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All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,901-2,000)
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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 |
1,901 |
2025 |
New Three Gores (新三峡) |
$67,833 |
|
$67,833 |
1,902 |
2015 |
The Messenger |
$67,816 |
$67,816 |
|
1,903 |
2008 |
Happy Valley |
$67,665 |
$67,665 |
|
1,904 |
2007 |
Lagerfeld Confidential |
$67,500 |
$67,500 |
|
1,905 |
2013 |
After Tiller |
$67,414 |
$67,414 |
|
1,906 |
2022 |
seongdeok (성덕) |
$67,222 |
|
$67,222 |
1,907 |
2018 |
The Doctor From India |
$67,136 |
$67,136 |
|
1,908 |
2014 |
For No Good Reason |
$67,105 |
$67,105 |
|
1,909 |
2012 |
Side by Side |
$67,054 |
$58,825 |
$8,229 |
1,910 |
2025 |
Bitter Sweet Ballad (风起前的蒲公英) |
$66,995 |
|
$66,995 |
1,911 |
2024 |
How to Come Alive With Normal Mailer |
$66,974 |
$66,974 |
|
1,912 |
2008 |
Allah Made Me Funny |
$66,903 |
$66,903 |
|
1,913 |
2021 |
The First Wave |
$66,840 |
$62,376 |
$4,464 |
1,914 |
2024 |
Hyper: The Stevie Hyper D Story |
$66,814 |
|
$66,814 |
1,915 |
2018 |
3100: Run and Become |
$66,789 |
$65,524 |
$1,265 |
1,916 |
2015 |
The Emperor’s New Clothes |
$66,737 |
|
$66,737 |
1,917 |
2013 |
Pandora's Promise |
$66,680 |
$66,680 |
|
1,918 |
1919 |
South |
$66,676 |
|
$66,676 |
1,919 |
2022 |
Tenéis que venir a verla |
$66,629 |
|
$66,629 |
1,920 |
2024 |
Like My Brother |
$66,608 |
|
$66,608 |
1,921 |
2020 |
K2 vlastní cestou |
$66,586 |
|
$66,586 |
1,922 |
2016 |
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures |
$66,522 |
|
$66,522 |
1,923 |
2019 |
What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire |
$66,495 |
$4,672 |
$61,823 |
1,924 |
2023 |
Immediate Family |
$66,379 |
$66,379 |
|
1,925 |
2006 |
Absolute Wilson |
$66,217 |
$66,217 |
|
1,926 |
2010 |
Dancing Across Borders |
$66,166 |
$66,166 |
|
1,927 |
2019 |
Gauguin In Tahiti: Paradise Lost |
$66,139 |
|
$66,139 |
1,928 |
2017 |
Voyage of the Southern Sun |
$66,139 |
|
$66,139 |
1,929 |
2022 |
Anonymous Club |
$66,057 |
$35,481 |
$30,576 |
1,930 |
2023 |
Sur l'Adamant |
$65,863 |
$18,332 |
$47,531 |
1,931 |
2018 |
5.18 Hinzpeter Story |
$65,807 |
|
$65,807 |
1,932 |
2016 |
Ants on a Shrimp |
$65,663 |
|
$65,663 |
1,933 |
2024 |
Ultimate Guard (极限守护) |
$65,599 |
|
$65,599 |
1,934 |
2023 |
jaurim deo wondeoraendeu (자우림, 더 원더랜드)… |
$65,565 |
|
$65,565 |
1,935 |
2024 |
Architektura ČSSR 58-89 |
$65,500 |
|
$65,500 |
1,936 |
2017 |
Architects of Denial |
$65,424 |
$65,424 |
|
1,937 |
2024 |
Taking Venice |
$65,334 |
$65,334 |
|
1,938 |
2025 |
Ain’t No Back to a Merry Go Round |
$65,236 |
$65,236 |
|
1,939 |
2016 |
Marina Abramovic In Brazil: The Space In Between |
$65,227 |
|
$65,227 |
1,940 |
2014 |
Through a Lens Darkly |
$65,169 |
$65,169 |
|
1,941 |
2025 |
Neil Young: Coastal |
$64,991 |
|
$64,991 |
1,942 |
2019 |
Escher: Het Oneindige Zoeken |
$64,962 |
|
$64,962 |
1,943 |
2017 |
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards |
$64,887 |
$60,056 |
$4,831 |
1,944 |
2017 |
Oldeumalindoi |
$64,883 |
|
$64,883 |
1,945 |
1970 |
Elvis: That’s the Way It Is |
$64,749 |
|
$64,749 |
1,946 |
2025 |
San Damiano |
$64,669 |
|
$64,669 |
1,947 |
2012 |
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God |
$64,323 |
|
$64,323 |
1,948 |
2010 |
No Distance Left to Run |
$64,300 |
|
$64,300 |
1,949 |
2022 |
Misingtaneun yeojaduel (미싱타는 여자들) |
$64,259 |
|
$64,259 |
1,950 |
2019 |
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound |
$64,008 |
$53,144 |
$10,864 |
1,951 |
2024 |
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressb… |
$63,936 |
|
$63,936 |
1,952 |
2012 |
Never Stand Still |
$63,811 |
$63,811 |
|
1,953 |
2018 |
A Way Out |
$63,802 |
|
$63,802 |
1,954 |
2010 |
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage |
$63,696 |
$63,696 |
|
1,955 |
2022 |
Navalny |
$63,686 |
|
$63,686 |
1,956 |
2023 |
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock |
$63,678 |
|
$63,678 |
1,957 |
2023 |
Siganeul Kkumkkuneun Sonyeo (시간을 꿈꾸는 소녀)… |
$63,450 |
|
$63,450 |
1,958 |
2015 |
Exhibition on Screen: Rembrandt |
$63,445 |
|
$63,445 |
1,959 |
2003 |
Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa |
$63,402 |
|
$63,402 |
1,960 |
2018 |
Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf |
$63,383 |
|
$63,383 |
1,961 |
2004 |
Coral Reef Adventure |
$63,262 |
|
$63,262 |
1,962 |
2016 |
Trapped |
$63,240 |
$63,240 |
|
1,963 |
2024 |
Riefenstahl |
$63,141 |
|
$63,141 |
1,964 |
2017 |
George Best: All by Himself |
$63,115 |
|
$63,115 |
1,965 |
2019 |
Armstrong |
$62,981 |
|
$62,981 |
1,966 |
2019 |
Love, Antosha |
$62,900 |
$50,168 |
$12,732 |
1,967 |
2015 |
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead The Story of the Na… |
$62,684 |
$62,684 |
|
1,968 |
2004 |
Proteus |
$62,673 |
$62,673 |
|
1,969 |
2013 |
Traviata et nous |
$62,652 |
$62,652 |
|
1,970 |
2020 |
Banksy and the Rise of Outlaw Art |
$62,588 |
|
$62,588 |
1,971 |
2023 |
Peter Doherty: Stranger In My Own Skin |
$62,514 |
|
$62,514 |
1,972 |
2021 |
Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story |
$62,415 |
|
$62,415 |
1,973 |
2019 |
Herbs: Songs Of Freedom |
$62,366 |
|
$62,366 |
1,974 |
2023 |
After Work |
$62,315 |
|
$62,315 |
1,975 |
2008 |
Bloodline |
$62,248 |
$62,248 |
|
1,976 |
2017 |
The Apology |
$62,244 |
|
$62,244 |
1,977 |
2017 |
Jikjikodeu |
$62,076 |
|
$62,076 |
1,978 |
2015 |
Concerto - A Beethoven Journey |
$61,904 |
|
$61,904 |
1,979 |
2015 |
Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World |
$61,845 |
$61,845 |
|
1,980 |
2020 |
Exhibition On Screen: Raphael Revealed |
$61,613 |
|
$61,613 |
1,981 |
2022 |
Sergio Leone - l'italiano che invento l'America |
$61,549 |
|
$61,549 |
1,982 |
2020 |
Viva The Underdogs |
$61,424 |
|
$61,424 |
1,983 |
2022 |
Wash My Soul in the River’s Flow |
$61,265 |
|
$61,265 |
1,984 |
2018 |
Singing with Angry Bird |
$61,137 |
|
$61,137 |
1,985 |
2023 |
El Kamino (엘 카미노) |
$61,065 |
|
$61,065 |
1,986 |
2015 |
A Family Affair |
$61,045 |
|
$61,045 |
1,987 |
2013 |
Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey |
$61,018 |
$61,018 |
|
1,988 |
2025 |
Ange & The Boss — Puskas in Australia |
$60,732 |
|
$60,732 |
1,989 |
2011 |
How to Live Forever |
$60,630 |
$60,630 |
|
1,990 |
2022 |
No somos nada |
$60,398 |
|
$60,398 |
1,991 |
2019 |
This Changes Everything |
$60,339 |
|
$60,339 |
1,992 |
2011 |
Limelight |
$60,335 |
$60,335 |
|
1,993 |
2008 |
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story |
$60,332 |
$60,332 |
|
1,994 |
2011 |
Crime after Crime |
$60,291 |
$60,291 |
|
1,995 |
2016 |
Presenting Princess Shaw |
$60,197 |
$60,197 |
|
1,996 |
2025 |
Voices (목소리들) |
$60,099 |
|
$60,099 |
1,997 |
2012 |
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters |
$60,064 |
$60,064 |
|
1,998 |
2015 |
Death of a Gentleman |
$60,053 |
|
$60,053 |
1,999 |
2017 |
Avant la fin de l'été |
$60,046 |
|
$60,046 |
2,000 |
2013 |
Le dernier des injustes |
$59,890 |
$40,563 |
$19,327 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.