Highest-Grossing Movies
Domestic Box Office Results for 2021, all ratings and documentary
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Release Date | Year | Rating | Genre | Total To-Date | Total In Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain | Focus Features | Jul 16, 2021 | 2021 | R | Documentary | $5,249,970 | $5,249,970 |
| 2 | Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Searchlight Pictures | Jun 25, 2021 | 2021 | PG-13 | Documentary | $2,320,649 | $2,320,649 |
| 3 | Show Me the Father | Affirm Films | Sep 10, 2021 | 2021 | PG | Documentary | $1,782,909 | $1,782,909 |
| 4 | The Rescue | Greenwich Entertainment | Oct 8, 2021 | 2021 | PG | Documentary | $1,060,556 | $1,060,556 |
| 5 | The Jesus Music | Lionsgate | Oct 1, 2021 | 2021 | PG-13 | Documentary | $1,016,725 | $1,016,725 |
| 6 | The Alpinist | Roadside Attractions | Sep 10, 2021 | 2021 | PG-13 | Documentary | $844,743 | $844,743 |
| 7 | The Sparks Brothers | Focus Features | Jun 18, 2021 | 2021 | R | Documentary | $637,665 | $637,665 |
| 8 | The Truffle Hunters | Sony Pictures Classics | Mar 5, 2021 | 2021 | PG-13 | Documentary | $491,402 | $491,402 |
| 9 | The Lost Leonardo | Sony Pictures Classics | Aug 13, 2021 | 2021 | PG-13 | Documentary | $445,019 | $445,019 |
| 10 | Final Account | Focus Features | May 21, 2021 | 2021 | PG-13 | Documentary | $308,976 | $308,976 |
| 11 | Becoming Cousteau | Picturehouse | Oct 22, 2021 | 2021 | PG-13 | Documentary | $231,687 | $231,687 |
| 12 | The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 | Bleecker Street Media | Jul 9, 2021 | 2021 | PG | Documentary | $107,798 | $107,798 |
| 13 | CatVideoFest 2021 | Oscilloscope | Jul 23, 2021 | 2021 | - | Documentary | $93,579 | $93,579 |
| 14 | On Broadway | Kino Lorber | Aug 20, 2021 | 2021 | - | Documentary | $81,300 | $81,300 |
| 15 | Gunda | NEON | Apr 16, 2021 | 2021 | G | Documentary | $64,697 | $64,697 |
| 16 | The First Wave | NEON | Nov 19, 2021 | 2021 | R | Documentary | $62,376 | $62,376 |
| 17 | Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time | IFC Films | Nov 19, 2021 | 2021 | - | Documentary | $60,389 | $60,389 |
| 18 | Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation | Kino Lorber | Jun 18, 2021 | 2021 | - | Documentary | $54,405 | $54,405 |
| 19 | Without Getting Killed or Caught | mTuckman Media | Jul 23, 2021 | 2021 | - | Documentary | $49,721 | $49,721 |
| 20 | MLK/FBI | IFC Films | Jan 15, 2021 | 2021 | TV-PG | Documentary | $45,200 | $45,200 |
| 21 | Some Kind of Heaven | Magnolia Pictures | Jan 8, 2021 | 2021 | - | Documentary | $43,492 | $43,492 |
| 22 | All Light, Everywhere | Super LTD | Jun 4, 2021 | 2021 | - | Documentary | $37,266 | $37,266 |
| 23 | The Human Factor | Sony Pictures Classics | May 7, 2021 | 2021 | PG-13 | Documentary | $35,570 | $35,570 |
| 24 | Try Harder! | Greenwich Entertainment | Dec 3, 2021 | 2021 | - | Documentary | $32,432 | $32,432 |
| 25 | The Dissident | Independent | Dec 25, 2020 | 2020 | PG-13 | Documentary | $44,000 | $19,000 |