Documentary box office · 2025

Documentary Box Office 2025: Highest-Grossing Documentary Movies, Page 2

Becoming Led Zeppelin (2025) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in 2025, with $14.7M worldwide, ahead of Ocean with David Attenborough (2025) at $4.2M and It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley (2025) at $3.2M. 79 documentary films released in 2025 report a worldwide gross, $42.2M in all, 47% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 69% on 2024, whose releases took $134.2M. By language, English leads with $33.6M across 48 documentary releases.

2025 releases with a gross: 79
combined worldwide: $42.2M
Becoming Led Zeppelin (2025), the #1: $14.7M
vs 2024: −69%

Becoming Led Zeppelin (2025) movie poster

#1 of 79

#1 documentary movie of 2025

Becoming Led Zeppelin (2025)

2025 · Documentary, Music

$14.7M worldwide · 35% of the chart's total

$10.4M US & Canada · 71% $4.3M elsewhere · 29%

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Every Documentary Release of 2025, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Ranks 51 to 79 of 79. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2025.

51
DIG! XX (2025) Jan 17, 2025 · English · Documentary $53K worldwide

Jan 17, 2025 US and Canada: $47.1K Rest of the world: $5.9K Worldwide: $53K
52
The Cinema Within (2025) May 20, 2025 · Documentary $51.9K worldwide

May 20, 2025 US and Canada: $51.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $51.9K
53
Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted (2025) May 2, 2025 · English · Documentary, Comedy, Music $51K worldwide

May 2, 2025 US and Canada: $51K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $51K
54
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence (2025) Mar 28, 2025 · English · Documentary, Biography, History $47.7K worldwide

Mar 28, 2025 US and Canada: $47.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $47.7K
55
Monk in Pieces (2025) Jul 25, 2025 · English · Documentary $39.1K worldwide

Jul 25, 2025 US and Canada: $39.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $39.1K
56
Women in Christ (2025) Sep 12, 2025 · English · Documentary $38.4K worldwide

Sep 12, 2025 US and Canada: $38.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $38.4K
57
Coexistence, My Ass! (2025) Oct 29, 2025 · English · Documentary $37.7K worldwide

Oct 29, 2025 US and Canada: $37.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $37.7K
58
Mitski: The Land (2025) Oct 22, 2025 · Documentary, Music $37K worldwide

Oct 22, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $37K
59
Almudena (2025) Mar 15, 2025 · Spanish · Documentary $35.8K worldwide

Mar 15, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $35.8K
60
The Tale of Sylian (2025) Nov 28, 2025 · Macedonian · Documentary $30.8K worldwide

Nov 28, 2025 US and Canada: $21.1K Rest of the world: $9.6K Worldwide: $30.8K
61
The Tale of Silyan (2025) Nov 28, 2025 · Macedonian · Documentary $30.8K worldwide

Nov 28, 2025 US and Canada: $21.1K Rest of the world: $9.6K Worldwide: $30.8K
62
Quinografía (2025) Apr 13, 2025 · Spanish · Documentary $27K worldwide

Apr 13, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27K
63
Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound (2025) Apr 9, 2025 · English · Documentary, Music $26.6K worldwide

Apr 9, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26.6K
64
Zodiac Killer Project (2025) Nov 21, 2025 · English · Documentary, Crime, Mystery $22.8K worldwide

Nov 21, 2025 US and Canada: $20K Rest of the world: $2.8K Worldwide: $22.8K
65
Love+War (2025) Oct 24, 2025 · Documentary, Biography, History $22.4K worldwide

Oct 24, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.4K
66
E.1027 - Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea (2025) May 16, 2025 · English · Documentary, Drama $21.2K worldwide

May 16, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.2K
67
The Shepherd and the Bear (2025) Nov 21, 2025 · French · Documentary $16.6K worldwide

Nov 21, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.6K
68
Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade (2025) May 2, 2025 · English · Documentary, Music $15K worldwide

May 2, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15K
69
2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025) Jul 25, 2025 · Ukrainian · Documentary, War $14.9K worldwide

Jul 25, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.9K
70
Naked Ambition (2025) Nov 4, 2025 · Documentary $12.7K worldwide

Nov 4, 2025 US and Canada: $12.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.7K
71
Bogancloch (2025) Oct 3, 2025 · Documentary $11.5K worldwide

Oct 3, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.5K
72
The Last Twins (2025) Jun 6, 2025 · English · Documentary $10.3K worldwide

Jun 6, 2025 US and Canada: $10.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.3K
73
Reel Rock 19 (2025) Mar 1, 2025 · English · Documentary, Adventure $9.3K worldwide

Mar 1, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.3K
74
Prisoners of Fire (2025) Mar 14, 2025 · English · Documentary $8.2K worldwide

Mar 14, 2025 US and Canada: $8.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.2K
75
Cutting Through Rocks (2025) Nov 21, 2025 · Persian · Documentary, Biography $7.1K worldwide

Nov 21, 2025 US and Canada: $7.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.1K
76
Life After (2025) Jul 18, 2025 · English · Documentary $5.7K worldwide

Jul 18, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.7K
77
The King of Color (2025) Dec 12, 2025 · English · Documentary $4.4K worldwide

Dec 12, 2025 US and Canada: $4.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.4K
78
Ada: My Mother the Architect (2025) May 9, 2025 · Hebrew · Documentary $2.6K worldwide

May 9, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6K
79
Eternal You (2025) Jan 24, 2025 · English · Documentary, Drama $2.4K worldwide

Jan 24, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4K