Genre Keyword: Documentary

Rank Title Lifetime GrossMax TheatersOpeningOpen ThRelease DateDistributor
1,101We Are X$45,27012$7,5261Oct 21, 2016Drafthouse Films
1,102Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case$45,2558$5,0661May 16, 2014International Film Circuit
1,103There's No Place Like Utopia$45,2545$30,7101Jul 18, 2014Rocky Mountain Pictures
1,104American Made Movie$45,1756$1,6132Aug 30, 2013Variance Films
1,105The Proposal$45,1496$10,4491May 24, 2019Oscilloscope
1,106Greedy Lying Bastards$45,00050$45,00050Mar 8, 2013-
1,107The Pruitt-Igoe Myth$44,8836$4,7211Jan 20, 2012First Run
1,108Pressure Cooker$44,8032$8,1511May 27, 2009Bev Pictures
1,109The Dog$44,58116$12,4313Aug 8, 2014Drafthouse Films
1,110Moving the Mountain$44,5363$3,1991Apr 26, 1995October Films
1,110What Is Democracy?$44,5366$6,2841Jan 16, 2019Zeitgeist Films
1,112William Eggleston in the Real World$44,4352$6,8201Aug 31, 2005Palm Pictures
1,113Carmine Street Guitars$44,2535$6,0901Apr 24, 2019Abramorama
1,114Nuts!$44,2307--Jun 22, 2016Cartuna
1,115Danny Says$44,21316$11,24416Sep 30, 2016Magnolia Pictures
1,116Regret to Inform$44,2043$6,2941Jun 25, 1999Artistic License
1,117Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable$44,0023$9,0581Sep 19, 2018Greenwich Entertainment
1,118Granito$43,9425$4,3301Sep 14, 2011International Film Circuit
1,119For Sama$43,7964$9,3503Jul 26, 2019PBS Distribution
1,120Hitler's Hollywood$43,7666$8,6341Apr 11, 2018Kino Lorber
1,121A Grin Without A Cat$43,6161$8,4491May 1, 2002Icarus Films
1,122Love Etc.$43,5932$8,7812Jul 1, 2011Paladin
1,123OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger's Movie$43,5836$5,7331May 25, 2012-
1,124If You Build It$43,3935$4,9491Jan 10, 2014Long Shot Factory
1,125Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco$43,1695$7,1671Sep 14, 2018Film Movement
1,126Next Goal Wins$43,08910$2,5685Apr 25, 2014Ketchup Entertainment
1,127Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner$42,8923$7,9801Apr 3, 2013The Cinema Guild
1,128Last Call at the Oasis$42,4236$8,8993May 4, 2012ATO Pictures
1,129Fixing the Future$42,393---Jul 18, 2012Area 23a
1,130Midnight Family$42,31013$3,0301Dec 6, 20191091 Pictures
1,131The Oath$42,2734$5,7601May 7, 2010Zeitgeist Films
1,132The Pearl Button$42,1665--Oct 23, 2015Kino Lorber
1,133Mandela$42,0568$8,4138Mar 21, 1997Palm Pictures
1,134On the Bowery$41,8021$13,2361Sep 17, 2010Milestone
1,135We Live in Public$41,7112$7,3251Aug 28, 2009Abramorama
1,136The Settlers$41,5626--Mar 3, 2017Matson Films
1,137A State of Mind$41,4685$5,5151Aug 10, 2005Kino International
1,138Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X$41,4301$11,4371Jan 11, 1995-
1,139Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot$41,3404$20,0494Jul 10, 2015Magnolia Pictures
1,140The Betrayal$41,2713$5,8641Nov 21, 2008The Cinema Guild
1,141Midnight Traveler$41,2657$3,5491Sep 18, 2019Oscilloscope
1,142Censored Voices$41,2606$6,1532Nov 20, 2015Music Box Films
1,143Love Thy Nature$41,14917--Feb 19, 2015-
1,144Karl Marx City$41,0724--Mar 29, 2017Bond/360
1,145Sobibór, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m.$41,0402$7,4121Oct 12, 2001New Yorker Films
1,146Tom Dowd & the Language of Music$40,91910$16,52210Aug 13, 2004Palm Pictures
1,147Moving Midway$40,8644$6,5392Sep 12, 2008First Run
1,148Hell and Back Again$40,6344$3,4131Oct 5, 2011-
1,149The New Rijksmuseum - The Film$40,5785$2,6313Jun 19, 2015First Run
1,150Tying the Knot$40,5768$24,5178Oct 1, 2004IDP Distribution
1,151My Flesh and Blood$40,5737$18,7637Nov 28, 2003Strand Releasing
1,152The Last of the Unjust$40,5638$14,3288Feb 7, 2014Cohen Media Group
1,153The Dhamma Brothers$40,4923$3,7101Apr 11, 2008Balcony Releasing
1,154Yiddish Theater: A Love Story$40,1823$1,8861Nov 21, 2007New Love Films
1,155Teenage$40,1694$8,0001Mar 14, 2014Oscilloscope
1,156What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy$40,11914$8,1322Nov 6, 2015Oscilloscope
1,157Addiction Incorporated$40,1065$1,6291Dec 14, 2011Variance Films
1,158Unrest$40,0818$10,6071Sep 22, 2017-
1,159Louder Than a Bomb$40,0004$2,3001May 18, 2011Balcony Releasing
1,160Rape of the Soul$39,9758$15,6028Mar 17, 2006Slowhand Cinema Releasing
1,161The Short Game$39,81920$28,43417Sep 20, 2013The Samuel Goldwyn Company
1,162The Raft$39,6788--Jun 7, 2019Metrograph Pictures
1,163Khodorkovsky$39,5222$6,1101Nov 30, 2011Kino Lorber
1,164Refusenik$39,4563$3,6042Apr 11, 2008Abramorama
1,165Power Trip$39,3593--Dec 10, 2003Artistic License
1,166Prophet's Prey$39,3479$5,0001Sep 18, 2015-
1,167Where Soldiers Come From$39,2015--Sep 9, 2011International Film Circuit
1,168How to Make Money Selling Drugs$39,1925$9,2025Jun 26, 2013Tribeca Films
1,169The Expedition to the End of the World$39,1154$6,6351Aug 20, 2014Argot Pictures
1,170A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies$39,0751$10,3501Mar 6, 1998Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
1,170Tell Them Who You Are$39,0754$4,0601May 13, 2005THINKFilm
1,172Herb & Dorothy 50X50$38,9338$6,1571Sep 13, 2013Fine Line Media
1,173The Cats of Mirikitani$38,9253$5,1601Mar 2, 2007-
1,174Tsahal$38,7731$12,1951Jan 27, 1995New Yorker Films
1,175Paul Williams: Still Alive$38,6912$6,1161Jun 8, 2012Abramorama
1,176Catching the Sun$38,61314--Apr 1, 2016The Film Collaborative
1,177Rising from Ashes$38,6025$7,2983Aug 2, 2013First Run
1,178Divide and Conquer$38,51016$18,83315Dec 7, 2018Magnolia Pictures
1,179Death by China$38,4923$5,7011Aug 17, 2012Area 23a
1,180Oh My God$38,2447$8,2633Nov 13, 2009Mitropoulos Films
1,181Germans & Jews$38,1002$5,0241Jun 10, 2016First Run
1,182The Legend of Pale Male$38,0834$12,9101Nov 24, 2010Balcony Releasing
1,183Girlhood$37,9773$4,8452Oct 29, 2003Wellspring Media
1,184I Am the Blues$37,8495$5,1054Jul 12, 2017Film Movement
1,185The Heart of Nuba$37,7884$4,0161Apr 6, 2018Abramorama
1,186Wagner & Me$37,7454$4,8912Dec 7, 2012First Run
1,187Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary$37,7314$9,2831Feb 1, 2013First Run
1,18878/52$37,66422$3,7381Oct 13, 2017IFC Films
1,189School Life$37,38113$2,3321Sep 8, 2017Magnolia Pictures
1,190Benjamin Smoke$37,1112$6,1831Jul 21, 2000Cowboy Pictures
1,191The Quiet One$37,01013$7,6956Jun 21, 2019IFC Films
1,192Grey Gardens$36,9231$13,8451Mar 6, 2015Janus Films
1,193Twist$36,8756$1,5891Jul 16, 1993Triton Pictures
1,194Searching for Ingmar Bergman$36,6868$5,9961Nov 2, 2018Oscilloscope
1,195Paper Dolls$36,5773$7,8703Sep 6, 2006Strand Releasing
1,196Been Rich All My Life$36,4063$8,2521Jul 21, 2006First Run
1,197How to Let Go of the World: and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change$36,3864$5,8001Apr 20, 2016-
1,198Mansome$36,28020$18,39520May 18, 2012Paladin
1,199Welcome to Leith$36,0105$3,7071Sep 9, 2015First Run
1,200The Road Movie$35,75719$17,17519Jan 19, 2018Oscilloscope