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Documentary Box Office 2019: Highest-Grossing Documentary Movies, Page 6

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%
Apollo 11 (2019) movie poster #1 of 256
#1 documentary movie of 2019

Apollo 11 (2019)

2019 · History, Documentary

$15.3M worldwide · 11% of the chart's total

$9M US & Canada · 59% $6.3M elsewhere · 41%
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Every Documentary Release of 2019, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Ranks 251 to 256 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.

  1. 251 That Click (2019) movie poster
    That Click (2019) Oct 18, 2019 · English · Documentary $602 worldwide
    Oct 18, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $602
  2. 252 The Faculties (2019) movie poster
    The Faculties (2019) Jul 4, 2019 · Spanish · Documentary $502 worldwide
    Jul 4, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $502
  3. 253 Una de nosotras (2019) movie poster
    Una de nosotras (2019) Oct 24, 2019 · Spanish · Documentary $245 worldwide
    Oct 24, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $245
  4. 254 The Clowns (2019) movie poster
    The Clowns (2019) Apr 8, 2019 · Spanish · Comedy, Documentary $102 worldwide
    Apr 8, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $102
  5. 255 The Chills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Martin Phillipps (2019) movie poster
    The Chills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Martin Phillipps (2019) Mar 12, 2019 · English · Documentary, Music $92 worldwide
    Mar 12, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $92
  6. 256 Santikhiri Sonata (2019) movie poster
    Santikhiri Sonata (2019) Oct 18, 2019 · Thai · Sci-Fi, Documentary $28 worldwide
    Oct 18, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $28
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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
2000s 10 years · $2.1B
1990s 10 years · $226.1M
1980s 10 years · $174.2M
1970s 9 years · $33.9M
1960s 6 years · $143K
1950s 5 years · $233.2K
1920s 2 years · $201.5K
1910s 1 year · $9.7K