Genre box office
Ranked documentary movies by reported worldwide gross, with budgets, gross-minus-budget and ROI where available.
| # | Movie | Year | Worldwide | Budget | Gross - budget | ROI | Studio / Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 |
Terror in the Aisles
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
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1984 | $8.3M | — | — | — | T.e.m. Programs International |
| 98 |
Senna
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
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2010 | $8.2M | — | — | — | Universal Pictures |
| 99 |
Melania
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
2026 | $8.0M | $40.0M | -$32.0M | 0.20x | New Element Media |
| 100 |
Inside Job
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
2010 | $7.9M | $2.0M | $5.9M | 3.94x | Sony Pictures |
| 101 |
Hoop Dreams
WW
Financial
Hidden
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1994 | $7.8M | $700,000 | $7.1M | 11.19x | Fine Line Features |
| 102 |
Tupac: Resurrection
WW
Financial
Hidden
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2003 | $7.8M | $300,000 | $7.5M | 26.03x | Paramount Pictures |
| 103 |
Born to Be Wild
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
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2011 | $7.7M | — | — | — | IMAX |
| 104 |
Roger & Me
WW
Financial
Hidden
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1989 | $6.7M | $160,000 | $6.5M | 41.91x | Dog Eat Dog Films |
| 105 |
Search for Paradise
WW
Financial
No budget
|
1957 | $6.5M | — | — | — | — |
| 106 |
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
WW
Financial
No budget
|
1972 | $6.5M | — | — | — | Br |
| 107 |
Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
2020 | $6.4M | — | — | — | Letterbox Filmproduktion |
| 108 |
Wolves
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1999 | $5.5M | — | — | — | National Wildlife Federation |
| 109 |
The Real Cancun
WW
Financial
Hidden
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2003 | $5.3M | $7.5M | -$2.2M | 0.71x | New Line Cinema |
| 110 |
Divine Madness
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
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1980 | $5.3M | — | — | — | The Ladd Company |
| 111 |
Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1999 | $5.2M | — | — | — | Lexington Road Productions |
| 112 |
That's Entertainment, Part II
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1976 | $5.0M | — | — | — | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
| 113 |
Ultimate X: The Movie
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
2002 | $4.8M | — | — | — | Espn Films |
| 114 |
The Corporation
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
2003 | $4.5M | — | — | — | Big Picture Media Corporation |
| 115 |
Ennio
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
2022 | $4.3M | — | — | — | Potemkino |
| 116 |
Capturing the Friedmans
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
2003 | $4.1M | — | — | — | HBO Documentary Films |
| 117 |
Paris Is Burning
WW
Financial
Hidden
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1991 | $3.9M | $500,000 | $3.4M | 7.81x | Off White Productions |
| 118 |
Let's Spend the Night Together
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1982 | $3.8M | — | — | — | Northstar Media |
| 119 |
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
2021 | $3.7M | — | — | — | Cnn Films |
| 120 |
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
2021 | $3.7M | — | — | — | Mass Distraction Media |
The Documentary chart includes indexed movie records that currently carry the Documentary genre label and available worldwide box office data.
Genre pages can change when movie metadata is enriched, corrected or remapped from external data sources.
Yes. Genre movie lists are sorted by reported worldwide gross by default, with budget, gross-minus-budget and ROI shown where available.