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All Time International Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 101-200)
See also: Top Documentary Domestic - Top Documentary Worldwide
Other International Genres records: Top Adventure International - Top Action International - Top Comedy International - Top Drama International - Top Thriller/Suspense International - Top Horror International - Top Romantic Comedy International - Top Musical International
This chart contains the top 100 Documentary movies based on the cumulative international box office.
See our Documentary Theatrical Market Charts for more overviews regarding the domestic theatrical box office performance of Documentary movies.
| Rank | Released | Movie | International Box Office |
Domestic Box Office |
Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 2017 | Return to the Wolves | $4,886,088 | $4,886,088 | |
| 102 | 2010 | Babies | $4,826,496 | $7,320,323 | $12,146,819 |
| 103 | 2009 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $4,758,134 | $14,363,397 | $19,121,531 |
| 104 | 2020 | The Big Parade | $4,550,000 | $4,550,000 | |
| 105 | 2012 | To the Arctic 3D | $4,521,674 | $19,159,071 | $23,680,745 |
| 106 | 2008 | Beastie Boys | $4,205,499 | $4,205,499 | |
| 107 | 2001 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | $4,113,837 | $15,553,324 | $19,667,161 |
| 108 | 2011 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | $4,064,709 | $5,304,920 | $9,369,629 |
| 109 | 1994 | Hoop Dreams | $4,000,000 | $7,768,371 | $11,768,371 |
| 110 | 2018 | Geunal, bada | $3,972,816 | $3,972,816 | |
| 111 | 2012 | Marley | $3,906,254 | $1,413,480 | $5,319,734 |
| 112 | 2019 | Pavarotti | $3,882,663 | $4,686,402 | $8,569,065 |
| 113 | 2010 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | $3,841,439 | $3,291,250 | $7,132,689 |
| 114 | 2005 | Aliens of the Deep | $3,797,000 | $8,968,684 | $12,765,684 |
| 115 | 2017 | Django | $3,790,909 | $56,556 | $3,847,465 |
| 116 | 2016 | Merci Patron! | $3,770,001 | $3,770,001 | |
| 117 | 2021 | Days and Nights in Wuhan | $3,720,000 | $3,720,000 | |
| 118 | 2018 | They Shall Not Grow Old | $3,700,000 | $17,956,913 | $21,656,913 |
| 119 | 2008 | Young @ Heart | $3,657,066 | $3,992,189 | $7,649,255 |
| 120 | 2010 | Inside Job | $3,487,423 | $4,311,834 | $7,799,257 |
| 121 | 2014 | CitizenFour | $3,401,898 | $2,800,870 | $6,202,768 |
| 122 | 2022 | Ennio | $3,354,836 | $80,431 | $3,435,267 |
| 123 | 2012 | Samsara | $3,294,258 | $2,672,413 | $5,966,671 |
| 124 | 2009 | The September Issue | $3,260,982 | $3,820,700 | $7,081,682 |
| 125 | 2016 | We are X | $3,087,216 | $45,270 | $3,132,486 |
| 126 | 2019 | Apollo 11 | $3,085,771 | $9,040,224 | $12,125,995 |
| 127 | 2017 | Visages villages | $3,057,550 | $952,432 | $4,009,982 |
| 128 | 2021 | Antarctica | $3,008,507 | $3,008,507 | |
| 129 | 2020 | V síti | $2,906,200 | $2,906,200 | |
| 130 | 2021 | Karel | $2,902,627 | $2,902,627 | |
| 131 | 2023 | John Farnham: Finding the Voice | $2,902,467 | $2,902,467 | |
| 132 | 2018 | The Hidden Land: Back To No Man's Land In North… | $2,890,000 | $2,890,000 | |
| 133 | 2020 | Bao Jia Wei Guo: Kang Mei Yuan Chao Guang Ying … | $2,890,000 | $2,890,000 | |
| 134 | 2021 | The Truffle Hunters | $2,858,076 | $521,202 | $3,379,278 |
| 135 | 2020 | Das geheime Leben der Bäume | $2,779,662 | $30,239 | $2,809,901 |
| 136 | 2025 | Becoming Led Zeppelin | $2,769,460 | $10,403,808 | $13,173,268 |
| 137 | 2020 | Geudae gomapso kimhojung saengae cheot paenmiti… | $2,739,585 | $2,739,585 | |
| 138 | 2011 | Armadillo | $2,676,313 | $14,566 | $2,690,879 |
| 139 | 2008 | Man on Wire | $2,654,825 | $2,962,242 | $5,617,067 |
| 140 | 2019 | Diego Maradona | $2,635,723 | $2,635,723 | |
| 141 | 2010 | When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors | $2,597,722 | $246,078 | $2,843,800 |
| 142 | 2005 | Mondovino | $2,596,915 | $209,618 | $2,806,533 |
| 143 | 2017 | I Am Not Your Negro | $2,493,483 | $7,123,919 | $9,617,402 |
| 144 | 2016 | The Eagle Huntress | $2,462,577 | $3,168,664 | $5,631,241 |
| 145 | 2022 | Geudaega joguk (그대가 조국) | $2,380,850 | $2,380,850 | |
| 146 | 2015 | That Sugar Film | $2,379,483 | $3,500 | $2,382,983 |
| 147 | 2016 | My Scientology Movie | $2,344,284 | $22,936 | $2,367,220 |
| 148 | 2017 | An Inconvenient Sequel | $2,342,527 | $3,496,795 | $5,839,322 |
| 149 | 2012 | The Imposter | $2,330,763 | $901,954 | $3,232,717 |
| 150 | 2011 | TT3D: Closer to the Edge | $2,322,286 | $2,322,286 | |
| 151 | 2023 | The People (人民万岁) | $2,317,703 | $2,317,703 | |
| 152 | 2017 | L'Empereur | $2,234,915 | $2,234,915 | |
| 153 | 2017 | Disneynature: Blue | $2,231,198 | $2,231,198 | |
| 154 | 2004 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $2,214,750 | $1,751,698 | $3,966,448 |
| 155 | 2015 | Roger Waters the Wall | $2,179,727 | $2,179,727 | |
| 156 | 2015 | Boca Juniors 3D, la película | $2,171,383 | $2,171,383 | |
| 157 | 2019 | The Biggest Little Farm | $2,158,561 | $4,367,816 | $6,526,377 |
| 158 | 2018 | Nothing Like a Dame | $2,155,172 | $889,343 | $3,044,515 |
| 159 | 2007 | Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia | $2,130,465 | $2,130,465 | |
| 160 | 2019 | Western Stars | $2,100,000 | $1,581,681 | $3,681,681 |
| 161 | 2008 | The Meerkats | $2,100,000 | $2,100,000 | |
| 162 | 2014 | Finding Vivian Maier | $2,087,419 | $1,509,131 | $3,596,550 |
| 163 | 2002 | Ayurveda: Art of Being | $2,050,000 | $16,892 | $2,066,892 |
| 164 | 2016 | Masaryk | $1,999,760 | $1,999,760 | |
| 165 | 2015 | Janis: Little Girl Blue | $1,994,001 | $410,465 | $2,404,466 |
| 166 | 2018 | Aïlo: Une odyssée en Laponie | $1,991,158 | $1,991,158 | |
| 167 | 1996 | When We Were Kings | $1,981,488 | $2,666,118 | $4,647,606 |
| 168 | 2017 | KEDi | $1,963,522 | $2,834,262 | $4,797,784 |
| 169 | 2015 | Xuan feng jiu ri | $1,960,000 | $1,960,000 | |
| 170 | 2015 | Jag är Ingrid | $1,918,401 | $138,148 | $2,056,549 |
| 171 | 2022 | Fire of Love | $1,905,848 | $1,120,412 | $3,026,260 |
| 172 | 2019 | Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge | $1,880,000 | $1,880,000 | |
| 173 | 2019 | 2040 | $1,876,923 | $1,876,923 | |
| 174 | 2016 | La Danseuse | $1,872,314 | $1,872,314 | |
| 175 | 2017 | Gongbeom Jadeul | $1,870,581 | $1,870,581 | |
| 176 | 2023 | Louis Tomlinson: All Of Those Voices | $1,858,888 | $1,858,888 | |
| 177 | 2015 | Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck | $1,819,988 | $140,208 | $1,960,196 |
| 178 | 2018 | The Taste of Apple | $1,799,319 | $1,799,319 | |
| 179 | 2019 | Lev Yashin. Vratar moey mechty | $1,778,723 | $1,778,723 | |
| 180 | 2019 | Chiara Ferragni - Unposted | $1,770,900 | $1,770,900 | |
| 181 | 2009 | La Danse | $1,768,139 | $567,493 | $2,335,632 |
| 182 | 2015 | So-syeol-po-bi-a | $1,750,719 | $1,750,719 | |
| 183 | 2021 | One Day When We Were Young (九零后) | $1,740,000 | $1,740,000 | |
| 184 | 2024 | My Dearest Fu Bao (안녕, 할부지) | $1,738,589 | $4,413 | $1,743,002 |
| 185 | 2003 | Spellbound | $1,729,129 | $5,728,581 | $7,457,710 |
| 186 | 2021 | Flee | $1,722,419 | $339,754 | $2,062,173 |
| 187 | 2020 | Eso que tú me das | $1,715,805 | $1,715,805 | |
| 188 | 2003 | Lost in La Mancha | $1,705,831 | $734,514 | $2,440,345 |
| 189 | 2014 | 20,000 Days on Earth | $1,700,215 | $279,558 | $1,979,773 |
| 190 | 2019 | Lourdes | $1,693,603 | $197,702 | $1,891,305 |
| 191 | 2021 | 1950 Ta Men Zheng Nian Qing | $1,680,000 | $1,680,000 | |
| 192 | 2018 | Whitney | $1,677,151 | $3,026,558 | $4,703,709 |
| 193 | 2015 | He Named Me Malala | $1,665,280 | $2,668,936 | $4,334,216 |
| 194 | 2013 | Jerusalem | $1,661,254 | $8,020,721 | $9,681,975 |
| 195 | 2021 | Beullaekpingkeu deo mubi | $1,625,095 | $1,625,095 | |
| 196 | 2017 | Mountain | $1,596,663 | $364,429 | $1,961,092 |
| 197 | 1999 | The Source | $1,594,465 | $362,357 | $1,956,822 |
| 198 | 2015 | Noma: My Perfect Storm | $1,590,608 | $21,130 | $1,611,738 |
| 199 | 2005 | Rize | $1,579,120 | $3,278,611 | $4,857,731 |
| 200 | 2017 | Maria by Callas | $1,562,067 | $1,264,409 | $2,826,476 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.