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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 |
Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
WW
Financial
Hidden
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2004 | $3.5M | $350,000 | $3.2M | 10.08x | Red Light Films |
| 122 |
Heart of an Oak
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
2022 | $3.3M | — | — | — | Winds |
| 123 |
Koyaanisqatsi
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1983 | $3.2M | $600,000 | $2.6M | 5.33x | Ire Productions |
| 124 |
Riding Giants
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
2004 | $3.2M | $2.6M | $566,000 | 1.22x | Agi Orsi Productions |
| 125 |
Ania
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
2022 | $3.1M | — | — | — | Telewizja Polska |
| 126 |
Crumb
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1995 | $3.0M | — | — | — | Superior Pictures |
| 127 |
When We Were Kings
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
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1996 | $2.8M | — | — | — | David Sonenberg Production |
| 128 |
Comedian
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
2002 | $2.7M | — | — | — | Bridgnorth Films |
| 129 |
The Show
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1995 | $2.7M | — | — | — | Rysher Entertainment |
| 130 |
The Endurance
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
2000 | $2.5M | — | — | — | Discovery Channel Pictures |
| 131 |
A Brief History of Time
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1991 | $2.3M | — | — | — | Tbs |
| 132 |
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ENHYPEN [WALK THE LINE SUMMER EDITION] IN CINEMAS
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
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2026 | $2.2M | — | — | — | Cj 4 Dplex |
| 133 |
The Endless Summer II
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1994 | $2.2M | — | — | — | New Line Cinema |
| 134 |
It Came from Hollywood
WW
Financial
Hidden
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1982 | $2.1M | $5.0M | -$2.9M | 0.42x | Paramount Pictures |
| 135 |
Ayurveda: Art of Being
WW
Financial
Hidden
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2001 | $2.1M | $300,000 | $1.8M | 6.91x | Monsoon Films Private Limited |
| 136 |
Snowriders
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1996 | $2.0M | — | — | — | Warren Miller Entertainment |
| 137 |
This Is Elvis
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $2.0M | $5.0M | -$3.0M | 0.41x | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 138 |
Mars: Pioneering the Planet
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
2003 | $2.0M | $1.0M | $1.0M | 2.00x | — |
| 139 |
Africa Blood and Guts
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1966 | $2.0M | — | — | — | Cineriz |
| 140 |
Mochi
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
2020 | $2.0M | — | — | — | Color Bird |
| 141 |
The Vanishing Prairie
WW
Financial
No budget
|
1954 | $1.8M | — | — | — | Walt Disney Productions |
| 142 |
Blue
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1993 | $1.7M | — | — | — | Arts Council Of Great Britain |
| 143 |
Mein Kampf
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1960 | $1.5M | — | — | — | Minerva Film |
| 144 |
Microcosmos
WW
Financial
Hidden
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1996 | $1.4M | $5.8M | -$4.3M | 0.25x | Galatée Films |
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.