#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 4
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 151 to 190 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.
- 151
Dec 1, 2023 US and Canada: $5.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.5K - 152
Dec 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.4K - 153
Aug 11, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.2K - 154
Nov 13, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.4K - 155
Jun 17, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.3K - 156
Oct 27, 2023 US and Canada: $3K Rest of the world: $1.2K Worldwide: $4.2K - 157
Feb 24, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.8K - 158
Feb 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.7K - 159
Nov 3, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.7K - 160
Mar 5, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.7K - 161
Mar 19, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.5K - 162
Oct 26, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.3K - 163
Feb 17, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.3K - 164
Mar 21, 2023 US and Canada: $3.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.3K - 165
Jan 28, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.3K - 166
Jan 22, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8K - 167
May 25, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8K - 168
Jun 14, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4K - 169
Mar 30, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4K - 170
Nov 12, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4K - 171
Nov 10, 2023 US and Canada: $2.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.3K - 172
May 25, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3K - 173
Apr 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2K - 174
Mar 24, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1K - 175
La importancia de llamarse Ernesto y la gilipollez de llamarse Eric (2023)Mar 12, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2K
Mar 12, 2023 · Spanish · Music, Documentary $2K worldwide - 176
Apr 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2K - 177
Oct 22, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8K - 178
Oct 7, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7K - 179
Oct 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5K - 180
May 9, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4K - 181
Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting (2023)Mar 31, 2023 US and Canada: $1.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.4K
Mar 31, 2023 · English · Documentary $1.4K worldwide - 182
Nov 17, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.3K - 183
Mar 16, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2K - 184
Jun 17, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $790 - 185
Jul 26, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $768 - 186
Jun 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $716 - 187
Jan 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $419 - 188
Feb 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $364 - 189
Sep 1, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $187 - 190
Mar 17, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $110
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)