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 , #1001-1057 Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1
729
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox
Bal.
$21,579
6
$1,570
1
6/29/07
2
728
The Arbor
Strand
$21,620
3
$2,638
1
4/27/11
3
726
The Matador (2008)
CityL
$21,816
2
$6,695
1
10/31/08
4
725
Giuliani Time
Libre
$21,967
2
$8,661
1
5/12/06
5
724
Primo Levi's Journey
CGld
$22,026
1
$3,151
1
8/17/07
6
723
And Everything is Going Fine
IFC
$22,080
2
$7,035
1
12/10/10
7
721
Incendiary
Truly
$22,457
3
$7,308
1
9/23/11
8
719
The Revisionaries
KL
$22,664
5
$2,608
1
10/5/12
9
714
Raw Faith
AM
$23,667
1
n/a
1
6/24/11
10
713
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
KL
$23,701
2
$5,530
1
1/18/13
11
711
Forever
Icar.
$23,828
1
$5,202
1
9/12/07
12
709
American Storytellers
Indic.
$24,082
1
$2,974
1
11/7/03
13
708
Radio Unnameable
KL
$24,090
2
$5,833
1
9/19/12
14
705
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Bal.
$24,729
4
$5,944
1
10/4/06
15
704
Gotta Dance
Mitro.
$25,108
4
$8,576
1
7/31/09
16
703
Lake of Fire
Think
$25,317
9
$2,559
1
10/3/07
17
702
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
FA
$25,489
3
$3,981
1
7/16/10
18
700
Nursery University
Vari.
$26,042
4
$11,307
1
4/24/09
19
699
Lipstick and Dynamite
Koch
$26,073
3
$4,046
1
3/25/05
20
698
Hitler's Children
FM
$26,083
3
$2,939
1
11/16/12
21
696
Earth Days
Zeit.
$26,748
5
$2,408
1
8/14/09
22
695
Trudell
Bal.
$26,756
5
$1,592
1
2/3/06
23
694
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
Sage.
$26,859
1
$5,034
1
11/24/06
24
693
The Garden
Osci.
$26,931
4
$4,114
1
4/24/09
25
692
Guest of Cindy Sherman
Trela
$27,052
1
$7,685
1
3/27/09
26
690
Jane's Journey
FRun
$27,253
3
$6,193
1
9/16/11
27
689
Who Gets to Call It Art?
Palm
$27,344
1
$7,520
1
2/1/06
28
688
Beyond Vanilla
Strand
$27,396
1
$5,761
1
5/16/03
29
685
Garbo: The Spy
FRun
$28,563
2
$5,593
1
11/18/11
30
684
Catwalk
Arro.
$28,672
3
$9,560
1
2/16/96
31
683
Naked Fame
Reg.
$29,220
2
$2,837
1
2/18/05
32
682
You've Been Trumped
ICir
$29,273
5
$4,497
1
8/3/12
33
681
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
Argo.
$29,316
5
$2,506
1
5/13/11
34
680
Romantico
Kino
$29,460
5
$2,808
1
11/1/06
35
675
The Windmill Movie
FDesk
$30,050
4
$3,832
1
6/17/09
36
674
American Swing
Magn.
$30,156
2
$10,174
1
3/27/09
37
672
Walking on Dead Fish
Vari.
$30,328
4
$10,524
1
9/19/08
38
671
The Take
Icar.
$30,380
1
$8,625
1
9/22/04
39
670
Fighting for Life
Truly
$30,606
2
$3,423
1
3/7/08
40
669
Meet the Fokkens
KL
$30,810
1
$7,628
1
8/8/12
41
668
GasLand
WOW
$30,846
2
$2,641
1
9/15/10
42
666
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Palm
$30,918
1
$9,993
1
8/6/08
43
665
Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner
CGld
$31,021
1
$7,980
1
4/3/13
44
663
Hats Off
Abr.
$31,272
5
$6,570
1
3/28/08
45
661
Reel Paradise
Wells
$31,918
6
$3,100
1
8/17/05
46
659
Sacco and Vanzetti
FRun
$32,203
3
$2,778
1
1/26/07
47
657
Ayurveda: The Art of Being
Kino
$32,267
2
$1,938
1
7/17/02
48
654
Of Time and the City
Strand
$32,677
2
$5,595
1
1/21/09
49
652
Sisters in Law
WMM
$33,312
2
$4,895
1
4/12/06
50
651
Making the Boys
FRun
$33,443
3
$7,513
1
3/11/11
51
648
My Country, My Country
Zeit.
$33,620
4
$3,546
1
8/4/06
52
647
Your Mommy Kills Animals
Halo8
$34,000
1
$34,000
1
7/20/07
53
646
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
FDesk
$34,023
3
$4,644
1
9/9/11
54
645
Hit So Hard
Vari.
$34,025
4
$6,500
1
4/13/12
55
644
Beautiful Darling
Crnth
$34,096
3
$12,406
1
4/22/11
56
642
Orchestra of Exiles
FRun
$34,577
5
$6,719
1
10/26/12
57
640
A Decade Under the Influence
IFC
$34,837
3
$2,320
1
4/25/03
58
639
Our City Dreams
FRun
$34,972
3
$4,056
1
2/6/09
59
638
Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?
AtRsk
$35,397
1
$6,742
1
7/27/06
60
636
Paul Goodman Changed My Life
Zeit.
$35,671
2
$5,754
1
10/19/11
61
634
Been Rich All My Life
FRun
$36,406
3
$8,252
1
7/21/06
62
632
Twist (1993)
Trit
$36,875
6
$1,589
1
7/16/93
63
631
Benjamin Smoke
Cow.
$37,111
2
$6,183
1
7/21/00
64
628
The Legend of Pale Male
Bal.
$38,083
4
$12,910
1
11/24/10
65
626
Death by China
A23
$38,492
3
$5,701
1
8/17/12
66
625
Paul Williams Still Alive
Abr.
$38,691
2
$6,116
1
6/8/12
67
624
Tsahal
NYer
$38,773
1
$12,195
1
1/27/95
68
623
The Cats of Mirikitani
LucD.
$38,925
3
$5,160
1
3/2/07
69
622
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
BV
$39,075
1
$10,350
1
3/6/98
70
621
Tell Them Who You Are
Think
$39,075
4
$4,060
1
5/13/05
71
620
Where Soldiers Come From
ICir
$39,201
5
n/a
1
9/9/11
72
618
Becoming Traviata
Distrib.
$39,391
7
$5,000
1
5/15/13
73
616
Khodorkovsky
KL
$39,522
2
$6,110
1
11/30/11
74
614
Addiction Incorporated
Vari.
$40,106
5
$1,629
1
12/14/11
75
613
Yiddish Theater: A Love Story
NLov.
$40,182
3
$1,886
1
11/21/07
76
612
Louder Than a Bomb
Bal.
$40,362
4
$2,300
1
5/18/11
77
611
The Dhamma Brothers
Bal.
$40,492
3
$3,710
1
4/11/08
78
608
Hell and Back Again
DF
$40,634
4
$3,413
1
10/5/11
79
605
Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4PM
NYer
$41,040
2
$7,412
1
10/12/01
80
604
The Betrayal
CGld
$41,271
3
$5,864
1
11/21/08
81
603
Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X
CCx
$41,430
1
$11,437
1
1/11/95
82
602
A State of Mind
Kino
$41,468
5
$5,515
1
8/10/05
83
601
We Live in Public
Abr.
$41,711
2
$7,325
1
8/28/09
84
600
On the Bowery (re-release)
Mile.
$41,802
1
$13,236
1
9/17/10
85
596
OC87
FKF
$43,583
6
$5,733
1
5/25/12
86
594
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
ICir
$43,942
5
$4,330
1
9/14/11
87
593
Regret to Inform
AL
$44,204
3
$6,294
1
6/25/99
88
592
William Eggleston in the Real World
Palm
$44,435
2
$6,820
1
8/31/05
89
591
Moving the Mountain
Oct.
$44,536
3
$3,199
1
4/26/95
90
590
Pressure Cooker
BevP
$44,803
2
$8,151
1
5/27/09
91
589
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
FRun
$44,883
6
$4,721
1
1/20/12
92
584
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Osci.
$46,380
4
$6,510
1
11/17/10
93
583
Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet
FRun
$46,412
1
$4,117
1
11/8/02
94
582
The Woodmans
Lorb.
$46,623
3
$5,874
1
1/19/11
95
581
On the Ropes
Wells
$46,737
5
$7,431
1
8/18/99
96
579
Collapse
Vita.
$46,964
5
$7,800
1
11/6/09
97
578
The Goebbels Experiment
FRun
$47,211
2
$6,769
1
8/12/05
98
574
Shakespeare Behind Bars
ICir
$48,594
5
$2,253
1
3/10/06
99
573
Ghosts of Cite Soleil
Think
$48,752
3
$7,100
1
6/27/07
100
572
Alice Neel
SeeT
$48,969
1
$6,207
1
4/20/07
TOTAL (All Movies): $979,245,320 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $948,881 46 $131,414 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 , #1001-1057
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