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.
Rows: #1-100 , #101-200 , #201-300 , #301-400 , #401-500 , #501-600 , #601-700 , #701-800 , #801-900 , #901-1000 , #1001-1047 Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1
641
The Turandot Project
Zeit.
$33,504
3
$7,877
2
8/10/01
2
625
Paper Dolls
Strand
$36,577
3
$7,870
3
9/6/06
3
500
Budrus
Bal.
$68,353
4
$7,819
1
10/8/10
4
497
Zoo
Think
$69,770
5
$7,811
1
4/25/07
5
572
Collapse
Vita.
$46,964
5
$7,800
1
11/6/09
6
315
Somewhere Between
Long Shot
$210,975
6
$7,799
1
8/24/12
7
753
Favela Rising
Moch.
$19,781
2
$7,768
1
6/2/06
8
894
A Walk to Beautiful
Engel
$7,718
1
$7,718
1
2/8/08
9
735
Meeting Resistance
ICir
$20,616
2
$7,712
2
10/19/07
10
684
Guest of Cindy Sherman
Trela
$27,052
1
$7,685
1
3/27/09
11
850
American Meat
LB
$10,650
1
$7,659
1
4/12/13
12
660
Meet the Fokkens
KL
$30,810
1
$7,628
1
8/8/12
13
453
Martha and Ethel
SPC
$91,874
6
$7,622
2
2/3/95
14
183
Hands on a Hard Body
Prov.
$563,482
6
$7,607
1
7/10/98
15
417
Word Wars
7Art
$110,617
5
$7,559
1
5/28/04
16
404
Sir! No Sir!
Bal.
$116,944
7
$7,547
2
4/7/06
17
681
Who Gets to Call It Art?
Palm
$27,344
1
$7,520
1
2/1/06
18
642
Making the Boys
FRun
$33,443
3
$7,513
1
3/11/11
19
539
That Man: Peter Berlin
Gori.
$55,398
1
$7,511
1
1/13/06
20
878
Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope
AL
$8,779
1
$7,502
1
9/7/01
21
373
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
7Art
$148,292
5
$7,482
1
10/20/06
22
574
On the Ropes
Wells
$46,737
5
$7,431
1
8/18/99
23
238
For the Bible Tells Me So
FRun
$312,751
15
$7,412
1
10/5/07
24
598
Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4PM
NYer
$41,040
2
$7,412
1
10/12/01
25
521
The Good Old Naughty Days
Strand
$60,862
2
$7,359
1
3/28/03
26
845
Family Fundamentals
Focus
$11,344
4
$7,352
4
10/11/02
27
594
We Live in Public
Abr.
$41,711
2
$7,325
1
8/28/09
28
714
Incendiary
Truly
$22,457
3
$7,308
1
9/23/11
29
752
Storm Surfers 3D
XL
$19,795
3
$7,299
2
4/26/13
30
457
Throw Down Your Heart
Argo.
$89,521
4
$7,283
2
3/13/09
31
558
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
AM
$51,301
3
$7,272
1
8/10/11
32
389
Until the Light Takes Us
Vari.
$130,441
3
$7,246
1
12/4/09
33
669
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye
Palm
$29,710
2
$7,235
2
1/13/06
34
427
The Way We Get By
ICir
$106,542
7
$7,149
1
7/17/09
35
859
Black Is, Black Ain't
Tara
$10,171
1
$7,120
1
5/5/95
36
836
My Voyage to Italy
Mira.
$11,683
1
$7,117
1
10/24/01
37
409
Sound and Fury
AL
$114,882
6
$7,104
2
10/25/00
38
567
Ghosts of Cite Soleil
Think
$48,752
3
$7,100
1
6/27/07
39
289
The Waiting Room
ICir
$244,951
8
$7,086
4
9/26/12
40
742
Zizek!
Zeit.
$20,177
1
$7,062
1
11/18/05
41
514
The Order of Myths
CGld
$62,645
3
$7,056
1
7/25/08
42
443
Under Our Skin
Shad.
$98,548
6
$7,043
1
6/19/09
43
829
Lost Angels: Skid Row is My Home
Libre
$12,025
1
$7,039
1
12/7/12
44
492
Air Guitar Nation
Shad.
$71,471
10
$7,035
1
3/23/07
45
716
And Everything is Going Fine
IFC
$22,080
2
$7,035
1
12/10/10
46
904
Corman's World
Anch.
$7,000
2
$7,000
2
12/16/11
47
803
Desert Bayou
Libre
$14,350
1
$6,976
1
10/5/07
48
530
Side By Side
Trib.
$58,825
9
$6,956
1
8/17/12
49
848
Sarah Palin - You Betcha!
Free
$10,935
6
$6,911
6
9/30/11
50
507
Absolute Wilson
NYer
$66,217
3
$6,879
2
10/27/06
51
585
William Eggleston in the Real World
Palm
$44,435
2
$6,820
1
8/31/05
52
304
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
Lot47
$225,682
20
$6,776
1
8/16/00
53
571
The Goebbels Experiment
FRun
$47,211
2
$6,769
1
8/12/05
54
448
Black Gold
CalN
$93,477
6
$6,764
3
10/6/06
55
484
America the Beautiful
FInd.
$76,173
5
$6,760
1
5/9/08
56
429
King Corn
Bal.
$105,422
8
$6,753
1
10/12/07
57
630
Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?
AtRsk
$35,397
1
$6,742
1
7/27/06
58
634
Orchestra of Exiles
FRun
$34,577
5
$6,719
1
10/26/12
59
830
Picture Me
Strand
$12,008
1
$6,718
1
9/17/10
60
719
The Matador (2008)
CityL
$21,816
2
$6,695
1
10/31/08
61
419
5 Broken Cameras
KL
$109,983
9
$6,674
1
5/30/12
62
511
Bloodline
Libre
$64,698
5
$6,658
1
5/9/08
63
913
Skid Row
Scre.
$6,627
3
$6,627
3
8/24/07
64
438
Rejoice and Shout
Magn.
$100,237
7
$6,589
1
6/3/11
65
655
Hats Off
Abr.
$31,272
5
$6,570
1
3/28/08
66
242
The Panama Deception
EPr
$309,596
11
$6,563
1
7/31/92
67
360
Horse Boy
Zeit.
$156,612
5
$6,554
3
9/30/09
68
600
Moving Midway
FRun
$40,864
4
$6,539
2
9/12/08
69
286
Promises
Cow.
$247,948
5
$6,535
5
3/15/02
70
222
Genghis Blues
Roxie
$374,550
6
$6,524
1
7/1/99
71
577
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Osci.
$46,380
4
$6,510
1
11/17/10
72
637
Hit So Hard
Vari.
$34,025
4
$6,500
1
4/13/12
73
450
My Reincarnation
Long Shot
$92,822
5
$6,498
1
10/28/11
74
556
Hiding and Seeking
FRun
$51,936
2
$6,423
1
2/6/04
75
354
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Cow.
$160,621
5
$6,411
1
5/23/03
76
863
Something to Cheer About
Truly
$9,777
9
$6,410
9
4/27/07
77
789
7th Street
PAc.
$15,629
1
$6,354
1
1/17/03
78
353
Nanking
Think
$161,182
10
$6,316
1
12/12/07
79
552
Cropsey
CP
$52,476
4
$6,306
1
6/4/10
80
586
Regret to Inform
AL
$44,204
3
$6,294
1
6/25/99
81
246
Unmistaken Child
Osci.
$306,140
6
$6,293
1
6/3/09
82
517
Public Speaking
Rialto
$62,173
2
$6,260
1
2/23/11
83
385
Stolen
ICir
$132,596
5
$6,250
1
4/19/06
84
843
Sputnik Mania
Bal.
$11,441
1
$6,223
1
3/14/08
85
566
Alice Neel
SeeT
$48,969
1
$6,207
1
4/20/07
86
682
Jane's Journey
FRun
$27,253
3
$6,193
1
9/16/11
87
777
Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment
FRun
$16,734
3
$6,193
1
4/27/12
88
623
Benjamin Smoke
Cow.
$37,111
2
$6,183
1
7/21/00
89
617
Paul Williams Still Alive
Abr.
$38,691
2
$6,116
1
6/8/12
90
609
Khodorkovsky
KL
$39,522
2
$6,110
1
11/30/11
91
736
Walt & El Grupo
BV
$20,521
4
$6,059
3
9/9/09
92
738
Orwell Rolls in His Grave
SHB
$20,389
3
$6,059
1
7/23/04
93
644
American Teacher
FRun
$33,144
2
$6,036
2
9/30/11
94
560
Long Night's Journey Into Day
7Art
$50,715
3
$6,027
1
3/29/00
95
698
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Bal.
$24,729
4
$5,944
1
10/4/06
96
751
Charlotte Rampling: The Look
KL
$19,988
2
$5,905
2
11/4/11
97
817
I Trust You to Kill Me
FInd.
$12,854
1
$5,888
1
9/8/06
98
575
The Woodmans
Lorb.
$46,623
3
$5,874
1
1/19/11
99
451
American: The Bill Hicks Story
Vari.
$92,234
11
$5,872
1
4/8/11
100
924
Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
Zeit.
$5,869
1
$5,869
1
4/30/99
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
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