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Documentary box office · Week 28 · Jul 3–9, 2011

Documentary Box Office, Week 28 of 2011: Documentary Releases of Jul 3–9

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 28 of 2011 (Jul 3–9), with $1.2M worldwide, ahead of Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness (2011) at $906.7K and Project Nim (2011) at $612.8K. 4 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $2.8M in all, 93% of it from the US & Canada.

week 28 releases with a gross
4
combined worldwide
$2.8M
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011), the #1
$1.2M
earned in the US & Canada
93%
Top 4

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 28 of 2011?

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011) leads with $1.2M, 43% of the total. The top 4 together took $2.8M, almost all of what the 4 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011) movie poster Number 1
    $1.2M Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011)
    $1.2M US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  2. Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness (2011) movie poster Number 2
    $906.7K Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness (2011)
    $906.7K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  3. Project Nim (2011) movie poster Number 3
    $612.8K Project Nim (2011)
    $411.2K US & Canada · 67% $201.7K elsewhere · 33%
  4. Farmageddon (2011) movie poster Number 4
    $56.6K Farmageddon (2011)
    $56.6K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 28 of 2011, 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 28 of 2011 (Jul 3–9).

  1. 1 Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011) movie poster
    Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011) Jul 8, 2011 · English · Music, Documentary $1.2M worldwide
    Jul 8, 2011 US and Canada: $1.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.2M
  2. 2 Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness (2011) movie poster
    Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness (2011) Jul 6, 2011 · English · Documentary $906.7K worldwide
    Jul 6, 2011 US and Canada: $906.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $906.7K
  3. 3 Project Nim (2011) movie poster
    Project Nim (2011) Jul 8, 2011 · English · Documentary $612.8K worldwide
    Jul 8, 2011 US and Canada: $411.2K Rest of the world: $201.7K Worldwide: $612.8K
  4. 4 Farmageddon (2011) movie poster
    Farmageddon (2011) Jul 8, 2011 · English · Documentary $56.6K worldwide
    Jul 8, 2011 US and Canada: $56.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $56.6K
US & Canada vs the world

Where Did the Money Come From in Week 28 of 2011?

Of the top 4, Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while Project Nim (2011) made 33% of its gross abroad. Across all 4 films, $2.6M (93%) came from the US & Canada.

  1. 1 Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011) $1.2M
    $1.2M US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  2. 2 Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness (2011) $906.7K
    $906.7K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  3. 3 Project Nim (2011) $612.8K
    $411.2K US & Canada · 67% $201.7K elsewhere · 33%
  4. 4 Farmageddon (2011) $56.6K
    $56.6K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
Weeks around it

How Does Week 28 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 28 releases took $2.8M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 25 (Jun 12–18) with $5.9M, led by Buck (2011).

  1. Week 22 Wk 22 May 22–28 No reported grosses – No reported grosses
  2. Week 23 Wk 23 May 29–Jun 4 The Last Mountain (2011) $275.9K The Last Mountain (2011)
  3. Week 24 Wk 24 Jun 5–11 Reindeerspotting: Escape from Santaland (2011) $674.3K Reindeerspotting: Escape from Santaland (2011)
  4. Week 25 Wk 25 Jun 12–18 Buck (2011) $5.9M Buck (2011)
  5. Week 26 Wk 26 Jun 19–25 Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (2011) $475.1K Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (2011)
  6. Week 27 Wk 27 Jun 26–Jul 2 Crime After Crime (2011) $114.1K Crime After Crime (2011)
  7. Week 28 Wk 28 Jul 3–9 Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011) $2.8M Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011)
  8. Week 29 Wk 29 Jul 10–16 Tabloid (2011) $848.3K Tabloid (2011)
  9. Week 30 Wk 30 Jul 17–23 Fire in Babylon (2011) $579.7K Fire in Babylon (2011)
Earlier years

How Does Week 28 of 2011 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 28, 2004 earned the most: $5.2M from 2 films, led by Riding Giants (2004). Week 28, 2011 took $2.8M.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 28, 2002 Jul 7–13 1 film 1 $1M – Last Dance (2002) $1M
Week 28, 2003 Jul 6–12 No films 0 – – –
Week 28, 2004 Jul 4–10 2 films 2 $5.2M – Riding Giants (2004) $3.2M
Week 28, 2005 Jul 3–9 1 film · −66% 1 $1.8M −66% Murderball (2005) $1.8M
Week 28, 2006 Jul 9–15 1 film · −100% 1 $1.2K −100% The Color of Olives (2006) $1.2K
Week 28, 2007 Jul 8–14 No films 0 – – –
Week 28, 2008 Jul 6–12 2 films 2 $112.8K – Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) $100.5K
Week 28, 2009 Jul 5–11 4 films · +1168% 4 $1.4M +1168% Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (2009) $1.1M
Week 28, 2010 Jul 4–10 3 films · −55% 3 $646.6K −55% I Want Your Money (2010) $433.6K
Week 28, 2011 Jul 3–9 4 films · +329% 4 $2.8M +329% Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011) $1.2M
Archive

Documentary Box Office in 2011, Week by Week

48 weeks of 2011 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 7 (Feb 6–12) with $99.3M, led by Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011).

FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 28 of 2011: 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 4 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 28 of 2011 (Jul 3–9)?

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011) leads with $1.2M worldwide, $1.2M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness (2011) at $906.7K and Project Nim (2011) at $612.8K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 28 of 2011 (Jul 3–9) earn?

4 documentary films released in week 28 of 2011 (Jul 3–9) report a worldwide gross, $2.8M in all, or $694.1K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 28 of 2011 (Jul 3–9) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011), earned $1.2M.

How much of the Week 28, 2011 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$2.6M of the $2.8M total, or 93%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 0 films of the 4 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 28, 2011 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 28 of 2011 (Jul 3–9). 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 28, 2011 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.