Genre Keyword: Documentary

Rank Title Lifetime GrossMax TheatersOpeningOpen ThRelease DateDistributor
1,001The End of Poverty?$57,8055$12,5931Nov 13, 2009Cinema Libre Studio
1,002Command and Control$57,6356$5,3851Sep 14, 2016American Experience Films
1,003Ramen Heads$57,3456$7,0852Mar 16, 2018FilmBuff
1,004Farmageddon$56,5737$2,6991Jun 17, 2011-
1,005Beautiful Losers$56,3863$10,6071Aug 8, 2008Sidetrack Films
1,006Big Men$56,2863$7,5391Mar 14, 2014Abramorama
1,007Saving Brinton$56,21810$2,6901Sep 17, 2017-
1,008Divan$56,2144$3,5601Mar 17, 2004Zeitgeist Films
1,009Terms and Conditions May Apply$55,8246$4,4461Jul 12, 2013Variance Films
1,010Finding Joe$55,5187$8,7531Sep 30, 2011Balcony Releasing
1,011The Boys$55,5135$14,6325May 22, 2009Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
1,012The Lovers & the Despot$55,51113$14,9258Sep 23, 2016Magnolia Pictures
1,013The Paris Opera$55,4829$7,7094Oct 18, 2017Film Movement
1,014Heavy Water$55,446284--Jun 13, 2019Fathom Events
1,015Voyage of Time$55,40915$55,40915Oct 7, 2016IMAX
1,016That Man: Peter Berlin$55,3981$7,5111Jan 13, 2006Gorilla Factory Productions
1,017Into Eternity$55,3666$3,5301Feb 2, 2011International Film Circuit
1,018American Dream: Detroit$55,092421--May 15, 2018Fathom Events
1,019The Lovely Month of May$55,0383$10,6623Sep 13, 2013Icarus Films
1,020The Nature of Existence$54,6454$2,9771Jun 18, 2010Walking Shadows
1,021In a Dream$54,6404$5,2971Apr 10, 2009International Film Circuit
1,022The Lottery$54,5433$16,4351Jun 11, 2010Variance Films
1,023Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Suess$54,3055$9,2581Mar 3, 2010Zeitgeist Films
1,024The Search for General Tso$54,27513$9,3362Jan 2, 2015IFC Films
1,025Surviving Progress$53,9536$4,1612Apr 6, 2012First Run
1,026Ballot Measure 9$53,8191$8,1431Mar 31, 1995Zeitgeist Films
1,027The Other F Word$53,7146$15,7922Nov 4, 2011Oscilloscope
1,028Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea$53,4713$4,4242Feb 24, 2006Tilapia Film
1,029High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music$53,3192$9,5711Apr 29, 1994Tara Releasing
1,030Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound$53,14411$12,3483Oct 25, 2019Matson Films
1,031The Extraordinary Voyage$52,9866$2,9153Feb 10, 2012Flicker Alley
1,032Twiceland$52,87419--Dec 7, 2018CJ Entertainment
1,033To Be Takei$52,82322$22,84622Aug 22, 2014Starz Digital Media
1,033Billy the Kid$52,8233$7,9231Dec 5, 2007Elephant Eye Films
1,035Occupy Unmasked$52,7684$40,9524Sep 21, 2012Magnolia Pictures
1,036!Women Art Revolution$52,6814$5,7912Jun 1, 2011Zeitgeist Films
1,037The Last Man on the Moon$52,48214$30,88013Feb 26, 2016Gravitas Ventures
1,038Cropsey$52,4764$6,3061Jun 4, 2010Cinema Purgatorio
1,039Visual Acoustics$52,4675$3,5171Oct 9, 2009Arthouse Films
1,040Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie$52,4584--Jun 7, 2013-
1,041Breath Made Visible: Anna Halprin$52,3873$8,4253Apr 2, 2010Argot Pictures
1,042The Human Experience$52,2965$27,1705Apr 9, 2010Grassroots Films
1,043My Journey Through French Cinema$52,2144$10,6363Jun 23, 2017Cohen Media Group
1,044Dare Not Walk Alone$52,1663$9,2593Apr 25, 2008Indican Pictures
1,045The Missing Picture$52,1649$10,1485Mar 19, 2014Strand Releasing
1,046Screamers$52,0344$23,6094Dec 8, 2006Maya Entertainment
1,047Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust$51,9362$6,4231Feb 6, 2004First Run
1,048QT8: The First Eight$51,896459--Oct 21, 2019Fathom Events
1,049The Snowman Trek$51,743350--May 17, 2018Fathom Events
1,050Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country$51,6723$5,5541May 20, 2009Oscilloscope
1,051Tickling Giants$51,49917$8,1591Mar 17, 2017-
1,052Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow$51,3013$7,2721Aug 10, 2011-
1,053Venus and Serena$51,2718$10,9814May 10, 2013Magnolia Pictures
1,054God Loves Uganda$51,2295$7,3001Oct 11, 2013Variance Films
1,055The Unknowns$51,03521--May 30, 2016GathrFilms
1,056We Come as Friends$50,9218--Aug 14, 2015BBC Worldwide North America
1,057Gunnin' for That #1 Spot$50,80414$20,35514Jun 27, 2008Oscilloscope
1,058Long Night's Journey Into Day$50,7153$6,0271Mar 29, 2000Seventh Art Releasing
1,059The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story$50,6057$5,6771Sep 27, 1996Castle Hill Productions
1,060Keep Quiet$50,4513$6,5001Feb 17, 2017Kino Lorber
1,061American Casino$50,4373$1,3971Aug 14, 2009Argot Pictures
1,062The Yes Men Are Revolting$50,19020$12,46210Jun 12, 2015The Orchard
1,063Love, Antosha$50,16810$7,1501Aug 2, 2019-
1,064Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard$49,9191$25,4601Jul 27, 2007-
1,065Pianomania$49,8526$2,2381May 27, 2011First Run
1,066Free Trip to Egypt$49,6935$1,7181May 31, 2019-
1,067NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage$49,5913$21,5003May 2, 2014Spacey
1,068Orgasm Inc.$49,0013$8,7732Feb 11, 2011First Run
1,069Alice Neel$48,9691$6,2071Apr 20, 2007-
1,070The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz$48,91112$21,70512Jun 27, 2014-
1,071The Seven Five$48,8695$14,7852May 8, 2015IFC Films
1,072Ghosts of Cité Soleil$48,7523$7,1001Jun 27, 2007THINKFilm
1,073American Mustang$48,7003$7,9061Jan 17, 2014Vitagraph Films
1,074Hal$48,69810$5,1501Sep 7, 2018Oscilloscope
1,075Mademoiselle C$48,6687$14,2846Sep 11, 2013Cohen Media Group
1,076The China Hustle$48,65020$25,79120Mar 30, 2018Magnolia Pictures
1,077Shakespeare Behind Bars$48,5945$2,2531Mar 10, 2006International Film Circuit
1,078Saving Banksy$47,9656$1,3171Jan 13, 2017Parade Deck Films
1,079The Queen$47,8187$7,1731Jun 28, 2019Kino Lorber
1,080Quest$47,8073$6,5911Dec 1, 2017First Run
1,081Terror's Advocate$47,7244$11,1973Oct 12, 2007Magnolia Pictures
1,082Sing Your Song$47,7184$13,4592Jan 13, 2012S2BN Films
1,083GMO OMG$47,5589$15,1001Sep 13, 2013Submarine Deluxe
1,084350 Days - Legends. Champions. Survivors$47,526341--Jul 12, 2018Fathom Events
1,085Entre les Bras$47,4396$5,6432Sep 14, 2012The Cinema Guild
1,086Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy$47,2438$6,5968Mar 31, 2006Thread Cross Films
1,087The Goebbels Experiment$47,2112$6,7691Aug 12, 2005First Run
1,088Collapse$46,9645$7,8001Nov 6, 2009Vitagraph Films
1,089Twenty Two$46,79611$22,22211Sep 8, 2017China Lion Film Distribution
1,090Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology$46,7827$13,3013Sep 16, 2011Paladin
1,091On the Ropes$46,7375$7,4311Aug 18, 1999Wellspring Media
1,092The Woodmans$46,6233$5,8741Jan 19, 2011Lorber Films
1,093Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet$46,4121$4,1171Nov 8, 2002First Run
1,094William S. Burroughs: A Man Within$46,3804$6,5101Nov 17, 2010Oscilloscope
1,095The Hip Hop Project$46,20842$32,52042May 11, 2007THINKFilm
1,096Ballplayer: Pelotero$46,10910$20,62810Jul 13, 2012Strand Releasing
1,097William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe$46,0786$10,3222Nov 13, 2009Arthouse Films
1,098Monk with a Camera$45,9384--Nov 21, 2014Kino Lorber
1,099Summer in the Forest$45,5426$8,3661Mar 23, 2018Abramorama
1,100Feed$45,4881$11,4481Oct 7, 1992Original Cinema