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Highest-Grossing Documentary Movies of All Time, Page 76

This Is It (2009) is the highest-grossing documentary movie in our database, with $268M worldwide, ahead of Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) at $222.4M and Jackass 3-D (2010) at $178.1M. 4,018 documentary films in our database report a worldwide gross, $5.8B in all, 52% of it from the US & Canada. 7 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. By language, English leads with $4.7B across 2,792 documentary releases.

films with a reported gross
4,018
combined worldwide
$5.8B
films crossed $100M
7
earned in the US & Canada
52%
This Is It (2009) movie poster #1 of 4,018
Highest-grossing documentary movie ever

This Is It (2009)

2009 · Music, Documentary

$268M worldwide

$72.1M US & Canada · 27% $195.9M elsewhere · 73%
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All 4,018 Documentary Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Ranks 3,751 to 3,800 of 4,018. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.

  1. 3751 Maurice And I (2024) movie poster
    Maurice And I (2024) May 1, 2024 · English · Documentary $2K worldwide
    May 1, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2K
  2. 3752 Lines (2021) movie poster
    Lines (2021) Oct 27, 2021 · Slovak · Documentary $2K worldwide
    Oct 27, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2K
  3. 3753 Avenida Almirante Reis em 3 Andamentos (2018) movie poster
    Avenida Almirante Reis em 3 Andamentos (2018) Oct 21, 2018 · Portuguese · Documentary $2K worldwide
    Oct 21, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2K
  4. 3754 The Witches of the Orient (2021) movie poster
    The Witches of the Orient (2021) Jul 9, 2021 · Japanese · Sport, Documentary $2K worldwide
    Jul 9, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2K
  5. 3755 Fellinopolis (2020) movie poster
    Fellinopolis (2020) Oct 18, 2020 · Italian · Documentary $2K worldwide
    Oct 18, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2K
  6. 3756 My Talk with Florence (2015) movie poster
    My Talk with Florence (2015) Apr 17, 2015 · German · Documentary $2K worldwide
    Apr 17, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2K
  7. 3757 Hashish (2002) movie poster
    Hashish (2002) Oct 30, 2002 · Arabic · Documentary $2K worldwide
    Oct 30, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2K
  8. 3758 Lisbon Revisited (2014) movie poster
    Lisbon Revisited (2014) Aug 14, 2014 · Portuguese · Documentary $2K worldwide
    Aug 14, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2K
  9. 3759 Position Among the Stars (2011) movie poster
    Position Among the Stars (2011) Sep 15, 2011 · Indonesian · History, Documentary $1.9K worldwide
    Sep 15, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9K
  10. 3760 Il solengo (2015) movie poster
    Il solengo (2015) Oct 25, 2015 · Italian · Documentary $1.9K worldwide
    Oct 25, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9K
  11. 3761 Correspondences (2016) movie poster
    Correspondences (2016) Aug 4, 2016 · Portuguese · Documentary $1.9K worldwide
    Aug 4, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9K
  12. 3762 Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America (2016) movie poster
    Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America (2016) Dec 9, 2016 · English · Biography, History, Documentary $1.9K worldwide
    Dec 9, 2016 US and Canada: $1.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.9K
  13. 3763 Manufacturing Dissent (2007) movie poster
    Manufacturing Dissent (2007) Feb 11, 2007 · English · Documentary $1.9K worldwide
    Feb 11, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9K
  14. 3764 West of the Jordan River (2018) movie poster
    West of the Jordan River (2018) Jan 26, 2018 · English · Documentary $1.9K worldwide
    Jan 26, 2018 US and Canada: $1.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.9K
  15. 3765 Hanging by a Wire (2026) movie poster
    Hanging by a Wire (2026) Aug 28, 2026 · English · Documentary, Action, Adventure $1.9K worldwide
    Aug 28, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9K
  16. 3766 Fragments of Kubelka (2012) movie poster
    Fragments of Kubelka (2012) Jan 29, 2012 · English · Documentary $1.9K worldwide
    Jan 29, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9K
  17. 3767 Sneakerheadz (2015) movie poster
    Sneakerheadz (2015) Aug 7, 2015 · English · Documentary $1.9K worldwide
    Aug 7, 2015 US and Canada: $1.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.9K
  18. 3768 Where Dragons Live (2024) movie poster
    Where Dragons Live (2024) Jun 14, 2024 · English · Family, Documentary $1.9K worldwide
    Jun 14, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9K
  19. 3769 With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America (2005) movie poster
    With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America (2005) Jan 19, 2005 · Documentary $1.9K worldwide
    Jan 19, 2005 US and Canada: $1.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.9K
  20. 3770 We Were Here (2011) movie poster
    We Were Here (2011) Sep 9, 2011 · English · Documentary $1.9K worldwide
    Sep 9, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9K
  21. 3771 This Filthy World (2006) movie poster
    This Filthy World (2006) Nov 24, 2006 · English · Comedy, Documentary $1.9K worldwide
    Nov 24, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9K
  22. 3772 Clandestina (2023) movie poster
    Clandestina (2023) Oct 22, 2023 · Portuguese · Documentary $1.8K worldwide
    Oct 22, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8K
  23. 3773 Oswald's Ghost (2007) movie poster
    Oswald's Ghost (2007) Nov 30, 2007 · English · Documentary $1.8K worldwide
    Nov 30, 2007 US and Canada: $1.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.8K
  24. 3774 Buy It Now (2005) movie poster
    Buy It Now (2005) Jun 13, 2005 · English · Drama, Documentary $1.8K worldwide
    Jun 13, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8K
  25. 3775 Sediments (2021) movie poster
    Sediments (2021) Jun 8, 2021 · Spanish · Documentary $1.8K worldwide
    Jun 8, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8K
  26. 3776 Speed is My Need (2019) movie poster
    Speed is My Need (2019) Jul 16, 2019 · English · Documentary $1.8K worldwide
    Jul 16, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8K
  27. 3777 Parapolicial negro: Apuntes para una prehistoria de la triple A (2010) movie poster
    Parapolicial negro: Apuntes para una prehistoria de la triple A (2010) 2010 · Spanish · Documentary $1.8K worldwide
    2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8K
  28. 3778 The Other Man: F.W. de Klerk and the End of Apartheid (2015) movie poster
    The Other Man: F.W. de Klerk and the End of Apartheid (2015) Feb 6, 2015 · English · Biography, History, Documentary $1.7K worldwide
    Feb 6, 2015 US and Canada: $1.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.7K
  29. 3779 Pepi Fandango (2023) movie poster
    Pepi Fandango (2023) Oct 7, 2023 · Spanish · Documentary $1.7K worldwide
    Oct 7, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7K
  30. 3780 Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family (1993) movie poster
    Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family (1993) Jan 21, 1993 · English · Documentary $1.7K worldwide
    Jan 21, 1993 US and Canada: $1.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.7K
  31. 3781 Olmedo: El rey de la risa (2019) movie poster
    Olmedo: El rey de la risa (2019) Mar 7, 2019 · Spanish · Documentary $1.7K worldwide
    Mar 7, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7K
  32. 3782 You Don't Need Feet to Dance (2013) movie poster
    You Don't Need Feet to Dance (2013) Mar 22, 2013 · English · Documentary $1.7K worldwide
    Mar 22, 2013 US and Canada: $1.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.7K
  33. 3783 Sharkwater Extinction (2019) movie poster
    Sharkwater Extinction (2019) Mar 1, 2019 · English · Documentary $1.7K worldwide
    Mar 1, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7K
  34. 3784 A Story of Bones (2022) movie poster
    A Story of Bones (2022) Jun 11, 2022 · English · Documentary $1.7K worldwide
    Jun 11, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7K
  35. 3785 Docile Bodies (2015) movie poster
    Docile Bodies (2015) Nov 3, 2015 · Spanish · Documentary $1.7K worldwide
    Nov 3, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7K
  36. 3786 Persons of Interest (2004) movie poster
    Persons of Interest (2004) Sep 3, 2004 · Documentary $1.7K worldwide
    Sep 3, 2004 US and Canada: $1.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.7K
  37. 3787 Guido Models (2015) movie poster
    Guido Models (2015) Apr 1, 2015 · Spanish · Documentary $1.7K worldwide
    Apr 1, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7K
  38. 3788 Paolo Rossi: A Champion is a Dreamer Who Never Gives Up (2020) movie poster
    Paolo Rossi: A Champion is a Dreamer Who Never Gives Up (2020) Oct 16, 2020 · Italian · Documentary $1.7K worldwide
    Oct 16, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7K
  39. 3789 Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road (2021) movie poster
    Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road (2021) Nov 19, 2021 · English · Music, Documentary $1.6K worldwide
    Nov 19, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6K
  40. 3790 Future My Love (2012) movie poster
    Future My Love (2012) Jun 21, 2012 · English · Romance, Documentary $1.6K worldwide
    Jun 21, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6K
  41. 3791 Los Zuluagas (2021) movie poster
    Los Zuluagas (2021) Nov 27, 2021 · Italian · Documentary $1.6K worldwide
    Nov 27, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6K
  42. 3792 Rockets Redglare! (2004) movie poster
    Rockets Redglare! (2004) Sep 3, 2004 · Documentary $1.6K worldwide
    Sep 3, 2004 US and Canada: $1.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.6K
  43. 3793 Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie? (2001) movie poster
    Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie? (2001) Sep 5, 2001 · French · Documentary $1.6K worldwide
    Sep 5, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6K
  44. 3794 Brand: A Second Coming (2015) movie poster
    Brand: A Second Coming (2015) Sep 25, 2015 · English · Biography, Documentary $1.6K worldwide
    Sep 25, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6K
  45. 3795 Mi adorado Monster (2021) movie poster
    Mi adorado Monster (2021) Nov 1, 2021 · Spanish · Comedy, Documentary $1.5K worldwide
    Nov 1, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5K
  46. 3796 Ospina Cali Colombia (2023) movie poster
    Ospina Cali Colombia (2023) Oct 20, 2023 · Portuguese · Documentary $1.5K worldwide
    Oct 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5K
  47. 3797 Magaluf Ghost Town (2021) movie poster
    Magaluf Ghost Town (2021) Apr 29, 2021 · Spanish · Documentary $1.5K worldwide
    Apr 29, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5K
  48. 3798 Blue Bag Life (2022) movie poster
    Blue Bag Life (2022) Oct 10, 2022 · English · Documentary $1.5K worldwide
    Oct 10, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5K
  49. 3799 Mute Fire (2019) movie poster
    Mute Fire (2019) Jan 26, 2019 · Spanish · Documentary, History $1.5K worldwide
    Jan 26, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5K
  50. 3800 Machine Gun Kelly's Life in Pink (2022) movie poster
    Machine Gun Kelly's Life in Pink (2022) Jun 27, 2022 · English · Music, Documentary $1.5K worldwide
    Jun 27, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5K
Archive

Documentary Box Office Year by Year

Every year from 1918 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2013 leads with $696.2M, led by Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013).

2020s 7 years · $644.6M
2010s 10 years · $2.7B
2000s 10 years · $2.1B
1990s 10 years · $226.1M
1980s 10 years · $174.2M
1970s 9 years · $33.9M
1960s 6 years · $143K
1950s 5 years · $233.2K
1920s 2 years · $201.5K
1910s 1 year · $9.7K