| Rank
| Title
| Lifetime Gross | Max Theaters | Opening | Open Th | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $10,804,918 | 309 | $1,533,748 | 279 | Aug 27, 2004 | BIM Distribuzione |
| 2 | This Is It | $6,157,165 | 519 | $2,154,471 | 519 | Oct 28, 2009 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | March of the Penguins | $4,036,047 | 313 | $1,273,212 | 313 | Nov 18, 2005 | Lucky Red |
| 4 | One Direction: This Is Us | $2,908,556 | 318 | $2,071,069 | 318 | Sep 5, 2013 | - |
| 5 | The Fox and the Child | $2,400,103 | 240 | $640,078 | 238 | Mar 21, 2008 | Lucky Red |
| 6 | The Salt of the Earth | $2,283,676 | 74 | $136,522 | 37 | Oct 23, 2014 | Officine UBU |
| 7 | Sicko | $2,038,301 | 247 | $494,007 | 241 | Aug 24, 2007 | 01 Distribution |
| 8 | Pina | $1,586,232 | 53 | $277,310 | 48 | Nov 3, 2011 | BIM Distribuzione |
| 9 | Videocracy | $1,135,855 | 76 | $298,851 | 69 | Sep 4, 2009 | Fandango |
| 10 | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years | $1,126,252 | 38 | $650,044 | 38 | Sep 15, 2016 | Lucky Red |
| 11 | Earth | $1,046,151 | 87 | $348,773 | 80 | Apr 22, 2009 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 12 | Amy | $944,284 | - | $323,327 | - | Sep 15, 2015 | - |
| 13 | Into Great Silence | $897,895 | 47 | $58,167 | 18 | Mar 31, 2006 | Metacinema |
| 14 | Fire at Sea | $772,498 | 83 | $90,523 | 47 | Feb 18, 2016 | Istituto Luce |
| 15 | On the Way to School | $616,913 | 20 | - | - | Sep 26, 2013 | - |
| 16 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $568,310 | 99 | $215,090 | 99 | Oct 30, 2009 | Mikado Film |
| 17 | Winged Migration | $516,362 | 60 | - | - | Nov 15, 2002 | - |
| 18 | Shine a Light | $479,849 | 57 | $89,232 | 7 | Apr 11, 2008 | BIM Distribuzione |
| 19 | BTS World Tour 'Love Yourself' in Seoul | $459,534 | 84 | $370,433 | 84 | Jan 24, 2019 | QMI |
| 20 | Bring the Soul: The Movie | $457,942 | 67 | - | - | Aug 8, 2019 | Nexo Digital |
| 21 | Bowling for Columbine | $439,096 | 15 | - | - | Oct 18, 2002 | - |
| 22 | Deep Blue | $434,366 | 79 | $163,065 | 79 | Apr 8, 2005 | Lucky Red |
| 23 | To Be and to Have | $430,148 | 20 | - | - | Feb 7, 2003 | - |
| 24 | Free Solo | $408,063 | 11 | $17,520 | 3 | Feb 19, 2019 | - |
| 25 | Earth: One Amazing Day | $387,952 | 226 | $104,089 | 226 | Apr 19, 2018 | Koch Media |
| 26 | Pavarotti | $296,105 | 2 | $5,119 | 2 | Oct 28, 2019 | Nexo Digital |
| 27 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $287,244 | 26 | $18,339 | 11 | May 27, 2005 | Fandango |
| 28 | Marley | $283,038 | 65 | $17,044 | 65 | Jun 26, 2012 | Lucky Red |
| 29 | An Inconvenient Truth | $282,524 | 2 | - | - | Jan 19, 2007 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) |
| 30 | Apollo 11 | $273,610 | - | - | - | Sep 9, 2019 | Piece of Magic Entertainment |
| 31 | Anthropocene: The Human Epoch | $255,148 | 24 | $30,090 | 17 | Sep 19, 2019 | Valmyn |
| 32 | Pope Francis: A Man of His Word | $251,872 | 287 | $251,872 | 287 | Oct 4, 2018 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) |
| 33 | Diego Maradona | $238,392 | 8 | $3,696 | 8 | Sep 23, 2019 | Nexo Digital |
| 34 | Western Stars | $232,000 | - | - | - | Dec 2, 2019 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $211,275 | 7 | $60,878 | 7 | Nov 20, 2009 | Medusa Distribuzione |
| 36 | Sketches of Frank Gehry | $205,170 | 9 | - | - | Mar 30, 2007 | BIM Distribuzione |
| 37 | Francofonia | $190,423 | 17 | $26,609 | - | Dec 17, 2015 | - |
| 38 | Wonders of the Sea | $178,635 | 251 | $114,162 | 251 | May 17, 2018 | M2 Pictures |
| 39 | Janis: Little Girl Blue | $171,025 | - | $44,808 | - | Oct 8, 2015 | - |
| 40 | Metallica & San Francisco Symphony - S&M2 | $161,197 | 192 | $161,197 | 192 | Oct 18, 2019 | Nexo Digital |
| 41 | Justin Bieber: Never Say Never | $139,259 | 20 | $9,793 | 20 | Apr 21, 2011 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) |
| 42 | For Sama | $111,726 | 32 | - | - | Feb 13, 2020 | Wanted |
| 43 | La strada di Levi | $106,127 | 18 | - | - | Jan 19, 2007 | 01 Distribution |
| 44 | Religulous | $102,320 | 22 | $36,692 | 22 | Feb 13, 2009 | Eagle Pictures |
| 45 | Pearl Jam: Let's Play Two | $101,440 | 136 | $101,440 | 136 | Nov 30, 2017 | Nexo |
| 46 | Super Size Me | $98,831 | 60 | $98,815 | 60 | Apr 8, 2005 | Fandango |
| 47 | The Biggest Little Farm | $98,475 | 18 | $26,966 | 18 | Sep 5, 2019 | Teodora Film |
| 48 | Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock & Roll | $97,299 | 182 | $63,156 | 182 | May 22, 2019 | Nexo Digital |
| 49 | Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten | $95,174 | 12 | $15,202 | 7 | Feb 29, 2008 | Ripley's Film |
| 50 | Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin | $90,654 | 28 | $20,523 | 28 | Oct 19, 2020 | Wanted |
| 51 | Awake: The Life of Yogananda | $82,468 | 18 | $31,447 | 18 | Feb 16, 2016 | - |
| 52 | The Eagle Huntress | $81,211 | 143 | $63,382 | 143 | Aug 31, 2017 | I Wonder Pictures |
| 53 | Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge | $76,656 | 64 | $20,056 | 64 | Mar 5, 2020 | Valmyn |
| 54 | Touching the Void | $71,985 | 45 | $71,985 | 45 | Mar 18, 2005 | Fandango |
| 55 | Salvador Allende | $53,590 | 9 | $15,641 | 9 | Sep 2, 2005 | Fandango |
| 56 | Riding Giants | $40,653 | 30 | $21,660 | 30 | Aug 26, 2005 | Fandango |
| 57 | When You're Strange | $37,285 | 6 | $2,433 | 6 | Jun 21, 2011 | - |
| 58 | African Cats | $36,486 | 39 | $21,222 | 39 | Jul 22, 2011 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 59 | What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? | $36,413 | 33 | $2,990 | 33 | May 9, 2019 | Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna |
| 60 | The U.S. vs. John Lennon | $29,940 | 9 | $12,890 | 9 | Jun 1, 2007 | Mikado Film |
| 61 | Human Flow | $27,245 | 2 | - | - | Oct 2, 2017 | Rai Cinema International Distribution |
| 62 | Honeyland | $25,895 | 3 | - | - | Feb 12, 2020 | - |
| 63 | Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present | $25,539 | 35 | $3,684 | 35 | Jul 19, 2012 | DIA Distributori Indipendenti |
| 64 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | $25,100 | 2 | - | - | Mar 8, 2012 | DIA Distributori Indipendenti |
| 65 | Turtle: The Incredible Journey | $25,049 | 15 | $15,206 | 15 | Oct 23, 2009 | - |
| 66 | Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? | $24,131 | 12 | $6,988 | 12 | Jul 9, 2010 | Fandango |
| 67 | Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul | $18,337 | 13 | $18,337 | 13 | Sep 1, 2006 | Fandango |
| 68 | Lost in La Mancha | $17,725 | 8 | - | - | Jul 18, 2003 | - |
| 69 | An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power | $15,623 | 110 | $13,657 | 110 | Oct 30, 2017 | Paramount Pictures International |
| 70 | Deep Water | $15,374 | 6 | $9,322 | 6 | Nov 14, 2008 | Fandango |
| 71 | Kusama: Infinity | $14,975 | 8 | $3,205 | 7 | Mar 4, 2019 | - |
| 72 | Senna | $14,683 | 8 | $14,683 | 8 | Feb 11, 2011 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) |
| 73 | McQueen | $7,276 | 6 | $4,607 | 6 | Mar 10, 2019 | I Wonder Pictures |
| 74 | On Her Shoulders | $7,121 | 17 | $5,988 | 17 | Dec 6, 2018 | I Wonder Pictures |
| 75 | The Bridge | $4,189 | 7 | $4,189 | 7 | Apr 27, 2007 | Warner Bros. |
