| Rank
| Title
| Lifetime Gross | Max Theaters | Opening | Open Th | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 101 | Persecuted | $1,558,836 | 736 | $851,391 | 736 | Jul 18, 2014 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 102 | Salvador | $1,500,000 | - | - | - | Mar 5, 1986 | Hemdale |
| 103 | Why We Fight | $1,439,972 | 64 | $53,571 | 6 | Jan 20, 2006 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 104 | No End in Sight | $1,433,319 | 117 | $31,533 | 2 | Jul 27, 2007 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 105 | Inequality for All | $1,205,273 | 103 | $140,888 | 28 | Sep 27, 2013 | RADiUS-TWC |
| 106 | Year of the Gun | $1,182,273 | 739 | $606,046 | 739 | Nov 1, 1991 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 107 | Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe | $1,163,265 | 95 | $28,339 | 1 | Apr 1, 2016 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 108 | Half Moon Street | $1,131,399 | - | - | - | Sep 26, 1986 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 109 | The U.S. vs. John Lennon | $1,109,146 | 65 | $69,143 | 6 | Sep 15, 2006 | Lionsgate Films |
| 110 | Casino Jack | $1,042,959 | 60 | $34,528 | 7 | Dec 17, 2010 | ATO Pictures |
| 111 | Hidden Agenda | $1,030,938 | 114 | $49,827 | 3 | Nov 21, 1990 | Hemdale |
| 112 | Silver City | $1,020,656 | 162 | $337,484 | 114 | Sep 17, 2004 | Newmarket Films |
| 113 | The War Room | $901,668 | 21 | $15,264 | 1 | Nov 3, 1993 | October Films |
| 114 | Children of the Revolution | $838,368 | 59 | $31,562 | 6 | May 1, 1997 | Miramax |
| 115 | I.O.U.S.A. | $821,046 | 358 | $61,313 | 18 | Aug 22, 2008 | Roadside Attractions |
| 116 | Defense of the Realm | $750,000 | 15 | $19,938 | 4 | Nov 21, 1986 | Hemdale |
| 117 | The Big One | $720,074 | 53 | $146,909 | 33 | Apr 10, 1998 | Miramax |
| 118 | Going Upriver | $614,138 | 163 | $279,219 | 163 | Oct 1, 2004 | THINKFilm |
| 119 | The Weather Underground | $564,632 | 14 | $13,984 | 1 | Jun 4, 2003 | Shadow Distribution |
| 120 | Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry | $534,100 | 37 | $41,104 | 5 | Jul 27, 2012 | IFC Films |
| 121 | The Trials of Henry Kissinger | $516,726 | 8 | $14,667 | 1 | Sep 25, 2002 | First Run |
| 122 | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | $461,572 | 18 | $77,982 | 5 | Aug 6, 2004 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 123 | The House on Carroll Street | $459,824 | - | - | - | Mar 4, 1988 | Orion Pictures |
| 124 | The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers | $453,993 | 12 | $1,114 | 1 | Jan 29, 2010 | First Run |
| 125 | I Want Your Money | $433,588 | 537 | $249,428 | 537 | Oct 15, 2010 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 126 | Four Days in September | $397,517 | 43 | $32,017 | 6 | Jan 30, 1998 | Miramax |
| 127 | Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? | $384,955 | 102 | $148,698 | 102 | Apr 18, 2008 | The Weinstein Company |
| 128 | Dirty Wars | $384,473 | 31 | $63,504 | 4 | Jun 7, 2013 | IFC Films |
| 129 | The Hunting of the President | $376,612 | 20 | $23,298 | 2 | Jun 18, 2004 | Regent Releasing |
| 130 | Koch | $342,941 | 16 | $35,196 | 2 | Feb 1, 2013 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 131 | Grass | $313,039 | 10 | $21,578 | 2 | May 31, 2000 | - |
| 132 | For the Bible Tells Me So | $312,751 | 15 | $7,412 | 1 | Oct 5, 2007 | First Run |
| 133 | The Panama Deception | $309,596 | 11 | $6,563 | 1 | Jul 31, 1992 | Empowerment Project |
| 134 | Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times | $290,767 | 4 | $9,442 | 1 | Nov 22, 2002 | First Run |
| 135 | Outrage | $287,198 | 18 | $32,589 | 5 | May 8, 2009 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 136 | Citizen Ruth | $285,112 | 23 | $26,709 | 6 | Dec 13, 1996 | Miramax |
| 137 | The Unknown Known | $276,497 | 80 | $64,315 | 18 | Apr 4, 2014 | RADiUS-TWC |
| 138 | Taxi to the Dark Side | $274,661 | 20 | $10,930 | 2 | Jan 18, 2008 | THINKFilm |
| 139 | The Yes Men | $255,364 | 32 | $24,373 | 3 | Sep 24, 2004 | United Artists |
| 140 | The War Tapes | $254,190 | 9 | $12,268 | 1 | Jun 2, 2006 | - |
| 141 | A Place Called Chiapas | $252,546 | - | - | - | Nov 4, 1998 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 142 | Uncovered: The War on Iraq | $238,924 | 22 | $31,481 | 7 | Aug 20, 2004 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 143 | Call + Response | $215,185 | 17 | $41,346 | 12 | Oct 10, 2008 | Fair Trade Pictures |
| 144 | Iraq in Fragments | $204,462 | 12 | $24,435 | 7 | Nov 8, 2006 | Arab Film Distribution |
| 145 | Risk | $200,219 | 45 | $76,327 | 34 | May 5, 2017 | Neon |
| 146 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $194,533 | 16 | $1,242 | 2 | Sep 25, 2009 | Shadow Distribution |
| 147 | The Final Year | $191,900 | 39 | $67,971 | 35 | Jan 19, 2018 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 148 | Client 9 | $189,416 | 17 | $16,962 | 3 | Nov 5, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 149 | The Flower of Evil | $182,163 | 16 | $12,419 | 2 | Oct 10, 2003 | Palm Pictures |
| 150 | Chicago 10 | $177,490 | 14 | $42,724 | 14 | Feb 29, 2008 | Roadside Attractions |
| 151 | Bush's Brain | $177,485 | 9 | $11,927 | 4 | Aug 20, 2004 | Tartan |
| 152 | Casino Jack and the United States of Money | $176,865 | 21 | $28,234 | 9 | May 7, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 153 | An Unreasonable Man | $176,647 | 11 | $9,813 | 1 | Jan 31, 2007 | IFC Films |
| 154 | Underground | $171,082 | - | - | - | Jun 20, 1997 | New Yorker Films |
| 155 | Our Brand Is Crisis | $166,750 | 2 | $7,970 | 1 | Mar 1, 2006 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 156 | Canadian Bacon | $163,971 | 14 | $53,349 | 14 | Sep 22, 1995 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 157 | In My Country | $163,893 | 15 | $22,383 | 9 | Mar 11, 2005 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 158 | Citizen Koch | $153,908 | 24 | $10,200 | 1 | Jun 6, 2014 | Variance Films |
| 159 | Brothers at War | $153,148 | 18 | $33,142 | 7 | Mar 13, 2009 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 160 | Michael Moore in TrumpLand | $149,090 | 51 | $50,200 | 2 | Oct 19, 2016 | - |
| 161 | Deterrence | $145,071 | 17 | $23,318 | 7 | Mar 10, 2000 | Paramount Classics |
| 162 | Flow: For Love of Water | $142,569 | 11 | $3,644 | 1 | Mar 21, 2008 | Oscilloscope |
| 163 | Waco: The Rules of Engagement | $142,193 | 5 | - | - | Feb 28, 1997 | - |
| 164 | A Perfect Candidate | $134,485 | 8 | $11,448 | 1 | Jun 19, 1996 | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 165 | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare | $126,238 | 12 | $30,953 | 12 | Oct 5, 2012 | Roadside Attractions |
| 166 | The Last Mountain | $122,961 | 7 | $17,570 | 2 | Jun 3, 2011 | Dada Films |
| 167 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $122,011 | 4 | - | - | Jun 18, 2004 | First Run |
| 168 | Fidel | $121,304 | 2 | $19,320 | 2 | Oct 18, 2002 | First Run |
| 169 | The Undefeated | $116,381 | 14 | $65,132 | 10 | Jul 15, 2011 | Arc Entertainment |
| 170 | The Obama Effect | $110,904 | 25 | $83,896 | 25 | Jul 13, 2012 | Arc Entertainment |
| 171 | In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed | $110,577 | 15 | $46,975 | 6 | Oct 1, 2004 | - |
| 172 | The Brink | $106,057 | 124 | $18,063 | 4 | Mar 28, 2019 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 173 | Butter | $105,018 | 90 | $70,931 | 90 | Oct 5, 2012 | RADiUS-TWC |
| 174 | Al Franken: God Spoke | $102,990 | 10 | $10,533 | 2 | Sep 13, 2006 | Balcony Releasing |
| 175 | Shadow Dancer | $100,616 | 14 | $10,672 | 2 | May 31, 2013 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 176 | Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die | $93,000 | 116 | $93,000 | 116 | Oct 22, 2004 | Citizens United |
| 177 | The Unforeseen | $90,287 | 3 | $2,496 | 1 | Feb 29, 2008 | The Cinema Guild |
| 178 | America: Freedom to Fascism | $87,400 | 10 | $61,200 | 10 | Jul 28, 2006 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 179 | Hating Breitbart | $81,432 | 8 | $40,673 | 4 | Oct 19, 2012 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 180 | The Nile Hilton Incident | $81,089 | 9 | $8,183 | 2 | Aug 11, 2017 | Strand Releasing |
| 181 | Shoot Down | $74,421 | 21 | $49,182 | 21 | Jan 25, 2008 | Magic Lamp |
| 182 | Body of War | $71,716 | 5 | $3,321 | 1 | Mar 7, 2008 | - |
| 183 | Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire | $68,249 | 4 | $1,848 | 1 | May 13, 2005 | California Newsreel |
| 184 | Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story | $60,332 | 10 | $10,939 | 2 | Sep 26, 2008 | InterPositive Media |
| 185 | Voices of Iraq | $57,999 | 12 | $30,634 | 12 | Oct 29, 2004 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 186 | Ballot Measure 9 | $53,819 | 1 | $8,143 | 1 | Mar 31, 1995 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 187 | Occupy Unmasked | $52,768 | 4 | $40,952 | 4 | Sep 21, 2012 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 188 | The Yes Men Are Revolting | $50,190 | 20 | $12,462 | 10 | Jun 12, 2015 | The Orchard |
| 189 | Feed | $45,488 | 1 | $11,448 | 1 | Oct 7, 1992 | Original Cinema |
| 190 | There's No Place Like Utopia | $45,254 | 5 | $30,710 | 1 | Jul 18, 2014 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 191 | Granito | $43,942 | 5 | $4,330 | 1 | Sep 14, 2011 | International Film Circuit |
| 192 | Tying the Knot | $40,576 | 8 | $24,517 | 8 | Oct 1, 2004 | IDP Distribution |
| 193 | Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? | $35,397 | 1 | $6,742 | 1 | Jul 27, 2006 | At Risk Films |
| 194 | Your Mommy Kills Animals! | $34,000 | 1 | $34,000 | 1 | Jul 20, 2007 | Halo8 Releasing |
| 195 | My Country, My Country | $33,620 | 4 | $3,546 | 1 | Aug 4, 2006 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 196 | WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception | $30,210 | 4 | $4,216 | 3 | Dec 3, 2004 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 197 | The Best Democracy Money Can Buy | $29,500 | 4 | $9,511 | 1 | Sep 23, 2016 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 198 | Earth Days | $26,748 | 5 | $2,408 | 1 | Aug 14, 2009 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 199 | Lake of Fire | $25,317 | 9 | $2,559 | 1 | Oct 3, 2007 | THINKFilm |
| 200 | Giuliani Time | $21,967 | 2 | $8,661 | 1 | May 12, 2006 | Cinema Libre Studio |
