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Top Grossing Documentary Movies in 2019

Rank Title Language Domestic Worldwide
1 The Great Hack
English

EN

$472,166 $41,509,280
2 Apollo 11
English

EN

$9,039,891 $15,343,649
3 Metamorphosis
English

EN

- $12,902,597
4 Bring the Soul: The Movie
Korean

KR

$4,809,800 $12,150,259
5 King of Beasts
English

EN

$7,518 $11,517,629
6 Jawline
English

EN

$667,815 $11,149,943
7 BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul
Korean

KR

$3,509,917 $10,195,760
8 Pavarotti
english

EN

$4,600,249 $8,083,942
9 Penguins
English

EN

$7,699,452 $7,699,452
10 Back to the Fatherland
English

EN

- $7,090,000
11 The Biggest Little Farm
english

EN

$4,366,949 $5,270,685
12 Wonders of the Sea 3D
English

EN

$81,237 $5,173,840
13 Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
English

EN

$4,252,657 $4,252,657
14 Lucifer
Russian

RU

- $3,964,900
15 Western Stars
English

EN

$1,581,681 $3,681,681
16 Faustina: Love and Mercy
Polish

PL

$2,243,180 $3,498,887
17 Maiden
English

EN

$3,168,978 $3,495,241
18 Echo In the Canyon
English

EN

$3,355,324 $3,355,324
19 Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
English

EN

$1,012,034 $3,311,263
20 Diego Maradona
English

EN

- $2,798,565
21 Spirits in the Forest
English

EN

$704,744 $2,531,785
22 Fantastic Fungi
English

EN

$1,788,322 $1,877,675
23 Chiara Ferragni: Unposted
Italian

IT

- $1,773,242
24 Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
English

EN

$614,201 $1,464,542
25 For Sama
Arabic

AR

$43,796 $1,397,546
26 The Distance Between Me and Me
Romanian

RO

- $1,395,871
27 Honeyland
Turkish

TR

$815,082 $1,314,260
28 Roger Waters: Us + Them
English

EN

$611,644 $1,294,480
29 No Safe Spaces
English

EN

$1,291,514 $1,291,514
30 Where's My Roy Cohn?
English

EN

$705,274 $1,243,067
31 Mystify: Michael Hutchence
English

EN

$289,573 $1,174,742
32 Jesus Is King
English

EN

$973,000 $1,082,629
33 Selfie
Italian

IT

- $1,051,848
34 Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
English

EN

$903,018 $927,495
35 The Last Animals
English

EN

$9,138 $903,797
36 The Game Changers
English

EN

$739,711 $897,992
37 Between Me and My Mind
English

EN

$875,191 $875,191
38 The Australian Dream
English

EN

- $789,170
39 Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy
English

EN

$765,361 $765,361
40 Billy Connolly: The Sex Life of Bandages
English

EN

- $757,436
41 Adolescents
French

FR

- $751,655
42 Everybody's Everything
English

EN

$547,207 $748,539
43 David Crosby: Remember My Name
English

EN

$732,793 $732,793
44 The Elephant Queen
English

EN

- $713,957
45 Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
English

EN

$694,410 $695,327
46 Aquarela
Russian

RU

$307,346 $671,631
47 Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable
English

EN

$590,671 $657,847
48 Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
English

EN

$549,386 $558,816
49 Woman
French

FR

- $544,244
50 Frida. Viva la Vida
Italian

IT

- $527,832

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