#1 of 186 #1 documentary movie of 2022
2022 · Action, Comedy
$80.6M worldwide · 52% of the chart's total
$57.7M US & Canada · 72% $22.8M elsewhere · 28%
Documentary box office · 2022
Documentary Box Office 2022: Highest-Grossing Documentary Movies, Page 3
Jackass Forever (2022) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in 2022, with $80.6M worldwide, ahead of Calendar Girls (2022) at $25.4M and Moonage Daydream (2022) at $13.1M. 186 documentary films released in 2022 report a worldwide gross, $154.9M in all, 46% of it from the US & Canada. That is up 165% on 2021, whose releases took $58.5M. By language, English leads with $146.2M across 110 documentary releases.
- 2022 releases with a gross
- 186
- combined worldwide
- $154.9M
- Jackass Forever (2022), the #1
- $80.6M
- vs 2021
- +165%
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Every Documentary Release of 2022, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 101 to 150 of 186. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2022.
- 101
Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande (2022)Mar 12, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $40.5K
Mar 12, 2022 · English · Documentary, Music $40.5K worldwide - 102
Nov 18, 2022 US and Canada: $35.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $35.1K - 103
Aug 30, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $33.8K - 104
Apr 8, 2022 US and Canada: $4.3K Rest of the world: $28.3K Worldwide: $32.5K - 105
Sep 16, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.5K - 106
Dec 16, 2022 US and Canada: $15.1K Rest of the world: $15.7K Worldwide: $30.7K - 107
Jun 17, 2022 US and Canada: $28.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $28.1K - 108
Jun 29, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $28.1K - 109
Aug 8, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27.9K - 110
Sep 20, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.9K - 111
Aug 5, 2022 US and Canada: $25.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $25.9K - 112
Oct 20, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.6K - 113
Sep 1, 2022 US and Canada: $23.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $23.3K - 114
Dec 30, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.5K - 115
Sep 1, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.1K - 116
Mar 14, 2022 US and Canada: $20.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $20.7K - 117
Sep 9, 2022 US and Canada: $6.5K Rest of the world: $13.4K Worldwide: $19.8K - 118
May 3, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.6K - 119
Sep 30, 2022 US and Canada: $19.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $19.3K - 120
Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter (2022)Nov 18, 2022 US and Canada: $18.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $18.8K Nov 18, 2022 · English · Documentary $18.8K worldwide - 121
Dec 2, 2022 US and Canada: $18.5K Rest of the world: $233 Worldwide: $18.8K - 122
May 11, 2022 US and Canada: $18.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $18.4K - 123
Nov 24, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.3K - 124
Sep 10, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.7K - 125
Oct 3, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.7K - 126
Jun 24, 2022 US and Canada: $16.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $16.3K - 127
Sep 23, 2022 US and Canada: $12.7K Rest of the world: $3.5K Worldwide: $16.2K - 128
Dec 9, 2022 US and Canada: $15.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $15.8K - 129
Apr 8, 2022 US and Canada: $14.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $14.3K - 130
Oct 9, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.7K - 131
Sep 9, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.8K - 132
Aug 31, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.8K - 133
Jan 3, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.8K - 134
Sep 4, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.3K - 135
Apr 22, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.5K - 136
Mar 24, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.4K - 137
Nov 11, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.7K - 138
May 6, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.3K - 139
Mar 4, 2022 US and Canada: $8.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.1K - 140
Jan 28, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8K - 141
Feb 3, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8K - 142
Nov 2, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.4K - 143
Aug 12, 2022 US and Canada: $7.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.1K - 144
Dec 2, 2022 US and Canada: $7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7K - 145
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (2022)Dec 2, 2022 US and Canada: $6.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $6.6K Dec 2, 2022 · English · Documentary $6.6K worldwide - 146
May 3, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.9K - 147
Apr 1, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.8K - 148
Jan 27, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.7K - 149
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie (2022)Jul 8, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.4K Jul 8, 2022 · English · Documentary $5.4K worldwide - 150
Mar 12, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.4K
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)