The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in December 2003, with $5M worldwide, ahead of Power Trip (2003) at $39.4K and Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection (2003) at $6.2K. 3 documentary films released in December 2003 report a worldwide gross, $5.1M in all, 83% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 56% on November 2003, whose releases took $11.5M.
#1 of 3 The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003)
2003 · War, Documentary
$5M worldwide · 99% of the chart's total
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003) leads with $5M, 99% of the total. The top 3 together took $5.1M, almost all of what the 3 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 3 US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in December 2003.
Dec 19, 2003 · English · War, Documentary $5M worldwide Dec 17, 2003 US and Canada: $39.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $39.4K 
Dec 5, 2003 · Arabic · Documentary $6.2K worldwide Of the top 3, Power Trip (2003) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection (2003) made 39% of its gross abroad. Across all 3 films, $4.2M (83%) came from the US & Canada.
Films released in week 51 (Dec 14–20) took $5.1M, led by The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003). Each column links to that week's chart; weeks are Sunday to Saturday.
Of these 10 years, December 2003 earned the most: $5.1M from 3 films, led by The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003).
| Month | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1994 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| December 1995 5 films | 5 | $3.8M | – | Born to Be Wild (1995) $3.7M |
| December 1996 1 film · −100% | 1 | $3.2K | −100% | Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996) $3.2K |
| December 1997 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| December 1998 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| December 1999 1 film | 1 | $507.9K | – | Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) $507.9K |
| December 2000 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| December 2001 1 film | 1 | $968 | – | Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (2001) $968 |
| December 2002 1 film · +332% | 1 | $4.2K | +332% | The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (2002) $4.2K |
| December 2003 3 films · +121448% | 3 | $5.1M | +121448% | The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003) $5M |
The months of 2003 with their totals: April leads with $42.8M, led by Ghosts of the Abyss (2003).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 3 films as the chart.
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003) leads with $5M worldwide, $4.2M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Power Trip (2003) at $39.4K and Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection (2003) at $6.2K.
3 documentary films released in December 2003 report a worldwide gross, $5.1M in all, or $1.7M per film on average. November 2003 releases took $11.5M.
None. The biggest, The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003), earned $5M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in December 2003. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.
