Genre · 631 films
Documentary
| # | Film | Studio | Lifetime gross | Opening | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | Lions | $119,194,771 | $23,920,637 | 2004 |
| 2 | March of the Penguins | WIP | $77,437,223 | $137,492 | 2005 |
| 3 | Justin Bieber: Never Say Never | Par. | $73,013,910 | $29,514,054 | 2011 |
| 4 | Michael Jackson's This Is It | Sony | $72,091,016 | $23,234,394 | 2009 |
| 5 | 2016 Obama's America | RM | $33,449,086 | $31,610 | 2012 |
| 6 | Earth (2009) | BV | $32,011,576 | $8,825,760 | 2009 |
| 7 | Chimpanzee | BV | $28,972,764 | $10,673,748 | 2012 |
| 8 | One Direction: This is Us | TriS | $28,873,374 | $15,815,497 | 2013 |
| 9 | Katy Perry: Part of Me | Par. | $25,326,071 | $7,138,266 | 2012 |
| 10 | Sicko | LGF | $24,540,079 | $68,969 | 2007 |
| 11 | An Inconvenient Truth | ParC | $24,146,161 | $281,330 | 2006 |
| 12 | Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Focus | $22,835,787 | $475,419 | 2018 |
| 13 | Bowling for Columbine | UA | $21,576,018 | $209,148 | 2002 |
| 14 | Oceans | BV | $19,422,319 | $6,058,958 | 2010 |
| 15 | They Shall Not Grow Old | WB | $17,956,913 | – | 2018 |
| 16 | Bears | BV | $17,780,194 | $4,776,267 | 2014 |
| 17 | Free Solo | NGE | $17,541,090 | $294,288 | 2018 |
| 18 | Monkey Kingdom | BV | $16,432,322 | $4,577,861 | 2015 |
| 19 | A Beautiful Planet | IMAX | $15,563,583 | $223,983 | 2016 |
| 20 | African Cats | BV | $15,428,747 | $6,003,200 | 2011 |
| 21 | Madonna: Truth or Dare | Mira. | $15,012,935 | $543,250 | 1991 |
| 22 | America (2014) | LGF | $14,444,502 | $38,608 | 2014 |
| 23 | Capitalism: A Love Story | Over. | $14,363,397 | $231,964 | 2009 |
| 24 | RBG | Magn. | $14,017,361 | $578,470 | 2018 |
| 25 | Born in China | BV | $13,873,211 | $4,790,367 | 2017 |
| 26 | Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party | QF | $13,099,931 | $74,814 | 2016 |
| 27 | Religulous | LGF | $13,011,160 | $3,409,643 | 2008 |
| 28 | Three Identical Strangers | Neon | $12,320,845 | $171,503 | 2018 |
| 29 | Winged Migration | SPC | $11,689,053 | $33,128 | 2003 |
| 30 | Super Size Me | IDP | $11,536,423 | $516,641 | 2004 |
| 31 | Apollo 11 | Neon | $9,039,891 | $1,607,040 | 2019 |
| 32 | Amy | A24 | $8,413,144 | $222,500 | 2015 |
| 33 | Mad Hot Ballroom | ParC | $8,117,961 | $45,348 | 2005 |
| 34 | Jerusalem | NGE | $8,020,721 | – | 2013 |
| 35 | Hoop Dreams | FL | $7,830,611 | $18,396 | 1994 |
| 36 | Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed | RM | $7,720,487 | $2,970,848 | 2008 |
| 37 | Tupac: Resurrection | Par. | $7,718,961 | $4,632,847 | 2003 |
| 38 | Penguins (Disneynature) | BV | $7,699,452 | $2,282,593 | 2019 |
| 39 | Babies | Focus | $7,320,323 | $2,160,460 | 2010 |
| 40 | I am Not Your Negro | Magn. | $7,123,919 | $686,378 | 2017 |
| 41 | Roger and Me | WB | $6,706,368 | $80,253 | 1989 |
| 42 | Waiting for "Superman" | ParV | $6,417,135 | $139,033 | 2010 |
| 43 | The Aristocrats | Think | $6,377,461 | $243,796 | 2005 |
| 44 | Fahrenheit 11/9 | Briarcliff | $6,352,306 | $3,008,563 | 2018 |
| 45 | Believe | ORF | $6,206,566 | $2,007,567 | 2013 |
| 46 | Meet the Mormons | Purd. | $6,047,363 | $2,509,808 | 2014 |
| 47 | Death of a Nation | QF | $5,885,881 | $2,356,522 | 2018 |
| 48 | Pandas | WB | $5,757,906 | $158,915 | 2018 |
| 49 | Spellbound (2003) | Think | $5,728,581 | $17,508 | 2003 |
| 50 | Flying Monsters | NGE | $5,705,874 | – | 2011 |
631 films in all.
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.