Top Grossing Documentary Movies in 2010
| Rank | Title | Language | Domestic | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackass 3-D |  EN | $117,229,692 | $178,100,015 |
| 2 | Oceans |  FR | $19,422,319 | $83,090,556 |
| 3 | Adventure | EN | $16,044,025 | $17,164,820 |
| 4 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | EN | $6,096,582 | $16,004,150 |
| 5 | Babies | EN | $7,320,323 | $10,219,306 |
| 6 | Inside Job | EN | $4,312,735 | $7,871,522 |
| 7 | Waiting for 'Superman' | EN | $6,417,135 | $6,433,688 |
| 8 | The Cartel | EN | - | $6,197,324 |
| 9 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | EN | $3,291,250 | $5,409,178 |
| 10 | Catfish | EN | $3,237,343 | $3,533,711 |
| 11 | Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work | EN | $2,930,687 | $2,930,687 |
| 12 | Don’t Cry for Me Sudan |  KR | - | $2,248,561 |
| 13 | Restrepo | EN | $1,330,894 | $1,436,391 |
| 14 | In the Beginning There Was Light |  DE | - | $1,263,814 |
| 15 | When You're Strange | EN | $246,078 | $1,194,182 |
| 16 | Videocracy | EN | $23,720 | $1,179,676 |
| 17 | In Search of Memory | EN | - | $1,062,000 |
| 18 | The Tillman Story | EN | $802,535 | $802,535 |
| 19 | I'm Still Here | EN | $408,983 | $626,396 |
| 20 | The Art of the Steal | EN | $544,890 | $544,890 |
| 21 | Steam of Life |  FI | - | $499,527 |
| 22 | I Want Your Money | EN | $433,588 | $433,588 |
| 23 | Vesku from Finland | FI | - | $408,805 |
| 24 | Bicicleta, cullera, poma |  CA | - | $348,880 |
| 25 | Kings of Pastry | EN | $336,386 | $336,386 |
| 26 | A Film Unfinished | DE | $320,486 | $320,896 |
| 27 | Last Train Home |  CN | $288,328 | $309,717 |
| 28 | Waste Land | EN | $187,716 | $291,307 |
| 29 | Countdown to Zero | EN | $272,040 | $287,711 |
| 30 | South of the Border | EN | $198,600 | $284,214 |
| 31 | Katka |  CS | - | $257,024 |
| 32 | Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child | EN | $256,242 | $256,242 |
| 33 | Noy |  TL | - | $214,391 |
| 34 | Sweetgrass | EN | $207,473 | $209,204 |
| 35 | Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer | EN | $189,416 | $192,870 |
| 36 | Winnebago Man | EN | $181,039 | $181,039 |
| 37 | Casino Jack and the United States of Money | EN | $176,865 | $176,865 |
| 38 | Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould | EN | $167,508 | $167,508 |
| 39 | Race to Nowhere | EN | $40,294 | $161,619 |
| 40 | Stonewall Uprising | EN | $128,203 | $128,203 |
| 41 | Freakonomics | EN | $101,270 | $122,216 |
| 42 | Blank City | EN | $116,037 | $119,929 |
| 43 | Celine: Through the Eyes of the World | EN | - | $119,274 |
| 44 | See What I’m Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary | EN | $118,206 | $118,206 |
| 45 | Marwencol | EN | $112,036 | $112,036 |
| 46 | Best Worst Movie | EN | $109,895 | $109,895 |
| 47 | A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism | EN | $1,916 | $100,739 |
| 48 | 8: The Mormon Proposition | EN | $100,280 | $100,280 |
| 49 | Bhutto | DE | $100,202 | $100,202 |
| 50 | Dancing Dreams | DE | - | $99,533 |
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