How much of the Week 26, 2012 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$3.9M of the $9.7M total, or 40%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 1 film of the 3 report no domestic figure.

Documentary box office · Week 26 · Jun 24–30, 2012

Documentary Box Office, Week 26 of 2012: Documentary Releases of Jun 24–30

Searching for Sugar Man (2012) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 26 of 2012 (Jun 24–30), with $9.4M worldwide, ahead of Neil Young Journeys (2012) at $221.1K and Interview with a Cannibal (2012) at $61K. 3 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $9.7M in all, 40% of it from the US & Canada.

week 26 releases with a gross: 3
combined worldwide: $9.7M
Searching for Sugar Man (2012), the #1: $9.4M
earned in the US & Canada: 40%

Searching for Sugar Man (2012) movie poster

#1 of 3

#1 documentary movie of Week 26, 2012

Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

2012 · Biography, Music

$9.4M worldwide · 97% of the chart's total

$3.7M US & Canada · 39% $5.7M elsewhere · 61%

Top 3

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 26 of 2012?

Searching for Sugar Man (2012) leads with $9.4M, 97% of the total. The top 3 together took $9.7M, 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.

Number 1

$9.4M Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
$3.7M US & Canada · 39% $5.7M elsewhere · 61%
Number 2

$221.1K Neil Young Journeys (2012)
$215K US & Canada · 97% $6.1K elsewhere · 3%
Number 3

$61K Interview with a Cannibal (2012)
No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 26 of 2012, 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 26 of 2012 (Jun 24–30).

1
Searching for Sugar Man (2012) Jun 29, 2012 · English · Biography, Music, Documentary $9.4M worldwide

Jun 29, 2012 US and Canada: $3.7M Rest of the world: $5.7M Worldwide: $9.4M
2
Neil Young Journeys (2012) Jun 29, 2012 · English · Music, Documentary $221.1K worldwide

Jun 29, 2012 US and Canada: $215K Rest of the world: $6.1K Worldwide: $221.1K
3
Interview with a Cannibal (2012) Jun 29, 2012 · Japanese · Documentary $61K worldwide

Jun 29, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $61K

Weeks around it

How Does Week 26 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 26 releases took $9.7M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 28 (Jul 8–14) with $36.5M, led by 2016: Obama's America (2012).

Earlier years

How Does Week 26 of 2012 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 26, 2004 earned the most: $222.4M from 1 film, led by Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004). Week 26, 2012 took $9.7M.

Week	Films	Worldwide	Change	Biggest film
Week 26, 2003 Jun 22–28 1 film	1	$2.2K	–	Hell’s Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003) $2.2K
Week 26, 2004 Jun 20–26 1 film · +10246187%	1	$222.4M	+10246187%	Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) $222.4M
Week 26, 2005 Jun 19–25 3 films · −41%	3	$132.1M	−41%	March of the Penguins (2005) $127.4M
Week 26, 2006 Jun 25–Jul 1 2 films · −99%	2	$1.8M	−99%	Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006) $1.8M
Week 26, 2007 Jun 24–30 4 films · +2042%	4	$37.8M	+2042%	Sicko (2007) $36.2M
Week 26, 2008 Jun 22–28 4 films · −99%	4	$530.2K	−99%	Café de los maestros (2008) $363.2K
Week 26, 2009 Jun 21–27 2 films · −32%	2	$359.9K	−32%	Keep Surfing (2009) $247K
Week 26, 2010 Jun 20–26 2 films · +378%	2	$1.7M	+378%	Restrepo (2010) $1.4M
Week 26, 2011 Jun 19–25 3 films · −72%	3	$475.1K	−72%	Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (2011) $268K
Week 26, 2012 Jun 24–30 3 films · +1934%	3	$9.7M	+1934%	Searching for Sugar Man (2012) $9.4M

Documentary Box Office in 2012, Week by Week

52 weeks of 2012 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 16 (Apr 15–21) with $62.6M, led by Chimpanzee (2012).

FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 26 of 2012: 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 26 of 2012 (Jun 24–30)?

Searching for Sugar Man (2012) leads with $9.4M worldwide, $3.7M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Neil Young Journeys (2012) at $221.1K and Interview with a Cannibal (2012) at $61K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 26 of 2012 (Jun 24–30) earn?

3 documentary films released in week 26 of 2012 (Jun 24–30) report a worldwide gross, $9.7M in all, or $3.2M per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 26 of 2012 (Jun 24–30) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Searching for Sugar Man (2012), earned $9.4M.

How is the week 26, 2012 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 26 of 2012 (Jun 24–30). 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 26, 2012 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.