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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 501 2012: Time for Change Mang. $68,339 2 $9,009 1 4/9/10 502 Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire CalN $68,249 4 $1,848 1 5/13/05 503 Happy Valley Ston5 $67,665 7 $27,122 7 3/28/08 504 Lagerfeld Confidential Koch $67,500 2 $11,477 1 10/24/07 505 Beyond the Gates (2004) ETr. $67,433 5 $36,412 5 11/5/04 506 The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom Bal. $67,095 4 $10,884 1 3/31/10 507 Absolute Wilson NYer $66,217 3 $6,879 2 10/27/06 508 Dancing Across Borders FRun $66,166 5 $5,204 1 3/26/10 509 Darshan IFC $66,032 5 $3,360 1 7/26/06 510 The Real Dirt on Farmer John Slow $65,429 10 $12,376 3 1/20/06 511 Bloodline Libre $64,698 5 $6,658 1 5/9/08 512 Rock School PicH $64,310 32 $28,136 32 6/3/05 513 Cool It RAtt. $62,713 43 $26,847 41 11/12/10 514 The Order of Myths CGld $62,645 3 $7,056 1 7/25/08 515 Vajra Sky Over Tibet Truly $62,356 4 $4,471 1 8/18/06 516 Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision OcR $62,186 6 $2,273 1 10/20/95 517 Public Speaking Rialto $62,173 2 $6,260 1 2/23/11 518 If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Osci. $61,794 5 $5,634 2 6/22/11 519 War Photographer FRun $61,040 1 $9,327 1 6/19/02 520 Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey Cdgm. $61,018 23 $25,573 23 3/8/13 521 The Good Old Naughty Days Strand $60,862 2 $7,359 1 3/28/03 522 How to Live Forever Vari. $60,630 4 $3,716 1 5/13/11 523 The Long Way Home 7Art $60,509 7 $10,606 7 9/17/97 524 Limelight Magn. $60,335 4 $9,259 1 9/23/11 525 Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story IPos. $60,332 10 $10,939 2 9/26/08 526 Crime After Crime LSF $60,291 5 $3,215 1 7/1/11 527 Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters Zeit. $60,064 3 $1,492 1 11/2/12 528 Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired Think $59,192 9 $4,613 1 7/11/08 529 Maxed Out Magn. $58,829 6 $20,024 6 3/9/07 530 Side By Side Trib. $58,825 9 $6,956 1 8/17/12 531 Leviathan (2013) CGld $58,691 5 $10,000 1 3/1/13 532 Four Seasons Lodge FRun $58,334 3 $11,667 1 11/11/09 533 Voices of Iraq Magn. $57,999 12 $30,634 12 10/29/04 534 Farmageddon KMP $56,573 7 $2,699 1 6/17/11 535 Beautiful Losers Side. $56,386 3 $10,607 1 8/8/08 536 Divan Zeit. $56,214 4 $3,560 1 3/17/04 537 Finding Joe Bal. $55,518 7 $8,753 1 9/30/11 538 The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story BV $55,513 5 $14,632 5 5/22/09 539 That Man: Peter Berlin Gori. $55,398 1 $7,511 1 1/13/06 540 Into Eternity ICir $55,366 6 $3,530 1 2/2/11 541 In a Dream ICir $54,640 4 $5,297 1 4/10/09 542 The Lottery Vari. $54,543 3 $16,435 1 6/11/10 543 Surviving Progress FRun $53,953 6 $4,161 2 4/6/12 544 Ballot Measure 9 Zeit. $53,819 1 $8,143 1 3/31/95 545 The Other F Word Osci. $53,714 6 $15,792 2 11/4/11 546 Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea Tila. $53,471 3 $4,424 2 2/24/06 547 High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music Tara $53,319 2 $9,571 1 4/29/94 548 A Trip to the Moon/The Extraordinary Voyage FA $52,986 6 $2,915 3 2/10/12 549 Billy the Kid Elep. $52,823 3 $7,923 1 12/5/07 550 Occupy Unmasked Magn. $52,768 4 $40,952 4 9/21/12 551 Women, Art, Revolution Zeit. $52,681 4 $5,791 2 6/1/11 552 Cropsey CP $52,476 4 $6,306 1 6/4/10 553 Visual Acoustics Arth. $52,467 5 $3,517 1 10/9/09 554 Dare Not Walk Alone Indic. $52,166 3 $9,259 3 4/25/08 555 Screamers (2006) Maya $52,034 4 $23,609 4 12/8/06 556 Hiding and Seeking FRun $51,936 2 $6,423 1 2/6/04 557 Burma VJ Osci. $51,672 3 $5,554 1 5/20/09 558 Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow AM $51,301 3 $7,272 1 8/10/11 559 Gunnin' for That #1 Spot Osci. $50,804 14 $20,355 14 6/27/08 560 Long Night's Journey Into Day 7Art $50,715 3 $6,027 1 3/29/00 561 The Line King: Al Hirschfeld Castle $50,605 7 $5,677 1 9/27/96 562 American Casino Argo. $50,437 3 $1,397 1 8/14/09 563 Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard ReelD $49,919 1 $25,460 1 7/27/07 564 Pianomania FRun $49,852 6 $2,238 1 5/27/11 565 Orgasm Inc. FRun $49,001 3 $8,773 2 2/11/11 566 Alice Neel SeeT $48,969 1 $6,207 1 4/20/07 567 Ghosts of Cite Soleil Think $48,752 3 $7,100 1 6/27/07 568 Shakespeare Behind Bars ICir $48,594 5 $2,253 1 3/10/06 569 Terror's Advocate Magn. $47,724 4 $11,197 3 10/12/07 570 Step Up to the Plate CGld $47,439 6 $5,643 2 9/14/12 571 The Goebbels Experiment FRun $47,211 2 $6,769 1 8/12/05 572 Collapse Vita. $46,964 5 $7,800 1 11/6/09 573 Connected Pala. $46,782 7 $13,301 3 9/16/11 574 On the Ropes Wells $46,737 5 $7,431 1 8/18/99 575 The Woodmans Lorb. $46,623 3 $5,874 1 1/19/11 576 Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet FRun $46,412 1 $4,117 1 11/8/02 577 William S. Burroughs: A Man Within Osci. $46,380 4 $6,510 1 11/17/10 578 The Hip Hop Project Think $46,208 42 $32,520 42 5/11/07 579 Ballplayer: Pelotero Strand $46,109 10 $20,628 10 7/13/12 580 William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe Arth. $46,078 6 $10,322 2 11/13/09 581 Greedy Lying Bastards LR $45,000 50 $45,000 50 3/8/13 582 The Pruitt-Igoe Myth FRun $44,883 6 $4,721 1 1/20/12 583 Pressure Cooker BevP $44,803 2 $8,151 1 5/27/09 584 Moving the Mountain Oct. $44,536 3 $3,199 1 4/26/95 585 William Eggleston in the Real World Palm $44,435 2 $6,820 1 8/31/05 586 Regret to Inform AL $44,204 3 $6,294 1 6/25/99 587 Granito: How to Nail a Dictator ICir $43,942 5 $4,330 1 9/14/11 588 Love Etc. Pala. $43,593 2 $8,781 2 7/1/11 589 OC87 FKF $43,583 6 $5,733 1 5/25/12 590 Last Call at the Oasis ATO $42,423 6 $8,899 3 5/4/12 591 Fixing the Future A23 $42,393 - n/a - 7/18/12 592 Mandela Palm $42,056 8 $8,413 8 3/21/97 593 On the Bowery (re-release) Mile. $41,802 1 $13,236 1 9/17/10 594 We Live in Public Abr. $41,711 2 $7,325 1 8/28/09 595 A State of Mind Kino $41,468 5 $5,515 1 8/10/05 596 Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X CCx $41,430 1 $11,437 1 1/11/95 597 The Betrayal CGld $41,271 3 $5,864 1 11/21/08 598 Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4PM NYer $41,040 2 $7,412 1 10/12/01 599 Tom Dowd and the Language of Music Palm $40,919 10 $16,522 10 8/13/04 600 Moving Midway FRun $40,864 4 $6,539 2 9/12/08 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