Genre Keyword: Documentary

Rank Title Lifetime GrossMax TheatersOpeningOpen ThRelease DateDistributor
501National Gallery$253,94115$10,0491Nov 5, 2014Zipporah Films
502Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey$253,31111$8,3351Aug 25, 1995Orion Classics
503Life in a Day$252,78819$45,20211Jul 29, 2011National Geographic Entertainment
504A Place Called Chiapas$252,546---Nov 4, 1998Zeitgeist Films
505Meeting Gorbachev$251,83742$18,1282May 3, 20191091 Pictures
506Gay Sex in the 70s$249,5655$17,3571Nov 4, 2005Lovett Releasing
507Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten$248,36217$20,8802Nov 2, 2007IFC Films
508Promises$247,9485--Mar 15, 2002Cowboy Pictures
509The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden$247,15915$5,1851Apr 4, 2014Zeitgeist Films
510Enlighten Up!$246,64912$11,7991Sep 12, 2008Balcony Releasing
511Watermarks$246,0949$4,8371Jan 21, 2005Kino International
512When You're Strange$246,0788$66,8338Apr 9, 2010Abramorama
513The Waiting Room$244,9518$7,0864Sep 26, 2012International Film Circuit
514The Summit$243,55070$20,9048Oct 4, 2013IFC Films
515Oasis: Supersonic$242,867106$16,88014Oct 26, 2016A24
516My Perestroika$242,70719$17,6801Mar 23, 2011International Film Circuit
517Gerhard Richter Painting$242,6469$13,5371Mar 14, 2012Kino Lorber
51849 Up$241,77221$53,27721Oct 6, 2006First Run
519Manufactured Landscapes$240,23912$9,1291Jun 20, 2007Zeitgeist Films
520The Beaches of Agnès$239,7117$19,0323Jul 2, 2009The Cinema Guild
521Uncovered: The War on Iraq$238,92422$31,4817Aug 20, 2004Cinema Libre Studio
522Ram Dass, Fierce Grace$238,2606--Feb 27, 2002Zeitgeist Films
523Generation Wealth$237,70945$35,8344Jul 20, 2018Magnolia Pictures
524Alien Intrusion: Unmasking a Deception$237,411727--Jan 11, 2018Fathom Events
525El Bulli: Cooking in Progress$237,18110$12,7561Jul 27, 2011-
526Deepsea Challenge$235,659304$149,879304Aug 8, 2014-
527Art and Craft$235,03720$20,8792Sep 19, 2014Oscilloscope
528Blind Eyes Opened$234,505534--Jan 23, 2020Fathom Events
529Weapons of the Spirit$232,9814$18,5801Sep 1, 1989First Run
530My Kid Could Paint That$231,57420$26,2908Oct 5, 2007Sony Pictures Classics
531A Place at the Table$231,37835$92,25735Mar 1, 2013Magnolia Pictures
532Matangi/Maya/M.I.A$230,8089$43,5732Sep 28, 2018Abramorama
533Standard Operating Procedure$229,11721$14,1082Apr 25, 2008Sony Pictures Classics
534Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent$228,15333$20,2682Apr 21, 2017The Orchard
535This So-Called Disaster$226,6583$8,4351Apr 21, 2004IFC Films
536The Agronomist$226,18921$30,8557Apr 23, 2004THINKFilm
537Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World$226,00622--May 18, 2017Kino Lorber
538The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack$225,68220$6,7761Aug 16, 2000Lot 47 Films
539The Beauty Academy of Kabul$225,44813$2,4072Nov 4, 2005Shadow Distribution
54010 Questions for the Dalai Lama$224,54611--Apr 27, 2007Monterey Media
541Into the Abyss$223,88030$47,55912Nov 11, 2011IFC Films
542Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary$222,971556--Nov 26, 2019Fathom Events
543The Cockettes$220,1656$17,1183May 10, 2002Strand Releasing
544New York Doll$219,67211$17,5835Oct 28, 2005First Independent Pictures
545Brooklyn Castle$219,40713$18,7612Oct 19, 2012-
546Fragments of Truth$219,342616--Apr 24, 2018Fathom Events
547California Typewriter$218,56320$5,0311Aug 18, 2017Gravitas Ventures
548Dark Money$217,93220$8,1001Jul 13, 2018PBS Distribution
549Bus 174$217,2015$8,6251Oct 8, 2003THINKFilm
550Chris & Don: A Love Story$216,11012$10,3372Jun 13, 2008Zeitgeist Films
551Call + Response$215,18517$41,34612Oct 10, 2008Fair Trade Pictures
552Neil Young Journeys$215,02623$12,0253Jun 29, 2012Sony Pictures Classics
553Supermensch$213,06446$23,0174Jun 6, 2014RADiUS-TWC
554Big Sonia$212,4714$4,3981Nov 17, 2017Argot Pictures
555Somewhere Between$210,9756$7,7991Aug 24, 2012Long Shot Factory
556The House I Live In$210,75212$16,4532Oct 5, 2012Abramorama
557Mondovino$209,6188$9,8401Mar 23, 2005THINKFilm
558Kathy Griffin: A Hell of a Story$208,907648--Jul 31, 2019Fathom Events
559A Man Named Pearl$208,3929$8,3783Aug 31, 2007Tentmakers Entertainment
560The Dating Project$208,100615--Apr 17, 2018Fathom Events
561Seed: The Untold Story$207,82535--Aug 22, 2016-
562Under the Electric Sky$207,58425--May 29, 2014Focus Features
563Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel$207,5337$12,6781Dec 14, 2018Menemsha Films
564Sweetgrass$207,4739$9,8701Jan 6, 2010The Cinema Guild
565Soul Power$207,12123$23,8936Jul 10, 2009Sony Pictures Classics
566Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life$205,2464$26,1012Feb 13, 1998Strand Releasing
567The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till$204,95610$8,2301Aug 17, 2005THINKFilm
568Hesburgh$204,70936$17,0092Apr 26, 2019Music Box Films
569Iraq in Fragments$204,46212$24,4357Nov 8, 2006Arab Film Distribution
570Darwin's Nightmare$203,7466$8,0721Aug 3, 2005International Film Circuit
571Blink of an Eye$201,874517--Sep 12, 2019Fathom Events
572Deliver Us from Evil$201,27524$15,6564Oct 13, 2006Lionsgate
573Imelda$200,9926$24,0776Jun 9, 2004Unico Entertainment
574No Place on Earth$200,23827$13,8132Apr 5, 2013Magnolia Pictures
575Risk$200,21945$76,32734May 5, 2017Neon
576Cutie and the Boxer$200,03616$21,0983Aug 16, 2013RADiUS-TWC
577What Would Jesus Buy?$200,01025$9,5271Nov 16, 2007Warrior Poets Releasing
578Studio 54$199,76714$14,9091Oct 5, 2018Zeitgeist Films
579South of the Border$198,60012$21,5451Jun 25, 2010Cinema Libre Studio
580Have It All -The Movie$197,142640--Aug 7, 2018Atlantic Records Group
581Herb & Dorothy$194,7218$9,2422Jun 5, 2009Arthouse Films
582The Yes Men Fix the World$194,53316$1,2422Sep 25, 2009Shadow Distribution
583Free Angela and All Political Prisoners$194,10216$69,30616Apr 5, 2013Codeblack Entertainment
584Mondo New York$193,2091$10,7521Apr 22, 1988Fourth and Broadway
585The Final Year$191,90039$67,97135Jan 19, 2018Magnolia Pictures
586Code Black$190,22910$6,3191Jun 20, 2014Long Shot Factory
587The Divine Plan$190,031---Nov 6, 2019Fathom Events
588Client 9$189,41617$16,9623Nov 5, 2010Magnolia Pictures
589Nick Saban: Gamechanger$189,00026$188,78626Aug 27, 2010-
590Lost Boys of Sudan$188,4678--Aug 22, 2003Shadow Distribution
591Waste Land$187,7168$9,8061Oct 29, 2010Arthouse Films
592Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki$187,320377$10,2384Dec 13, 2018GKIDS
593Jig$183,7905$70,4325Jun 17, 2011Screen Media Films
594The River and the Wall$183,60257$57,50457May 3, 2019Gravitas Ventures
595The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby$183,3428$15,4111Sep 23, 2011First Run
596Lambert & Stamp$183,32031$13,5003Apr 3, 2015Sony Pictures Classics
597Whose Streets?$182,79939$43,80424Aug 11, 2017Magnolia Pictures
598Winnebago Man$181,03912$16,4692Jul 9, 2010Kino International
599An Honest Liar$180,59015$13,8212Mar 6, 2015Abramorama
600Chop Suey$179,9145$10,4721Oct 5, 2001Zeitgeist Films