Genre Keyword: Documentary

Rank Title Lifetime GrossMax TheatersOpeningOpen ThRelease DateDistributor
801Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams$103,02876--Mar 31, 2013Abramorama
802Al Franken: God Spoke$102,99010$10,5332Sep 13, 2006Balcony Releasing
803Filmworker$102,60917$7,9841May 11, 2018Kino Lorber
804Afghan Star$102,1155$3,6711Jun 26, 2009Zeitgeist Films
805Cameraperson$102,0337$12,7601Sep 9, 2016Janus Films
806Tower$101,98713--Sep 28, 2016Kino Lorber
807A Lego Brickumentary$101,53193$43,28593Jul 31, 2015RADiUS-TWC
808Score$101,3828$8,0881Jun 16, 2017Gravitas Ventures
809Korengal$101,31011$14,6301May 30, 2014Saboteur Media
810Freakonomics$101,27020$31,89320Oct 1, 2010Magnolia Pictures
811Beyond Sight: The Derek Rabelo Story$101,0742$26,8402Mar 7, 2014-
812Wonders of the Sea$100,780266--Jan 17, 2019Fathom Events
813The United States of Autism$100,40312$3,4131Apr 5, 2013Janson Media
814One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das$100,4015$11,5151May 8, 2013Zeitgeist Films
8158: The Mormon Proposition$100,28016$42,56616Jun 18, 2010-
816Rejoice and Shout$100,2377$6,5891Jun 3, 2011Magnolia Pictures
817Bhutto$100,2024$8,2752Dec 3, 2010First Run
818No Impact Man: The Documentary$100,0288$15,2152Sep 11, 2009Oscilloscope
819Yves Saint Laurent: His Life and Times$99,8192$15,3851Jan 7, 2004Empire Pictures Inc.
820Meow Wolf: Origin Story$99,488461--Nov 29, 2018Fathom Events
821Under Our Skin$98,5486$7,0431Jun 19, 2009Shadow Distribution
822Aida's Secrets$98,4689$5,6651Oct 20, 2017Music Box Films
823Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer$97,3626$16,1583Jan 9, 2004Lantern Lane Entertainment
824Godspeed: The Race Across America$96,690514--May 22, 2018Fathom Events
825Paragraph 175$96,6302$25,0072Sep 13, 2000New Yorker Films
826A Poem Is a Naked Person$96,5925$5,5261Jul 1, 2015Janus Films
827Louise Bourgeois$95,8654$9,2201Jun 25, 2008Zeitgeist Films
828Biggie & Tupac$94,8746$5,7281Sep 20, 2002Roxie Releasing
829Black Gold$93,4776$6,7643Oct 6, 2006California Newsreel
830Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die$93,000116$93,000116Oct 22, 2004Citizens United
831My Reincarnation$92,8225$6,4981Oct 28, 2011Long Shot Factory
832American: The Bill Hicks Story$92,23411$5,8721Apr 8, 2011Variance Films
833The Brandon Teena Story$92,1132$11,2811Sep 23, 1998Zeitgeist Films
834Martha & Ethel$91,8746$7,6222Feb 3, 1995Sony Pictures Classics
835John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection$90,96422$7,8781Aug 22, 2018Oscilloscope
836Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk$90,67968$28,25368Jun 7, 2019Gravitas Ventures
837Dina$90,50324$6,0151Oct 6, 2017The Orchard
838The Unforeseen$90,2873$2,4961Feb 29, 2008The Cinema Guild
839Pray the Devil Back to Hell$90,0665$8,2271Nov 7, 2008Balcony Releasing
840Stripper$90,0001$14,1551Jan 31, 1986Twentieth Century Fox
841Pump$89,78710$42,2003Sep 19, 2014Submarine Deluxe
842The Principle$89,5433$8,6571Oct 24, 2014Rocky Mountain Pictures
843Throw Down Your Heart$89,5214$7,2832Mar 13, 2009Argot Pictures
844Stranded$89,4737$3,0771Oct 22, 2008Zeitgeist Films
845Blindsight$89,1695$5,2791Mar 5, 2008Abramorama
846Pete Seeger: The Power of Song$88,3123$11,9451Oct 26, 2007The Weinstein Company
847Sunshine Superman$88,09721$8,9913May 22, 2015Magnolia Pictures
848Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve$88,0455--Sep 6, 2013-
849Jim Allison: Breakthrough$87,98410$8,6793Sep 27, 2019Dada Films
850Advanced Style$87,87912$6,5001Sep 26, 2014Bond/360
851The Cartel$87,7632$3,6942Apr 16, 2010-
852Exporting Raymond$87,72713$35,29213Apr 29, 2011The Samuel Goldwyn Company
853America: Freedom to Fascism$87,40010$61,20010Jul 28, 2006Cinema Libre Studio
853The Price of Everything$87,4008$16,8171Oct 19, 2018Home Box Office (HBO)
855How to Cook Your Life$87,3707$8,7414Oct 26, 2007Roadside Attractions
856Kurt Cobain About a Son$87,0166$10,7492Oct 3, 2007Balcony Releasing
857Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present$86,6375$11,0412Jun 13, 2012Music Box Films
858My Love, Don't Cross That River$86,4466$6,3402Jun 17, 2016Film Movement
859Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche$86,2025$10,3041Nov 25, 2011-
860Author: The JT LeRoy Story$85,99927$23,4135Sep 9, 2016Magnolia Pictures
861Vidal Sassoon: The Movie$85,9745$13,0531Feb 11, 2011Phase 4 Films
862Tab Hunter Confidential$85,8129$9,9452Oct 16, 2015The Film Collaborative
863Skid Row Marathon$84,997438$84,997438Oct 14, 2019Fathom Events
86451 Birch Street$84,6896$10,8272Oct 18, 2006Truly Indie
865Wretches & Jabberers$84,6101--Apr 1, 2011Area 23a
866Visitors$84,57713$9,0941Jan 24, 2014Cinedigm Entertainment Group
867Watermark$84,46416$7,7242Apr 4, 2014Entertainment One
868Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation$84,44011$8,1502May 24, 2019PBS Distribution
869Living Los Sures$83,9922$26,0881Apr 15, 2016Oscilloscope
87016 Days of Glory$83,857---Mar 7, 1986Paramount Pictures
87112 O'Clock Boys$82,61421$44,10821Jan 31, 2014Oscilloscope
872Praying with Lior$82,5534$8,4011Feb 1, 2008First Run
873Better Living Through Circuitry$82,3788$24,9704May 26, 2000Seventh Art Releasing
874Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt$82,1434$13,2441Apr 6, 2016Zeitgeist Films
875The Whale$81,8815$4,8352Sep 9, 2011Paladin
876I Am Divine$81,49710--Oct 11, 2013The Film Collaborative
877Hating Breitbart$81,4328$40,6734Oct 19, 2012Rocky Mountain Pictures
878Earth: One Amazing Day$81,34570$45,48070Oct 6, 2017BBC Worldwide North America
879The Future of Food$81,2805$8,7212Sep 14, 2005Cinema Libre Studio
880Waking Sleeping Beauty$80,7415$33,1155Mar 26, 2010Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
881Trace Amounts$80,7357--Jan 2, 2015GathrFilms
882For the Love of Spock$80,14138--Sep 9, 2016Gravitas Ventures
883Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus$79,9166$4,0951Jul 13, 2005Shadow Distribution
884More Than Honey$79,7727$5,2251Jun 12, 2013Kino Lorber
885Harvest of Empire$79,6272--Sep 28, 2012Onyx Films
886Radiant City$78,9444--Mar 30, 2007Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
887Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe$78,3724$11,7291May 12, 2017First Run
888Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story$78,3016$3,5102Apr 28, 2017Zeitgeist Films
889Colliding Dreams$78,28814$16,4384Mar 4, 2016International Film Circuit
890Bright Leaves$77,8884$4,4851Aug 25, 2004First Run
891Circo$77,4664$5,4031Apr 1, 2011First Run
892To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America$77,142---Mar 31, 2011Area 23a
893This Is Not a Film$77,0165$12,6085Feb 29, 2012Palisades Tartan
894The Island President$76,3985$13,9982Mar 28, 2012The Samuel Goldwyn Company
895Leviathan$76,2025$10,0001Mar 1, 2013The Cinema Guild
896America the Beautiful$76,1735$6,7601May 9, 2008First Independent Pictures
897Don't Blink$76,1344$10,3821Jul 15, 2016Grasshopper Film
89893Queen$76,0563$6,3021Jul 25, 2018Abramorama
899Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger$75,8819$14,2873Jun 27, 2014Magnolia Pictures
900Bill Nye: Science Guy$74,9099$7,0051Oct 27, 2017PBS Distribution