#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 4
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 151 to 200 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.
- 151
May 16, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26.4K - 152
Apr 16, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26.1K - 153
Jun 8, 2018 US and Canada: $9.6K Rest of the world: $16.4K Worldwide: $26.1K - 154
Aug 2, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26K - 155
Nov 2, 2018 US and Canada: $9.3K Rest of the world: $15.3K Worldwide: $24.6K - 156
Dec 10, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.2K - 157
Apr 27, 2018 US and Canada: $23.5K Rest of the world: $441 Worldwide: $23.9K - 158
Nov 16, 2018 US and Canada: $3.4K Rest of the world: $20.5K Worldwide: $23.9K - 159
Apr 13, 2018 US and Canada: $22.3K Rest of the world: $870 Worldwide: $23.1K - 160
Jul 6, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.2K - 161
Jul 6, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.2K - 162
Jun 8, 2018 US and Canada: $21.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $21.6K - 163
Aug 31, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.7K - 164
Apr 20, 2018 US and Canada: $20.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $20.4K - 165
Oct 26, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.3K - 166
Aug 31, 2018 US and Canada: $19.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $19.9K - 167
Aug 24, 2018 US and Canada: $18.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $18.6K - 168
Kaiser: The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football (2018)Apr 21, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.5K
Apr 21, 2018 · English · Documentary $18.5K worldwide - 169
Salvador Dalí: In Search of Immortality (2018)Apr 17, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.5K
Apr 17, 2018 · Italian · Documentary $18.5K worldwide - 170
Sep 28, 2018 US and Canada: $18.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $18.4K - 171
Apr 10, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.3K - 172
Dec 19, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.1K - 173
Oct 5, 2018 US and Canada: $17K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $17K - 174
Nov 10, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.5K - 175
Jan 19, 2018 US and Canada: $15.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $15.3K - 176
Oct 26, 2018 US and Canada: $14.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $14.9K - 177
Oct 15, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.5K - 178
Sep 14, 2018 US and Canada: $11.3K Rest of the world: $3.2K Worldwide: $14.5K - 179
Mar 11, 2018 US and Canada: $13.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $13.9K - 180
Feb 20, 2018 US and Canada: $13.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $13.2K - 181
Mar 25, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.2K - 182
May 16, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13K - 183
Jul 12, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.8K - 184
Jan 19, 2018 US and Canada: $4.5K Rest of the world: $8.1K Worldwide: $12.6K - 185
American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs (2018)Mar 2, 2018 US and Canada: $12.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.6K Mar 2, 2018 · English · History, Documentary $12.6K worldwide - 186
Nov 16, 2018 US and Canada: $12.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.6K - 187
Sep 14, 2018 US and Canada: $12.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.4K - 188
May 18, 2018 US and Canada: $12.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.1K - 189
Nov 16, 2018 US and Canada: $11.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $11.9K - 190
Oct 19, 2018 US and Canada: $10.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.4K - 191
Nov 13, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.3K - 192
Feb 23, 2018 US and Canada: $9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9K - 193
Jun 29, 2018 US and Canada: $7.1K Rest of the world: $1.9K Worldwide: $8.9K - 194
Jun 22, 2018 US and Canada: $8.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.2K - 195
Nov 9, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.1K - 196
Sep 27, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.6K - 197
Nov 10, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.5K - 198
Mar 26, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.4K - 199
Nov 14, 2018 US and Canada: $7.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.3K - 200
Feb 28, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.3K
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)