#1 of 184 #1 documentary movie of 2015
2015 · Drama, War
$40M worldwide · 20% of the chart's total
$337.9K US & Canada · <1% $39.7M elsewhere · 99%
Documentary box office · 2015
Documentary Box Office 2015: Highest-Grossing Documentary Movies, Page 3
Northern Limit Line (2015) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in 2015, with $40M worldwide, ahead of The Crossing (2015) at $32.8M and Twenty Two (2015) at $26.3M. 184 documentary films released in 2015 report a worldwide gross, $203.5M in all, 26% of it from the US & Canada. That is up 61% on 2014, whose releases took $126.7M. By language, English leads with $119.7M across 122 documentary releases.
- 2015 releases with a gross
- 184
- combined worldwide
- $203.5M
- Northern Limit Line (2015), the #1
- $40M
- vs 2014
- +61%
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Every Documentary Release of 2015, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 101 to 150 of 184. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2015.
- 101
Sep 18, 2015 US and Canada: $39.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $39.3K - 102
3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets (2015)Jun 19, 2015 US and Canada: $30.4K Rest of the world: $8.9K Worldwide: $39.3K
Jun 19, 2015 · English · Drama, Crime, Documentary $39.3K worldwide - 103
Soul Boys of the Western World (2015)Apr 29, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $37.1K Apr 29, 2015 · English · Biography, Music, Documentary $37.1K worldwide - 104
Sep 9, 2015 US and Canada: $36K Rest of the world: $370 Worldwide: $36.4K - 105
Sep 25, 2015 US and Canada: $35.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $35.6K - 106
Dec 16, 2015 US and Canada: $33.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $33.4K - 107
Oct 16, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.7K - 108
Jan 9, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.3K - 109
How to Change the World (2015)Sep 9, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.2K Sep 9, 2015 · English · Adventure, Biography, History $31.2K worldwide - 110
Sep 19, 2015 US and Canada: $30.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $30.2K - 111
Aug 13, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.7K - 112
Dec 4, 2015 US and Canada: $28.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $28.1K - 113
Nov 6, 2015 US and Canada: $28.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $28.1K - 114
Sep 16, 2015 US and Canada: $26.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $26.6K - 115
Aug 21, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.8K - 116
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 (2015)Feb 5, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.7K Feb 5, 2015 · English · Documentary, Music $22.7K worldwide - 117
Apr 24, 2015 US and Canada: $19.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $19.6K - 118
Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel García Márquez (2015)Apr 12, 2015 US and Canada: $19.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $19.3K
Apr 12, 2015 · Spanish · Documentary $19.3K worldwide - 119
Sep 13, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.6K - 120
Aug 28, 2015 US and Canada: $17.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $17.5K - 121
Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis (2015)Jan 12, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.2K Jan 12, 2015 · English · Documentary $17.2K worldwide - 122
Nov 20, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.2K - 123
Oct 2, 2015 US and Canada: $16.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $16.7K - 124
Dec 16, 2015 US and Canada: $11.8K Rest of the world: $3.8K Worldwide: $15.6K - 125
Aug 12, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.1K - 126
Jan 23, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14K - 127
Oct 30, 2015 US and Canada: $12.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.3K - 128
Apr 11, 2015 US and Canada: $12.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.2K - 129
Jun 26, 2015 US and Canada: $12.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.1K - 130
May 29, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.9K - 131
Nov 6, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.7K - 132
Feb 8, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.7K - 133
Mar 27, 2015 US and Canada: $10.2K Rest of the world: $652 Worldwide: $10.8K - 134
Jul 1, 2015 US and Canada: $10.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.8K - 135
Feb 20, 2015 US and Canada: $10.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.2K - 136
The Life and Mind of Mark DeFriest (2015)Mar 6, 2015 US and Canada: $10K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10K Mar 6, 2015 · English · Biography, Drama, Crime $10K worldwide - 137
Oct 31, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.1K - 138
Aug 21, 2015 US and Canada: $9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9K - 139
Mar 28, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.8K - 140
Jul 31, 2015 US and Canada: $8.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.4K - 141
Jul 24, 2015 US and Canada: $6.5K Rest of the world: $1.7K Worldwide: $8.3K - 142
Lee Scratch Perry’s Vision of Paradise (2015)Apr 18, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.1K Apr 18, 2015 · English · Documentary, Music $8.1K worldwide - 143
Jul 17, 2015 US and Canada: $8K Rest of the world: $13 Worldwide: $8K - 144
Oct 22, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8K - 145
Apr 17, 2015 US and Canada: $7.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.2K - 146
Feb 13, 2015 US and Canada: $7.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.2K - 147
Jul 29, 2015 US and Canada: $7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7K - 148
Nov 27, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.9K - 149
Sep 14, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.9K - 150
Oct 16, 2015 US and Canada: $6.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $6.8K
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)