#1 of 256 #1 documentary movie of 2019
2019 · History, Documentary
$15.3M worldwide · 11% of the chart's total
$9M US & Canada · 59% $6.3M elsewhere · 41%
Documentary box office · 2019
Documentary Box Office 2019: Highest-Grossing Documentary Movies, Page 3
Apollo 11 (2019) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in 2019, with $15.3M worldwide, ahead of Metamorphosis (2019) at $12.9M and Bring the Soul: The Movie (2019) at $12.2M. 256 documentary films released in 2019 report a worldwide gross, $145.4M in all, 48% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 43% on 2018, whose releases took $257.3M. By language, English leads with $117M across 179 documentary releases.
- 2019 releases with a gross
- 256
- combined worldwide
- $145.4M
- Apollo 11 (2019), the #1
- $15.3M
- vs 2018
- −43%
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Every Documentary Release of 2019, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 101 to 150 of 256. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2019.
- 101
May 24, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $111.2K - 102
Mar 29, 2019 US and Canada: $106.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $106.1K - 103
Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2019)Aug 16, 2019 US and Canada: $105K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $105K
Aug 16, 2019 · English · History, Animation, Documentary $105K worldwide - 104
May 7, 2019 US and Canada: $51.9K Rest of the world: $49.5K Worldwide: $101.3K - 105
Jun 20, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $99.9K - 106
Nov 18, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $94.2K - 107
Nov 8, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $93.2K - 108
Jun 7, 2019 US and Canada: $90.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $90.7K - 109
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2019)Apr 28, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $90.7K Apr 28, 2019 · English · Documentary $90.7K worldwide - 110
Sep 27, 2019 US and Canada: $88K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $88K - 111
Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation (2019)May 24, 2019 US and Canada: $84.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $84.4K May 24, 2019 · English · History, Documentary $84.4K worldwide - 112
Dec 6, 2019 US and Canada: $25K Rest of the world: $59K Worldwide: $83.9K - 113
The Disappearance of the Millbrook Twins (2019)Nov 23, 2019 US and Canada: $25K Rest of the world: $59K Worldwide: $83.9K Nov 23, 2019 · English · Crime, Documentary $83.9K worldwide - 114
Oct 12, 2019 US and Canada: $82.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $82.7K - 115
Jul 12, 2019 US and Canada: $19.7K Rest of the world: $60.4K Worldwide: $80.2K - 116
Nov 15, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $80.1K - 117
Mar 13, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $78.2K - 118
Apr 3, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $76.2K - 119
Jun 14, 2019 US and Canada: $73K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $73K - 120
Sep 6, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $67.5K - 121
Jan 17, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $64.1K - 122
Oct 25, 2019 US and Canada: $53.1K Rest of the world: $10.9K Worldwide: $64K - 123
Aug 2, 2019 US and Canada: $50.2K Rest of the world: $12.7K Worldwide: $62.9K - 124
Sep 12, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $61.8K - 125
Apr 28, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $58.6K - 126
Nov 15, 2019 US and Canada: $55.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $55.6K - 127
Nov 1, 2019 US and Canada: $51.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $51.9K - 128
Dec 6, 2019 US and Canada: $42.3K Rest of the world: $9.4K Worldwide: $51.7K - 129
Sep 18, 2019 US and Canada: $41.3K Rest of the world: $9.1K Worldwide: $50.3K - 130
Sep 6, 2019 US and Canada: $11.3K Rest of the world: $36.7K Worldwide: $48K - 131
Jun 7, 2019 US and Canada: $39.7K Rest of the world: $7.6K Worldwide: $47.3K - 132
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things (2019)Feb 12, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $47.1K Feb 12, 2019 · English · History, Documentary, Music $47.1K worldwide - 133
Apr 25, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $47K - 134
May 18, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $45.5K - 135
Jun 16, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $45.4K - 136
May 24, 2019 US and Canada: $45.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $45.1K - 137
Jan 16, 2019 US and Canada: $44.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $44.5K - 138
What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? (2019)Aug 16, 2019 US and Canada: $4.7K Rest of the world: $39.6K Worldwide: $44.3K Aug 16, 2019 · English · Documentary $44.3K worldwide - 139
Apr 24, 2019 US and Canada: $44.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $44.3K - 140
Feb 9, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $42.7K - 141
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes (2019)Jun 14, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $41.1K Jun 14, 2019 · English · Music, Documentary $41.1K worldwide - 142
Apr 19, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $39.4K - 143
Sep 3, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $37.8K - 144
Mar 29, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $37.6K - 145
Oct 4, 2019 US and Canada: $31.4K Rest of the world: $5.9K Worldwide: $37.3K - 146
Jun 21, 2019 US and Canada: $37K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $37K - 147
Nov 22, 2019 US and Canada: $10.9K Rest of the world: $23K Worldwide: $33.9K - 148
May 20, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $33.9K - 149
Nov 21, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $33.8K - 150
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements (2019)Sep 13, 2019 US and Canada: $33.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $33.8K Sep 13, 2019 · English · Documentary $33.8K worldwide
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)