Genres

Documentary

1982-Present
NOTE: Documentary as sub-genre of Non-Fiction.
Large format (ex. Everest), concert (music, ex. Woodstock, and comedy, ex. Raw) , compilation (ex. That's Entertainment) and reality TV movies (ex. Jackass) omitted. Hybrids (ex. Never Say Never) are included.



Rows: #1-100, #101-200, #201-300, #301-400, #401-500, #501-600, #601-700, #701-794
RankTitle (click to view)StudioLifetime Gross / TheatersOpening / TheatersDate
1 Fahrenheit 9/11 Lions $119,194,771 2,011 $23,920,637 868 6/23/04
2 March of the Penguins WIP $77,437,223 2,506 $137,492 4 6/24/05
3 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Par. $73,013,910 3,118 $29,514,054 3,105 2/11/11
4 Earth (2009) BV $32,011,576 1,804 $8,825,760 1,804 4/22/09
5 Sicko LGF $24,540,079 1,117 $68,969 1 6/22/07
6 An Inconvenient Truth ParC $24,146,161 587 $281,330 4 5/24/06
7 Bowling for Columbine UA $21,576,018 248 $209,148 8 10/11/02
8 Oceans BV $19,422,319 1,232 $6,058,958 1,206 4/22/10
9 Madonna: Truth or Dare Mira. $15,012,935 652 $543,250 51 5/10/91
10 African Cats BV $14,800,748 1,224 $6,003,200 1,220 4/22/11
11 Capitalism: A Love Story Over. $14,363,397 995 $231,964 4 9/23/09
12 Religulous LGF $13,011,160 568 $3,409,643 502 10/1/08
13 Winged Migration SPC $11,689,053 202 $33,128 1 4/18/03
14 Super Size Me IDP $11,536,423 230 $516,641 41 5/7/04
15 Mad Hot Ballroom ParC $8,117,961 202 $45,348 2 5/13/05
16 Hoop Dreams FL $7,830,611 262 $18,396 3 10/14/94
17 Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed RM $7,720,487 1,052 $2,970,848 1,052 4/18/08
18 Tupac: Resurrection Par. $7,718,961 804 $4,632,847 801 11/14/03
19 Babies Focus $7,320,323 543 $2,160,460 534 5/7/10
20 Roger and Me WB $6,706,368 265 $80,253 4 12/22/89
21 Waiting for "Superman" ParV $6,417,135 330 $139,033 4 9/24/10
22 The Aristocrats Think $6,377,461 234 $243,796 4 7/29/05
23 Spellbound (2003) Think $5,728,581 117 $17,508 1 4/30/03
24 Shine a Light ParV $5,505,267 277 $1,488,081 276 4/4/08
25 Touching the Void IFC $4,593,598 137 $96,973 5 1/23/04
26 Food, Inc. Magn. $4,417,674 155 $60,513 3 6/12/09
27 Inside Job SPC $4,312,735 250 $39,649 2 10/8/10
28 That's Dancing! MGM $4,210,938 906 $1,506,802 906 1/18/85
29 The Fog of War SPC $4,198,566 261 $41,449 3 12/19/03
30 Good Hair RAtt. $4,157,223 466 $1,039,220 186 10/9/09
31 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Magn. $4,071,700 151 $76,639 3 4/22/05
32 Young@Heart FoxS $3,992,189 212 $50,937 4 4/9/08
33 The September Issue RAtt. $3,820,067 143 $220,633 6 8/28/09
34 Paris is Burning Mira. $3,779,620 91 $310,127 23 8/9/91
35 Imagine: John Lennon WB $3,753,977 561 $1,412,213 561 10/7/88
36 Step Into Liquid Art. $3,681,803 91 $135,985 5 8/8/03
37 Born Into Brothels Think $3,515,061 127 $14,605 1 12/8/04
38 The Corporation Zeit. $3,493,516 28 $28,671 2 6/4/04
39 Rize Lions $3,336,391 352 $1,574,787 352 6/24/05
40 Exit Through the Gift Shop PDA $3,291,250 46 $170,756 8 4/16/10
41 Catfish Rog. $3,237,343 143 $257,285 12 9/17/10
42 Grizzly Man Lions $3,178,403 105 $269,131 29 8/12/05
43 Wordplay IFC $3,121,270 154 $32,847 2 6/16/06
44 Capturing the Friedmans Magn. $3,119,113 78 $65,154 3 5/30/03
45 The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill Shad. $3,058,527 67 $36,731 5 2/9/05
46 Crumb SPC $3,041,083 56 $19,859 1 4/21/95
47 Man on Wire Magn. $2,962,242 93 $51,392 2 7/25/08
48 Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work IFC $2,930,687 115 $164,351 7 6/11/10
49 Unzipped Mira. $2,875,086 119 $71,275 2 8/4/95
50 When We Were Kings Gram. $2,789,985 92 $12,479 2 10/25/96
51 Cave of Forgotten Dreams IFC $2,764,688 118 $139,101 5 4/29/11
52 Comedian Mira. $2,751,988 244 $60,224 4 10/11/02
53 My Architect NYer $2,750,707 39 $37,929 2 11/12/03
54 Freeriders WM $2,750,064 30 $264,548 11 10/20/98
55 Control Room Magn. $2,589,616 74 $27,125 1 5/21/04
56 The Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure Cow. $2,453,083 40 $18,931 3 10/5/01
57 Snowriders 2 WM $2,287,639 - n/a - 10/15/97
58 A Brief History of Time Trit $2,279,692 45 $84,025 5 8/21/92
59 Riding Giants SPC $2,276,368 64 $134,400 26 7/9/04
60 Rivers and Tides Roxie $2,200,276 15 $12,256 1 6/26/02
61 The Endless Summer II NL $2,155,385 302 $657,292 302 6/3/94
62 Snowriders WM $2,068,490 - n/a - 10/16/96
63 Beyond the Mat Lions $2,053,648 298 $9,532 1 10/22/99
64 Endless Winter WM $1,966,454 - n/a - 10/20/95
65 Vertical Reality WM $1,951,429 - n/a - 10/19/94
66 The Story of the Weeping Camel Think $1,763,052 55 $21,767 2 6/4/04
67 Valentino: The Last Emperor Truly $1,755,134 38 $21,762 1 3/18/09
68 Every Little Step SPC $1,725,141 70 $68,504 8 4/17/09
69 Koyaanisqatsi IsAl $1,723,872 - n/a - 4/27/83
70 Life & Times of Hank Greenberg Cow. $1,712,385 31 $21,675 1 1/12/00
71 Who Killed the Electric Car? SPC $1,678,874 74 $45,138 8 6/28/06
72 Black Diamond Rush WM $1,634,386 47 $161,115 11 10/12/93
73 It Might Get Loud SPC $1,610,163 75 $92,679 7 8/14/09
74 Rhyme & Reason Mira. $1,608,277 280 $853,589 280 3/7/97
75 Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh Roxie $1,577,480 16 $4,632 1 8/19/88
76 Murderball Think $1,531,154 97 $57,286 8 7/8/05
77 Why We Fight SPC $1,439,972 64 $53,571 6 1/20/06
78 The Kid Stays in the Picture Focus $1,439,232 56 $89,087 4 7/26/02
79 No End in Sight Magn. $1,433,319 117 $31,533 2 7/27/07
80 Microcosmos Mira. $1,433,210 43 $35,189 2 10/9/96
81 Looking for Richard FoxS $1,408,575 81 $33,843 2 10/11/96
82 The Celluloid Closet SPC $1,400,591 38 $95,047 9 3/15/96
83 I Am Pala. $1,384,364 74 $10,092 1 2/18/11
84 Restrepo NGE $1,330,894 52 $35,581 2 6/25/10
85 Hearts of Darkness Trit $1,318,449 28 $42,992 4 11/27/91
86 Anne Frank Remembered SPC $1,310,200 31 $26,697 4 2/23/96
87 Brother's Keeper CThnk $1,305,915 15 $10,758 1 9/9/92
88 Dogtown and Z-Boys SPC $1,300,682 70 $103,355 20 4/26/02
89 Startup.com Art. $1,283,356 35 $16,118 1 5/11/01
90 Gonzo Magn. $1,252,100 59 $191,942 26 7/4/08
91 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster IFC $1,222,708 147 $46,359 3 7/9/04
92 Shut Up and Sing Wein. $1,215,045 84 $50,103 4 10/27/06
93 The Thin Blue Line Mira. $1,209,846 23 $17,814 1 8/26/88
94 Festival Express Think $1,174,079 43 $12,074 1 7/23/04
95 American Movie SPC $1,165,795 29 $20,260 2 11/5/99
96 Bill Cunningham New York Zeit. $1,148,113 34 $33,677 1 3/16/11
97 Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg ICir $1,134,623 25 $19,302 2 7/10/09
98 In the Shadow of the Moon Think $1,134,358 104 $38,281 4 9/7/07
99 Paper Clips Slow $1,121,744 43 $25,535 5 11/24/04
100 The U.S. Vs. John Lennon LGF $1,109,146 65 $69,143 6 9/15/06
TOTAL (All Movies):$818,570,765----
AVERAGE (All Movies):$1,042,76548$144,63125-
TOTAL
(Wide Releases Only):		$410,051,238----
AVERAGE
(Wide Releases Only):		$31,542,4031,414$9,321,9201,325-
Rows: #1-100, #101-200, #201-300, #301-400, #401-500, #501-600, #601-700, #701-794


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UPCOMING RELEASES
Title (click to view)StudioRelease Date
Rejoice and Shout Magn. 6/3/11
Buck IFC 6/17/11
Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times Magn. 6/17/11
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Osci. 6/22/11
General Orders No. 9 Vari. 6/24/11
Raw Faith AM 6/24/11
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop Abr. 6/24/11
Turtle: The Incredible Journey Hann. 6/24/11
Project Nim RAtt. 7/8/11
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest SPC 7/8/11
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness ICir 7/8/11
Tabloid IFC 7/15/11
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress AM 7/27/11
Magic Trip Magn. 8/5/11
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow AM 8/10/11
Programming the Nation? ICir 8/19/11
Thunder Soul RAtt. 9/23/11
Chimpanzee BV 4/20/12
Limelight Magn. TBD

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