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 Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 593 On the Bowery (re-release) Milestone $41,802 1 $13,236 1 9/17/10 2 949 This Divided State Minority Films $4,255 1 $1,653 1 7/22/05 3 13 Madonna: Truth or Dare Miramax $15,012,935 652 $543,250 51 5/10/91 4 40 Paris is Burning Miramax $3,779,620 91 $310,127 23 8/9/91 5 58 Unzipped Miramax $2,875,086 119 $71,275 2 8/4/95 6 60 Comedian Miramax $2,751,988 244 $60,224 4 10/11/02 7 87 Rhyme & Reason Miramax $1,608,277 280 $853,589 280 3/7/97 8 95 Microcosmos Miramax $1,433,210 43 $35,189 2 10/9/96 9 111 The Thin Blue Line Miramax $1,209,846 23 $17,814 1 8/26/88 10 158 The Big One Miramax $720,074 53 $146,909 33 4/10/98 11 186 Incident at Oglala Miramax $536,848 12 $19,070 3 5/8/92 12 202 The Heart of the Game Miramax $445,374 21 $11,251 3 6/9/06 13 268 American Dream Miramax $269,823 7 $9,291 2 3/18/92 14 372 Once in a Lifetime Miramax $144,601 12 $9,805 1 7/7/06 15 382 Naqoyqatsi Miramax $133,058 9 $17,154 2 10/18/02 16 385 Deep Blue Miramax $132,261 5 $8,373 2 6/3/05 17 732 Small Wonders Miramax $20,819 7 $2,880 1 10/4/96 18 793 Full-Tilt Boogie Miramax $15,313 6 $9,895 6 7/31/98 19 836 My Voyage to Italy Miramax $11,683 1 $7,117 1 10/24/01 20 619 Oh My God? Mitropoulos Films $38,244 7 $8,263 3 11/13/09 21 696 Gotta Dance Mitropoulos Films $25,108 4 $8,576 1 7/31/09 22 966 The Price of Sugar Mitropoulos Films $3,384 1 $3,384 1 9/28/07 23 753 Favela Rising Mochary Films $19,781 2 $7,768 1 6/2/06 24 306 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama Monterey Media, Inc. $224,546 11 n/a - 4/27/07 25 835 One Peace at a Time Monterey Media, Inc. $11,698 2 $4,138 1 12/4/09 26 852 whaledreamers Monterey Media, Inc. $10,584 6 $1,827 6 9/26/08 27 460 The Cartel Moving Pictures Institute $87,763 2 $3,694 2 4/16/10 28 228 Happy People: A Year in the Taiga Music Box Films $337,141 23 $10,481 1 1/25/13 29 464 Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present Music Box Films $86,637 5 $11,041 2 6/13/12 30 29 Flying Monsters National Geographic Entertainment $5,217,211 27 n/a 6 10/7/11 31 100 Restrepo National Geographic Entertainment $1,330,894 52 $35,581 2 6/25/10 32 134 The Wildest Dream National Geographic Entertainment $898,137 21 $67,848 12 8/6/10 33 170 The Last Lions National Geographic Entertainment $635,325 61 $53,344 4 2/18/11 34 282 Life in a Day National Geographic Entertainment $252,788 19 $45,202 11 7/29/11 35 812 Benda Bilili! National Geographic Entertainment $13,420 3 $1,678 1 9/30/11 36 73 The Endless Summer II New Line $2,155,385 302 $657,292 302 6/3/94 37 188 Wild Man Blues New Line $533,759 25 $54,458 3 4/17/98 38 223 The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years New Line $373,743 21 $45,008 21 6/3/88 39 606 Yiddish Theater: A Love Story New Love Films $40,182 3 $1,886 1 11/21/07 40 61 My Architect New Yorker $2,750,707 39 $37,929 2 11/12/03 41 146 Trembling Before G-d New Yorker $788,896 8 $21,410 1 10/24/01 42 150 To Be and to Have New Yorker $777,129 14 $20,528 3 9/19/03 43 272 Life and Debt New Yorker $263,107 4 $1,494 1 6/16/01 44 410 After Innocence New Yorker $114,264 4 $10,194 1 10/21/05 45 444 Paragraph 175 New Yorker $96,630 2 $25,007 2 9/13/00 46 506 Absolute Wilson New Yorker $66,217 3 $6,879 2 10/27/06 47 598 Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4PM New Yorker $41,040 2 $7,412 1 10/12/01 48 616 Tsahal New Yorker $38,773 1 $12,195 1 1/27/95 49 874 ABC Africa New Yorker $9,075 1 $559 1 5/3/02 50 - The Sky Turns (El cielo gira) New Yorker n/a 1 n/a 1 2/11/11 51 248 God Grew Tired of Us Newmarket $301,447 10 $21,858 2 1/12/07 52 417 In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed Non-Fiction Films $110,577 15 $46,975 6 10/1/04 53 515 Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision Ocean Releasing $62,186 6 $2,273 1 10/20/95 54 132 The War Room October $901,668 21 $15,264 1 11/3/93 55 208 The Last Days October $421,432 32 $20,492 3 2/5/99 56 583 Moving the Mountain October $44,536 3 $3,199 1 4/26/95 57 476 Harvest of Empire Onyx Films $79,627 2 n/a - 9/28/12 58 839 Crop Circles: Quest for Truth Open Edge $11,562 1 $5,763 1 8/23/02 59 699 Eat This New York Organic Pictures $24,640 2 $5,847 2 1/30/04 60 980 Risk/Reward Organic Pictures $2,517 1 $2,517 1 2/27/04 61 281 Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey Orion Classics $253,311 11 $8,335 1 8/25/95 62 63 Samsara Oscilloscope Pictures $2,672,413 70 $76,222 2 8/24/12 63 194 Shut Up and Play the Hits Oscilloscope Pictures $510,334 161 n/a - 7/18/12 64 233 A Film Unfinished Oscilloscope Pictures $320,486 16 $34,060 4 8/18/10 65 246 Unmistaken Child Oscilloscope Pictures $306,140 6 $6,293 1 6/3/09 66 375 FLOW: For Love of Water Oscilloscope Pictures $142,569 11 $3,644 1 3/21/08 67 439 No Impact Man Oscilloscope Pictures $100,028 8 $15,215 2 9/11/09 68 517 If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Oscilloscope Pictures $61,794 5 $5,634 2 6/22/11 69 544 The Other F Word Oscilloscope Pictures $53,714 6 $15,792 2 11/4/11 70 556 Burma VJ Oscilloscope Pictures $51,672 3 $5,554 1 5/20/09 71 558 Gunnin' for That #1 Spot Oscilloscope Pictures $50,804 14 $20,355 14 6/27/08 72 576 William S. Burroughs: A Man Within Oscilloscope Pictures $46,380 4 $6,510 1 11/17/10 73 685 The Garden Oscilloscope Pictures $26,931 4 $4,114 1 4/24/09 74 755 Tchoupitoulas Oscilloscope Pictures $19,375 6 $2,379 1 12/7/12 75 764 Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father Oscilloscope Pictures $18,334 3 $2,886 1 10/31/08 76 794 Only the Young Oscilloscope Pictures $15,312 2 $1,446 1 12/7/12 77 822 Rebirth Oscilloscope Pictures $12,358 4 $2,740 1 8/31/11 78 189 Sex Is... Outsider Films $530,833 6 n/a - 5/7/93 79 1003 'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris Outsider Films $1,476 1 $1,476 1 12/7/07 80 14 Capitalism: A Love Story Overture Films $14,363,397 995 $231,964 4 9/23/09 81 147 Bill W. Page 124 Productions $784,333 31 n/a - 5/18/12 82 88 I Am Paladin $1,591,034 74 $10,092 1 2/18/11 83 471 The Whale Paladin $81,881 5 $4,835 2 9/9/11 84 572 Connected Paladin $46,782 7 $13,301 3 9/16/11 85 587 Love Etc. Paladin $43,593 2 $8,781 2 7/1/11 86 627 Mansome Paladin $36,280 20 $18,395 20 5/18/12 87 700 Otter 501 Paladin $24,449 4 $5,444 3 5/11/12 88 770 Great Directors Paladin $17,921 4 $5,440 3 7/2/10 89 481 This is Not a Film Palisades Tartan $77,016 5 $12,608 5 2/29/12 90 174 Gunner Palace Palm $607,844 56 $63,520 8 3/4/05 91 253 Scratch Palm $289,885 7 $29,677 5 2/15/02 92 369 Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator Palm $150,268 13 $10,998 1 8/22/03 93 390 Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt Palm $129,988 5 $9,098 1 12/2/05 94 393 DIG! Palm $127,067 10 $20,437 2 10/1/04 95 484 The Nomi Song Palm $74,631 3 $14,510 2 2/4/05 96 584 William Eggleston in the Real World Palm $44,435 2 $6,820 1 8/31/05 97 592 Mandela Palm $42,056 8 $8,413 8 3/21/97 98 599 Tom Dowd and the Language of Music Palm $40,919 10 $16,522 10 8/13/04 99 658 Patti Smith: Dream of Life Palm $30,918 1 $9,993 1 8/6/08 100 669 Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye Palm $29,710 2 $7,235 2 1/13/06 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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