#1 of 240 #1 documentary movie of 2017
2017 · Documentary
$30M worldwide · 17% of the chart's total
$109K US & Canada · <1% $29.9M elsewhere · 100%
Documentary box office · 2017
Documentary Box Office 2017: Highest-Grossing Documentary Movies, Page 2
Reset (2017) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in 2017, with $30M worldwide, ahead of Born in China (2017) at $25.1M and The Next Guardian (2017) at $14.4M. 240 documentary films released in 2017 report a worldwide gross, $172.8M in all, 24% of it from the US & Canada. That is up 15% on 2016, whose releases took $149.8M. By language, English leads with $123.2M across 170 documentary releases.
- 2017 releases with a gross
- 240
- combined worldwide
- $172.8M
- Reset (2017), the #1
- $30M
- vs 2016
- +15%
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Every Documentary Release of 2017, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 100 of 240. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2017.
- 51
May 26, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $288.6K - 52
May 26, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $288.6K - 53
Oct 4, 2017 US and Canada: $148.7K Rest of the world: $124.2K Worldwide: $272.8K - 54
Aug 18, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $246.8K - 55
Sep 27, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $228.8K - 56
Jul 7, 2017 US and Canada: $128K Rest of the world: $100.2K Worldwide: $228.2K - 57
Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent (2017)Apr 21, 2017 US and Canada: $228.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $228.2K
Apr 21, 2017 · English · Biography, Documentary $228.2K worldwide - 58
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017)Jul 26, 2017 US and Canada: $226K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $226K Jul 26, 2017 · English · Music, Documentary $226K worldwide - 59
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton (2017)Sep 29, 2017 US and Canada: $176.1K Rest of the world: $47.2K Worldwide: $223.3K Sep 29, 2017 · English · Sport, Documentary $223.3K worldwide - 60
Aug 18, 2017 US and Canada: $218.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $218.6K - 61
May 5, 2017 US and Canada: $200.2K Rest of the world: $14.5K Worldwide: $214.7K - 62
Nov 17, 2017 US and Canada: $212.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $212.5K - 63
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond (2017)May 26, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $203.7K May 26, 2017 · English · Music, Documentary $203.7K worldwide - 64
Oct 16, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $202.9K - 65
Jun 10, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $199.1K - 66
Jun 16, 2017 US and Canada: $101.4K Rest of the world: $82.6K Worldwide: $184K - 67
Jan 19, 2017 US and Canada: $182.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $182.8K - 68
May 11, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $172.6K - 69
Nov 10, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $167.7K - 70
Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All (2017)Jun 16, 2017 US and Canada: $152.3K Rest of the world: $11.1K Worldwide: $163.4K Jun 16, 2017 · English · Documentary $163.4K worldwide - 71
May 24, 2017 US and Canada: $147.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $147.8K - 72
Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf (2017)Oct 6, 2017 US and Canada: $119.2K Rest of the world: $27.3K Worldwide: $146.5K Oct 6, 2017 · English · Documentary $146.5K worldwide - 73
Jul 7, 2017 US and Canada: $145.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $145.5K - 74
Jun 9, 2017 US and Canada: $132.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $132.4K - 75
Mar 24, 2017 US and Canada: $129K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $129K - 76
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography (2017)Jun 30, 2017 US and Canada: $125.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $125.2K Jun 30, 2017 · English · Documentary $125.2K worldwide - 77
Mar 1, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $122.9K - 78
Nov 21, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $122.4K - 79
Nov 8, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $119.1K - 80
May 19, 2017 US and Canada: $113.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $113.3K - 81
Sep 29, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $102.7K - 82
Jan 18, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $102.6K - 83
Oct 6, 2017 US and Canada: $90.5K Rest of the world: $6K Worldwide: $96.5K - 84
Aug 1, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $91.1K - 85
Sep 8, 2017 US and Canada: $37.4K Rest of the world: $49.2K Worldwide: $86.6K - 86
Apr 13, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $84.1K - 87
Jun 15, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $82.4K - 88
Apr 6, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $82.2K - 89
Raphael: The Lord of the Arts (2017)Apr 3, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $78.4K
Apr 3, 2017 · Italian · History, Documentary, Romance $78.4K worldwide - 90
Oct 27, 2017 US and Canada: $74.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $74.9K - 91
Mar 25, 2017 US and Canada: $73.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $73.9K - 92
Nov 3, 2017 US and Canada: $73.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $73.6K - 93
Jun 23, 2017 US and Canada: $52.2K Rest of the world: $21.3K Worldwide: $73.5K - 94
Spirits’ Homecoming, Unfinished Story (2017)Sep 14, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $71.2K
Sep 14, 2017 · Korean · Drama, Documentary $71.2K worldwide - 95
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk (2017)Jun 2, 2017 US and Canada: $69.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $69.8K Jun 2, 2017 · English · History, Music, Documentary $69.8K worldwide - 96
Apr 7, 2017 US and Canada: $68.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $68.5K - 97
Oct 6, 2017 US and Canada: $65.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $65.4K - 98
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards (2017)Sep 15, 2017 US and Canada: $60.1K Rest of the world: $4.8K Worldwide: $64.9K Sep 15, 2017 · English · Biography, Drama, Documentary $64.9K worldwide - 99
Mar 10, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $60.2K - 100
Sep 22, 2017 US and Canada: $59.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $59.9K
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)