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All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 201-300)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | 2019 | Western Stars | $3,681,681 | $1,581,681 | $2,100,000 |
| 202 | 2024 | No Other Land | $3,679,404 | $2,547,763 | $1,131,641 |
| 203 | 2023 | The Journey: A Music Special | $3,638,796 | $3,574,915 | $63,881 |
| 204 | 2003 | My Architect | $3,623,958 | $2,822,522 | $801,436 |
| 205 | 1999 | Genghis Blues | $3,599,174 | $3,599,174 | |
| 206 | 2014 | Finding Vivian Maier | $3,596,550 | $1,509,131 | $2,087,419 |
| 207 | 1979 | The Glacier Fox | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | |
| 208 | 2012 | Bully | $3,483,795 | $3,483,795 | |
| 209 | 2019 | Maiden | $3,459,906 | $3,162,490 | $297,416 |
| 210 | 2022 | Ennio | $3,435,267 | $80,431 | $3,354,836 |
| 211 | 2021 | The Truffle Hunters | $3,379,278 | $521,202 | $2,858,076 |
| 212 | 2002 | Rivers and Tides | $3,368,550 | $2,200,276 | $1,168,274 |
| 213 | 2019 | Echo in the Canyon | $3,355,266 | $3,355,266 | |
| 214 | 1999 | Fifty | $3,328,240 | $3,328,240 | |
| 215 | 2004 | Riding Giants | $3,292,333 | $2,276,368 | $1,015,965 |
| 216 | 1991 | Paris is Burning | $3,247,160 | $3,247,160 | |
| 217 | 2012 | The Imposter | $3,232,717 | $901,954 | $2,330,763 |
| 218 | 2005 | The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill | $3,218,709 | $3,058,527 | $160,182 |
| 219 | 2006 | Wordplay | $3,177,636 | $3,121,270 | $56,366 |
| 220 | 2000 | Ride | $3,176,650 | $3,176,650 | |
| 221 | 2016 | We are X | $3,132,486 | $45,270 | $3,087,216 |
| 222 | 1995 | Crumb | $3,060,660 | $3,041,083 | $19,577 |
| 223 | 2018 | Nothing Like a Dame | $3,044,515 | $889,343 | $2,155,172 |
| 224 | 2012 | Stories We Tell | $3,043,717 | $1,602,160 | $1,441,557 |
| 225 | 2022 | Fire of Love | $3,026,260 | $1,120,412 | $1,905,848 |
| 226 | 1998 | Mark Twain's America 3D | $2,992,106 | $2,992,106 | |
| 227 | 2021 | Antarctica | $2,970,464 | $2,970,464 | |
| 228 | 2021 | Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could … | $2,965,612 | $2,320,649 | $644,963 |
| 229 | 2010 | Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work | $2,930,687 | $2,930,687 | |
| 230 | 2024 | Jesus Thirsts: The Miracle of the Eucharist | $2,927,121 | $2,927,121 | |
| 231 | 2020 | V síti | $2,906,200 | $2,906,200 | |
| 232 | 2021 | Karel | $2,902,627 | $2,902,627 | |
| 233 | 2023 | John Farnham: Finding the Voice | $2,902,467 | $2,902,467 | |
| 234 | 2018 | The Hidden Land: Back To No Man's Land In North… | $2,890,000 | $2,890,000 | |
| 235 | 2020 | Bao Jia Wei Guo: Kang Mei Yuan Chao Guang Ying … | $2,890,000 | $2,890,000 | |
| 236 | 2010 | When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors | $2,843,800 | $246,078 | $2,597,722 |
| 237 | 1995 | Unzipped | $2,833,010 | $2,833,010 | |
| 238 | 2017 | Maria by Callas | $2,826,476 | $1,264,409 | $1,562,067 |
| 239 | 2020 | Das geheime Leben der Bäume | $2,809,901 | $30,239 | $2,779,662 |
| 240 | 2005 | Mondovino | $2,806,533 | $209,618 | $2,596,915 |
| 241 | 2012 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $2,790,035 | $2,552,478 | $237,557 |
| 242 | 2009 | Every Little Step | $2,769,763 | $1,725,141 | $1,044,622 |
| 243 | 1998 | Freeriders | $2,750,064 | $2,750,064 | |
| 244 | 2002 | Comedian | $2,744,253 | $2,744,253 | |
| 245 | 2020 | Geudae gomapso kimhojung saengae cheot paenmiti… | $2,739,585 | $2,739,585 | |
| 246 | 2004 | Control Room | $2,724,826 | $2,589,616 | $135,210 |
| 247 | 1995 | The Show | $2,702,000 | $2,702,000 | |
| 248 | 2018 | McQueen | $2,696,394 | $1,257,275 | $1,439,119 |
| 249 | 2011 | Armadillo | $2,690,879 | $14,566 | $2,676,313 |
| 250 | 2016 | Hillsong: Let Hope Rise | $2,678,525 | $2,394,725 | $283,800 |
| 251 | 2019 | Diego Maradona | $2,635,723 | $2,635,723 | |
| 252 | 2024 | The Blue Angels | $2,618,540 | $2,560,945 | $57,595 |
| 253 | 2013 | The Gatekeepers | $2,592,308 | $2,408,553 | $183,755 |
| 254 | 2017 | Is Genesis History? | $2,570,355 | $2,570,355 | |
| 255 | 2023 | Come Out in Jesus Name | $2,543,913 | $2,543,913 | |
| 256 | 2012 | The Queen of Versailles | $2,505,100 | $2,401,999 | $103,101 |
| 257 | 2001 | The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic… | $2,452,566 | $2,452,566 | |
| 258 | 2003 | Lost in La Mancha | $2,440,345 | $734,514 | $1,705,831 |
| 259 | 2015 | Janis: Little Girl Blue | $2,404,466 | $410,465 | $1,994,001 |
| 260 | 2015 | That Sugar Film | $2,382,983 | $3,500 | $2,379,483 |
| 261 | 2022 | Geudaega joguk (그대가 조국) | $2,380,850 | $2,380,850 | |
| 262 | 1999 | Wildfire: Feel The Heat | $2,378,388 | $2,378,388 | |
| 263 | 2016 | My Scientology Movie | $2,367,220 | $22,936 | $2,344,284 |
| 264 | 2017 | Jane | $2,358,494 | $1,723,379 | $635,115 |
| 265 | 2013 | Blackfish | $2,354,875 | $2,073,582 | $281,293 |
| 266 | 2015 | Meru | $2,350,820 | $2,334,228 | $16,592 |
| 267 | 2015 | Dior and I | $2,338,242 | $1,028,953 | $1,309,289 |
| 268 | 2009 | La Danse | $2,335,632 | $567,493 | $1,768,139 |
| 269 | 2011 | TT3D: Closer to the Edge | $2,322,286 | $2,322,286 | |
| 270 | 2023 | The People (人民万岁) | $2,317,703 | $2,317,703 | |
| 271 | 1997 | Snowriders 2 | $2,287,639 | $2,287,639 | |
| 272 | 2003 | DysFunkTional Family | $2,255,000 | $2,255,000 | |
| 273 | 2011 | Bill Cunningham New York | $2,254,254 | $1,510,026 | $744,228 |
| 274 | 2017 | L'Empereur | $2,234,915 | $2,234,915 | |
| 275 | 2017 | Disneynature: Blue | $2,231,198 | $2,231,198 | |
| 276 | 2004 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $2,223,844 | $1,222,708 | $1,001,136 |
| 277 | 2009 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $2,204,738 | $1,755,134 | $449,604 |
| 278 | 2015 | Roger Waters the Wall | $2,179,727 | $2,179,727 | |
| 279 | 2007 | In the Shadow of the Moon | $2,175,587 | $1,134,358 | $1,041,229 |
| 280 | 2015 | Boca Juniors 3D, la película | $2,171,383 | $2,171,383 | |
| 281 | 1994 | The Endless Summer 2 | $2,155,385 | $2,155,385 | |
| 282 | 2015 | The Wolfpack | $2,133,019 | $1,301,696 | $831,323 |
| 283 | 2007 | Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia | $2,130,465 | $2,130,465 | |
| 284 | 2008 | The Meerkats | $2,100,000 | $2,100,000 | |
| 285 | 2024 | The Ark and the Darkness | $2,097,560 | $2,097,560 | |
| 286 | 1982 | It Came From Hollywood | $2,091,037 | $2,091,037 | |
| 287 | 2014 | Awake: The Life of Yogananda | $2,083,186 | $1,511,750 | $571,436 |
| 288 | 2002 | Ayurveda: Art of Being | $2,066,892 | $16,892 | $2,050,000 |
| 289 | 2021 | Flee | $2,062,173 | $339,754 | $1,722,419 |
| 290 | 2019 | Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love | $2,061,876 | $1,013,820 | $1,048,056 |
| 291 | 2015 | Jag är Ingrid | $2,056,549 | $138,148 | $1,918,401 |
| 292 | 1999 | Beyond the Mat | $2,047,570 | $2,047,570 | |
| 293 | 1996 | Snowriders | $2,035,470 | $2,035,470 | |
| 294 | 2006 | Shut Up and Sing | $2,000,043 | $1,215,045 | $784,998 |
| 295 | 2016 | Masaryk | $1,999,760 | $1,999,760 | |
| 296 | 2018 | Aïlo: Une odyssée en Laponie | $1,991,158 | $1,991,158 | |
| 297 | 2014 | 20,000 Days on Earth | $1,979,773 | $279,558 | $1,700,215 |
| 298 | 1995 | Endless Winter | $1,966,454 | $1,966,454 | |
| 299 | 2017 | Mountain | $1,961,092 | $364,429 | $1,596,663 |
| 300 | 2015 | Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck | $1,960,196 | $140,208 | $1,819,988 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.