#1 of 215 #1 documentary movie of 2024
2024 · Documentary
$28.4M worldwide · 21% of the chart's total
$5.7M US & Canada · 20% $22.6M elsewhere · 80%
Documentary box office · 2024
Documentary Box Office 2024: Highest-Grossing Documentary Movies, Page 2
In the Rearview (2024) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in 2024, with $28.4M worldwide, ahead of Lyd (2024) at $20.6M and How to Rob a Bank (2024) at $12.6M. 215 documentary films released in 2024 report a worldwide gross, $134.2M in all, 21% of it from the US & Canada. That is up 156% on 2023, whose releases took $52.4M. By language, English leads with $50.9M across 140 documentary releases.
- 2024 releases with a gross
- 215
- combined worldwide
- $134.2M
- In the Rearview (2024), the #1
- $28.4M
- vs 2023
- +156%
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Every Documentary Release of 2024, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 100 of 215. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2024.
- 51
Jan 16, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $259K - 52
Oct 25, 2024 US and Canada: $26.9K Rest of the world: $207.1K Worldwide: $234K - 53
Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All (2024)Apr 10, 2024 US and Canada: $232.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $232.8K
Apr 10, 2024 · English · Documentary, Music $232.8K worldwide - 54
Nov 22, 2024 US and Canada: $219.1K Rest of the world: $4.4K Worldwide: $223.5K - 55
Nov 7, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $221.1K - 56
Jun 7, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $208.2K - 57
Jun 21, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $197.1K - 58
Mar 1, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $189.9K - 59
Sep 6, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $175.2K - 60
Nov 7, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $174.9K - 61
Mar 15, 2024 US and Canada: $165.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $165.7K - 62
Mad About the Boy: The Noel Coward Story (2024)Oct 9, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $162.5K Oct 9, 2024 · English · Documentary $162.5K worldwide - 63
Oct 18, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $154.8K - 64
Jan 12, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $151.4K - 65
Oct 24, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $141.4K - 66
Sep 1, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $140.3K - 67
Aug 9, 2024 US and Canada: $124.9K Rest of the world: $9.3K Worldwide: $134.3K - 68
Sep 27, 2024 US and Canada: $633 Rest of the world: $129.2K Worldwide: $129.8K - 69
Sep 6, 2024 US and Canada: $128.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $128.3K - 70
Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary (2024)Nov 8, 2024 US and Canada: $109K Rest of the world: $13.4K Worldwide: $122.3K Nov 8, 2024 · English · Documentary $122.3K worldwide - 71
Feb 14, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $121.9K - 72
May 23, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $114.7K - 73
Nov 22, 2024 US and Canada: $112.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $112.4K - 74
Aug 2, 2024 US and Canada: $111.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $111.1K - 75
Feb 16, 2024 US and Canada: $108.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $108.4K - 76
Nov 1, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $104.9K - 77
Sep 6, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $103K - 78
Aug 28, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $102K - 79
Mar 22, 2024 US and Canada: $99.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $99.4K - 80
Sep 6, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $98K - 81
Oct 2, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $94K - 82
Jan 4, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $89.1K - 83
Sep 28, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $82.1K - 84
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird (2024)Nov 20, 2024 US and Canada: $75.2K Rest of the world: $2.5K Worldwide: $77.7K Nov 20, 2024 · English · Documentary, Music $77.7K worldwide - 85
Jun 5, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $77.2K - 86
Jun 21, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $76.1K - 87
May 17, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $74.8K - 88
Mar 22, 2024 US and Canada: $68.4K Rest of the world: $4.6K Worldwide: $73K - 89
Aug 10, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $72.5K - 90
Aug 10, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $72.4K - 91
Nov 22, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $71.9K - 92
Aug 30, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $71.5K - 93
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (2024)Jul 12, 2024 US and Canada: $7.1K Rest of the world: $64K Worldwide: $71K Jul 12, 2024 · English · Documentary $71K worldwide - 94
May 17, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $70.6K - 95
Sep 24, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $68.1K - 96
Aug 11, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $67.6K - 97
Nov 22, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $67K - 98
Jun 28, 2024 US and Canada: $67K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $67K - 99
May 17, 2024 US and Canada: $65.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $65.3K - 100
Oct 23, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $64.7K
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)