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Documentary box office · Week 2 · Jan 6–12, 2008

Documentary Box Office, Week 2 of 2008: Documentary Releases of Jan 6–12

The Business of Being Born (2008) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 2 of 2008 (Jan 6–12), with $70K worldwide. 1 documentary film released that week reports a worldwide gross, $70K in all, 100% of it from the US & Canada.

week 2 releases with a gross
1
combined worldwide
$70K
The Business of Being Born (2008), the #1
$70K
earned in the US & Canada
100%
The chart

The Only Documentary Release of Week 2 of 2008 With a Reported 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 2 of 2008 (Jan 6–12).

  1. 1 The Business of Being Born (2008) movie poster
    The Business of Being Born (2008) Jan 9, 2008 · English · Documentary $70K worldwide
    Jan 9, 2008 US and Canada: $70K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $70K
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Documentary Box Office Week 2 of 2008: 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 1 film as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 2 of 2008 (Jan 6–12)?

The Business of Being Born (2008) leads with $70K worldwide, $70K of it in the US & Canada.

How much did documentary movies released in week 2 of 2008 (Jan 6–12) earn?

1 documentary film released in week 2 of 2008 (Jan 6–12) reports a worldwide gross, $70K in all, or $70K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 2 of 2008 (Jan 6–12) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, The Business of Being Born (2008), earned $70K.

How much of the Week 2, 2008 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$70K of the $70K total, or 100%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 0 films of the 1 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 2, 2008 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 2 of 2008 (Jan 6–12). 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 2, 2008 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.