#1 of 190 #1 documentary movie of 2023
2023 · Documentary
$11.8M worldwide · 23% of the chart's total
$11.5M US & Canada · 97% $352.5K elsewhere · 3%
Documentary box office · 2023
Documentary Box Office 2023: Highest-Grossing Documentary Movies, Page 2
After Death (2023) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in 2023, with $11.8M worldwide, ahead of Plan C (2023) at $4M and The Journey: A Music Special from Andrea Bocelli (2023) at $3.6M. 190 documentary films released in 2023 report a worldwide gross, $52.4M in all, 41% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 66% on 2022, whose releases took $154.9M. By language, English leads with $33.6M across 109 documentary releases.
- 2023 releases with a gross
- 190
- combined worldwide
- $52.4M
- After Death (2023), the #1
- $11.8M
- vs 2022
- −66%
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Every Documentary Release of 2023, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 100 of 190. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2023.
- 51
Dec 24, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $152.1K - 52
Nov 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $151.4K - 53
Apr 28, 2023 US and Canada: $151.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $151.2K - 54
Nov 22, 2023 US and Canada: $140.3K Rest of the world: $6.4K Worldwide: $146.8K - 55
Nov 11, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $146.1K - 56
Jun 19, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $145.3K - 57
Apr 11, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $144.8K - 58
Jun 7, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $142.8K - 59
Oct 24, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $141.1K - 60
Feb 24, 2023 US and Canada: $140.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $140.1K - 61
Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd (2023)Jul 14, 2023 US and Canada: $133.8K Rest of the world: $2.9K Worldwide: $136.7K
Jul 14, 2023 · English · Biography, Music, Documentary $136.7K worldwide - 62
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon (2023)Sep 9, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $134.6K Sep 9, 2023 · English · Music, Documentary $134.6K worldwide - 63
Mar 14, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $130.2K - 64
Nov 10, 2023 US and Canada: $37.5K Rest of the world: $84.2K Worldwide: $121.7K - 65
Aug 13, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $119.3K - 66
Aug 11, 2023 US and Canada: $67.6K Rest of the world: $51.3K Worldwide: $118.9K - 67
Jul 28, 2023 US and Canada: $77.3K Rest of the world: $41.5K Worldwide: $118.7K - 68
Sep 1, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $118.6K - 69
Sep 2, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $118.5K - 70
Oct 6, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $113.1K - 71
Dec 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $113.1K - 72
Oct 23, 2023 US and Canada: $11.7K Rest of the world: $98.5K Worldwide: $110.2K - 73
Nov 17, 2023 US and Canada: $57.9K Rest of the world: $37.8K Worldwide: $95.8K - 74
Sep 15, 2023 US and Canada: $92K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $92K - 75
Lakota Nation vs. United States (2023)Jul 14, 2023 US and Canada: $89.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $89.1K Jul 14, 2023 · English · History, Documentary $89.1K worldwide - 76
Jan 22, 2023 US and Canada: $59K Rest of the world: $26.8K Worldwide: $85.8K - 77
Jan 27, 2023 US and Canada: $58.4K Rest of the world: $21.2K Worldwide: $79.6K - 78
Oct 13, 2023 US and Canada: $58.4K Rest of the world: $21.2K Worldwide: $79.6K - 79
Apr 18, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $78.1K - 80
Mar 19, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $75.5K - 81
Feb 5, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $71.5K - 82
Apr 28, 2023 US and Canada: $48.1K Rest of the world: $22.6K Worldwide: $70.7K - 83
Jul 7, 2023 US and Canada: $70K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $70K - 84
Feb 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $69.7K - 85
Jun 2, 2023 US and Canada: $60.7K Rest of the world: $8.3K Worldwide: $69K - 86
In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50 (2023)Nov 3, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $68.8K Nov 3, 2023 · English · Documentary, Comedy, Horror $68.8K worldwide - 87
Sep 22, 2023 US and Canada: $68K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $68K - 88
Dec 15, 2023 US and Canada: $66.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $66.4K - 89
May 30, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $65.7K - 90
Aug 24, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $59.1K - 91
Mar 5, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $56.3K - 92
Aug 31, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $56K - 93
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2023)Jun 1, 2023 US and Canada: $55.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $55.1K Jun 1, 2023 · English · Documentary $55.1K worldwide - 94
Aug 11, 2023 US and Canada: $54.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $54.1K - 95
Nov 17, 2023 US and Canada: $49.1K Rest of the world: $4.1K Worldwide: $53.2K - 96
Jul 27, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $50.6K - 97
Jul 14, 2023 US and Canada: $47.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $47.4K - 98
Aug 23, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $45K - 99
Oct 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $45K - 100
Aug 4, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $43.4K
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)