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Top Grossing Documentary Movies in 2020

Rank Title Language Domestic Worldwide
1 The Last Blockbuster
English

UK

$10,853,945 $30,552,111
2 The Last Sermon
English

UK

$10,853,945 $30,552,111
3 The Tree House
Hmong

HMN

$7,100,581 $15,437,703
4 The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
Spanish

ES

$0 $9,714,794
5 The Walrus and the Whistleblower
English

UK

$280,851 $7,505,141
6 Lost in America
English

UK

$0 $3,493,631
7 Spelling the Dream
English

UK

$0 $1,874,219
8 A Secret Love
English

UK

$539,524 $1,671,969
9 The House in Between
English

UK

$0 $1,655,606
10 The Uprising
Arabic

AR

$0 $1,560,697
11 2040
english

UK

$0 $1,364,243
12 Mystify: Michael Hutchence
English

UK

$289,573 $1,082,456
13 On the Record
English

UK

$0 $992,103
14 Space Dogs
English

UK

$0 $776,034
15 Born in Evin
German

DE

$0 $713,623
16 David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
English

UK

$0 $627,209
17 Time
English

UK

$0 $574,361
18 The Painter and the Thief
English

UK

$0 $547,679
19 Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
english

UK

$449,561 $536,534
20 Capital in the Twenty-First Century
English

UK

$0 $439,550
21 The Mole Agent
Spanish

ES

$0 $401,983
22 Gunda
English

UK

$115,691 $383,128
23 I Am Greta
English

UK

$0 $363,088
24 Psychomagic, A Healing Art
French

FR

$0 $308,233
25 Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
English

UK

$282,149 $282,149
26 The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
English

UK

$0 $280,367
27 In My Blood It Runs
English

UK

$0 $253,359
28 David Byrne's American Utopia
English

UK

$0 $248,614
29 David Byrne’s American Utopia
English

UK

$0 $248,614
30 Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
English

UK

$0 $244,615
31 Zappa
English

UK

$15,502 $220,031
32 Billie
English

UK

$0 $202,931
33 Collective
Romanian

RO

$0 $200,041
34 Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles
English

UK

$4,962 $194,348
35 Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
English

UK

$0 $193,743
36 The Woman Who Loves Giraffes
English

UK

$0 $189,887
37 White Riot
English

UK

$0 $185,973
38 The Booksellers
English

UK

$25,694 $177,306
39 The Cordillera of Dreams
Spanish

ES

$20,943 $166,575
40 Suzi Q
English

UK

$0 $160,132
41 Return to Hardwick
English

UK

$0 $150,375
42 Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan
English

UK

$2,455 $142,241
43 Epicentro
Spanish

ES

$0 $119,413
44 The Dissident
Arabic

AR

$57,000 $101,993
45 Martin Margiela: In His Own Words $0 $93,206
46 Ghosts of the République
English

UK

$0 $91,731
47 Graves Without a Name $0 $91,313
48 Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
English

UK

$0 $90,654
49 House of Cardin
English

UK

$0 $67,508
50 The Way I See It
English

UK

$49,030 $49,030

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