#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 4
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 151 to 184 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.
- 151
Sep 3, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.6K - 152
Nov 15, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.5K - 153
Sep 5, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6K - 154
May 6, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6K - 155
Nov 27, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.9K - 156
Oct 1, 2015 US and Canada: $5.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.8K - 157
Jun 19, 2015 US and Canada: $5.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.7K - 158
Nov 13, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.5K - 159
Jan 9, 2015 US and Canada: $4.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.4K - 160
Oct 5, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.3K - 161
Apr 16, 2015 US and Canada: $4.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.2K - 162
Nov 6, 2015 US and Canada: $3.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.7K - 163
Nov 5, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.6K - 164
Apr 29, 2015 US and Canada: $3.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.4K - 165
Nov 18, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.4K - 166
Nov 12, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.4K - 167
Apr 30, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.2K - 168
Sep 18, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.9K - 169
Sep 23, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4K - 170
Aug 20, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2K - 171
Apr 17, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2K - 172
Oct 25, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9K - 173
Aug 7, 2015 US and Canada: $1.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.9K - 174
The Other Man: F.W. de Klerk and the End of Apartheid (2015)Feb 6, 2015 US and Canada: $1.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.7K
Feb 6, 2015 · English · Biography, History, Documentary $1.7K worldwide - 175
Nov 3, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7K - 176
Apr 1, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7K - 177
Sep 25, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6K - 178
Jun 17, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2K - 179
Oct 29, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $704 - 180
The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and his Son (2015)Nov 25, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $635 Nov 25, 2015 · English · Drama, Documentary $635 worldwide - 181
Aug 12, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $600 - 182
Sep 24, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $485 - 183
Nov 18, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $314 - 184
Apr 15, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $131
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)