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Documentary Box Office 1966: Highest-Grossing Documentary Movies

The Endless Summer (1966) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in 1966, with $12.3K worldwide. 1 documentary film released in 1966 reports a worldwide gross, $12.3K in all, 84% of it from the US & Canada.

1966 releases with a gross
1
combined worldwide
$12.3K
The Endless Summer (1966), the #1
$12.3K
earned in the US & Canada
84%
The Endless Summer (1966) movie poster #1 of 1
#1 documentary movie of 1966

The Endless Summer (1966)

1966 · Sport, Documentary

$12.3K worldwide

$10.2K US & Canada · 84% $2K elsewhere · 16%
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The Only Documentary Release of 1966 With a Reported Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 1966.

  1. 1 The Endless Summer (1966) movie poster
    The Endless Summer (1966) Jun 15, 1966 · English · Sport, Documentary $12.3K worldwide
    Jun 15, 1966 US and Canada: $10.2K Rest of the world: $2K Worldwide: $12.3K
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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
FAQ

Documentary Box Office 1966: Questions & Answers

The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 1 film as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in 1966?

The Endless Summer (1966) leads with $12.3K worldwide, $10.2K of it in the US & Canada.

How much did documentary movies released in 1966 earn?

1 documentary film released in 1966 reports a worldwide gross, $12.3K in all, or $12.3K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in 1966 made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, The Endless Summer (1966), earned $12.3K.

How much of the 1966 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$10.2K of the $12.3K total, or 84%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 0 films of the 1 report no domestic figure.

How is the 1966 documentary box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?

Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in 1966. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.

How often is the 1966 documentary box office chart updated?

Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.