#1 of 238 #1 documentary movie of 2018
2018 · Music, Documentary
$39M worldwide · 15% of the chart's total
$365.6K US & Canada · <1% $38.7M elsewhere · 99%
Documentary box office · 2018
Documentary Box Office 2018: Highest-Grossing Documentary Movies, Page 2
Believer (2018) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in 2018, with $39M worldwide, ahead of Free Solo (2018) at $29.4M and Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018) at $22.8M. 238 documentary films released in 2018 report a worldwide gross, $257.3M in all, 53% of it from the US & Canada. That is up 49% on 2017, whose releases took $172.8M. By language, English leads with $202M across 163 documentary releases.
- 2018 releases with a gross
- 238
- combined worldwide
- $257.3M
- Believer (2018), the #1
- $39M
- vs 2017
- +49%
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Every Documentary Release of 2018, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 100 of 238. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2018.
- 51
Mar 12, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $301.6K - 52
Jul 20, 2018 US and Canada: $237.7K Rest of the world: $50K Worldwide: $287.7K - 53
Jan 31, 2018 US and Canada: $100.8K Rest of the world: $178.6K Worldwide: $279.4K - 54
Sep 14, 2018 US and Canada: $276.2K Rest of the world: $1.1K Worldwide: $277.3K - 55
May 1, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $273.3K - 56
Aug 5, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $271.7K - 57
Nov 21, 2018 US and Canada: $268.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $268.6K - 58
Apr 6, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $263.8K - 59
Jan 19, 2018 US and Canada: $191.9K Rest of the world: $70.4K Worldwide: $262.3K - 60
Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue (2018)Oct 7, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $245.9K
Oct 7, 2018 · English · Documentary, History $245.9K worldwide - 61
Oct 5, 2018 US and Canada: $199.8K Rest of the world: $40K Worldwide: $239.8K - 62
Jul 13, 2018 US and Canada: $217.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $217.9K - 63
Apr 26, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $215.1K - 64
Jun 30, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $201.9K - 65
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2018)May 11, 2018 US and Canada: $166.6K Rest of the world: $30.6K Worldwide: $197.2K May 11, 2018 · English · Documentary $197.2K worldwide - 66
Nov 23, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $197K - 67
Dec 7, 2018 US and Canada: $52.9K Rest of the world: $133.2K Worldwide: $186.1K - 68
May 11, 2018 US and Canada: $174.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $174.3K - 69
Jul 20, 2018 US and Canada: $166K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $166K - 70
Nov 2, 2018 US and Canada: $87.4K Rest of the world: $77.1K Worldwide: $164.5K - 71
Oct 19, 2018 US and Canada: $87.4K Rest of the world: $77.1K Worldwide: $164.5K - 72
Dec 21, 2018 US and Canada: $158.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $158.6K - 73
Sep 21, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $156.2K - 74
Sep 28, 2018 US and Canada: $148.6K Rest of the world: $5.6K Worldwide: $154.2K - 75
Jun 15, 2018 US and Canada: $149.6K Rest of the world: $4.4K Worldwide: $154K - 76
May 10, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $142.7K - 77
Apr 6, 2018 US and Canada: $115K Rest of the world: $20.7K Worldwide: $135.7K - 78
Jan 17, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $134.4K - 79
May 1, 2018 US and Canada: $134.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $134.3K - 80
Aug 24, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $127.3K - 81
Jun 22, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $126.9K - 82
Feb 23, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $126.9K - 83
Oct 5, 2018 US and Canada: $118.3K Rest of the world: $7.5K Worldwide: $125.8K - 84
May 4, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $125.6K - 85
Sep 5, 2018 US and Canada: $117.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $117.5K - 86
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection (2018)Aug 22, 2018 US and Canada: $91K Rest of the world: $23.3K Worldwide: $114.3K Aug 22, 2018 · English · Sport, Documentary $114.3K worldwide - 87
Oct 3, 2018 US and Canada: $113.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $113.9K - 88
May 11, 2018 US and Canada: $102.6K Rest of the world: $10.2K Worldwide: $112.8K - 89
Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018)Sep 14, 2018 US and Canada: $112.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $112.3K Sep 14, 2018 · English · Documentary $112.3K worldwide - 90
Jun 29, 2018 US and Canada: $106.1K Rest of the world: $1.9K Worldwide: $107.9K - 91
Oct 12, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $107.8K - 92
Mar 16, 2018 US and Canada: $32K Rest of the world: $73.7K Worldwide: $105.7K - 93
Oct 2, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $105.1K - 94
Oct 3, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $104.1K - 95
Mar 10, 2018 US and Canada: $99.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $99.5K - 96
Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies (2018)Apr 9, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $96K
Apr 9, 2018 · Italian · Documentary $96K worldwide - 97
Aug 17, 2018 US and Canada: $12K Rest of the world: $78.3K Worldwide: $90.3K - 98
Apr 20, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $89.7K - 99
Jan 17, 2018 US and Canada: $65.4K Rest of the world: $21K Worldwide: $86.5K - 100
Oct 7, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $80.2K
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)