| Rank
| Title
| Lifetime Gross | Max Theaters | Opening | Open Th | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | This Is It | $883,247 | 56 | $18,148 | 1 | Oct 28, 2009 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | March of the Penguins | $607,459 | 17 | $168,150 | 17 | May 28, 2005 | - |
| 3 | Burn the Stage: The Movie | $325,103 | - | - | - | Nov 15, 2018 | Trafalgar Studios |
| 4 | Elena | $319,223 | 21 | $111,500 | 21 | Jun 5, 2015 | - |
| 5 | An Inconvenient Truth | $147,441 | 7 | $15,964 | 7 | Oct 14, 2006 | - |
| 6 | The Fox and the Child | $138,300 | - | $24,107 | - | Sep 12, 2008 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | All You Need Is Love | $107,210 | 32 | $36,282 | 16 | Sep 4, 2015 | Hualien Media International |
| 8 | The Salt of the Earth | $106,626 | 5 | $14,469 | 5 | May 22, 2015 | - |
| 9 | Winged Migration | $57,929 | 5 | $4,598 | 5 | Dec 6, 2002 | - |
| 10 | Justin Bieber: Never Say Never | $56,523 | 18 | $17,446 | 15 | Apr 16, 2011 | United International Pictures |
| 11 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $52,418 | 2 | $10,271 | 2 | Oct 16, 2004 | - |
| 12 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $52,336 | 8 | $14,505 | 8 | Oct 23, 2004 | - |
| 13 | The Call of Wild | $47,395 | - | $14,168 | - | Jan 18, 2008 | Flash Forward Entertainment |
| 14 | To Be and to Have | $47,254 | 3 | $7,894 | 3 | Mar 26, 2005 | - |
| 15 | Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room | $44,141 | 2 | $5,198 | 2 | Apr 8, 2006 | - |
| 16 | Unmistaken Child | $37,125 | 1 | $4,958 | 1 | Oct 10, 2009 | - |
| 17 | The September Issue | $32,336 | 3 | $8,504 | 3 | Sep 26, 2009 | - |
| 18 | An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power | $24,950 | 25 | $6,744 | 25 | Sep 22, 2017 | Paramount Pictures International |
| 19 | Lagerfeld Confidential | $24,388 | - | $6,085 | - | Jan 18, 2008 | Swallow Wings |
| 20 | Super Size Me | $23,798 | 3 | $4,126 | 3 | Aug 28, 2004 | - |
| 21 | 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama | $22,990 | - | $4,973 | - | Jun 27, 2008 | Double Edge Entertainment |
| 22 | War Dance | $22,767 | - | $5,125 | - | Apr 25, 2008 | Cimage Taiwan Film |
| 23 | Nanking | $21,835 | 2 | $4,971 | 2 | Nov 30, 2007 | Zeus Films |
| 24 | Young@Heart | $20,501 | 1 | $3,651 | - | Mar 20, 2009 | - |
| 25 | Grizzly Man | $20,119 | 1 | $2,948 | 1 | Jul 7, 2006 | - |
| 26 | Pianomania | $17,639 | 1 | $3,346 | 1 | Dec 4, 2010 | - |
| 27 | Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man | $16,590 | 1 | $3,180 | 1 | Sep 23, 2006 | - |
| 28 | Earth: One Amazing Day | $15,837 | 11 | - | - | Apr 18, 2018 | Applause Pictures |
| 29 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $14,140 | 2 | $2,790 | 2 | Jul 30, 2005 | - |
| 30 | The Cove | $13,261 | 3 | $2,769 | 3 | May 8, 2010 | - |
| 31 | L'amour fou | $12,727 | 2 | $2,685 | 2 | Jul 15, 2011 | - |
| 32 | Glass | $12,071 | - | - | - | Dec 12, 2008 | - |
| 33 | It Might Get Loud | $11,714 | 1 | $2,927 | 1 | Sep 4, 2010 | - |
| 34 | Mad Hot Ballroom | $10,429 | 4 | $3,744 | 4 | Mar 11, 2006 | - |
| 35 | Glastonbury | $10,412 | 1 | $2,141 | 1 | Sep 21, 2007 | BestFilm.eu |
| 36 | Touching the Void | $9,596 | 2 | $2,965 | 2 | Sep 1, 2006 | - |
| 37 | After Death | $9,586 | - | - | - | Apr 12, 2024 | Angel Films |
| 38 | The 11th Hour | $8,769 | 4 | $2,285 | 4 | Oct 26, 2007 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | Planet B-Boy | $6,859 | - | $3,286 | - | Oct 17, 2008 | - |
| 40 | Man on Wire | $5,956 | - | $1,856 | - | Feb 6, 2009 | - |
| 41 | I.O.U.S.A. | $5,454 | 2 | $1,705 | 2 | Apr 18, 2009 | - |
| 42 | Turtle: The Incredible Journey | $5,445 | 2 | $1,050 | 2 | Sep 12, 2009 | - |
| 43 | Genesis | $4,502 | 1 | $1,002 | 1 | Jan 1, 2005 | - |
| 44 | 39 Pounds of Love | $2,135 | 1 | $446 | 1 | Mar 3, 2007 | - |
| 45 | The Year of the Yao | $1,463 | 4 | $767 | 4 | Jun 4, 2005 | - |
| 46 | The Heart of the Game | $1,072 | 1 | $913 | 1 | Jul 22, 2006 | - |
