#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 4
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 151 to 200 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.
- 151
Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid! (2024)Oct 11, 2024 US and Canada: $19.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $19.2K
Oct 11, 2024 · English · Documentary, Biography, History $19.2K worldwide - 152
Apr 24, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.2K - 153
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field (2024)Sep 20, 2024 US and Canada: $17.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $17.9K Sep 20, 2024 · English · Documentary $17.9K worldwide - 154
Jun 12, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.1K - 155
Mar 20, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.2K - 156
Mar 12, 2024 US and Canada: $12.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.9K - 157
Oct 25, 2024 US and Canada: $12.8K Rest of the world: $48 Worldwide: $12.9K - 158
Mar 17, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.7K - 159
Jun 14, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.7K - 160
Aug 9, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.5K - 161
Jul 12, 2024 US and Canada: $11.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $11.3K - 162
Feb 16, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.1K - 163
Oct 2, 2024 US and Canada: $11.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $11.1K - 164
Aug 28, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11K - 165
Dec 6, 2024 US and Canada: $10.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.3K - 166
Apr 15, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.9K - 167
Starring Jerry as Himself (2024)Nov 6, 2024 US and Canada: $9.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9.5K Nov 6, 2024 · English · Documentary, Biography, Crime $9.5K worldwide - 168
Sep 24, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.4K - 169
May 10, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.8K - 170
Oct 4, 2024 US and Canada: $8.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.8K - 171
Jan 19, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.4K - 172
Dec 15, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.1K - 173
Apr 12, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.7K - 174
Jun 13, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.7K - 175
Jan 24, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.6K - 176
Mar 6, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.5K - 177
May 24, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.3K - 178
The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio (2024)Feb 13, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.2K Feb 13, 2024 · English · Documentary $7.2K worldwide - 179
Aug 13, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.5K - 180
Sep 4, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.1K - 181
Oct 11, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6K - 182
Jun 21, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.9K - 183
Jun 14, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.7K - 184
Oct 13, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.6K - 185
Apr 15, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.1K - 186
Jun 21, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.1K - 187
Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes (2024)May 31, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5K May 31, 2024 · English · Documentary, Biography $5K worldwide - 188
Mar 1, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.8K - 189
Aug 18, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.3K - 190
Apr 20, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.1K - 191
Dec 11, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.2K - 192
Jan 25, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3K - 193
Dec 4, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3K - 194
Mary Heilmann: Waves, Roads & Hallucinations (2024)Jul 30, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2K Jul 30, 2024 · English · Documentary $2.2K worldwide - 195
Oct 11, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2K - 196
May 1, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2K - 197
Jun 14, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9K - 198
May 11, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5K - 199
Oct 18, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4K - 200
Elton John: Never Too Late (2024)Nov 15, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4K Nov 15, 2024 · English · Documentary, Biography, Music $1.4K worldwide
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)