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Domestic Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 2019

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RankMovieRelease
Date		 GenreMPAA
Rating		2019 GrossTickets Sold
1 They Shall Not Grow Old Nov 9, 2018 Documentary R $12,253,074 1,337,672
2 Apollo 11 Mar 8, 2019 Documentary G $9,040,224 986,924
3 Penguins Apr 17, 2019 Documentary G $7,699,452 840,552
4 Free Solo Sep 28, 2018 Documentary PG-13 $6,300,521 687,830
5 Bring the Soul: The Movie Aug 7, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $4,809,800 525,087
6 Pavarotti Jun 7, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $4,686,402 511,616
7 The Biggest Little Farm May 10, 2019 Documentary PG $4,367,816 476,836
8 Amazing Grace Apr 5, 2019 Documentary G $4,339,065 473,697
9 Linda Ronstadt: The Sound o… Sep 6, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $4,240,509 462,938
10 Echo in the Canyon May 24, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $3,355,266 366,295
11 Maiden Jun 28, 2019 Documentary PG $3,162,490 345,250
12 Pandas Apr 6, 2018 Documentary G $1,816,106 198,265
13 Western Stars Nov 29, 2019 Documentary PG $1,581,681 172,673
14 Fantastic Fungi Sep 20, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $1,325,374 144,691
15 No Safe Spaces Dec 6, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $1,159,359 126,568
16 Marianne & Leonard: Words o… Jul 5, 2019 Documentary R $1,013,820 110,679
17 RUSH: Cinema Strangiato 2019 Aug 21, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $958,907 104,684
18 Metallica & San Francisco S… Oct 9, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $907,163 99,035
19 Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Jun 21, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $903,018 98,583
20 Jesus is King Oct 25, 2019 Musical Not Rated $850,000 92,795
21 Between Me and My Mind Jul 17, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $813,844 88,848
22 JONI 75: A Birthday Celebra… Feb 7, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $752,205 82,118
23 David Crosby: Remember My Name Jul 19, 2019 Documentary R $732,515 79,969
24 Honeyland Jul 26, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $712,363 77,769
25 Zhongguo jizhang Sep 28, 2019 Drama Not Rated $706,572 77,137
26 Where’s My Roy Cohn? Sep 20, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $704,780 76,941
27 Depeche Mode: SPIRITS in th… Nov 21, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $704,744 76,937
28 Raise Hell: The Life and Ti… Aug 30, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $694,410 75,809
29 Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Aug 23, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $614,201 67,053
30 Roger Waters Us + Them Oct 2, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $594,982 64,954
31 Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable Jul 12, 2019 Documentary PG $590,671 64,484
32 Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles Aug 23, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $549,385 59,977
33 Everybody’s Everything Nov 12, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $547,207 59,739
34 Anthropocene: The Human Epoch Sep 28, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $546,722 59,686
35 Grateful Dead Meet-Up at th… Aug 1, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $534,611 58,364
36 The Spy Behind Home Plate May 24, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $519,525 56,717
37 Hail Satan? Apr 17, 2019 Documentary R $424,284 46,319
38 The Cure: Anniversary 1978-… Jul 11, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $378,405 41,311
39 Josh Groban Bridges from Ma… Feb 12, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $315,173 34,408
40 Aquarela Aug 16, 2019 Documentary PG $301,429 32,907
41 Ask Dr. Ruth May 3, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $297,195 32,445
42 Free Spirit Mar 29, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $284,229 31,029
43 Mike Wallace is Here Jul 26, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $281,245 30,704
44 One Child Nation Aug 9, 2019 Documentary R $252,734 27,591
45 Meeting Gorbachev May 3, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $251,837 27,493
46 Under the Sea 3D Feb 13, 2009 Documentary G $246,137 26,871
47 311: Enlarged to Show Detail 3 Mar 11, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $238,791 26,069
48 63 Up Nov 27, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $229,280 25,031
49 Hesburgh Apr 26, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $204,709 22,348
50 Iyengar: The Man, Yoga, The… Apr 12, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $176,387 19,256
51 The World Before Your Feet Nov 21, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $156,823 17,120
52 Halston May 24, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $151,991 16,593
53 Jay Myself Jul 31, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $151,331 16,521
54 The River and the Wall May 3, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $150,816 16,465
55 Hubble 3D Mar 19, 2010 Documentary G $147,277 16,078
56 The Last Resort Dec 21, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $141,074 15,401
57 Who Will Write Our History Jan 18, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $138,039 15,070
58 Born to be Wild 3D Apr 8, 2011 Documentary G $134,027 14,632
59 Paris is Burning Mar 13, 1991 Documentary R $125,677 13,720
60 A Tuba to Cuba Feb 15, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $121,772 13,294
61 Free Trip to Egypt Jun 12, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $120,780 13,186
62 Be Natural: The Untold Stor… Apr 19, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $113,914 12,436
63 The Kingmaker Nov 8, 2019 Documentary R $109,948 12,003
64 The Brink Mar 29, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $106,059 11,578
65 Cold Case Hammarskjold Aug 16, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $104,965 11,459
66 Varda by Agnes May 30, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $103,101 11,256
67 Walking on Water May 17, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $98,358 10,738
68 Woodstock: Three Days That … May 24, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $84,440 9,218
69 Mayday Life May 24, 2019 Concert/Perfor… Not Rated $78,966 8,621
70 Hale County This Morning, T… Sep 14, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $74,926 8,180
71 Cunningham Dec 13, 2019 Documentary PG $59,951 6,545
72 Loopers: The Caddie’s Long … Jun 7, 2019 Documentary PG $58,085 6,341
73 Making Waves: The Art of Ci… Oct 25, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $53,144 5,802
74 Maria by Callas Apr 26, 2018 Documentary PG $50,990 5,567
75 Love, Antosha Aug 2, 2019 Documentary R $50,168 5,477
76 The Queen Jun 27, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $47,818 5,220
77 The Proposal May 24, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $45,149 4,929
78 The Cave Oct 18, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $45,096 4,923
79 What is Democracy Jan 16, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $44,502 4,858
80 Carmine Street Guitars Apr 24, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $44,253 4,831
81 American Dharma Nov 1, 2019 Documentary R $44,009 4,804
82 For Sama Jul 26, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $43,796 4,781
83 Midnight Traveler Sep 18, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $41,265 4,505
84 The Quiet One Jun 21, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $37,012 4,041
85 Loro 1 Apr 24, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $35,613 3,888
86 Moonlight Sonata: Deafness … Sep 13, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $33,841 3,694
87 Recorder: The Marion Stokes… Nov 15, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $33,472 3,654
88 Deep Sea 3D Mar 3, 2006 Documentary G $32,831 3,584
89 Desolation Center Sep 13, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $32,016 3,495
90 Gift Oct 11, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $31,588 3,448
91 Memory: The Origins of Alien Oct 4, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $31,378 3,426
92 Horn From the Heart: The Pa… Oct 17, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $30,179 3,295
93 Leaving Home, Coming Home: … May 29, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $27,073 2,956
94 Wrestle Feb 22, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $26,597 2,904
95 Chasing Einstein Sep 13, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $24,117 2,633
96 Island of Lemurs: Madagascar Apr 4, 2014 Documentary G $23,187 2,531
97 Célébration Oct 2, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $22,557 2,463
98 The Gospel of Eureka Feb 8, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $20,873 2,279
99 The All Americans Nov 8, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $20,322 2,219
100 Storia di B. — La scomparsa… Dec 6, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $19,588 2,138
101 Scandalous: The Untold Stor… Nov 15, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $18,759 2,048
102 To the Arctic 3D Apr 20, 2012 Documentary G $18,010 1,966
103 Citizen K Nov 22, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $17,704 1,933
104 Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of t… Mar 1, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $16,971 1,853
105 Midnight Family Dec 6, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $15,537 1,696
106 Wrinkles the Clown Oct 4, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $14,938 1,631
107 ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Ban… Aug 19, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $14,879 1,624
108 The Woman Who Loves Giraffes Oct 4, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $14,350 1,567
109 Combat Obscura Mar 15, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $14,242 1,555
110 Screwball Mar 29, 2019 Multiple Genres Not Rated $13,967 1,525
111 Touch Me Not Sep 28, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $13,782 1,505
112 This One’s For The Ladies Jun 7, 2019 Documentary NC-17 $13,688 1,494
113 Rapid Response Sep 6, 2019 Documentary PG-13 $13,262 1,448
114 Zen for Nothing Mar 29, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $12,107 1,322
115 Cassandro the Exotico Jul 19, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $11,897 1,299
116 Stuffed Oct 16, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $11,683 1,275
117 Ferrante Fever Nov 23, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $11,137 1,216
118 If the Dancer Dances Apr 26, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $10,912 1,191
119 Vision Portraits Aug 9, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $10,771 1,176
120 The Eyes of Orson Welles Aug 17, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $10,252 1,119
121 Shooting the Mafia Nov 22, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $9,988 1,090
122 Liyana Oct 10, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $9,843 1,075
123 Studio 54 Jun 15, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $9,355 1,021
124 When Lambs Become Lions Nov 22, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $9,337 1,019
125 Cracked Up Sep 13, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $9,197 1,004
126 Advocate Jan 3, 2020 Documentary Not Rated $9,152 999
127 Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, W… Mar 15, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $9,025 985
128 That Pärt Feeling—The Unive… May 24, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $8,818 963
129 Ghost Fleet Dec 8, 2022 Documentary Not Rated $7,850 857
130 To Be of Service Nov 1, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $6,173 674
131 Kinder des Kalifats Nov 16, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $6,118 668
132 Monrovia, Indiana Oct 26, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $5,738 626
133 Het Wonder van Le Petit Prince Aug 28, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $5,553 606
134 What You Gonna Do When The … Aug 16, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $4,672 510
135 I’m Leaving Now Sep 6, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $4,443 485
136 Chasing Portraits Feb 26, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $3,076 336
137 Filmworker May 11, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $3,016 329
138 Back to the Fatherland Jun 14, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $2,697 294
139 TINY: The Life of Erin Blac… Jul 19, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $2,465 269
140 Chef Flynn Nov 9, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $2,267 247
141 Serendipity Oct 18, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $2,213 242
142 Salafists Jan 25, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $1,939 212
143 Une jeunesse allemande Oct 11, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $1,834 200
144 Divide and Conquer: The Sto… Dec 7, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $1,813 198
145 Owarani hito Miyazaki: Hayao Dec 13, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $1,449 158
146 Chinese Portrait Dec 13, 2019 Documentary Not Rated $1,152 126
147 Narcissister Organ Player Nov 7, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $1,015 111
148 Over the Limit Oct 3, 2018 Documentary Not Rated $69 8
Total Gross of All Movies$92,914,488
Total Tickets Sold10,143,509

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2019. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2019. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.

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