#1 of 211 #1 documentary movie of 2016
2016 · Documentary
$26.3M worldwide · 18% of the chart's total
$15.7M US & Canada · 60% $10.6M elsewhere · 40%
Documentary box office · 2016
Documentary Box Office 2016: Highest-Grossing Documentary Movies, Page 2
A Beautiful Planet (2016) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in 2016, with $26.3M worldwide, ahead of Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016) at $23.6M and The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016) at $13.7M. 211 documentary films released in 2016 report a worldwide gross, $149.8M in all, 57% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 26% on 2015, whose releases took $203.5M. By language, English leads with $114.2M across 141 documentary releases.
- 2016 releases with a gross
- 211
- combined worldwide
- $149.8M
- A Beautiful Planet (2016), the #1
- $26.3M
- vs 2015
- −26%
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Every Documentary Release of 2016, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 100 of 211. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2016.
- 51
Jul 27, 2016 US and Canada: $172.5K Rest of the world: $29.4K Worldwide: $201.9K - 52
Dec 16, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $188.6K - 53
Jun 10, 2016 US and Canada: $165.2K Rest of the world: $2.8K Worldwide: $168K - 54
Jun 3, 2016 US and Canada: $159.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $159.3K - 55
Apr 27, 2016 US and Canada: $157.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $157.5K - 56
Oct 19, 2016 US and Canada: $149.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $149.1K - 57
Feb 19, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $144.1K - 58
May 13, 2016 US and Canada: $31.9K Rest of the world: $101.4K Worldwide: $133.3K - 59
Jul 29, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $131.7K - 60
Requiem for the American Dream (2016)Jan 29, 2016 US and Canada: $130.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $130.2K
Jan 29, 2016 · English · Biography, Documentary $130.2K worldwide - 61
’85: The Greatest Team in Football History (2016)Sep 7, 2016 US and Canada: $124.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $124.6K Sep 7, 2016 · English · History, Documentary $124.6K worldwide - 62
Jul 29, 2016 US and Canada: $120.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $120.9K - 63
Jerico: The Infinite Flight of Days (2016)May 2, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $111.1K
May 2, 2016 · Spanish · Documentary, Comedy, Drama $111.1K worldwide - 64
Jul 8, 2016 US and Canada: $109.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $109.6K - 65
Sep 9, 2016 US and Canada: $102K Rest of the world: $7.4K Worldwide: $109.5K - 66
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened (2016)Nov 18, 2016 US and Canada: $107K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $107K Nov 18, 2016 · English · Documentary $107K worldwide - 67
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt (2016)Apr 6, 2016 US and Canada: $82.1K Rest of the world: $24.6K Worldwide: $106.8K
Apr 6, 2016 · German · Documentary $106.8K worldwide - 68
Nov 16, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $104.2K - 69
Oct 12, 2016 US and Canada: $102K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $102K - 70
Nov 18, 2016 US and Canada: $8.9K Rest of the world: $92.8K Worldwide: $101.7K - 71
Nov 18, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $100.1K - 72
Sep 9, 2016 US and Canada: $86K Rest of the world: $13.7K Worldwide: $99.7K - 73
Warren Miller’s Here, There & Everywhere (2016)Oct 14, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $96.4K Oct 14, 2016 · English · Action, Documentary $96.4K worldwide - 74
Dec 30, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $95.7K - 75
Sep 23, 2016 US and Canada: $55.5K Rest of the world: $40K Worldwide: $95.5K - 76
Dec 23, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $94.5K - 77
Apr 21, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $93.7K - 78
Oct 2, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $92.4K - 79
Sep 9, 2016 US and Canada: $80.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $80.1K - 80
Don't Blink - Robert Frank (2016)Jul 13, 2016 US and Canada: $76.1K Rest of the world: $407 Worldwide: $76.5K Jul 13, 2016 · English · Biography, History, Documentary $76.5K worldwide - 81
Dec 6, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $76.3K - 82
Sep 30, 2016 US and Canada: $72.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $72.8K - 83
Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (2016)Jun 17, 2016 US and Canada: $71.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $71.9K Jun 17, 2016 · English · Adventure, Biography, Drama $71.9K worldwide - 84
Sep 23, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $71.7K - 85
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016)Jul 8, 2016 US and Canada: $71K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $71K Jul 8, 2016 · English · Biography, History, Documentary $71K worldwide - 86
Feb 26, 2016 US and Canada: $66.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $66.2K - 87
Jul 29, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $64.2K - 88
Sep 15, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $64.1K - 89
Oct 14, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $63.1K - 90
Mar 25, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $62.6K - 91
Nov 25, 2016 US and Canada: $62.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $62.3K - 92
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger (2016)Aug 31, 2016 US and Canada: $28.5K Rest of the world: $32.8K Worldwide: $61.3K Aug 31, 2016 · English · Biography, Documentary $61.3K worldwide - 93
Sep 16, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $61K - 94
May 27, 2016 US and Canada: $60.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $60.2K - 95
Jan 29, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $59.2K - 96
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016)Jun 30, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $51.3K Jun 30, 2016 · English · Documentary $51.3K worldwide - 97
St. Peter’s and the Papal Basilicas of Rome 3D (2016)May 6, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $47.5K
May 6, 2016 · Italian · Documentary $47.5K worldwide - 98
Apr 21, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $44.9K - 99
Jun 22, 2016 US and Canada: $44.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $44.2K - 100
Sep 30, 2016 US and Canada: $44.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $44.2K
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)