Market Charts > 2019 > Creative Types > Factual
Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 2019
Rank | Movie | Release Date |
Genre | MPAA Rating | 2019 Gross | Tickets 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 |
$6,093,902 |
665,273 |
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 |
511,615 |
7 |
Amazing Grace |
Apr 5, 2019 |
Documentary |
G |
$4,450,454 |
485,857 |
8 |
The Biggest Little Farm |
May 10, 2019 |
Documentary |
PG |
$4,367,816 |
476,835 |
9 |
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound o… |
Sep 6, 2019 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$4,244,894 |
463,416 |
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 |
$1,444,604 |
157,707 |
15 |
No Safe Spaces |
Dec 6, 2019 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$1,240,211 |
135,394 |
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 |
98,582 |
20 |
Jesus is King |
Oct 25, 2019 |
Musical |
Not Rated |
$850,000 |
92,794 |
21 |
Between Me and My Mind |
Jul 17, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$813,844 |
88,847 |
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 |
79,968 |
24 |
Honeyland |
Jul 26, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$712,363 |
77,768 |
25 |
Zhongguo jizhang |
Sep 28, 2019 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$706,572 |
77,136 |
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 |
75,808 |
29 |
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool |
Aug 23, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$614,201 |
67,052 |
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 |
64,483 |
32 |
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles |
Aug 23, 2019 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$549,385 |
59,976 |
33 |
Everybody’s Everything |
Nov 12, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$547,207 |
59,738 |
34 |
Grateful Dead Meet-Up at th… |
Aug 1, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$534,611 |
58,363 |
35 |
The Spy Behind Home Plate |
May 24, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$519,525 |
56,716 |
36 |
Hail Satan? |
Apr 17, 2019 |
Documentary |
R |
$424,284 |
46,319 |
37 |
The Cure: Anniversary 1978-… |
Jul 11, 2019 |
Concert/Perfor… |
Not Rated |
$378,405 |
41,310 |
38 |
Josh Groban Bridges from Ma… |
Feb 12, 2019 |
Concert/Perfor… |
Not Rated |
$315,173 |
34,407 |
39 |
Aquarela |
Aug 16, 2019 |
Documentary |
PG |
$301,429 |
32,907 |
40 |
63 Up |
Nov 27, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$299,745 |
32,723 |
41 |
Ask Dr. Ruth |
May 3, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$297,195 |
32,444 |
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 |
30,703 |
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 |
26,068 |
48 |
Hesburgh |
Apr 26, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$204,709 |
22,348 |
49 |
Iyengar: The Man, Yoga, The… |
Apr 12, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$176,387 |
19,256 |
50 |
Halston |
May 24, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$151,991 |
16,592 |
51 |
Jay Myself |
Jul 31, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$151,331 |
16,520 |
52 |
The River and the Wall |
May 3, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$150,816 |
16,464 |
53 |
Who Will Write Our History |
Jan 18, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$138,039 |
15,069 |
54 |
The Last Resort |
Dec 21, 2018 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$137,857 |
15,049 |
55 |
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch |
Sep 28, 2018 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$132,807 |
14,498 |
56 |
The World Before Your Feet |
Nov 21, 2018 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$125,857 |
13,739 |
57 |
Paris is Burning |
Mar 13, 1991 |
Documentary |
R |
$125,677 |
13,720 |
58 |
A Tuba to Cuba |
Feb 15, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$121,772 |
13,293 |
59 |
Free Trip to Egypt |
Jun 12, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$120,780 |
13,185 |
60 |
The Kingmaker |
Nov 8, 2019 |
Documentary |
R |
$115,253 |
12,582 |
61 |
Be Natural: The Untold Stor… |
Apr 19, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$114,238 |
12,471 |
62 |
Varda by Agnes |
May 30, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$107,631 |
11,750 |
63 |
The Brink |
Mar 29, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$106,059 |
11,578 |
64 |
Cold Case Hammarskjold |
Aug 16, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$104,965 |
11,459 |
65 |
Cunningham |
Dec 13, 2019 |
Documentary |
PG |
$102,082 |
11,144 |
66 |
Walking on Water |
May 17, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$98,358 |
10,737 |
67 |
Loopers: The Caddie’s Long … |
Jun 7, 2019 |
Documentary |
PG |
$90,679 |
9,899 |
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 |
8,620 |
70 |
Hale County This Morning, T… |
Sep 14, 2018 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$71,967 |
7,856 |
71 |
Making Waves: The Art of Ci… |
Oct 25, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$53,144 |
5,801 |
72 |
American Dharma |
Nov 1, 2019 |
Documentary |
R |
$50,250 |
5,485 |
73 |
Love, Antosha |
Aug 2, 2019 |
Documentary |
R |
$50,168 |
5,476 |
74 |
The Queen |
Jun 27, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$47,818 |
5,220 |
75 |
The Proposal |
May 24, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$45,149 |
4,928 |
76 |
The Cave |
Oct 18, 2019 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$45,096 |
4,923 |
77 |
What is Democracy |
Jan 16, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$44,502 |
4,858 |
78 |
Carmine Street Guitars |
Apr 24, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$44,253 |
4,831 |
79 |
For Sama |
Jul 26, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$43,796 |
4,781 |
80 |
Midnight Traveler |
Sep 18, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$41,265 |
4,504 |
81 |
The Quiet One |
Jun 21, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$37,012 |
4,040 |
82 |
Recorder: The Marion Stokes… |
Nov 15, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$36,523 |
3,987 |
83 |
Loro 1 |
Apr 24, 2018 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$35,613 |
3,887 |
84 |
Maria by Callas |
Apr 26, 2018 |
Documentary |
PG |
$34,017 |
3,713 |
85 |
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness … |
Sep 13, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$33,841 |
3,694 |
86 |
Deep Sea 3D |
Mar 3, 2006 |
Documentary |
G |
$32,831 |
3,584 |
87 |
Desolation Center |
Sep 13, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$32,016 |
3,495 |
88 |
Gift |
Oct 11, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$31,588 |
3,448 |
89 |
Memory: The Origins of Alien |
Oct 4, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$31,378 |
3,425 |
90 |
Horn From the Heart: The Pa… |
Oct 17, 2018 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$30,179 |
3,294 |
91 |
Leaving Home, Coming Home: … |
May 29, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$27,073 |
2,955 |
92 |
Wrestle |
Feb 22, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$26,597 |
2,903 |
93 |
Chasing Einstein |
Sep 13, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$24,117 |
2,632 |
94 |
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar |
Apr 4, 2014 |
Documentary |
G |
$23,187 |
2,531 |
95 |
Célébration |
Oct 2, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$22,557 |
2,462 |
96 |
The Gospel of Eureka |
Feb 8, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$20,873 |
2,278 |
97 |
The All Americans |
Nov 8, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$20,322 |
2,218 |
98 |
Storia di B. — La scomparsa… |
Dec 6, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$20,293 |
2,215 |
99 |
Midnight Family |
Dec 6, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$19,983 |
2,181 |
100 |
Scandalous: The Untold Stor… |
Nov 15, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$18,759 |
2,047 |
101 |
Citizen K |
Nov 22, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$17,704 |
1,932 |
102 |
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of t… |
Mar 1, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$16,971 |
1,852 |
103 |
Wrinkles the Clown |
Oct 4, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$14,938 |
1,630 |
104 |
ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Ban… |
Aug 19, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$14,879 |
1,624 |
105 |
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes |
Oct 4, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$14,350 |
1,566 |
106 |
Combat Obscura |
Mar 15, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$14,242 |
1,554 |
107 |
Screwball |
Mar 29, 2019 |
Multiple Genres |
Not Rated |
$13,967 |
1,524 |
108 |
Touch Me Not |
Sep 28, 2018 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$13,782 |
1,504 |
109 |
This One’s For The Ladies |
Jun 7, 2019 |
Documentary |
NC-17 |
$13,688 |
1,494 |
110 |
Rapid Response |
Sep 6, 2019 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$13,262 |
1,447 |
111 |
Zen for Nothing |
Mar 29, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$12,107 |
1,321 |
112 |
Cassandro the Exotico |
Jul 19, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$11,897 |
1,298 |
113 |
Stuffed |
Oct 16, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$11,683 |
1,275 |
114 |
Ferrante Fever |
Nov 23, 2018 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$11,137 |
1,215 |
115 |
If the Dancer Dances |
Apr 26, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$10,912 |
1,191 |
116 |
Vision Portraits |
Aug 9, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$10,771 |
1,175 |
117 |
The Eyes of Orson Welles |
Aug 17, 2018 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$10,252 |
1,119 |
118 |
Shooting the Mafia |
Nov 22, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$9,988 |
1,090 |
119 |
Studio 54 |
Jun 15, 2018 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$9,355 |
1,021 |
120 |
When Lambs Become Lions |
Nov 22, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$9,337 |
1,019 |
121 |
Liyana |
Oct 10, 2018 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$9,223 |
1,006 |
122 |
Cracked Up |
Sep 13, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$9,197 |
1,004 |
123 |
Advocate |
Jan 3, 2020 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$9,152 |
999 |
124 |
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, W… |
Mar 15, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$9,025 |
985 |
125 |
That Pärt Feeling—The Unive… |
May 24, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$8,818 |
962 |
126 |
Ghost Fleet |
Dec 8, 2022 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,850 |
856 |
127 |
To Be of Service |
Nov 1, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$6,173 |
673 |
128 |
Monrovia, Indiana |
Oct 26, 2018 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$5,738 |
626 |
129 |
Kinder des Kalifats |
Nov 16, 2018 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$5,643 |
616 |
130 |
Het Wonder van Le Petit Prince |
Aug 28, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$5,553 |
606 |
131 |
What You Gonna Do When The … |
Aug 16, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,672 |
510 |
132 |
I’m Leaving Now |
Sep 6, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,443 |
485 |
133 |
Chasing Portraits |
Feb 26, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$3,076 |
335 |
134 |
Filmworker |
May 11, 2018 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$3,016 |
329 |
135 |
Back to the Fatherland |
Jun 14, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,697 |
294 |
136 |
TINY: The Life of Erin Blac… |
Jul 19, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,465 |
269 |
137 |
Serendipity |
Oct 18, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,213 |
241 |
138 |
Une jeunesse allemande |
Oct 11, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,177 |
237 |
139 |
Salafists |
Jan 25, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,939 |
211 |
140 |
Chinese Portrait |
Dec 13, 2019 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,246 |
136 |
141 |
Narcissister Organ Player |
Nov 7, 2018 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,015 |
110 |
142 |
Chef Flynn |
Nov 9, 2018 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$721 |
78 |
143 |
Divide and Conquer: The Sto… |
Dec 7, 2018 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$474 |
51 |
144 |
Owarani hito Miyazaki: Hayao |
Dec 13, 2018 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$376 |
41 |
Total Gross of All Movies | $92,421,488 | |
Total Tickets Sold | 10,089,613 |
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.
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Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.
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