Genre Keyword: Documentary

Rank Title Lifetime GrossMax TheatersOpeningOpen ThRelease DateDistributor
901Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World$74,70914$19,4374Jun 26, 2015Warner Bros.
902The Nomi Song$74,6313$14,5102Feb 4, 2005Palm Pictures
903Shoot Down$74,42121$49,18221Jan 25, 2008Magic Lamp
904After Auschwitz$73,88513--Apr 14, 2018Passion River Films
905Wait for Your Laugh$73,5855$14,9462Nov 3, 2017Vitagraph Films
906Prodigal Sons$73,54411$6,1021Feb 26, 2010First Run
907Enemies of the People$73,1716$2,2771Jul 30, 2010International Film Circuit
9085B$72,968128$38,314128Jun 14, 2019-
909Do Not Resist$72,7918$7,1501Sep 30, 2016Vanish Films
910After Tiller$72,1256$15,5002Sep 20, 2013Oscilloscope
911Veil of Tears$72,0788$44,3588Mar 28, 2014-
912Naked in Ashes$72,0736$9,6901Oct 21, 2005-
913The Invisible War$71,96819$16,5004Jun 22, 2012Cinedigm Entertainment Group
914Dancer$71,91710$7,1401Sep 9, 2016IFC Films
915Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made$71,91627$26,05924Jun 17, 2016Drafthouse Films
916Runaway Slave$71,7376$3,6261Jul 6, 2012Rocky Mountain Pictures
917Body of War$71,7165$3,3211Mar 7, 2008-
918Air Guitar Nation$71,47110$7,0351Mar 23, 2007Shadow Distribution
919Freedom on My Mind$71,1761$4,2721Jun 22, 1994Tara Releasing
920Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You$70,9506$16,9122Jul 8, 2016Music Box Films
921Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul$70,6853$9,1611Jun 9, 2006Strand Releasing
922Crips and Bloods: Made in America$70,2194$10,5371Jan 23, 2009Argot Pictures
923The Business of Being Born$69,9913$9,5741Jan 9, 2008International Film Circuit
924Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk$69,7873$5,2111Jul 28, 2017Abramorama
925Zoo$69,7705$7,8111Apr 25, 2007THINKFilm
926An Inconsistent Truth$69,3943$20,7331Jan 27, 2012Rocky Mountain Pictures
927Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields$68,7195$4,6201Oct 27, 2010Variance Films
928Take Me to the River$68,59813$25,58812Sep 12, 2014Abramorama
929Alive and Kicking$68,48511$12,20111Apr 7, 2017Magnolia Pictures
930Chef Flynn$68,40710$7,5091Nov 9, 2018Kino Lorber
931Budrus$68,3534$7,8191Oct 8, 2010Balcony Releasing
9322012: Time for Change$68,3392$9,0091Apr 9, 2010Mangusta Productions
933Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire$68,2494$1,8481May 13, 2005California Newsreel
934Maidentrip$68,2439$1,6221Dec 20, 2013First Run
935The Silence of Others$67,9866$7,8681May 8, 2019Argot Pictures
936The Pervert's Guide to Ideology$67,9664$9,1651Nov 1, 2013Zeitgeist Films
937I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story$67,84517$10,0001May 6, 2015Tribeca Films
938The Messenger$67,8169--Dec 4, 2015Kino Lorber
939Happy Valley$67,6657$27,1227Mar 28, 2008Stone Five Studios
940Lagerfeld Confidential$67,5002$11,4771Oct 24, 2007Koch Lorber Films
941Shooting Dogs$67,4335$36,4125Nov 5, 2004-
942For No Good Reason$67,42121$4,5162Apr 25, 2014Sony Pictures Classics
943Making the Five Heartbeats$67,415437--Aug 27, 2018Fathom Events
944The Doctor from India$67,1365$2,4421Apr 20, 2018Zeitgeist Films
945The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom$67,0954$10,8841Mar 31, 2010Balcony Releasing
946Pandora's Promise$66,68016$23,41916Jun 12, 2013Abramorama
947Absolute Wilson$66,2173$6,8792Oct 27, 2006New Yorker Films
948King Georges$66,17510$15,0314Feb 26, 2016IFC Films
949Dancing Across Borders$66,1665$5,2041Mar 26, 2010First Run
950Darshan$66,0325$3,3601Jul 26, 2006IFC Films
9513100, Run and Become$65,5247--Aug 17, 2018-
952The Real Dirt on Farmer John$65,42910$12,3763Jan 20, 2006Slowhand Cinema Releasing
953Architects of Denial$65,42411$58,47211Oct 6, 2017Dada Films
954Beuys$65,4106$9,0842Jan 17, 2018Kino Lorber
955Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People$65,1693$9,4561Aug 27, 2014First Run
956Racing Dreams$65,08233$20,04833May 21, 2010Hannover House
957This Changes Everything$64,988367--Jul 22, 2019Fathom Events
958Bloodline$64,6985$6,6581May 9, 2008Cinema Libre Studio
959Let the Fire Burn$64,4899$5,2261Oct 2, 2013Zeitgeist Films
960Rock School$64,31032$28,13632Jun 3, 2005Picturehouse
961Monrovia, Indiana$63,94414$5,1721Oct 26, 2018Zipporah Films
962Trapped$63,2418$17,6263Mar 4, 2016Abramorama
963The Gardener$62,7342$6,2981Mar 30, 2018Gravitas Ventures
964Cool It$62,71343$26,84741Nov 12, 2010Roadside Attractions
965Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead$62,66022$5,2541Sep 25, 2015Magnolia Pictures
966Becoming Traviata$62,6527$5,0001May 15, 2013Distrib Films
967The Order of Myths$62,6453$7,0561Jul 25, 2008The Cinema Guild
968The Cave$62,62510$21,1852Oct 18, 2019National Geographic Entertainment
969Tomorrow$62,51020$1,4801Mar 10, 2017Under The Milky Way
970Vajra Sky Over Tibet$62,3564$4,4711Aug 18, 2006Truly Indie
971Mifune: The Last Samurai$62,2799$4,2961Nov 25, 2016Strand Releasing
972Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision$62,1866$2,2731Oct 20, 1995Ocean Releasing
973Public Speaking$62,1732$6,2601Feb 23, 2011Rialto Pictures
974Dark Star: HR Gigers Welt$61,84510$8,3495May 15, 2015Icarus Films
975If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front$61,7945$5,6342Jun 22, 2011Oscilloscope
976War Photographer$61,0401$9,3271Jun 19, 2002First Run
977Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey$61,01823$25,57323Mar 8, 2013Cinedigm Entertainment Group
978The Good Old Naughty Days$60,8622$7,3591Mar 28, 2003Strand Releasing
979How to Live Forever$60,6304$3,7161May 13, 2011Variance Films
980The Long Way Home$60,5097$10,6067Sep 17, 1997Seventh Art Releasing
981Limelight$60,3354$9,2591Sep 23, 2011Magnolia Pictures
982Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story$60,33210$10,9392Sep 26, 2008InterPositive Media
983Crime After Crime$60,2915$3,2151Jul 1, 2011-
984Presenting Princess Shaw$60,19712$4,8143May 27, 2016Magnolia Pictures
985Just One Drop$60,0786--Sep 22, 2017GathrFilms
986Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters$60,0643$1,4921Nov 2, 2012Zeitgeist Films
987Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards$60,05611$8,1863Sep 15, 2017Music Box Films
988The Force$59,9125--Jul 14, 2017Kino Lorber
989Sweet Dreams$59,4037--Nov 1, 2013International Film Circuit
990Bang! The Bert Berns Story$59,2995$3,9231Apr 26, 2017Abramorama
991Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired$59,1929$4,6131Jul 11, 2008THINKFilm
992The Trials of Muhammad Ali$59,08110$2,9801Aug 23, 2013Kino Lorber
993Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist$58,9798$4,4501Jun 8, 2018Greenwich Entertainment
994Maxed Out$58,8296$20,0246Mar 9, 2007Magnolia Pictures
995Side by Side$58,8259$6,9561Aug 17, 2012Tribeca Films
996Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation$58,7555$2,0091Sep 12, 2014First Run
997Horn from the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story$58,5972$3,0861Oct 17, 2018Abramorama
998Four Seasons Lodge$58,3343$11,6671Nov 11, 2009First Run
999In Search of Greatness$58,09016$32,95216Nov 2, 2018AOS (Art of Sport)
1,000Voices of Iraq$57,99912$30,63412Oct 29, 2004Magnolia Pictures