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Documentary box office · Week 43 · Oct 17–23, 2004

Documentary Box Office, Week 43 of 2004: Documentary Releases of Oct 17–23

Lightning in a Bottle (2004) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 43 of 2004 (Oct 17–23), with $201.7K worldwide, ahead of Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die (2004) at $93K and Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank (2004) at $27.1K. 3 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $321.8K in all, 100% of it from the US & Canada.

week 43 releases with a gross
3
combined worldwide
$321.8K
Lightning in a Bottle (2004), the #1
$201.7K
earned in the US & Canada
100%
Lightning in a Bottle (2004) movie poster #1 of 3
#1 documentary movie of Week 43, 2004

Lightning in a Bottle (2004)

2004 · Music, Documentary

$201.7K worldwide · 63% of the chart's total

$201.7K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
Top 3

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 43 of 2004?

Lightning in a Bottle (2004) leads with $201.7K, 63% of the total. The top 3 together took $321.8K, 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.

  1. Lightning in a Bottle (2004) movie poster Number 1
    $201.7K Lightning in a Bottle (2004)
    $201.7K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  2. Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die (2004) movie poster Number 2
    $93K Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die (2004)
    $93K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  3. Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank (2004) movie poster Number 3
    $27.1K Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank (2004)
    $27.1K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 43 of 2004, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 43 of 2004 (Oct 17–23).

  1. 1 Lightning in a Bottle (2004) movie poster
    Lightning in a Bottle (2004) Oct 22, 2004 · English · Music, Documentary $201.7K worldwide
    Oct 22, 2004 US and Canada: $201.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $201.7K
  2. 2 Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die (2004) movie poster
    Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die (2004) Oct 22, 2004 · War, Documentary $93K worldwide
    Oct 22, 2004 US and Canada: $93K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $93K
  3. 3 Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank (2004) movie poster
    Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank (2004) Oct 17, 2004 · English · Documentary $27.1K worldwide
    Oct 17, 2004 US and Canada: $27.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $27.1K
US & Canada vs the world

Where Did the Money Come From in Week 43 of 2004?

Of the top 3, Lightning in a Bottle (2004) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank (2004) made 0% of its gross abroad. Across all 3 films, $321.8K (100%) came from the US & Canada.

  1. 1 Lightning in a Bottle (2004) $201.7K
    $201.7K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  2. 2 Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die (2004) $93K
    $93K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  3. 3 Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank (2004) $27.1K
    $27.1K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
Weeks around it

How Does Week 43 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 43 releases took $321.8K. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 45 (Oct 31–Nov 6) with $1.7M, led by Sharks 3D (2004).

  1. Week 37 Wk 37 Sep 5–11 Salvador Allende (2004) $77.7K Salvador Allende (2004)
  2. Week 38 Wk 38 Sep 12–18 Be Here to Love Me (2004) $130K Be Here to Love Me (2004)
  3. Week 39 Wk 39 Sep 19–25 Earth from Above (2004) $827.2K Earth from Above (2004)
  4. Week 40 Wk 40 Sep 26–Oct 2 Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004) $883.7K Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004)
  5. Week 41 Wk 41 Oct 3–9 Tarnation (2004) $638.5K Tarnation (2004)
  6. Week 42 Wk 42 Oct 10–16 In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed (2004) $110.6K In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed (2004)
  7. Week 43 Wk 43 Oct 17–23 Lightning in a Bottle (2004) $321.8K Lightning in a Bottle (2004)
  8. Week 44 Wk 44 Oct 24–30 The Sky Turns (2004) $306K The Sky Turns (2004)
  9. Week 45 Wk 45 Oct 31–Nov 6 Sharks 3D (2004) $1.7M Sharks 3D (2004)
Earlier years

How Does Week 43 of 2004 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 43, 1996 earned the most: $2.8M from 1 film, led by When We Were Kings (1996). Week 43, 2004 took $321.8K.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 43, 1995 Oct 22–28 No films 0 – – –
Week 43, 1996 Oct 20–26 1 film 1 $2.8M – When We Were Kings (1996) $2.8M
Week 43, 1997 Oct 19–25 No films 0 – – –
Week 43, 1998 Oct 18–24 2 films 2 $440.6K – The Last Days (1998) $421.4K
Week 43, 1999 Oct 17–23 No films 0 – – –
Week 43, 2000 Oct 15–21 1 film 1 $187.3K – Calle 54 (2000) $187.3K
Week 43, 2001 Oct 21–27 1 film · +321% 1 $788.9K +321% Trembling Before G-d (2001) $788.9K
Week 43, 2002 Oct 20–26 1 film · −80% 1 $157.2K −80% Derrida (2002) $157.2K
Week 43, 2003 Oct 19–25 1 film · −98% 1 $3.5K −98% Sister Helen (2003) $3.5K
Week 43, 2004 Oct 17–23 3 films · +8987% 3 $321.8K +8987% Lightning in a Bottle (2004) $201.7K
Archive

Documentary Box Office in 2004, Week by Week

45 weeks of 2004 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 26 (Jun 20–26) with $222.4M, led by Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004).

FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 43 of 2004: Questions & Answers

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.

What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 43 of 2004 (Oct 17–23)?

Lightning in a Bottle (2004) leads with $201.7K worldwide, $201.7K of it in the US & Canada. Next come Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die (2004) at $93K and Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank (2004) at $27.1K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 43 of 2004 (Oct 17–23) earn?

3 documentary films released in week 43 of 2004 (Oct 17–23) report a worldwide gross, $321.8K in all, or $107.3K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 43 of 2004 (Oct 17–23) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Lightning in a Bottle (2004), earned $201.7K.

How much of the Week 43, 2004 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$321.8K of the $321.8K total, or 100%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 0 films of the 3 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 43, 2004 documentary box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?

Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 43 of 2004 (Oct 17–23). 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.

How often is the week 43, 2004 documentary box office chart updated?

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.