#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 5
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 201 to 240 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.
- 201
Dec 1, 2017 US and Canada: $7.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.3K - 202
Sep 23, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.2K - 203
Jun 30, 2017 US and Canada: $5.5K Rest of the world: $1.6K Worldwide: $7.1K - 204
Jun 30, 2017 US and Canada: $6.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $6.3K - 205
Jan 20, 2017 US and Canada: $5.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.9K - 206
Feb 3, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.3K - 207
Aug 4, 2017 US and Canada: $1.2K Rest of the world: $4K Worldwide: $5.3K - 208
Nov 24, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5K - 209
Jan 27, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5K - 210
Oct 6, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5K - 211
Sep 8, 2017 US and Canada: $4.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.9K - 212
Nov 10, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.8K - 213
Jul 21, 2017 US and Canada: $4.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.5K - 214
Nov 3, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.4K - 215
Nov 21, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.1K - 216
Mar 22, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.1K - 217
Nov 3, 2017 US and Canada: $4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4K - 218
May 18, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.8K - 219
Sep 27, 2017 US and Canada: $3.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.7K - 220
Apr 21, 2017 US and Canada: $3.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.7K - 221
Feb 11, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.5K - 222
Mar 16, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.2K - 223
May 29, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.1K - 224
Jul 19, 2017 US and Canada: $2.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.7K - 225
Jun 9, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7K - 226
Oct 29, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6K - 227
Tango in Paris: Memories of Astor Piazzolla (2017)Sep 7, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4K
Sep 7, 2017 · Spanish · Documentary, Music $2.4K worldwide - 228
May 11, 2017 US and Canada: $1.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.4K - 229
In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America (2017)Sep 24, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4K
Sep 24, 2017 · English · Documentary $1.4K worldwide - 230
Jan 6, 2017 US and Canada: $1.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.2K - 231
Sep 15, 2017 US and Canada: $880 Rest of the world: Worldwide: $880 - 232
Mar 3, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $855 - 233
Feb 17, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $708 - 234
Oct 10, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $679 - 235
Sep 26, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $536 - 236
Apr 25, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $312 - 237
Apr 28, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $297 - 238
Nov 19, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $225 - 239
Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life (2017)Jul 28, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $149
Jul 28, 2017 · Italian · Documentary $149 worldwide - 240
Sep 25, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $126
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)