Genre Keyword: Documentary

Rank Title Lifetime GrossMax TheatersOpeningOpen ThRelease DateDistributor
401Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me$365,42218$86,74110Oct 24, 2014Area 23a
402Mountain$365,41235$6,0671May 11, 2018Greenwich Entertainment
403BOSTON: An American Running Story$364,369481--Apr 19, 2017Fathom Events
404The Source$362,649---Aug 25, 1999Wellspring Media
405Kusama: Infinity$360,93122$30,9982Sep 7, 2018Magnolia Pictures
406Letters from Baghdad$359,73520$19,7252Jun 2, 2017Vitagraph Films
407Eat That Question$355,07429$16,6952Jun 24, 2016Sony Pictures Classics
408Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There$353,58014$16,5242Jun 11, 2004Dada Films
409Long Strange Trip$351,95756$33,27256May 25, 2017Abramorama
410Pearl Jam: Let's Play Two$348,833201$53,1775Sep 29, 2017Abramorama
411Suicide the Ripple Effect$347,46825$2,6001Feb 23, 2018GathrFilms
412Koch$342,94116$35,1962Feb 1, 2013Zeitgeist Films
413Happy People: A Year in the Taiga$338,98723$10,4811Jan 25, 2013Music Box Films
414Kings of Pastry$336,38610$15,1622Sep 15, 2010First Run
415The Devil and Daniel Johnston$334,45017$23,1925Mar 31, 2006Sony Pictures Classics
416Ballet 422$333,55427$27,6532Feb 6, 2015Magnolia Pictures
417Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me$327,45241$27,8532Feb 21, 2014IFC Films
418The Central Park Five$325,65322$30,5703Nov 23, 2012IFC Films
419The Boys of Baraka$323,8609$9,7051Nov 30, 2005THINKFilm
420A Film Unfinished$320,48616$34,0604Aug 18, 2010Oscilloscope
421The Opera House$320,079627$191,466604Jan 13, 2018Fathom Events
422You Are Here: A Come From Away Story$318,885781--Sep 11, 2019Fathom Events
423Bukowski: Born into This$318,8168$27,0955May 28, 2004Magnolia Pictures
424Trekkies$318,246339$125,636339May 21, 1999Paramount Classics
425The Riot and the Dance$316,103745--Mar 19, 2018Fathom Events
426Obit.$315,04922--Jan 5, 2017Kino Lorber
427America's Heart & Soul$314,40298$134,93998Jul 2, 2004Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
428Citizen Jane: Battle for the City$313,41125$31,4512Apr 21, 2017IFC Films
429Grass$313,03910$21,5782May 31, 2000-
430For the Bible Tells Me So$312,75115$7,4121Oct 5, 2007First Run
431The Hornet's Nest$312,70657$26,5504May 9, 2014Freestyle Releasing
432L'amour fou$312,49418$37,2502May 13, 2011IFC Films
433West of Memphis$310,15440$13,3605Dec 25, 2012Sony Pictures Classics
434I Am Eleven$310,11616$5,8002Sep 12, 2014Proud Mother Pictures
435The Panama Deception$309,59611$6,5631Jul 31, 1992Empowerment Project
436Bigger Stronger Faster*$308,57526$31,5766May 30, 2008Magnolia Pictures
437Merchants of Doubt$308,15630$20,3004Mar 6, 2015Sony Pictures Classics
438Aquarela$307,34669$24,7535Aug 16, 2019Sony Pictures Classics
439Francofonia$307,04025$22,0832Apr 1, 2016Music Box Films
440This Film Is Not Yet Rated$306,84518$30,6642Sep 1, 2006IFC Films
441Nico Icon$306,6914$14,7632Sep 8, 1995Roxie Releasing
442Unmistaken Child$306,1406$6,2931Jun 3, 2009Oscilloscope
443Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey$304,05215$22,9631Oct 21, 2011Submarine Deluxe
444Linsanity$302,64516$99,4629Oct 4, 2013Ketchup Entertainment
445God Grew Tired of Us$301,44710$21,8582Jan 12, 2007Newmarket Films
446Crazy Love$301,02738$17,9523Jun 1, 2007Magnolia Pictures
44742 Up$300,8805$11,5991Nov 17, 1999First Run
448Ask Dr. Ruth$297,195110$93,128104May 3, 2019Magnolia Pictures
449Room 237$296,35928$29,6932Mar 29, 2013IFC Films
450Bonhoeffer$296,1817$10,0991Jun 20, 2003First Run
451Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times$290,7674$9,4421Nov 22, 2002First Run
452Scratch$289,8857--Feb 15, 2002Palm Pictures
453Antarctica: A Year on Ice$288,75730$32,2388Nov 28, 2014Music Box Films
454Above and Beyond$288,75113$6,4481Jan 30, 2015International Film Circuit
455Last Train Home$288,32814$20,4181Sep 3, 2010Zeitgeist Films
456Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap$288,000157$150,337157Jun 15, 2012-
457American Pimp$287,7249$28,6995Jun 9, 2000Seventh Art Releasing
458Outrage$287,19818$32,5895May 8, 2009Magnolia Pictures
459Andy Irons: Kissed by God$285,933495--May 25, 2018Fathom Events
460The Anonymous People$284,14713--Aug 16, 2013-
461The Interrupters$282,44810$7,9201Jul 29, 2011The Cinema Guild
462Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words$282,14953$74,57723Jan 31, 2020Manifold Productions Inc.
463Mike Wallace Is Here$281,24539$19,4373Jul 26, 2019Magnolia Pictures
464American Hardcore$279,66519$18,1021Sep 22, 2006Sony Pictures Classics
46520,000 Days on Earth$279,55828$27,8791Sep 17, 2014Drafthouse Films
466The Unknown Known$276,49780$64,31518Apr 4, 2014RADiUS-TWC
467Science Fair$276,19536$11,2311Sep 14, 2018National Geographic Entertainment
468Morning Light$275,49755$129,29555Oct 17, 2008Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
469Taxi to the Dark Side$274,66120$10,9302Jan 18, 2008THINKFilm
470Planet B-Boy$273,87014$27,7772Mar 21, 2008Elephant Eye Films
471The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975$273,74913$17,3162Sep 9, 2011IFC Films
472Paraíso Perdido$272,75011$10,7401Sep 20, 1996-
473Heavy Petting$272,37111$69,00710Sep 22, 1989Skouras Pictures
474Countdown to Zero$272,04028$41,3073Jul 23, 2010Magnolia Pictures
475Deep Water$271,14317$22,6322Aug 24, 2007IFC Films
476One Child Nation$270,12836$20,5232Aug 9, 2019Amazon Studios
477This Old Cub$270,0146$31,2526Mar 26, 2004Emerging Pictures
478Surfwise$269,99413$10,3041May 9, 2008Magnolia Pictures
479American Dream$269,8237$9,2912Mar 18, 1992Miramax
480The World Before Your Feet$268,64411$22,4822Nov 21, 2018Greenwich Entertainment
481Harvard Beats Yale 29-29$268,43113$14,0883Nov 19, 2008Kino International
482Conan O'Brien Can't Stop$267,96524$97,04324Jun 24, 2011Abramorama
483Cunningham$265,10223$18,4224Dec 13, 2019Magnolia Pictures
484Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune$263,72313$18,2111Jan 5, 2011First Run
485Life and Debt$263,1074--Jun 16, 2001New Yorker Films
486Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things$261,86580--May 24, 2016GathrFilms
487Steep$260,58623$21,18917Dec 21, 2007Sony Pictures Classics
488Eating You Alive$260,534570--Apr 5, 2018Fathom Events
489Stone Reader$260,5237$5,6821Feb 12, 2003-
490Hitchcock/Truffaut$260,43023$28,1783Dec 2, 2015Cohen Media Group
491The King$259,29145$29,0502Jun 22, 2018Oscilloscope
492The Green Prince$258,23724$32,6984Sep 12, 2014Music Box Films
493Mayor of the Sunset Strip$257,31518$21,7227Mar 26, 2004First Look International
494Dancemaker$256,7806$10,5943Mar 3, 1999Artistic License
495Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory$256,68220$7,2001Jul 18, 2014Bond/360
496Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child$256,2427$17,4661Jul 21, 2010Arthouse Films
497Life, Animated$255,38860$21,8833Jul 1, 2016The Orchard
498The Yes Men$255,36432$24,3733Sep 24, 2004United Artists
499Sex with Strangers$254,8528--Feb 22, 2002-
500The War Tapes$254,1909$12,2681Jun 2, 2006-