#1 of 111 #1 documentary movie of 2009
2009 · Music, Documentary
$268M worldwide · 67% of the chart's total
$72.1M US & Canada · 27% $195.9M elsewhere · 73%
Documentary box office · 2009
Documentary Box Office 2009: Highest-Grossing Documentary Movies, Page 2
This Is It (2009) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in 2009, with $268M worldwide, ahead of Under the Sea 3D (2009) at $55.9M and Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) at $17.4M. 111 documentary films released in 2009 report a worldwide gross, $401.6M in all, 38% of it from the US & Canada. One film crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is 3.4 times the total of 2008, whose releases took $118.2M. By language, English leads with $123.4M across 79 documentary releases.
- 2009 releases with a gross
- 111
- combined worldwide
- $401.6M
- film crossed $100M
- 1
- vs 2008
- ×3.4
#1 of 111 Page 2 of 3
Every Documentary Release of 2009, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 100 of 111. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2009.
- 51
Nov 13, 2009 US and Canada: $38.2K Rest of the world: $75.5K Worldwide: $113.8K - 52
Jun 26, 2009 US and Canada: $102.1K Rest of the world: $10.8K Worldwide: $112.9K - 53
Oct 23, 2009 US and Canada: $112.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $112.3K - 54
Jun 19, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $111.8K - 55
Aug 14, 2009 US and Canada: $106.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $106.5K - 56
Jun 19, 2009 US and Canada: $98.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $98.5K - 57
Oct 23, 2009 US and Canada: $92.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $92.2K - 58
Oct 9, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $90.3K - 59
Apr 3, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $86.2K - 60
Apr 26, 2009 US and Canada: $11K Rest of the world: $71.9K Worldwide: $82.9K - 61
Aug 16, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $74.7K - 62
Sep 25, 2009 US and Canada: $62.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $62.5K - 63
Jan 16, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $61.4K - 64
Oct 1, 2009 US and Canada: $60.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $60.6K - 65
May 22, 2009 US and Canada: $55.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $55.5K - 66
Oct 9, 2009 US and Canada: $52.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $52.5K - 67
Oct 1, 2009 US and Canada: $25.5K Rest of the world: $26.5K Worldwide: $52K - 68
Oct 10, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $51.1K - 69
Jul 17, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $50.7K - 70
Sep 2, 2009 US and Canada: $50.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $50.4K - 71
May 2, 2009 US and Canada: $49K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $49K - 72
Nov 6, 2009 US and Canada: $47K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $47K - 73
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (2009)Nov 13, 2009 US and Canada: $46.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $46.1K
Nov 13, 2009 · English · Documentary $46.1K worldwide - 74
May 27, 2009 US and Canada: $44.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $44.8K - 75
Oct 15, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $44.5K - 76
Oct 9, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $37K - 77
Nov 23, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $35.3K - 78
Sep 18, 2009 US and Canada: $32.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $32.5K - 79
Mar 27, 2009 US and Canada: $30.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $30.2K - 80
Mar 27, 2009 US and Canada: $27.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $27.1K - 81
Aug 14, 2009 US and Canada: $26.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $26.7K - 82
Jul 31, 2009 US and Canada: $25.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $25.1K - 83
Jul 5, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25K - 84
2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.7K - 85
Jan 9, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.4K - 86
Sep 9, 2009 US and Canada: $20.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $20.5K - 87
May 1, 2009 US and Canada: $20.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $20.2K - 88
Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh (2009)Jan 28, 2009 US and Canada: $18.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $18.7K Jan 28, 2009 · English · Documentary $18.7K worldwide - 89
Oct 2, 2009 US and Canada: $11.8K Rest of the world: $6.7K Worldwide: $18.5K - 90
May 19, 2009 US and Canada: $17.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $17.9K - 91
Nov 20, 2009 US and Canada: $12K Rest of the world: $5.3K Worldwide: $17.3K - 92
Oct 10, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.2K - 93
Jul 9, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16K - 94
May 29, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.5K - 95
Jun 12, 2009 US and Canada: $12.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.1K - 96
Oct 21, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12K - 97
Dec 4, 2009 US and Canada: $11.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $11.7K - 98
Aug 2, 2009 US and Canada: $10K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10K - 99
Feb 20, 2009 US and Canada: $8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8K - 100
Jan 10, 2009 US and Canada: $7.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.5K
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
- 2019 $145.4M #1 Apollo 11 (2019)
- 2018 $257.3M #1 Believer (2018)
- 2017 $172.8M #1 Reset (2017)
- 2016 $149.8M #1 A Beautiful Planet (2016)
- 2015 $203.5M #1 Northern Limit Line (2015)
- 2014 $126.7M #1 Bears (2014)
- 2013 $696.2M #1 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)
- 2012 $288M #1 Switch (2012)
- 2011 $288.8M #1 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)
- 2010 $338.6M #1 Jackass 3-D (2010)
2000s 10 years · $2.1B
- 2009 $401.6M #1 This Is It (2009)
- 2008 $118.2M #1 U2 3D (2008)
- 2007 $137.8M #1 Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (2007)
- 2006 $286.9M #1 Deep Sea (2006)
- 2005 $284.9M #1 March of the Penguins (2005)
- 2004 $339.9M #1 Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
- 2003 $123.3M #1 Bugs! (2003)
- 2002 $239M #1 Space Station 3D (2002)
- 2001 $39.4M #1 Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure (2001)
- 2000 $81.4M #1 The Original Kings of Comedy (2000)
1990s 10 years · $226.1M
- 1999 $50.2M #1 Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
- 1998 $60.8M #1 Mysteries of Egypt (1998)
- 1997 $22M #1 Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun (1997)
- 1996 $5.9M #1 When We Were Kings (1996)
- 1995 $13.9M #1 Born to Be Wild (1995)
- 1994 $26.8M #1 Hoop Dreams (1994)
- 1993 $733.8K #1 The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993)
- 1992 $7.2M #1 My Crasy Life (1992)
- 1991 $37.7M #1 Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991)
- 1990 $785.7K #1 Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990)
1980s 10 years · $174.2M
- 1989 $9.3M #1 Roger & Me (1989)
- 1988 $15.3M #1 U2: Rattle and Hum (1988)
- 1987 $54.3M #1 Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987)
- 1986 $1.4M #1 Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson (1986)
- 1985 $1.8M #1 The Dream Is Alive (1985)
- 1984 $24.1M #1 Stop Making Sense (1984)
- 1983 $16.2M #1 Richard Pryor: Here and Now (1983)
- 1982 $44.4M #1 Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
- 1981 $2.1M #1 This Is Elvis (1981)
- 1980 $5.3M #1 Divine Madness (1980)
1970s 9 years · $33.9M
- 1978 $363.8K #1 The Last Waltz (1978)
- 1977 $298.5K #1 ABBA: The Movie (1977)
- 1976 $5M #1 That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
- 1975 $40.9K #1 Grey Gardens (1975)
- 1974 $27.2M #1 That's Entertainment! (1974)
- 1973 $16.7K #1 Wattstax (1973)
- 1972 $676.7K #1 Elvis on Tour (1972)
- 1971 $31.4K #1 Bushman (1971)
- 1970 $357.4K #1 Woodstock (1970)