Documentary box office · 2016

Documentary Box Office 2016: Highest-Grossing Documentary Movies, Page 5

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%

#1 of 211

#1 documentary movie of 2016

A Beautiful Planet (2016)

2016 · Documentary

$26.3M worldwide · 18% of the chart's total

$15.7M US & Canada · 60% $10.6M elsewhere · 40%

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Every Documentary Release of 2016, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Ranks 201 to 211 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.

201
The Land of the Enlightened (2016) Feb 24, 2016 · English · Documentary $609 worldwide

Feb 24, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $609
202
Fastball (2016) Mar 25, 2016 · English · Documentary $600 worldwide

Mar 25, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $600
203
Los ganadores (2016) Sep 20, 2016 · Spanish · Documentary $594 worldwide

Sep 20, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $594
204
13th (2016) Oct 7, 2016 · English · Crime, Documentary $566 worldwide

Oct 7, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $566
205
Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens (2016) Oct 23, 2016 · French · Documentary $482 worldwide

Oct 23, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $482
206
Amanda Knox (2016) Sep 30, 2016 · English · Crime, Documentary $397 worldwide

Sep 30, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $397
207
Oleg and the Rare Arts (2016) Oct 7, 2016 · Russian · Music, Documentary $361 worldwide

Oct 7, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $361
208
The Dreamed Ones (2016) Feb 13, 2016 · German · Documentary $327 worldwide

Feb 13, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $327
209
Everything Is Copy (2016) Mar 11, 2016 · English · Biography, Documentary $202 worldwide

Mar 11, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $202
210
The Ivory Game (2016) Nov 4, 2016 · English · Documentary $105 worldwide

Nov 4, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $105
211
Young Wrestlers (2016) Apr 15, 2016 · Turkish · Documentary $105 worldwide

Apr 15, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $105