#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 3
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 101 to 150 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.
- 101
Bang! The Bert Berns Story (2017)Apr 26, 2017 US and Canada: $59.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $59.3K
Apr 26, 2017 · English · History, Music, Documentary $59.3K worldwide - 102
May 4, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $57.4K - 103
Jan 13, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $57.2K - 104
Feb 13, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $56.8K - 105
Mar 15, 2017 US and Canada: $51.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $51.5K - 106
Jun 29, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $50.7K - 107
Feb 10, 2017 US and Canada: $50.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $50.5K - 108
Dec 8, 2017 US and Canada: $47.8K Rest of the world: $2.2K Worldwide: $50K - 109
Oct 13, 2017 US and Canada: $37.7K Rest of the world: $9.2K Worldwide: $46.8K - 110
Jan 23, 2017 US and Canada: $37.7K Rest of the world: $9.2K Worldwide: $46.8K - 111
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle (2017)Jun 8, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $46.1K Jun 8, 2017 · English · Documentary $46.1K worldwide - 112
May 18, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $46K - 113
Mar 23, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $45.5K - 114
Aug 11, 2017 US and Canada: $14.8K Rest of the world: $30.1K Worldwide: $44.9K - 115
Jan 28, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $42.5K - 116
Nov 1, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $42.2K - 117
Jun 2, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $42K - 118
Sep 30, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $40.2K - 119
Jul 9, 2017 US and Canada: $40.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $40.1K - 120
Jan 8, 2017 US and Canada: $40.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $40.1K - 121
Jul 12, 2017 US and Canada: $37.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $37.8K - 122
Oct 6, 2017 US and Canada: $21.9K Rest of the world: $14.7K Worldwide: $36.6K - 123
Oct 27, 2017 US and Canada: $32.1K Rest of the world: $3.5K Worldwide: $35.6K - 124
Sep 15, 2017 US and Canada: $35.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $35.2K - 125
Mar 24, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $34.5K - 126
Oct 13, 2017 US and Canada: $33.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $33.2K - 127
Sep 6, 2017 US and Canada: $32.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $32.5K - 128
Nov 10, 2017 US and Canada: $31.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $31.5K - 129
Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction (2017)Apr 25, 2017 US and Canada: $31.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $31.5K Apr 25, 2017 · English · Documentary $31.5K worldwide - 130
Sidemen: Long Road to Glory (2017)Aug 18, 2017 US and Canada: $31.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $31.4K Aug 18, 2017 · English · Biography, History, Music $31.4K worldwide - 131
Oct 20, 2017 US and Canada: $30.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $30.4K - 132
Apr 16, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30.1K - 133
Feb 12, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27.9K - 134
30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story (2017)Sep 20, 2017 US and Canada: $27.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $27.7K Sep 20, 2017 · English · Documentary $27.7K worldwide - 135
Oct 9, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27.4K - 136
Jul 12, 2017 US and Canada: $27.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $27.2K - 137
The White World According to Daliborek (2017)Jul 2, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26.5K
Jul 2, 2017 · Czech · Comedy, Documentary $26.5K worldwide - 138
Jan 20, 2017 US and Canada: $26.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $26.1K - 139
Apr 1, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.9K - 140
Mar 24, 2017 US and Canada: $12.8K Rest of the world: $12.5K Worldwide: $25.3K - 141
Nov 29, 2017 US and Canada: $24.6K Rest of the world: $243 Worldwide: $24.9K - 142
Oct 13, 2017 US and Canada: $24.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $24.7K - 143
Apr 14, 2017 US and Canada: $23.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $23.1K - 144
Sep 8, 2017 US and Canada: $21.4K Rest of the world: $1.1K Worldwide: $22.6K - 145
Mar 31, 2017 US and Canada: $21.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $21.1K - 146
Oct 12, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21K - 147
Jan 20, 2017 US and Canada: $20.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $20.8K - 148
Apr 7, 2017 US and Canada: $20.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $20.8K - 149
Oct 20, 2017 US and Canada: $5.9K Rest of the world: $14.7K Worldwide: $20.6K - 150
Dec 16, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20K
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)