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Documentary Box Office 2020: Highest-Grossing Documentary Movies, Page 4

The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo (2020) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in 2020, with $9.7M worldwide, ahead of Break the Silence: The Movie (2020) at $9M and The Walrus and the Whistleblower (2020) at $7.5M. 153 documentary films released in 2020 report a worldwide gross, $67.8M in all, 3% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 53% on 2019, whose releases took $145.4M. By language, English leads with $33.3M across 93 documentary releases.

2020 releases with a gross
153
combined worldwide
$67.8M
The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo (2020), the #1
$9.7M
vs 2019
−53%
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Every Documentary Release of 2020, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Ranks 151 to 153 of 153. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2020.

  1. 151 Sound for the Future (2020) movie poster
    Sound for the Future (2020) Oct 10, 2020 · English · Music, Documentary $99 worldwide
    Oct 10, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $99
  2. 152 High Maintenance (2020) movie poster
    High Maintenance (2020) Dec 12, 2020 · Hebrew · Documentary $78 worldwide
    Dec 12, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $78
  3. 153 The Grand Bizarre (2020) movie poster
    The Grand Bizarre (2020) Apr 9, 2020 · English · Documentary $32 worldwide
    Apr 9, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32
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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