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Grosses

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Highest Grossing Documentaries

This list features documentary movies that have earned the highest box-office revenue in film history.

RANK

FILMS

WORLDWIDE GROSS

YEAR

1

Michael Jackson's This Is It

$267,983,588

2009

2

Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets

$239,000,000

1984

3

Fahrenheit 9/11

$222,446,882

2004

4

March of the Penguins

$133,276,359

2005

5

Space Station 3D

$128,363,881

2002

6

Everest

$127,990,128

1998

7

To Fly!

$120,700,000

1976

8

Earth

$108,975,160

2009

9

Deep Sea 3D

$105,779,761

2006

10

Oceans

$86,787,530

2009

11

Hubble

$74,249,729

2010

12

Amazing China

$72,506,344

2018

13

The Dream Is Alive

$70,000,000

1985

14

Dolphins

$69,600,000

2000

15

Antarctica

$66,070,389

1991

16

The Living Sea

$64,800,000

1995

17

Bowling for Columbine

$58,008,423

2002

18

In Search of Noah's Ark

$55,700,000

1976

19

To the Limit

$53,000,000

1989

20

Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure

$50,728,163

2007


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References

Box Office Mojo. (2025) Concert or Performance Genre – SG48165121. Available at: https://www.boxofficemojo.com/genre/sg48165121/ (Accessed 1 December 2025). The Numbers. (2025) Worldwide Box Office Records – Concert or Performance Genre. Available at: https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/worldwide/all-movies/genres/concert-or-performance (Accessed 1 December 2025). Wikipedia. (2025) List of highest-grossing documentary films. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_documentary_films (Accessed 1 December 2025).
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