Box Office Records > Domestic > All Movies > Genres > Top Documentary Domestic
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 201-300)
See also: Top Documentary International - Top Documentary Worldwide - Top Documentary Weekend Domestic
Other Domestic Genres records: Top Adventure Domestic - Top Action Domestic - Top Comedy Domestic - Top Drama Domestic - Top Thriller/Suspense Domestic - Top Horror Domestic - Top Romantic Comedy Domestic - Top Musical Domestic
This chart contains the top 100 Documentary movies based on the cumulative domestic box office.
See our Documentary Theatrical Market Charts for more overviews regarding the domestic theatrical box office performance of Documentary movies.
| Rank | Released | Movie | Domestic Box Office |
International Box Office |
Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | 2006 | Who Killed the Electric Car? | $1,678,874 | $170,518 | $1,849,392 |
| 202 | 1985 | Bring on the Night | $1,675,689 | $1,675,689 | |
| 203 | 2016 | Weiner | $1,675,196 | $75,924 | $1,751,120 |
| 204 | 2014 | Tim's Vermeer | $1,670,806 | $53,678 | $1,724,484 |
| 205 | 1994 | Vertical Reality | $1,619,747 | $1,619,747 | |
| 206 | 2002 | Standing in the Shadows of Motown | $1,615,732 | $77,944 | $1,693,676 |
| 207 | 2011 | Senna | $1,612,430 | $9,312,217 | $10,924,647 |
| 208 | 2009 | It Might Get Loud | $1,610,163 | $1,610,163 | |
| 209 | 2023 | Route 60: The Biblical Highway | $1,606,339 | $1,606,339 | |
| 210 | 2012 | Stories We Tell | $1,602,160 | $1,441,557 | $3,043,717 |
| 211 | 1997 | Rhyme & Reason | $1,591,687 | $1,591,687 | |
| 212 | 2011 | I Am | $1,591,034 | $1,591,034 | |
| 213 | 2019 | Western Stars | $1,581,681 | $2,100,000 | $3,681,681 |
| 214 | 1996 | Microcosmos | $1,573,842 | $5,400,000 | $6,973,842 |
| 215 | 2019 | Fantastic Fungi | $1,573,734 | $98,477 | $1,672,211 |
| 216 | 2014 | Fed Up | $1,538,898 | $7,330 | $1,546,228 |
| 217 | 2005 | Murderball | $1,531,154 | $241,825 | $1,772,979 |
| 218 | 2014 | Awake: The Life of Yogananda | $1,511,750 | $571,436 | $2,083,186 |
| 219 | 2011 | Bill Cunningham New York | $1,510,026 | $744,228 | $2,254,254 |
| 220 | 2014 | Finding Vivian Maier | $1,509,131 | $2,087,419 | $3,596,550 |
| 221 | 2022 | 2000 Mules | $1,465,512 | $1,465,512 | |
| 222 | 2002 | The Kid Stays in the Picture | $1,434,436 | $265,373 | $1,699,809 |
| 223 | 2007 | No End In Sight | $1,433,319 | $1,433,319 | |
| 224 | 2012 | Marley | $1,413,480 | $3,906,254 | $5,319,734 |
| 225 | 2009 | X Games 3D: The Movie | $1,391,434 | $1,391,434 | |
| 226 | 2024 | Vindicating Trump | $1,372,091 | $1,372,091 | |
| 227 | 2025 | October 8 | $1,368,458 | $29,578 | $1,398,036 |
| 228 | 2024 | Something to Stand for with Mike Rowe | $1,358,690 | $1,358,690 | |
| 229 | 2015 | The Salt of the Earth | $1,343,349 | $13,199,926 | $14,543,275 |
| 230 | 1991 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse | $1,339,476 | $12,415 | $1,351,891 |
| 231 | 2010 | Restrepo | $1,330,894 | $99,709 | $1,430,603 |
| 232 | 2015 | Iris | $1,310,678 | $6,374,703 | $7,685,381 |
| 233 | 1996 | The Celluloid Closet | $1,310,167 | $1,310,167 | |
| 234 | 2012 | Air Racers 3D | $1,309,987 | $11,970 | $1,321,957 |
| 235 | 2015 | The Wolfpack | $1,301,696 | $831,323 | $2,133,019 |
| 236 | 2002 | Dogtown and Z-Boys | $1,293,295 | $307,271 | $1,600,566 |
| 237 | 2019 | No Safe Spaces | $1,291,514 | $1,291,514 | |
| 238 | 2001 | Startup.com | $1,280,975 | $546,652 | $1,827,627 |
| 239 | 1996 | Looking for Richard | $1,266,417 | $1,266,417 | |
| 240 | 2018 | Maria by Callas | $1,264,409 | $1,562,067 | $2,826,476 |
| 241 | 2018 | McQueen | $1,257,275 | $1,439,119 | $2,696,394 |
| 242 | 2008 | Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson | $1,252,100 | $240,000 | $1,492,100 |
| 243 | 2004 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $1,222,708 | $1,001,136 | $2,223,844 |
| 244 | 2006 | Shut Up and Sing | $1,215,045 | $784,998 | $2,000,043 |
| 245 | 1988 | The Thin Blue Line | $1,209,846 | $1,209,846 | |
| 246 | 2013 | Inequality for All | $1,205,079 | $20,690 | $1,225,769 |
| 247 | 2011 | Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Ca… | $1,200,046 | $1,200,046 | |
| 248 | 2000 | Backstage | $1,184,727 | $1,184,727 | |
| 249 | 2016 | The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk R… | $1,169,214 | $424,554 | $1,593,768 |
| 250 | 2016 | Vaxxed: From Cover Up to Catastrophe | $1,163,265 | $52,382 | $1,215,647 |
| 251 | 1999 | American Movie: The Making of Northwestern | $1,160,426 | $139,098 | $1,299,524 |
| 252 | 2017 | Step | $1,146,292 | $30,002 | $1,176,294 |
| 253 | 2009 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $1,134,623 | $1,134,623 | |
| 254 | 2007 | In the Shadow of the Moon | $1,134,358 | $1,041,229 | $2,175,587 |
| 255 | 2011 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $1,131,261 | $1,131,261 | |
| 256 | 2004 | Paper Clips | $1,121,744 | $31,477 | $1,153,221 |
| 257 | 2022 | Fire of Love | $1,120,412 | $1,905,848 | $3,026,260 |
| 258 | 2012 | Burn | $1,109,276 | $1,109,276 | |
| 259 | 2006 | The U.S. vs John Lennon | $1,109,146 | $278,174 | $1,387,320 |
| 260 | 2011 | Page One: Inside the New York Times | $1,067,028 | $1,067,028 | |
| 261 | 2022 | Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song | $1,062,603 | $639,997 | $1,702,600 |
| 262 | 2006 | Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man | $1,044,254 | $350,000 | $1,394,254 |
| 263 | 2018 | The Dawn Wall | $1,037,023 | $594,659 | $1,631,682 |
| 264 | 2000 | The Eyes of Tammy Faye | $1,029,591 | $50,413 | $1,080,004 |
| 265 | 2015 | Dior and I | $1,028,953 | $1,309,289 | $2,338,242 |
| 266 | 2021 | The Jesus Music | $1,016,725 | $1,016,725 | |
| 267 | 2019 | Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love | $1,013,820 | $1,048,056 | $2,061,876 |
| 268 | 2012 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | $1,004,821 | $261,633 | $1,266,454 |
| 269 | 2020 | Break the Silence: The Movie (브레이크 더 사일런스: 더 무비… | $1,000,000 | $9,670,308 | $10,670,308 |
| 270 | 2017 | Visages villages | $952,432 | $3,057,550 | $4,009,982 |
| 271 | 2009 | More Than a Game | $950,675 | $9,712 | $960,387 |
| 272 | 2008 | Encounters at the End of the World | $944,933 | $307,680 | $1,252,613 |
| 273 | 2008 | American Teen | $942,441 | $46,878 | $989,319 |
| 274 | 2016 | Dark Horse | $940,715 | $281,103 | $1,221,818 |
| 275 | 1992 | 35 Up | $923,372 | $923,372 | |
| 276 | 1998 | Hands on a Hardbody | $909,650 | $909,650 | |
| 277 | 2012 | First Position | $908,235 | $1,001,666 | $1,909,901 |
| 278 | 2019 | Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am | $903,018 | $43,110 | $946,128 |
| 279 | 2006 | Jesus Camp | $902,544 | $492,445 | $1,394,989 |
| 280 | 2012 | The Imposter | $901,954 | $2,330,763 | $3,232,717 |
| 281 | 2015 | Best of Enemies | $892,802 | $48,134 | $940,936 |
| 282 | 2018 | Nothing Like a Dame | $889,343 | $2,155,172 | $3,044,515 |
| 283 | 2009 | Tyson | $887,918 | $79,378 | $967,296 |
| 284 | 2014 | Particle Fever | $869,838 | $869,838 | |
| 285 | 2009 | The Cove | $869,730 | $646,484 | $1,516,214 |
| 286 | 2023 | The Domino Revival | $851,398 | $851,398 | |
| 287 | 2007 | Sharkwater | $850,920 | $869,913 | $1,720,833 |
| 288 | 2013 | Generation Iron | $849,521 | $52,128 | $901,649 |
| 289 | 2013 | Girl Rising | $849,484 | $849,484 | |
| 290 | 1997 | Fast, Cheap & Out of Control | $848,801 | $848,801 | |
| 291 | 2011 | Meerkats | $845,613 | $422,045 | $1,267,658 |
| 292 | 2021 | The Alpinist | $844,743 | $735,672 | $1,580,415 |
| 293 | 2025 | Secret Mall Apartment | $843,861 | $843,861 | |
| 294 | 2007 | Wie man sein leben kocht | $840,987 | $840,987 | |
| 295 | 2022 | Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon | $840,580 | $840,580 | |
| 296 | 2007 | Arctic Tale | $833,532 | $194,090 | $1,027,622 |
| 297 | 2008 | I.O.U.S.A. | $821,046 | $821,046 | |
| 298 | 2017 | Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story | $820,300 | $215,193 | $1,035,493 |
| 299 | 2005 | Ballets Russes | $815,848 | $372,620 | $1,188,468 |
| 300 | 2019 | Honeyland | $815,082 | $436,881 | $1,251,963 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.