#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 4
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 151 to 200 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.
- 151
May 16, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $33.6K - 152
Jul 5, 2019 US and Canada: $31.5K Rest of the world: $330 Worldwide: $31.9K - 153
Oct 11, 2019 US and Canada: $31.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $31.6K - 154
Jan 27, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.5K - 155
Apr 26, 2019 US and Canada: $30.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $30.4K - 156
Aug 14, 2019 US and Canada: $30.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $30.4K - 157
Aug 22, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30K - 158
Feb 28, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.3K - 159
May 16, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.2K - 160
Aug 16, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27.7K - 161
Feb 22, 2019 US and Canada: $26.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $26.6K - 162
Oct 10, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26K - 163
May 10, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26K - 164
Mar 8, 2019 US and Canada: $18.8K Rest of the world: $7.2K Worldwide: $25.9K - 165
Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction (2019)Oct 1, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25K
Oct 1, 2019 · English · Documentary $25K worldwide - 166
Jun 6, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.9K - 167
Sep 13, 2019 US and Canada: $24.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $24.1K - 168
Sep 6, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24K - 169
Jun 7, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.9K - 170
Oct 19, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.9K - 171
May 10, 2019 US and Canada: $20K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $20K - 172
Feb 8, 2019 US and Canada: $20K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $20K - 173
May 3, 2019 US and Canada: $19.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $19.9K - 174
Sep 24, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19K - 175
Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer (2019)Nov 15, 2019 US and Canada: $18.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $18.8K Nov 15, 2019 · English · Documentary $18.8K worldwide - 176
Dec 13, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.8K - 177
Everything: The Real Thing Story (2019)Oct 24, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.1K Oct 24, 2019 · English · Documentary, Music $17.1K worldwide - 178
Jan 27, 2019 US and Canada: $16.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $16.9K - 179
Jul 1, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.2K - 180
Oct 16, 2019 US and Canada: $15.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $15.5K - 181
Oct 23, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.3K - 182
Oct 4, 2019 US and Canada: $14.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $14.9K - 183
ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas (2019)Sep 13, 2019 US and Canada: $14.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $14.9K Sep 13, 2019 · English · Biography, Music, Documentary $14.9K worldwide - 184
Dec 12, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.3K - 185
Mar 15, 2019 US and Canada: $14.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $14.2K - 186
Mar 29, 2019 US and Canada: $14K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $14K - 187
Oct 11, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.9K - 188
Nov 24, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.9K - 189
Jun 7, 2019 US and Canada: $13.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $13.7K - 190
Feb 28, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.6K - 191
Sep 6, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.6K - 192
Sep 6, 2019 US and Canada: $13.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $13.3K - 193
May 10, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13K - 194
Aug 15, 2019 US and Canada: $12.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.9K - 195
Jul 19, 2019 US and Canada: $11.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $11.9K - 196
Apr 23, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.7K - 197
Show Me The Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall (2019)Nov 18, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.6K Nov 18, 2019 · English · Documentary $11.6K worldwide - 198
Jan 2, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.6K - 199
Nov 15, 2019 US and Canada: $11.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $11.3K - 200
Jun 7, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.1K
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)