Box Office
Top Grossing Documentary Movies in 2021
| Rank | Title | Language | Domestic | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Forever Prisoner |  EN | $44,539,245 | $76,994,245 |
| 2 | The New Bauhaus | EN | $23,852,659 | $49,169,594 |
| 3 | The Last Forest |  PT | $10,853,945 | $30,552,111 |
| 4 | The Last Cruise | EN | $10,853,945 | $30,552,111 |
| 5 | Fathom | EN | - | $8,598,322 |
| 6 | The Velvet Queen | $151,006 | $5,630,843 | |
| 7 | The Velvet Underground | EN | $151,006 | $5,630,843 |
| 8 | Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain | EN | $5,354,970 | $5,492,017 |
| 9 | Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | EN | $2,320,649 | $3,696,069 |
| 10 | Karel |  CS | - | $2,906,320 |
| 11 | The Hidden Life of Trees |  DE | - | $2,759,520 |
| 12 | Tina | EN | - | $2,622,120 |
| 13 | Show Me the Father | EN | $1,803,226 | $1,919,165 |
| 14 | Burning | EN | - | $1,894,156 |
| 15 | The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 | EN | $107,798 | $1,578,392 |
| 16 | The Dating Game Killer | EN | $5,600 | $1,550,834 |
| 17 | The Truffle Hunters |  IT | $521,202 | $1,515,528 |
| 18 | The Alpinist | EN | $844,743 | $1,445,831 |
| 19 | The United States of Insanity | EN | - | $1,312,432 |
| 20 | The Sparks Brothers | EN | $648,665 | $1,249,115 |
| 21 | Bigger Than Us | EN | - | $1,078,486 |
| 22 | Love and Fury | $1,070,714 | $1,070,714 | |
| 23 | Oasis Knebworth 1996 | EN | - | $1,064,159 |
| 24 | The Rescue | EN | $1,060,556 | $1,060,556 |
| 25 | The Jesus Music | EN | $1,016,725 | $1,016,725 |
| 26 | Those Who Care |  FR | - | $773,162 |
| 27 | Flee |  DK | $339,754 | $711,676 |
| 28 | Lynx | FR | - | $671,653 |
| 29 | Children of the Enemy |  SE | $325,583 | $575,179 |
| 30 | Goodbye! |  JP | - | $563,633 |
| 31 | Aksel |  NO | - | $553,116 |
| 32 | Monsta X: The Dreaming |  KR | - | $493,793 |
| 33 | Julia | EN | $399,811 | $493,080 |
| 34 | Softie | FR | - | $489,094 |
| 35 | Aulcie | EN | $373,043 | $373,043 |
| 36 | Final Account | DE | $308,976 | $353,077 |
| 37 | Waterman | EN | $316,848 | $336,834 |
| 38 | My Name Is Bulger | EN | - | $312,668 |
| 39 | My Name Is Gulpilil | EN | - | $312,668 |
| 40 | Becoming Cousteau | EN | $231,687 | $282,634 |
| 41 | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It | EN | $264,626 | $264,626 |
| 42 | The Automat | EN | $257,371 | $257,371 |
| 43 | Ailey | EN | $204,513 | $214,328 |
| 44 | Mr. Saturday Night | EN | - | $211,606 |
| 45 | Marx Can Wait | IT | - | $210,785 |
| 46 | Facing Monsters | EN | - | $179,440 |
| 47 | Attica | EN | - | $153,962 |
| 48 | Kernagis |  LT | - | $147,540 |
| 49 | 100 Days with Tata |  ES | - | $123,538 |
| 50 | Notturno |  AR | - | $121,053 |
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