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Documentary box office · Week 31 · Jul 25–31, 2010

Documentary Box Office, Week 31 of 2010: Documentary Releases of Jul 25–31

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2010) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 31 of 2010 (Jul 25–31), with $10K worldwide, ahead of Smash His Camera (2010) at $3.6K and Who Killed Nancy? (2010) at $2.3K. 3 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $15.9K in all, 86% of it from the US & Canada.

week 31 releases with a gross
3
combined worldwide
$15.9K
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2010), the #1
$10K
earned in the US & Canada
86%
Top 3

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 31 of 2010?

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2010) leads with $10K, 63% of the total. The top 3 together took $15.9K, 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. Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2010) movie poster Number 1
    $10K Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2010)
    $10K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  2. Smash His Camera (2010) movie poster Number 2
    $3.6K Smash His Camera (2010)
    $3.6K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  3. Who Killed Nancy? (2010) movie poster Number 3
    $2.3K Who Killed Nancy? (2010)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 31 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 31 of 2010 (Jul 25–31).

  1. 1 Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2010) movie poster
    Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2010) Jul 30, 2010 · English · Documentary $10K worldwide
    Jul 30, 2010 US and Canada: $10K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10K
  2. 2 Smash His Camera (2010) movie poster
    Smash His Camera (2010) Jul 30, 2010 · English · Documentary $3.6K worldwide
    Jul 30, 2010 US and Canada: $3.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.6K
  3. 3 Who Killed Nancy? (2010) movie poster
    Who Killed Nancy? (2010) Jul 30, 2010 · English · Mystery, Music, Documentary $2.3K worldwide
    Jul 30, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3K
Weeks around it

How Does Week 31 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 31 releases took $15.9K. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 26 (Jun 20–26) with $1.7M, led by Restrepo (2010).

  1. Week 25 Wk 25 Jun 13–19 Stonewall Uprising (2010) $229.3K Stonewall Uprising (2010)
  2. Week 26 Wk 26 Jun 20–26 Restrepo (2010) $1.7M Restrepo (2010)
  3. Week 27 Wk 27 Jun 27–Jul 3 Great Directors (2010) $26.7K Great Directors (2010)
  4. Week 28 Wk 28 Jul 4–10 I Want Your Money (2010) $646.6K I Want Your Money (2010)
  5. Week 29 Wk 29 Jul 11–17 Maria and I (2010) $46.4K Maria and I (2010)
  6. Week 30 Wk 30 Jul 18–24 Countdown to Zero (2010) $551.9K Countdown to Zero (2010)
  7. Week 31 Wk 31 Jul 25–31 Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2010) $15.9K Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2010)
  8. Week 32 Wk 32 Aug 1–7 Mundo alas (2010) $35.6K Mundo alas (2010)
  9. Week 33 Wk 33 Aug 8–14 No reported grosses – No reported grosses
Earlier years

How Does Week 31 of 2010 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 31, 2002 earned the most: $19.2M from 1 film, led by Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat (2002). Week 31, 2010 took $15.9K.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 31, 2001 Jul 29–Aug 4 No films 0 – – –
Week 31, 2002 Jul 28–Aug 3 1 film 1 $19.2M – Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat (2002) $19.2M
Week 31, 2003 Jul 27–Aug 2 No films 0 – – –
Week 31, 2004 Jul 25–31 2 films 2 $1.3M – Festival Express (2004) $1.3M
Week 31, 2005 Jul 24–30 3 films · +431% 3 $6.8M +431% The Aristocrats (2005) $6.8M
Week 31, 2006 Jul 30–Aug 5 2 films · −99% 2 $34.6K −99% My Country, My Country (2006) $33.6K
Week 31, 2007 Jul 29–Aug 4 No films 0 – – –
Week 31, 2008 Jul 27–Aug 2 1 film 1 $4.9K – The Burning Season (2008) $4.9K
Week 31, 2009 Jul 26–Aug 1 3 films · +28479% 3 $1.4M +28479% The Cove (2009) $1.2M
Week 31, 2010 Jul 25–31 3 films · −99% 3 $15.9K −99% Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2010) $10K
Archive

Documentary Box Office in 2010, Week by Week

45 weeks of 2010 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 42 (Oct 10–16) with $178.1M, led by Jackass 3-D (2010).

FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 31 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 31 of 2010 (Jul 25–31)?

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2010) leads with $10K worldwide, $10K of it in the US & Canada. Next come Smash His Camera (2010) at $3.6K and Who Killed Nancy? (2010) at $2.3K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 31 of 2010 (Jul 25–31) earn?

3 documentary films released in week 31 of 2010 (Jul 25–31) report a worldwide gross, $15.9K in all, or $5.3K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 31 of 2010 (Jul 25–31) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2010), earned $10K.

How much of the Week 31, 2010 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$13.6K of the $15.9K total, or 86%, 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 31, 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 31 of 2010 (Jul 25–31). 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 31, 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.