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Documentary 1982-Present NOTE: Documentary as sub-genre of Non-Fiction. Large format (ex. Everest), concert (music, ex. Woodstock, and comedy, ex. Raw) , compilation (ex. That's Entertainment) and reality TV movies (ex. Jackass) omitted. Hybrids (ex. Never Say Never) are included. Rows: #1-100, #101-200, #201-300, #301-400, #401-500, #501-600, #601-700, #701-800, #801-900, #901-1000, #1001-1100, #1101-1200, #1201-1300, #1301-1400, #1401-1499 Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 Fahrenheit 9/11 Lions $119,194,771 2,011 $23,920,637 868 6/23/04 2 March of the Penguins WIP $77,437,223 2,506 $137,492 4 6/24/05 3 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Par. $73,013,910 3,118 $29,514,054 3,105 2/11/11 4 Michael Jackson's This Is It Sony $72,091,016 3,481 $23,234,394 3,481 10/28/09 5 2016 Obama's America RM $33,449,086 2,017 $31,610 1 7/13/12 6 Earth (2009) BV $32,011,576 1,804 $8,825,760 1,804 4/22/09 7 Chimpanzee BV $28,972,764 1,567 $10,673,748 1,563 4/20/12 8 One Direction: This is Us TriS $28,873,374 2,735 $15,815,497 2,735 8/30/13 9 Katy Perry: Part of Me Par. $25,326,071 2,732 $7,138,266 2,730 7/5/12 10 Sicko LGF $24,540,079 1,117 $68,969 1 6/22/07 11 An Inconvenient Truth ParC $24,146,161 587 $281,330 4 5/24/06 12 Bowling for Columbine UA $21,576,018 248 $209,148 8 10/11/02 13 Oceans BV $19,422,319 1,232 $6,058,958 1,206 4/22/10 14 Bears BV $17,780,194 1,790 $4,776,267 1,720 4/18/14 15 Monkey Kingdom BV $16,432,322 2,012 $4,577,861 2,012 4/17/15 16 African Cats BV $15,428,747 1,224 $6,003,200 1,220 4/22/11 17 Madonna: Truth or Dare Mira. $15,012,935 652 $543,250 51 5/10/91 18 America (2014) LGF $14,444,502 1,105 $38,608 3 6/27/14 19 Capitalism: A Love Story Over. $14,363,397 995 $231,964 4 9/23/09 20 Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party QF $13,099,931 1,217 $74,814 3 7/15/16 21 Religulous LGF $13,011,160 568 $3,409,643 502 10/1/08 22 Winged Migration SPC $11,689,053 202 $33,128 1 4/18/03 23 Super Size Me IDP $11,536,423 230 $516,641 41 5/7/04 24 A Beautiful Planet Imax $8,738,319 155 $223,983 137 4/29/16 25 Amy A24 $8,413,144 435 $222,500 6 7/3/15 26 Mad Hot Ballroom ParC $8,117,961 202 $45,348 2 5/13/05 27 Jerusalem NGE $8,020,721 33 n/a - 9/13/13 28 Hoop Dreams FL $7,830,611 262 $18,396 3 10/14/94 29 Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed RM $7,720,487 1,052 $2,970,848 1,052 4/18/08 30 Tupac: Resurrection Par. $7,718,961 804 $4,632,847 801 11/14/03 31 Babies Focus $7,320,323 543 $2,160,460 534 5/7/10 32 Roger and Me WB $6,706,368 265 $80,253 4 12/22/89 33 Waiting for "Superman" ParV $6,417,135 330 $139,033 4 9/24/10 34 The Aristocrats Think $6,377,461 234 $243,796 4 7/29/05 35 Believe ORF $6,206,566 1,037 $2,007,567 1,037 12/25/13 36 Meet the Mormons Purd. $6,047,363 333 $2,509,808 317 10/10/14 37 Spellbound (2003) Think $5,728,581 117 $17,508 1 4/30/03 38 Flying Monsters NGE $5,705,874 27 n/a 6 10/7/11 39 Shine a Light ParV $5,505,267 277 $1,488,081 276 4/4/08 40 Cave of Forgotten Dreams IFC $5,304,920 123 $139,101 5 4/29/11 41 20 Feet from Stardom RTWC $4,946,445 147 $54,596 3 6/14/13 42 Touching the Void IFC $4,593,598 137 $96,973 5 1/23/04 43 Food, Inc. Magn. $4,417,674 155 $60,513 3 6/12/09 44 Inside Job SPC $4,312,735 250 $39,649 2 10/8/10 45 That's Dancing! MGM $4,210,938 906 $1,506,802 906 1/18/85 46 The Fog of War SPC $4,198,566 261 $41,449 3 12/19/03 47 Good Hair RAtt. $4,157,223 466 $1,039,220 186 10/9/09 48 Bully (2012) Wein. $4,142,648 6 $116,472 5 3/30/12 49 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Magn. $4,071,700 151 $76,639 3 4/22/05 50 Buck IFC $4,038,912 152 $67,548 4 6/17/11 51 Young@Heart FoxS $3,992,189 212 $50,937 4 4/9/08 52 Where to Invade Next Drft. $3,827,261 308 $897,034 308 2/12/16 53 The September Issue RAtt. $3,820,067 143 $220,633 6 8/28/09 54 Paris is Burning Mira. $3,779,620 91 $310,127 23 8/9/91 55 Imagine: John Lennon WB $3,753,977 561 $1,412,213 561 10/7/88 56 Searching for Sugar Man SPC $3,696,196 157 $27,459 3 7/27/12 57 Step Into Liquid Art. $3,681,803 91 $135,985 5 8/8/03 58 Pina IFC $3,524,826 84 $68,012 3 12/23/11 59 Born Into Brothels Think $3,515,061 127 $14,605 1 12/8/04 60 The Corporation Zeit. $3,493,516 28 $28,671 2 6/4/04 61 Rize Lions $3,336,391 352 $1,574,787 352 6/24/05 62 Exit Through the Gift Shop PDA $3,291,250 46 $170,756 8 4/16/10 63 Catfish Rog. $3,237,343 143 $257,285 12 9/17/10 64 Grizzly Man Lions $3,178,403 105 $269,131 29 8/12/05 65 Wordplay IFC $3,121,270 154 $32,847 2 6/16/06 66 Capturing the Friedmans Magn. $3,119,113 78 $65,154 3 5/30/03 67 The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill Shad. $3,058,527 67 $36,731 5 2/9/05 68 Crumb SPC $3,041,083 56 $19,859 1 4/21/95 69 Man on Wire Magn. $2,962,242 93 $51,392 2 7/25/08 70 Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work IFC $2,930,687 115 $164,351 7 6/11/10 71 The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years Abr. $2,930,414 155 $785,336 85 9/15/16 72 Unzipped Mira. $2,875,086 119 $71,275 2 8/4/95 73 The Eagle Huntress SPC $2,855,434 122 $52,574 4 11/2/16 74 Citizenfour RTWC $2,800,870 105 $126,321 5 10/24/14 75 When We Were Kings Gram. $2,789,985 92 $12,479 2 10/25/96 76 Comedian Mira. $2,751,988 244 $60,224 4 10/11/02 77 My Architect NYer $2,750,707 39 $37,929 2 11/12/03 78 Freeriders WM $2,750,064 30 $264,548 11 10/20/98 79 Samsara Osci. $2,672,413 70 $76,222 2 8/24/12 80 He Named Me Malala FoxS $2,668,936 477 $61,808 4 10/2/15 81 Control Room Magn. $2,589,616 74 $27,125 1 5/21/04 82 Jiro Dreams of Sushi Magn. $2,552,478 80 $42,035 2 3/9/12 83 The Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure Cow. $2,453,083 40 $18,931 3 10/5/01 84 The Gatekeepers SPC $2,415,727 131 $61,552 3 2/1/13 85 The Queen of Versailles Magn. $2,401,999 89 $51,326 3 7/20/12 86 Hillsong - Let Hope Rise PFR $2,394,386 816 $1,357,243 816 9/16/16 87 Meru MBox $2,334,228 176 $91,279 7 8/14/15 88 WARx2 WARX2 $2,310,625 16 $30,931 1 9/18/15 89 Snowriders 2 WM $2,287,639 - n/a - 10/15/97 90 A Brief History of Time Trit $2,279,692 45 $84,025 5 8/21/92 91 Riding Giants SPC $2,276,368 64 $134,400 26 7/9/04 92 Rivers and Tides Roxie $2,200,276 15 $12,256 1 6/26/02 93 The Endless Summer II NL $2,155,385 302 $657,292 302 6/3/94 94 Blackfish Magn. $2,073,582 99 $75,962 5 7/19/13 95 Snowriders WM $2,068,490 - n/a - 10/16/96 96 Beyond the Mat Lions $2,053,648 298 $9,532 1 10/22/99 97 Endless Winter WM $1,966,454 - n/a - 10/20/95 98 Vertical Reality WM $1,951,429 - n/a - 10/19/94 99 The Story of the Weeping Camel Think $1,763,052 55 $21,767 2 6/4/04 100 Valentino: The Last Emperor Truly $1,755,134 38 $21,762 1 3/18/09 TOTAL (All Movies): $1,268,358,043 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $875,938 50 $137,014 29 - TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): $670,675,025 - - - - AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): $26,827,001 1,582 $9,028,125 1,648 - Rows: #1-100, #101-200, #201-300, #301-400, #401-500, #501-600, #601-700, #701-800, #801-900, #901-1000, #1001-1100, #1101-1200, #1201-1300, #1301-1400, #1401-1499 Total Grosses Opening Weekends If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at [email protected].

UPCOMING RELEASES Title (click to view) Studio Release Date So Much So Fast Bal. 10/11/06 I am Not Your Negro Magn. 2/3/17 Kedi Osci. 2/10/17 Contemporary Color Osci. 3/1/17 My Scientology Movie Magn. 3/3/17 God Knows Where I Am INDEP 3/31/17 Jeremiah Tower Orch. 4/14/17 Born in China BV 4/21/17 Citizen Jane IFC 4/21/17 Aida's Secrets MBox May 2017 An Inconvenient Sequel ParV 7/28/17 Compared to What? The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank PWP TBD