Genre Keyword: Documentary

Rank Title Lifetime GrossMax TheatersOpeningOpen ThRelease DateDistributor
201Step$1,146,292306$146,48829Aug 4, 2017-
202Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg$1,134,62325$19,3022Jul 10, 2009International Film Circuit
203In the Shadow of the Moon$1,134,358104$38,2814Sep 7, 2007THINKFilm
204Paper Clips$1,121,74443$25,5355Nov 24, 2004Slowhand Cinema Releasing
205The U.S. vs. John Lennon$1,109,14665$69,1436Sep 15, 2006Lionsgate
206Say Amen, Somebody$1,108,299---Mar 11, 1983Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
207The Insanity of God$1,102,525531--Aug 30, 2016LifeWay Films
208Steeper & Deeper$1,076,685---Oct 1, 1992-
209Page One$1,067,02865$28,9112Jun 17, 2011Magnolia Pictures
210Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man$1,044,25455$17,1301Jun 21, 2006Lionsgate
211The Eyes of Tammy Faye$1,029,59151--Jul 21, 2000Lionsgate
212Dior and I$1,028,953105$45,7722Apr 10, 2015The Orchard
213Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel$1,017,57927$63,7003Sep 21, 2012The Samuel Goldwyn Company
214First Position$1,014,07158$48,0245May 4, 2012IFC Films
215Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love$1,012,034101$44,9424Jul 5, 2019Roadside Attractions
216Burn$996,10314--Jul 24, 2012-
217Jesus Is King$973,000372$830,000372Oct 25, 2019IMAX
218The Dawn Wall$970,0324$21,6152Sep 14, 2018The Orchard
219Faces Places$953,71742$31,0065Oct 6, 2017Cohen Media Group
220More Than a Game$950,675111$182,94314Oct 2, 2009Lionsgate
221Encounters at the End of the World$944,93339$17,7301Jun 11, 2008THINKFilm
222American Teen$942,441109$45,5895Jul 25, 2008Paramount Vantage
223Dark Horse$940,71574$13,8383May 6, 2016Sony Pictures Classics
224Patterns of Evidence: Exodus$925,576652$764,309652Jan 19, 2015Thinking Man Films
22535 Up$922,87221$13,6901Jan 15, 1992The Samuel Goldwyn Company
226Kirk Cameron: Connect$918,127781--Feb 27, 2018Fathom Events
227Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness$906,66629$20,2471Jul 8, 2011International Film Circuit
228Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am$903,01878$48,0504Jun 21, 2019Magnolia Pictures
229Jesus Camp$902,54452$17,65913Sep 15, 2006Magnolia Pictures
230The War Room$901,66821$15,2641Nov 3, 1993October Films
231The Imposter$898,31731$22,3791Jul 13, 2012-
232The Wildest Dream$898,13721$67,84812Aug 6, 2010National Geographic Entertainment
233Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal$892,80269$50,3783Jul 31, 2015Magnolia Pictures
234Tea With the Dames$889,34371$14,7771Sep 21, 2018IFC Films
235Tyson$887,91856$85,04611Apr 24, 2009Sony Pictures Classics
236Fast, Cheap & Out of Control$878,96040$23,6652Oct 3, 1997Sony Pictures Classics
237Between Me and My Mind$875,191488$14,61416Jul 17, 2019Trafalgar Releasing
238Particle Fever$869,83827$53,9014Mar 5, 2014Abramorama
239The Cove$857,00556$57,6404Jul 31, 2009Roadside Attractions
240Marlene$852,6766$14,4901Nov 7, 1986Alive Films
241Sharkwater$850,92060$37,14060Sep 28, 2007Freestyle Releasing
242Generation Iron$849,52184$245,00053Sep 20, 2013The Vladar Company
243The Call of Wild$833,532227$22,6074Jul 25, 2007Paramount Vantage
244I.O.U.S.A.$821,046358$61,31318Aug 22, 2008Roadside Attractions
245Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story$820,30036$8,0001Nov 24, 2017Zeitgeist Films
246Ballets Russes$815,84821$12,2301Oct 26, 2005Zeitgeist Films
247Honeyland$815,08256$31,3812Jul 26, 2019Neon
248Life Itself$810,454100$131,41123Jul 4, 2014Magnolia Pictures
249Bill W.$809,59031--May 18, 2012Page 124 Productions
250The Tillman Story$802,53528$52,1854Aug 20, 2010The Weinstein Company
251Visions of Light$799,85613$27,7612Feb 24, 1993Kino International
252Into Great Silence$790,45219$11,3551Feb 28, 2007Zeitgeist Films
253Trembling Before G-d$788,8968$21,4101Oct 24, 2001New Yorker Films
254Up the Yangtze$783,96923$15,8511Apr 25, 2008Zeitgeist Films
255The Wonder of it All$781,01639$18,9883Jul 17, 2009Indican Pictures
256Meerkats$777,5958--May 26, 2012National Geographic Entertainment
257To Be and to Have$777,12914$20,5283Sep 19, 2003New Yorker Films
258Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones$776,699---Oct 5, 1990Warner Bros.
259The Girl Next Door$771,7925--Apr 14, 2000Indican Pictures
260For All Mankind$770,1329$33,7776Nov 1, 1989Apollo Associates
261Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration$752,205405$35,11159Feb 7, 2019Trafalgar Releasing
262First Descent$750,805243$438,615243Dec 2, 2005Universal Pictures
263Seymour: An Introduction$743,54164$26,5872Mar 13, 2015IFC Films
264The Cross$741,557221$309,455221Mar 27, 20098x Entertainment
265The Game Changers$739,711610--Sep 16, 2019Fathom Events
266Forks Over Knives$739,56139$17,6451Jan 7, 2011-
267David Crosby: Remember My Name$732,79367$43,4834Jul 19, 2019Sony Pictures Classics
268Lost in La Mancha$732,39324$63,3038Jan 31, 2003IFC Films
269Walk With Me$726,72661$9,9321Aug 11, 2017GathrFilms
270May it Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers$725,286326$9,6168Sep 12, 2017Oscilloscope
271The Big One$720,07453$146,90933Apr 10, 1998Miramax
272Revive Us 2$718,607731--Oct 24, 2017Fathom Events
273Shanghai Ghetto$712,44613$10,3561Sep 27, 2002Menemsha Films
274The 11th Hour$707,343111$60,8534Aug 17, 2007Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
275Where's My Roy Cohn?$705,27466$41,2024Sep 20, 2019Sony Pictures Classics
276Cartel Land$704,35265$15,5812Jul 3, 2015The Orchard
27756 Up$701,27833$22,0881Jan 4, 2013First Run
278Tabloid$696,92137$91,20114Jul 15, 2011IFC Films
279Muscle Shoals$696,24156$13,9011Sep 27, 2013Magnolia Pictures
280Red Army$694,60084$20,1003Jan 23, 2015Sony Pictures Classics
281Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins$694,41042$94,50418Aug 30, 2019Magnolia Pictures
282Chris Brown: Welcome To My Life$693,984413--Jun 8, 2017Fathom Events
283Inside Deep Throat$691,88027$88,70912Feb 11, 2005Universal Pictures
284Daniel$687,475---Aug 26, 1983Paramount Pictures
285Wigstock: The Movie$686,15230$35,5633Jun 9, 1995The Samuel Goldwyn Company
286The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters$677,91458$51,4935Aug 17, 2007Picturehouse
287Kurt & Courtney$668,22812$16,8351Feb 27, 1998Roxie Releasing
288Anvil: The Story of Anvil$667,91127$34,6513Apr 10, 2009Abramorama
289Jodorowsky's Dune$647,28061$36,0183Mar 21, 2014Sony Pictures Classics
290The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg$646,9514$1,4751Aug 18, 2004New Yorker Films
291City of Gold$640,97950$62,9594Mar 11, 2016IFC Films
292Dust to Glory$640,01380$15,7572Apr 1, 2005IFC Films
293The Greatest Movie Ever Sold$638,476141$118,29418Apr 22, 2011Sony Pictures Classics
294The Last Lions$635,32561$53,3444Feb 18, 2011National Geographic Entertainment
295Embrace: The Documentary$629,12677--Sep 19, 2016GathrFilms
296Pumping Iron II: The Women$628,050---May 3, 1985Cinecom Pictures
297Love, Gilda$626,318112$189,63982Sep 21, 2018Magnolia Pictures
298Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool$614,20131$18,2581Aug 23, 2019Abramorama
299Going Upriver$614,138163$279,219163Oct 1, 2004THINKFilm
300Tickled$613,95653$21,8982Jun 17, 2016Magnolia Pictures