Documentary box office · 2011

Documentary Box Office 2011: Highest-Grossing Documentary Movies, Page 4

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in 2011, with $99M worldwide, ahead of Born to Be Wild (2011) at $41.6M and African Cats (2011) at $30.9M. 162 documentary films released in 2011 report a worldwide gross, $288.8M in all, 52% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 15% on 2010, whose releases took $338.6M. By language, English leads with $258.3M across 126 documentary releases.

2011 releases with a gross: 162
combined worldwide: $288.8M
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011), the #1: $99M
vs 2010: −15%

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011) movie poster

#1 of 162

#1 documentary movie of 2011

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)

2011 · Music, Documentary

$99M worldwide · 34% of the chart's total

$73M US & Canada · 74% $26M elsewhere · 26%

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Every Documentary Release of 2011, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Ranks 151 to 162 of 162. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2011.

151
The Weird World of Blowfly (2011) Sep 16, 2011 · English · Biography, Music, Documentary $3.1K worldwide

Sep 16, 2011 US and Canada: $3.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.1K
152
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011) Nov 27, 2011 · English · Documentary $2.6K worldwide

Nov 27, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6K
153
Precious Life (2011) Mar 23, 2011 · English · Drama, Family, Documentary $2.5K worldwide

Mar 23, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5K
154
Ballroom Dancer (2011) Nov 20, 2011 · English · Documentary $2.4K worldwide

Nov 20, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4K
155
Leader-Sheep (2011) May 14, 2011 · French · Documentary $2.3K worldwide

May 14, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3K
156
Arirang (2011) May 13, 2011 · Korean · Documentary, Drama $2.1K worldwide

May 13, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1K
157
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
158
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
159
You Don't Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo (2011) Sep 30, 2011 · English · History, Documentary $305 worldwide

Sep 30, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $305
160
Give Up Tomorrow (2011) Apr 6, 2011 · English · Documentary, Crime $280 worldwide

Apr 6, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $280
161
Lemmy (2011) Jan 28, 2011 · English · Biography, Music, Documentary $131 worldwide

Jan 28, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $131
162
Damn! (2011) Aug 12, 2011 · English · Biography, Comedy, Documentary $114 worldwide

Aug 12, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $114