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Documentary box office · Week 51 · Dec 11–17, 2011

Documentary Box Office, Week 51 of 2011: Documentary Releases of Dec 11–17

Addiction Incorporated (2011) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 51 of 2011 (Dec 11–17), with $40.1K worldwide, ahead of Sleepless Nights Stories (2011) at $10.5K and Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011) at $7K. 3 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $57.6K in all, 82% of it from the US & Canada.

week 51 releases with a gross
3
combined worldwide
$57.6K
Addiction Incorporated (2011), the #1
$40.1K
earned in the US & Canada
82%
Addiction Incorporated (2011) movie poster #1 of 3
#1 documentary movie of Week 51, 2011

Addiction Incorporated (2011)

2011 · Biography, Documentary

$40.1K worldwide · 70% of the chart's total

$40.1K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
Top 3

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 51 of 2011?

Addiction Incorporated (2011) leads with $40.1K, 70% of the total. The top 3 together took $57.6K, 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. Addiction Incorporated (2011) movie poster Number 1
    $40.1K Addiction Incorporated (2011)
    $40.1K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  2. Sleepless Nights Stories (2011) movie poster Number 2
    $10.5K Sleepless Nights Stories (2011)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011) movie poster Number 3
    $7K Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
    $7K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 51 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 51 of 2011 (Dec 11–17).

  1. 1 Addiction Incorporated (2011) movie poster
    Addiction Incorporated (2011) Dec 14, 2011 · English · Biography, Documentary $40.1K worldwide
    Dec 14, 2011 US and Canada: $40.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $40.1K
  2. 2 Sleepless Nights Stories (2011) movie poster
    Sleepless Nights Stories (2011) Dec 16, 2011 · English · Documentary $10.5K worldwide
    Dec 16, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.5K
  3. 3 Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011) movie poster
    Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011) Dec 15, 2011 · English · Documentary $7K worldwide
    Dec 15, 2011 US and Canada: $7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7K
Earlier years

How Does Week 51 of 2011 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 51, 2004 earned the most: $15.3M from 1 film, led by The Last Trapper (2004). Week 51, 2011 took $57.6K.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 51, 2002 Dec 15–21 1 film 1 $4.2K – The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (2002) $4.2K
Week 51, 2003 Dec 14–20 2 films · +121301% 2 $5.1M +121301% The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003) $5M
Week 51, 2004 Dec 12–18 1 film · +200% 1 $15.3M +200% The Last Trapper (2004) $15.3M
Week 51, 2005 Dec 11–17 No films 0 – – –
Week 51, 2006 Dec 17–23 1 film 1 $16.1K – Matthew Barney: No Restraint (2006) $16.1K
Week 51, 2007 Dec 16–22 3 films · +2702% 3 $452.2K +2702% Steep (2007) $318.8K
Week 51, 2008 Dec 14–20 1 film · +294% 1 $1.8M +294% The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (2008) $1.8M
Week 51, 2009 Dec 13–19 No films 0 – – –
Week 51, 2010 Dec 12–18 No films 0 – – –
Week 51, 2011 Dec 11–17 3 films 3 $57.6K – Addiction Incorporated (2011) $40.1K
FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 51 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 3 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 51 of 2011 (Dec 11–17)?

Addiction Incorporated (2011) leads with $40.1K worldwide, $40.1K of it in the US & Canada. Next come Sleepless Nights Stories (2011) at $10.5K and Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011) at $7K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 51 of 2011 (Dec 11–17) earn?

3 documentary films released in week 51 of 2011 (Dec 11–17) report a worldwide gross, $57.6K in all, or $19.2K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 51 of 2011 (Dec 11–17) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Addiction Incorporated (2011), earned $40.1K.

How much of the Week 51, 2011 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$47.1K of the $57.6K total, or 82%, 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 51, 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 51 of 2011 (Dec 11–17). 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 51, 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.