi Song Palm $74,631 3 $14,510 2 2/4/05 486 Shoot Down Magic $74,421 21 $49,182 21 1/25/08 487 Enemies of the People ICir $73,171 6 $2,277 1 7/30/10 488 Naked in Ashes Jour $72,073 6 $9,690 1 10/21/05 489 The Invisible War Cdgm. $71,968 19 $16,500 4 6/22/12 490 Runaway Slave RM $71,737 6 $3,626 1 7/6/12 491 Body of War FSC $71,716 5 $3,321 1 3/7/08 492 Air Guitar Nation Shad. $71,471 10 $7,035 1 3/23/07 493 Freedom on My Mind Tara $71,176 1 $4,272 1 6/22/94 494 Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul Strand $70,685 3 $9,161 1 6/9/06 495 Crips and Bloods: Made in America Argo. $70,219 4 $10,537 1 1/23/09 496 The Business of Being Born ICir $69,991 3 $9,574 1 1/9/08 497 Zoo Think $69,770 5 $7,811 1 4/25/07 498 An Inconsistent Truth RM $69,394 3 $20,733 1 1/27/12 499 Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields Vari. $68,719 5 $4,620 1 10/27/10 500 Budrus Bal. $68,353 4 $7,819 1 10/8/10 TOTAL (All Movies): $976,846,546 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $955,819 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