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Factual Movie Index


Find below a breakdown of all Factual movies by year and first letter.

See also: Domestic Box Office Analysis for Factual Movies - Top Domestic Factual Movies - Top International Factual Movies - Top Worldwide Factual Movies - Top Domestic Factual Stars - Top International Factual Stars - Top Worldwide Factual Stars

  1. Index of Movies by Year
  2. Alphabetical Movie Index

The table below lists the top-grossing Factual movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Factual films released that year. The "Domestic Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Factual movies for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.

YearDomestic StatsTotal
Movies		Average
Production
Budget		Combined
Worldwide
Box Office		No. 1 Movie
TBD    137      
2027    1      
2026 Domestic Stats  106    $170,090  The Revival (부흥)
2025 Domestic Stats  1,134    $186,423,200  Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl
2024 Domestic Stats  1,136  $3,000,000  $182,812,105  Jung Kook: I Am Still (정국: 아이 엠 스틸)
2023 Domestic Stats  1,207  $10,000,000  $468,299,812  TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR
2022 Domestic Stats  949  $5,175,000  $181,822,365  jackass forever
2021 Domestic Stats  778  $3,400,000  $83,669,486  The Arctic: Our Last Great Wilderness
2020 Domestic Stats  854    $181,414,401  Wo Zai Shi Jian Jin Tou Deng Ni
2019 Domestic Stats  817  $250,000  $558,742,610  Zhongguo jizhang
2018 Domestic Stats  742  $1,893,040  $313,578,965  Li hai le, wo de guo
2017 Domestic Stats  676  $622,714  $187,392,262  Twenty-Two
2016 Domestic Stats  582  $5,745,000  $214,006,516  A Beautiful Planet
2015 Domestic Stats  474  $468,333  $239,153,703  Benpao Ba! Xiongdi
2014 Domestic Stats  288  $914,818  $249,194,774  Where Are We Going Dad?
2013 Domestic Stats  294  $4,654,545  $403,395,930  Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
2012 Domestic Stats  235  $2,932,143  $215,033,638  Chimpanzee
2011 Domestic Stats  209  $3,651,250  $298,611,371  Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
2010 Domestic Stats  234  $16,114,286  $403,998,005  Jackass 3D
2009 Domestic Stats  112  $17,662,500  $524,740,109  Michael Jackson’s This Is It
2008 Domestic Stats  158  $3,632,143  $195,407,619  Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour
2007 Domestic Stats  121  $3,533,333  $109,837,607  Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure
2006 Domestic Stats  113  $1,895,417  $287,094,177  Deep Sea 3D
2005 Domestic Stats  95  $3,852,610  $306,032,930  La Marche de L’empereur
2004 Domestic Stats  95  $2,095,000  $339,365,249  Fahrenheit 9/11
2003 Domestic Stats  55  $7,460,000  $231,867,733  Winged Migration
2002 Domestic Stats  31  $1,228,571  $265,851,365  Space Station
2001 Domestic Stats  15    $28,179,875  Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure
2000 Domestic Stats  30  $5,000,000  $139,076,153  Dolphins
1999 Domestic Stats  32  $437,500  $155,204,652  Encounter in the Third Dimension
1998 Domestic Stats  21    $240,351,789  Everest
1997 Domestic Stats  13    $36,299,005  Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
1996 Domestic Stats  12    $17,144,082  Microcosmos
1995 Domestic Stats  16    $78,620,421  The Living Sea
1994    6  $700,000  $25,728,204  Hoop Dreams
1993    2      
1992    3    $116,195  Daddy and the Muscle Academy: The Life, Art and Times of Tom of Finland
1991    12  $35,000  $101,628,783  Antarctica
1990    7      
1989    4  $140,000  $59,743,792  To the Limit
1988    7    $13,669,932  U2: Rattle and Hum
1987    7    $56,063,627  Eddie Murphy: Raw
1986    4    $39,065  Stripper
1985    10    $75,925,775  The Dream is Alive
1984    7    $246,301,767  Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets
1983    5    $19,870,219  Richard Pryor Here and Now
1982    9    $37,472,405  Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip
1981    6    $442,124  This is Elvis
1980    4    $24,261,507  In Search of Historic Jesus
1979    9  $170,000  $12,937,413  Dirt
1978    4    $23,800,000  Beyond and Back
1977    6    $55,803,471  In Search of Noah’s Ark
1976    6    $36,923  Grey Gardens
1975    6    $62,729  Dersu Uzala
1974    6    $26,328,764  Erinnerungen an die Zukunft
1973    3      
1972    7    $7,084,978  Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
1971    4    $13,082  Le chagrin et la pitié
1970    8  $600,000  $34,764,360  Woodstock
1969    2    $20,073  Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
1968    2    $49,342  The Queen
1967    3    $27,158  Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back
1965    4    $10,802  The Endless Summer
1964    2    $885  Belarmino
1962    1      
1961    2    $14,483,352  King of Kings
1960    1    $105,953  Jazz on a Summer’s Day
1959    2    $10,203  India: Matri Bhumi
1958    1      
1957    3    $92,055  Le mystère Picasso
1955    2    $11,500,000  Galapagos
1953    2      
1950    1      
1943    1      
1929    2    $31,920  Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1928    1    $21,877  La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc
1927    1    $133,826  The Epic of Everest
1926    1    $2,993  Moana
1922    2    $85,214  The Great White Silence
1919    1    $66,676  South
1918    1    $9,685  Godovshchina revolyutsii
Total  11,965  $3,982,438  $8,171,539,128  Zhongguo jizhang

The table below shows the highest-grossing Factual movie that begins with each letter of the alphabet. Click on the name of the film to go to its page. Or click on the letter at the beginning of each row for a list of all the Factual movies beginning with that letter.

IndexTotal
Movies		Average
Production
Budget		Combined
Worldwide
Box Office		No. 1 Movie
(  3      
0  2    $218,545  07:19 La Hora del Temblor
1  57    $12,915,463  120 battements par minute
2  52  $1,750,000  $46,795,389  2016: Obama’s America
3  21    $1,540,792  35 Up
4  10  $900,000  $944,634  42 Up
5  22  $350,000  $3,150,183  50 Jahre Roland Kaiser — Ein Leben für die Musik
6  5    $1,225,844  6Days (식스데이즈)
7  11    $130,738  78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene
8  7  $2,500,000  $100,280  8: The Mormon Proposition
9  11    $82,973  93Queen
A  770  $1,394,444  $373,434,992  Antarctica
B  867  $645,000  $667,506,165  Benpao Ba! Xiongdi
C  733  $3,550,000  $171,920,553  Chimpanzee
D  570  $1,917,143  $379,800,420  Deep Sea 3D
E  420  $23,612,500  $498,510,097  Everest
F  491  $2,091,083  $329,162,794  Fahrenheit 9/11
G  452  $3,583,333  $395,049,887  Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets
H  460  $3,602,000  $220,626,379  Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour
I  442  $1,027,083  $239,747,568  In Search of Noah’s Ark
J  300  $13,800,000  $743,716,441  Jackass 3D
K  259  $6,312,500  $143,803,108  Katy Perry: Part of Me
L  559  $3,017,500  $225,196,275  Li hai le, wo de guo
M  890  $8,743,656  $845,482,716  Michael Jackson’s This Is It
N  315  $16,000,000  $109,747,971  The New World
O  313  $12,512,500  $245,854,120  Oceans
P  560  $1,034,000  $150,904,809  Pina
Q  65    $6,678,516  Queen Rock Montreal
R  514  $1,485,000  $225,070,658  RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ
S  1,053  $2,046,611  $528,462,364  Space Station
T  604  $1,935,714  $614,732,247  TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR
U  253  $5,416,667  $95,470,417  Under the Sea 3D
V  201  $933,333  $26,752,559  Visages villages
W  502  $5,371,429  $444,206,456  Where Are We Going Dad?
X  14    $6,409,464  Xuan feng jiu ri
Y  103    $33,838,953  You So Crazy
Z  54    $382,348,358  Zhongguo jizhang