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All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 101-200)
See also: Top Documentary Domestic - Top Documentary International
Other Worldwide Genres records: Top Adventure Worldwide - Top Action Worldwide - Top Comedy Worldwide - Top Drama Worldwide - Top Thriller/Suspense Worldwide - Top Horror Worldwide - Top Romantic Comedy Worldwide - Top Musical Worldwide
This chart contains the top 100 Documentary movies based on the cumulative worldwide box office.
See our Documentary Theatrical Market Charts for more overviews regarding the domestic theatrical box office performance of Documentary movies.
| Rank | Released | Movie | Worldwide Box Office |
Domestic Box Office |
International Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 2006 | Dave Chappelle's Block Party | $12,051,924 | $11,718,595 | $333,329 |
| 102 | 2023 | After Death | $11,831,121 | $11,478,326 | $352,795 |
| 103 | 1994 | Hoop Dreams | $11,768,371 | $7,768,371 | $4,000,000 |
| 104 | 2004 | What the #$'! Do We Know | $11,704,768 | $10,941,801 | $762,967 |
| 105 | 1955 | Galapagos | $11,500,000 | $11,500,000 | |
| 106 | 2006 | Roving Mars | $11,248,978 | $10,407,978 | $841,000 |
| 107 | 2015 | Taxi | $11,234,947 | $321,642 | $10,913,305 |
| 108 | 2016 | Les Saisons | $11,053,655 | $150,092 | $10,903,563 |
| 109 | 2011 | Senna | $10,924,647 | $1,612,430 | $9,312,217 |
| 110 | 2011 | Flying Monsters 3D | $10,894,223 | $5,751,141 | $5,143,082 |
| 111 | 2024 | Piece by Piece | $10,745,611 | $9,756,635 | $988,976 |
| 112 | 2020 | Break the Silence: The Movie (브레이크 더 사일런스: 더 무비… | $10,670,308 | $1,000,000 | $9,670,308 |
| 113 | 1999 | Island of the Sharks | $10,658,756 | $10,658,756 | |
| 114 | 2025 | Hotline Beijing (您的声音) | $10,470,848 | $10,470,848 | |
| 115 | 2016 | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week | $10,083,154 | $2,934,445 | $7,148,709 |
| 116 | 2018 | Pope Francis—A Man of His Word | $10,040,148 | $2,008,385 | $8,031,763 |
| 117 | 2019 | Amazing Grace | $9,797,313 | $4,450,454 | $5,346,859 |
| 118 | 2024 | Io e Te dobbiamo parlare | $9,715,668 | $9,715,668 | |
| 119 | 2013 | Jerusalem | $9,681,975 | $8,020,721 | $1,661,254 |
| 120 | 2017 | I Am Not Your Negro | $9,617,402 | $7,123,919 | $2,493,483 |
| 121 | 2005 | Mad Hot Ballroom | $9,387,581 | $8,117,961 | $1,269,620 |
| 122 | 2011 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | $9,369,629 | $5,304,920 | $4,064,709 |
| 123 | 2024 | Dear Family | $9,319,724 | $9,319,724 | |
| 124 | 1979 | Dirt | $9,200,000 | $9,200,000 | |
| 125 | 2017 | La promesse de l'aube | $9,180,852 | $9,180,852 | |
| 126 | 2016 | Nanimono | $8,577,483 | $8,577,483 | |
| 127 | 2019 | Pavarotti | $8,569,065 | $4,686,402 | $3,882,663 |
| 128 | 2004 | Yves St. Laurent | $8,360,096 | $97,092 | $8,263,004 |
| 129 | 2015 | Demain | $8,338,539 | $43,471 | $8,295,068 |
| 130 | 2018 | Pandas | $8,338,156 | $8,088,917 | $249,239 |
| 131 | 2012 | More Than Honey | $8,244,071 | $78,324 | $8,165,747 |
| 132 | 2019 | Di jiu tian chang | $8,093,136 | $8,093,136 | |
| 133 | 2022 | This Much I Know to be True | $8,013,372 | $8,013,372 | |
| 134 | 2024 | The Birth of Korea (건국전쟁) | $7,986,874 | $7,986,874 | |
| 135 | 2003 | Tupac Resurrection | $7,808,524 | $7,718,961 | $89,563 |
| 136 | 2010 | Inside Job | $7,799,257 | $4,311,834 | $3,487,423 |
| 137 | 2008 | Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed | $7,720,487 | $7,720,487 | |
| 138 | 2019 | Penguins | $7,699,452 | $7,699,452 | |
| 139 | 2015 | Iris | $7,685,381 | $1,310,678 | $6,374,703 |
| 140 | 2008 | Young @ Heart | $7,649,255 | $3,992,189 | $3,657,066 |
| 141 | 2003 | Spellbound | $7,457,710 | $5,728,581 | $1,729,129 |
| 142 | 2024 | LIM YOUNG WOONG│IM HERO THE STADIUM (임영웅ㅣ아임 히어로… | $7,213,291 | $7,213,291 | |
| 143 | 2010 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | $7,132,689 | $3,291,250 | $3,841,439 |
| 144 | 2009 | The September Issue | $7,081,682 | $3,820,700 | $3,260,982 |
| 145 | 1996 | Microcosmos | $6,973,842 | $1,573,842 | $5,400,000 |
| 146 | 1989 | Roger & Me | $6,706,368 | $6,706,368 | |
| 147 | 2005 | The Aristocrats | $6,702,604 | $6,377,461 | $325,143 |
| 148 | 2018 | Fahrenheit 11/9 | $6,653,715 | $6,352,306 | $301,409 |
| 149 | 2017 | Sachin | $6,630,190 | $6,630,190 | |
| 150 | 2019 | The Biggest Little Farm | $6,526,377 | $4,367,816 | $2,158,561 |
| 151 | 2020 | After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fak… | $6,455,717 | $6,455,717 | |
| 152 | 2018 | Loro 1 | $6,446,340 | $35,613 | $6,410,727 |
| 153 | 2010 | Waiting for Superman | $6,446,066 | $6,417,135 | $28,931 |
| 154 | 2014 | CitizenFour | $6,202,768 | $2,800,870 | $3,401,898 |
| 155 | 2014 | Meet the Mormons | $6,049,171 | $6,047,363 | $1,808 |
| 156 | 2024 | The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru (里斯本丸沉没)… | $6,031,366 | $6,031,366 | |
| 157 | 2012 | Samsara | $5,966,671 | $2,672,413 | $3,294,258 |
| 158 | 2013 | 20 Feet From Stardom | $5,892,466 | $4,946,250 | $946,216 |
| 159 | 2018 | Death of a Nation | $5,885,881 | $5,885,881 | |
| 160 | 2017 | An Inconvenient Sequel | $5,839,322 | $3,496,795 | $2,342,527 |
| 161 | 2016 | The Eagle Huntress | $5,631,241 | $3,168,664 | $2,462,577 |
| 162 | 2008 | Man on Wire | $5,617,067 | $2,962,242 | $2,654,825 |
| 163 | 2021 | Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain | $5,488,731 | $5,354,970 | $133,761 |
| 164 | 1999 | Wolves | $5,361,306 | $5,361,306 | |
| 165 | 2012 | Marley | $5,319,734 | $1,413,480 | $3,906,254 |
| 166 | 2003 | The Fog of War | $5,233,915 | $4,198,566 | $1,035,349 |
| 167 | 1999 | Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible | $5,231,283 | $5,231,283 | |
| 168 | 2016 | Born in the Exile: Sandaime J Soul Brothers no … | $5,181,032 | $5,181,032 | |
| 169 | 2010 | The Wildest Dream | $5,100,135 | $5,100,135 | |
| 170 | 2025 | OCEAN: with David Attenborough | $5,066,662 | $5,066,662 | |
| 171 | 2005 | Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room | $4,907,779 | $4,071,700 | $836,079 |
| 172 | 2017 | Return to the Wolves | $4,886,088 | $4,886,088 | |
| 173 | 2005 | Rize | $4,857,731 | $3,278,611 | $1,579,120 |
| 174 | 2004 | The Corporation | $4,843,572 | $3,493,516 | $1,350,056 |
| 175 | 2017 | KEDi | $4,797,784 | $2,834,262 | $1,963,522 |
| 176 | 2009 | Food, Inc. | $4,731,944 | $4,417,674 | $314,270 |
| 177 | 2018 | Whitney | $4,703,709 | $3,026,558 | $1,677,151 |
| 178 | 1996 | When We Were Kings | $4,647,606 | $2,666,118 | $1,981,488 |
| 179 | 2016 | Where to Invade Next | $4,604,687 | $3,827,261 | $777,426 |
| 180 | 2020 | The Big Parade | $4,550,000 | $4,550,000 | |
| 181 | 2011 | Buck | $4,523,972 | $4,036,175 | $487,797 |
| 182 | 2005 | Grizzly Man | $4,504,451 | $3,178,403 | $1,326,048 |
| 183 | 2003 | Capturing the Friedmans | $4,409,434 | $3,117,985 | $1,291,449 |
| 184 | 2015 | He Named Me Malala | $4,334,216 | $2,668,936 | $1,665,280 |
| 185 | 2019 | Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice | $4,252,657 | $4,252,657 | |
| 186 | 2009 | Good Hair | $4,222,942 | $4,157,223 | $65,719 |
| 187 | 1985 | That's Dancing | $4,210,938 | $4,210,938 | |
| 188 | 2008 | Beastie Boys | $4,205,499 | $4,205,499 | |
| 189 | 2002 | ESPN's Ultimate X - The Movie | $4,197,175 | $4,197,175 | |
| 190 | 2003 | The Real Cancun | $4,188,034 | $3,816,594 | $371,440 |
| 191 | 2017 | Visages villages | $4,009,982 | $952,432 | $3,057,550 |
| 192 | 2003 | Step Into Liquid | $3,975,542 | $3,681,803 | $293,739 |
| 193 | 2018 | Geunal, bada | $3,972,816 | $3,972,816 | |
| 194 | 2004 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $3,966,448 | $1,751,698 | $2,214,750 |
| 195 | 2017 | Django | $3,847,465 | $56,556 | $3,790,909 |
| 196 | 2010 | Catfish | $3,798,734 | $3,237,343 | $561,391 |
| 197 | 2016 | Merci Patron! | $3,770,001 | $3,770,001 | |
| 198 | 1988 | Imagine: John Lennon | $3,753,977 | $3,753,977 | |
| 199 | 2004 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $3,735,969 | $3,430,117 | $305,852 |
| 200 | 2021 | Days and Nights in Wuhan | $3,720,000 | $3,720,000 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.