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Documentary box office · Week 13 · Mar 21–27, 2010

Documentary Box Office, Week 13 of 2010: Documentary Releases of Mar 21–27

Steam of Life (2010) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 13 of 2010 (Mar 21–27), with $499.5K worldwide, ahead of Waking Sleeping Beauty (2010) at $84.9K and Dancing Across Borders (2010) at $66.2K. 3 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $650.6K in all, 23% of it from the US & Canada.

week 13 releases with a gross
3
combined worldwide
$650.6K
Steam of Life (2010), the #1
$499.5K
earned in the US & Canada
23%
Steam of Life (2010) movie poster #1 of 3
#1 documentary movie of Week 13, 2010

Steam of Life (2010)

2010 · Documentary

$499.5K worldwide · 77% of the chart's total

No US & Canada figure reported
Top 3

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 13 of 2010?

Steam of Life (2010) leads with $499.5K, 77% of the total. The top 3 together took $650.6K, 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. Steam of Life (2010) movie poster Number 1
    $499.5K Steam of Life (2010)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  2. Waking Sleeping Beauty (2010) movie poster Number 2
    $84.9K Waking Sleeping Beauty (2010)
    $80.7K US & Canada · 95% $4.2K elsewhere · 5%
  3. Dancing Across Borders (2010) movie poster Number 3
    $66.2K Dancing Across Borders (2010)
    $66.2K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 13 of 2010, 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 13 of 2010 (Mar 21–27).

  1. 1 Steam of Life (2010) movie poster
    Steam of Life (2010) Mar 26, 2010 · Finnish · Documentary $499.5K worldwide
    Mar 26, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $499.5K
  2. 2 Waking Sleeping Beauty (2010) movie poster
    Waking Sleeping Beauty (2010) Mar 26, 2010 · English · Documentary $84.9K worldwide
    Mar 26, 2010 US and Canada: $80.7K Rest of the world: $4.2K Worldwide: $84.9K
  3. 3 Dancing Across Borders (2010) movie poster
    Dancing Across Borders (2010) Mar 26, 2010 · English · Documentary $66.2K worldwide
    Mar 26, 2010 US and Canada: $66.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $66.2K
Earlier years

How Does Week 13 of 2010 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 13, 2001 earned the most: $6.7M from 1 film, led by Butterfly (2001). Week 13, 2010 took $650.6K.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 13, 2001 Mar 25–31 1 film 1 $6.7M – Butterfly (2001) $6.7M
Week 13, 2002 Mar 24–30 No films 0 – – –
Week 13, 2003 Mar 23–29 2 films 2 $708.3K – Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie (2003) $604.9K
Week 13, 2004 Mar 21–27 1 film · −64% 1 $257.3K −64% Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2004) $257.3K
Week 13, 2005 Mar 20–26 2 films · +605% 2 $1.8M +605% Mondovino (2005) $1.8M
Week 13, 2006 Mar 26–Apr 1 3 films · −65% 3 $631.3K −65% The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006) $432.3K
Week 13, 2007 Mar 25–31 2 films · +6% 2 $670.7K +6% Dinosaurs Alive (2007) $638.5K
Week 13, 2008 Mar 23–29 2 films · −95% 2 $31.6K −95% Hats Off (2008) $31.3K
Week 13, 2009 Mar 22–28 3 films · +100% 3 $63.1K +100% American Swing (2009) $30.2K
Week 13, 2010 Mar 21–27 3 films · +931% 3 $650.6K +931% Steam of Life (2010) $499.5K
FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 13 of 2010: 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 13 of 2010 (Mar 21–27)?

Steam of Life (2010) leads with $499.5K worldwide. Next come Waking Sleeping Beauty (2010) at $84.9K and Dancing Across Borders (2010) at $66.2K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 13 of 2010 (Mar 21–27) earn?

3 documentary films released in week 13 of 2010 (Mar 21–27) report a worldwide gross, $650.6K in all, or $216.9K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 13 of 2010 (Mar 21–27) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Steam of Life (2010), earned $499.5K.

How much of the Week 13, 2010 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$146.9K of the $650.6K total, or 23%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 1 film of the 3 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 13, 2010 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 13 of 2010 (Mar 21–27). 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 13, 2010 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.