Genre Keyword: Documentary

Rank Title Lifetime GrossMax TheatersOpeningOpen ThRelease DateDistributor
601The Bridge$179,78019$49,31319Oct 27, 2006First Stripe Productions
602Constantine's Sword$179,5076$10,1312Apr 18, 2008First Run
603Protocols of Zion$178,87510$21,7334Oct 21, 2005THINKFilm
604Monumental: In Search of America's National Treasure$177,72927$28,3406Mar 30, 2012ArtAffects Entertainment
605Chicago 10$177,49014$42,72414Feb 29, 2008Roadside Attractions
606Bush's Brain$177,4859$11,9274Aug 20, 2004Tartan
607Anita: Speaking Truth to Power$176,97912$44,1147Mar 21, 2014The Samuel Goldwyn Company
608Casino Jack and the United States of Money$176,86521$28,2349May 7, 2010Magnolia Pictures
609Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie$176,8019$8,4353Sep 7, 2005Shadow Distribution
610An Unreasonable Man$176,64711$9,8131Jan 31, 2007IFC Films
611Iyengar: The Man, Yoga, and the Student's Journey$176,38711$9,2481Apr 12, 2019Kino Lorber
612Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton$176,07631$12,6361Sep 29, 2017IFC Films
613Always at The Carlyle$174,25123$9,2391May 11, 2018Good Deed Entertainment
614SOMM$174,1979$28,0505Jun 21, 2013The Samuel Goldwyn Company
615Mr. Gaga: A True Story of Love and Dance$173,9948$25,3542Feb 1, 2017Abramorama
616Hieronymus Bosch, Touched by the Devil$172,5339--Jul 16, 2016Kino Lorber
617Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq$172,45011$15,2922Feb 5, 2014Kino Lorber
618All Things Must Pass$172,39414$19,0012Oct 16, 2015Gravitas Ventures
619Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love$172,2257$32,5983Jun 12, 2009Shadow Distribution
620David Lynch: The Art Life$171,4198$10,8231Mar 31, 2017Janus Films
621Apparition Hill$170,45726$4,1521Aug 5, 2016-
622Crude$170,2957$16,5951Sep 9, 2009First Run
623Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock & Roll$167,684270$7,437205May 22, 2019Trafalgar Releasing
624Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould$167,5089$17,0343Sep 10, 2010Lorber Films
625Our Brand Is Crisis$166,7502$7,9701Mar 1, 2006Koch Lorber Films
626Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat$166,61614$22,7172May 11, 2018Magnolia Pictures
627We Steal Secrets$166,24325$27,6894May 24, 2013Focus World
628Far From the Tree$166,01822$19,8852Jul 20, 2018IFC Films
629The Five Obstructions$165,8453$8,9401May 26, 2004Koch Lorber Films
630De Palma$165,23719$30,3553Jun 10, 2016A24
631Nureyev: Lifting the Curtain$165,20318$6,3625Apr 19, 2019CineLife Entertainment
632Nas: Time Is Illmatic$164,54043$23,2002Oct 1, 2014Tribeca Films
633Hybrid$164,3862--May 10, 2002Indican Pictures
634Nostalgia for the Light$163,9626$5,6641Jan 13, 2011Icarus Films
635Keep on Keepin' On$163,7459$12,9302Sep 19, 2014RADiUS-TWC
636Nanking$161,18210$6,3161Dec 12, 2007THINKFilm
637Diana Ross: Her Life, Love and Legacy$160,968623--Mar 26, 2019Fathom Events
638Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)$160,6215$6,4111May 23, 2003Cowboy Pictures
639The Witness$159,30515$14,5231Jun 3, 2016FilmRise
640Girls Rock!$159,29414$29,9177Mar 7, 2008Shadow Distribution
641The Last Resort$158,64613$1,8441Dec 21, 2018Kino Lorber
642Ex Libris$158,19215$10,9261Sep 13, 2017Zipporah Films
643Crazy Horse$157,78214$7,9631Jan 18, 2012Zipporah Films
644Chasing Madoff$157,6129--Aug 26, 2011Cohen Media Group
645Eva Hesse$157,4817$12,7801Apr 27, 2016Zeitgeist Films
646Free the Mind$157,2016$12,2151May 3, 2013International Film Circuit
647Derrida$157,2006$11,4731Oct 23, 2002Zeitgeist Films
648One Day in September$156,8185$15,1495Nov 17, 2000Sony Pictures Classics
649The Horse Boy$156,6125$6,5543Sep 30, 2009Zeitgeist Films
650Billabong Odyssey$156,00027$54,00027Nov 7, 2003ArenaPlex LLC
651The Gleaners & I$155,3204$12,6552Mar 7, 2001Zeitgeist Films
652Bra Boys$155,05623$45,58923Apr 11, 2008Slowhand Cinema Releasing
653Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place$154,52118$14,3674Aug 5, 2011Magnolia Pictures
654Citizen Koch$153,90824$10,2001Jun 6, 2014Variance Films
655Brothers at War$153,14818$33,1427Mar 13, 2009The Samuel Goldwyn Company
656Eames: The Architect & The Painter$153,08812--Nov 11, 2011First Run
657Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of$153,06860$153,06860Jan 30, 2015Gravitas Ventures
658Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay$152,7917$13,8021Apr 17, 2013Kino Lorber
659ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway$151,7929$8,8291May 11, 2007Regent Releasing
660Go Tigers!$151,77961$64,47961Sep 21, 2001IFC Films
661Generation Found$151,75122--Aug 29, 2016GathrFilms
662Jay Myself$151,33117$18,9091Jul 31, 2019Oscilloscope
663Made In Mexico$151,13326$76,12312Nov 30, 2012Lionsgate
664Dancing in Jaffa$151,09823$10,5642Apr 11, 2014IFC Films
665Revenge of the Electric Car$150,88611$17,4822Oct 21, 2011Area 23a
666Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator$150,26813$10,9981Aug 22, 2003Palm Pictures
667Seasons$150,09222$27,13413Nov 25, 2016Music Box Films
668Cocaine Cowboys$150,05614$36,29512Oct 27, 2006Magnolia Pictures
669Eating Animals$149,61425$34,5242Jun 15, 2018IFC Films
670Michael Moore in TrumpLand$149,09051$50,2002Oct 19, 2016-
671Chavela$148,66614$22,4534Oct 4, 2017Music Box Films
672Bad Reputation$148,568196$130,675196Sep 28, 2018Magnolia Pictures
673Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple$148,2925$7,4821Oct 20, 2006Seventh Art Releasing
674Halston$148,06330$11,6431May 24, 2019The Orchard
675Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan$147,7808$19,8792May 23, 2017Abramorama
676American Promise$146,7028$18,3002Oct 18, 2013-
677Framing John DeLorean$145,62528$6,9911Jun 7, 2019IFC Films
678The Last Dalai Lama?$145,52418$9,7864Jul 7, 2017Matson Films
679Narco Cultura$145,08846$6,0931Nov 22, 2013Cinedigm Entertainment Group
680Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos$144,60112$9,8051Jul 7, 2006Miramax
681Thunder Soul$143,98637$51,26035Sep 23, 2011Roadside Attractions
682Kids for Cash$143,17812$36,6394Feb 7, 2014Paladin
683Flow: For Love of Water$142,56911$3,6441Mar 21, 2008Oscilloscope
684Waco: The Rules of Engagement$142,1935--Feb 28, 1997-
685Music from the Inside Out$141,5044$13,4441Apr 22, 2005Emerging Pictures
686Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia$140,16411$13,7442May 23, 2014IFC Films
687Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern$140,0008$8,3181Jan 3, 1997Artistic License
688Mistaken for Strangers$138,9919$87,7439Mar 28, 2014Abramorama
689Good Ol' Freda$138,81117$6,7981Sep 6, 2013Magnolia Pictures
690Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words$138,14813$8,3551Nov 13, 2015Rialto Pictures
691Who Will Write Our History$138,0396$13,3901Jan 18, 2019Abramorama
692Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?$137,04215$31,8003Nov 22, 2013IFC Films
693The Other Dream Team$135,22814$19,8212Sep 28, 2012The Film Arcade
694Concert for George$134,600105$67,711105Oct 3, 2003ArenaPlex LLC
695A Perfect Candidate$134,4858$11,4481Jun 19, 1996Seventh Art Releasing
696The Times of Bill Cunningham$134,28819$41,9452Feb 14, 2020Greenwich Entertainment
697Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll$133,4437$19,2063Apr 22, 2015Argot Pictures
698Naqoyqatsi$133,0589$17,1542Oct 18, 2002Miramax
699Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It$133,00654$22,3101Jun 16, 2017Abramorama
700The Devil Came on Horseback$132,7827$11,1431Jul 25, 2007International Film Circuit