How much of the Week 30, 2012 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$548.1K of the $988.9K total, or 55%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 3 films of the 5 report no domestic figure.

Documentary box office · Week 30 · Jul 22–28, 2012

Documentary Box Office, Week 30 of 2012: Documentary Releases of Jul 22–28

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 30 of 2012 (Jul 22–28), with $881.7K worldwide, ahead of Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation (2012) at $49.9K and Abendland (2012) at $40.1K. 5 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $988.9K in all, 55% of it from the US & Canada. By language, English leads with $932.8K across 3 documentary releases.

week 30 releases with a gross: 5
combined worldwide: $988.9K
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012), the #1: $881.7K
earned in the US & Canada: 55%

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012) movie poster

#1 of 5

#1 documentary movie of Week 30, 2012

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)

2012 · Documentary

$881.7K worldwide · 89% of the chart's total

$534.1K US & Canada · 61% $347.6K elsewhere · 39%

Top 5

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 30 of 2012?

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012) leads with $881.7K, 89% of the total. The top 5 together took $988.9K, almost all of what the 5 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

Number 1

$881.7K Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)
$534.1K US & Canada · 61% $347.6K elsewhere · 39%
Number 2

$49.9K Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation (2012)
No US & Canada figure reported
Number 3

$40.1K Abendland (2012)
No US & Canada figure reported
Number 4

$16K Planet of Snail (2012)
$14K US & Canada · 87% $2K elsewhere · 13%
Number 5

$1.2K Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (2012)
No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 30 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 30 of 2012 (Jul 22–28).

1
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012) Jul 27, 2012 · English · Documentary $881.7K worldwide

Jul 27, 2012 US and Canada: $534.1K Rest of the world: $347.6K Worldwide: $881.7K
2
Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation (2012) Jul 23, 2012 · English · Documentary $49.9K worldwide

Jul 23, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $49.9K
3
Abendland (2012) Jul 27, 2012 · Documentary $40.1K worldwide

Jul 27, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $40.1K
4
Planet of Snail (2012) Jul 25, 2012 · Korean · Drama, Documentary $16K worldwide

Jul 25, 2012 US and Canada: $14K Rest of the world: $2K Worldwide: $16K
5
Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (2012) Jul 27, 2012 · English · Biography, Drama, Documentary $1.2K worldwide

Jul 27, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2K

Weeks around it

How Does Week 30 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 30 releases took $988.9K. 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 30 of 2012 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 30, 2003 earned the most: $29.5M from 2 films, led by Bugs! (2003). Week 30, 2012 took $988.9K.

Week	Films	Worldwide	Change	Biggest film
Week 30, 2003 Jul 20–26 2 films	2	$29.5M	–	Bugs! (2003) $29.4M
Week 30, 2004 Jul 18–24 3 films · −99%	3	$412.4K	−99%	This Old Cub (2004) $270K
Week 30, 2005 Jul 17–23 2 films · −99%	2	$2.9K	−99%	Making Grace (2005) $1.5K
Week 30, 2006 Jul 23–29 1 film · +2887%	1	$87.4K	+2887%	America: Freedom to Fascism (2006) $87.4K
Week 30, 2007 Jul 22–28 3 films · +1702%	3	$1.6M	+1702%	No End in Sight (2007) $1.4M
Week 30, 2008 Jul 20–26 5 films · +336%	5	$6.9M	+336%	Man on Wire (2008) $5.3M
Week 30, 2009 Jul 19–25 No films	0	–	–	–
Week 30, 2010 Jul 18–24 3 films	3	$551.9K	–	Countdown to Zero (2010) $287.7K
Week 30, 2011 Jul 17–23 2 films · +5%	2	$579.7K	+5%	Fire in Babylon (2011) $385.5K
Week 30, 2012 Jul 22–28 5 films · +71%	5	$988.9K	+71%	Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012) $881.7K

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 30 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 5 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 30 of 2012 (Jul 22–28)?

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012) leads with $881.7K worldwide, $534.1K of it in the US & Canada. Next come Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation (2012) at $49.9K and Abendland (2012) at $40.1K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 30 of 2012 (Jul 22–28) earn?

5 documentary films released in week 30 of 2012 (Jul 22–28) report a worldwide gross, $988.9K in all, or $197.8K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 30 of 2012 (Jul 22–28) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012), earned $881.7K.

How is the week 30, 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 30 of 2012 (Jul 22–28). 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 30, 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.