Top Grossing Documentary Movies in 2011
| Rank | Title | Language | Domestic | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Lucky Elephant |  EN | $60,457,138 | $99,357,138 |
| 2 | Justin Bieber: Never Say Never | EN | $73,013,910 | $99,036,827 |
| 3 | Born to Be Wild | EN | $25,978,556 | $41,644,475 |
| 4 | African Cats | EN | $15,428,747 | $30,857,747 |
| 5 | Pina |  DE | $3,524,826 | $18,705,853 |
| 6 | Glee: The 3D Concert Movie | EN | $11,862,398 | $18,663,238 |
| 7 | Rebirth | EN | - | $14,066,908 |
| 8 | The Family Jams | EN | - | $13,867,701 |
| 9 | The Tiniest Place |  ES | $143,979 | $11,928,909 |
| 10 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | EN | $5,705,874 | $10,813,862 |
| 11 | Senna | EN | $1,612,430 | $10,197,661 |
| 12 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | EN | $5,304,920 | $8,183,347 |
| 13 | The Big Fix | EN | $7,204,138 | $8,179,416 |
| 14 | The Big Uneasy | EN | $7,204,138 | $8,179,416 |
| 15 | Superheroes | EN | - | $5,692,116 |
| 16 | Buck | EN | $4,038,912 | $4,448,728 |
| 17 | TT3D: Closer to the Edge | EN | - | $3,034,200 |
| 18 | Carte Blanche |  FR | - | $2,607,503 |
| 19 | Armadillo |  DK | $14,566 | $2,018,685 |
| 20 | Bill Cunningham New York | EN | $1,510,026 | $2,007,978 |
| 21 | I Am | EN | $1,591,034 | $1,591,034 |
| 22 | A Good Man | EN | $200,227 | $1,378,947 |
| 23 | Serengeti | DE | - | $1,204,519 |
| 24 | Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest | EN | $1,200,326 | $1,200,326 |
| 25 | Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times | EN | $1,067,028 | $1,077,982 |
| 26 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | EN | $906,666 | $906,666 |
| 27 | To Be Heard | EN | - | $813,373 |
| 28 | Woody Allen: A Documentary | EN | - | $778,621 |
| 29 | Joschka und Herr Fischer | DE | - | $741,708 |
| 30 | Forks Over Knives | EN | $739,561 | $739,561 |
| 31 | Tabloid | EN | $696,921 | $731,925 |
| 32 | Klitschko | DE | - | $706,471 |
| 33 | POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold | EN | $638,476 | $698,249 |
| 34 | Reindeerspotting: Escape from Santaland |  FI | - | $654,990 |
| 35 | Billy T Te Movie | EN | - | $652,517 |
| 36 | The Last Lions | EN | $635,325 | $635,325 |
| 37 | Project Nim | EN | $411,184 | $612,839 |
| 38 | Life in a Day | EN | $252,788 | $607,169 |
| 39 | Move | EN | - | $542,086 |
| 40 | Silvio Forever |  IT | - | $532,916 |
| 41 | L'amour fou | FR | $312,494 | $516,950 |
| 42 | Pearl Jam Twenty | EN | $471,334 | $471,334 |
| 43 | Nostalgia for the Light | ES | $163,962 | $410,903 |
| 44 | Into the Abyss | EN | $223,880 | $393,714 |
| 45 | Fire in Babylon | EN | - | $385,451 |
| 46 | Jig | EN | $183,790 | $363,320 |
| 47 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress |  CA | $237,181 | $343,116 |
| 48 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | EN | $304,052 | $310,812 |
| 49 | Khodorkovsky |  RU | $39,522 | $294,599 |
| 50 | The Interrupters | EN | $282,448 | $286,457 |
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