#1 of 4 #1 documentary movie of Week 45, 2012
2012 · Biography, Documentary
$1.4M worldwide · 53% of the chart's total
$1.3M US & Canada · 98% $30.2K elsewhere · 2%
Documentary box office · Week 45 · Nov 4–10, 2012
Documentary Box Office, Week 45 of 2012: Documentary Releases of Nov 4–10
Chasing Ice (2012) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 45 of 2012 (Nov 4–10), with $1.4M worldwide, ahead of Burn (2012) at $1.1M and My Fathers, My Mother and Me (2012) at $102.1K. 4 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $2.6M in all, 95% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 35% on Week 44, 2012, whose releases took $3.9M.
- week 45 releases with a gross
- 4
- combined worldwide
- $2.6M
- Chasing Ice (2012), the #1
- $1.4M
- vs Week 44, 2012
- −35%
#1 of 4 Top 4
What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 45 of 2012?
Chasing Ice (2012) leads with $1.4M, 53% of the total. The top 4 together took $2.6M, 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.
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Number 4
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The chart
Every Documentary Release of Week 45 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 45 of 2012 (Nov 4–10).
- 1 Nov 9, 2012 US and Canada: $1.3M Rest of the world: $30.2K Worldwide: $1.4M
- 2 Nov 9, 2012 US and Canada: $1.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.1M
- 3 Nov 4, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $102.1K
- 4 Nov 10, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.6K
Weeks around it
How Does Week 45 Compare With the Weeks Around It?
Week 45 releases took $2.6M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 44 (Oct 28–Nov 3) with $3.9M, led by A Man's Story (2012).
- Week 39 Wk 39 Sep 23–29 Kuningas Litmanen (2012) $777.3K Kuningas Litmanen (2012)
- Week 40 Wk 40 Sep 30–Oct 6 Flight of the Butterflies (2012) $772.5K Flight of the Butterflies (2012)
- Week 41 Wk 41 Oct 7–13 The Flat (2012) $621.5K The Flat (2012)
- Week 42 Wk 42 Oct 14–20 Brooklyn Castle (2012) $299.2K Brooklyn Castle (2012)
- Week 43 Wk 43 Oct 21–27 Nowhere Home (2012) $222.7K Nowhere Home (2012)
- Week 44 Wk 44 Oct 28–Nov 3 A Man's Story (2012) $3.9M A Man's Story (2012)
- Week 45 Wk 45 Nov 4–10 Chasing Ice (2012) $2.6M Chasing Ice (2012)
- Week 46 Wk 46 Nov 11–17 Hitler's Children (2012) $28.7K Hitler's Children (2012)
- Week 47 Wk 47 Nov 18–24 The Central Park Five (2012) $326.3K The Central Park Five (2012)
Earlier years
How Does Week 45 of 2012 Compare With Earlier Years?
Of these 10 years, Week 45, 2012 earned the most: $2.6M from 4 films, led by Chasing Ice (2012).
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 45, 2003 Nov 2–8 4 films | 4 | $741.4K | – | Billabong Odyssey (2003) $345.7K |
| Week 45, 2004 Oct 31–Nov 6 2 films · +129% | 2 | $1.7M | +129% | Sharks 3D (2004) $940.4K |
| Week 45, 2005 Oct 30–Nov 5 3 films · −82% | 3 | $297.6K | −82% | Gay Sex in the 70s (2005) $249.6K |
| Week 45, 2006 Nov 5–11 2 films · −9% | 2 | $269.4K | −9% | Iraq in Fragments (2006) $240.9K |
| Week 45, 2007 Nov 4–10 5 films · +141% | 5 | $648.3K | +141% | Playing (2007) $226.8K |
| Week 45, 2008 Nov 2–8 1 film · −86% | 1 | $90.1K | −86% | Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008) $90.1K |
| Week 45, 2009 Nov 1–7 1 film · −48% | 1 | $47K | −48% | Collapse (2009) $47K |
| Week 45, 2010 Oct 31–Nov 6 2 films · +320% | 2 | $197.3K | +320% | Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010) $192.9K |
| Week 45, 2011 Oct 30–Nov 5 2 films · −31% | 2 | $136.9K | −31% | The Look (2011) $83.1K |
| Week 45, 2012 Nov 4–10 4 films · +1782% | 4 | $2.6M | +1782% | Chasing Ice (2012) $1.4M |
Archive
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).
- Week 1 $166
- Week 2 $65.3K
- Week 3 $320.5K
- Week 4 $4M
- Week 5 $14.7K
- Week 6 $1.4M
- Week 7 $69.3K
- Week 8 $132.1K
- Week 9 $123.7K
- Week 10 $2.7M
- Week 11 $717.5K
- Week 12 $913.5K
- Week 13 $4.7M
- Week 14 $34.7K
- Week 15 $71.3K
- Week 16 $62.6M
- Week 17 $23.5K
- Week 18 $1.9M
- Week 19 $174K
- Week 20 $1.3M
- Week 21 $281.4K
- Week 22 $553.4K
- Week 23 $40.8K
- Week 24 $32.3M
- Week 25 $205.7K
- Week 26 $9.7M
- Week 27 $32.7M
- Week 28 $36.5M
- Week 29 $3.1M
- Week 30 $988.9K
- Week 31 $366.7K
- Week 32 $17.4M
- Week 33 $492.6K
- Week 34 $4.8M
- Week 35 $655.6K
- Week 36 $425.7K
- Week 37 $4.5M
- Week 38 $49.1M
- Week 39 $777.3K
- Week 40 $772.5K
- Week 41 $621.5K
- Week 42 $299.2K
- Week 43 $222.7K
- Week 44 $3.9M
- Week 45 $2.6M
- Week 46 $28.7K
- Week 47 $326.3K
- Week 48 $1.3M
- Week 49 $567.1K
- Week 50 $8.3K
- Week 51 No grosses
- Week 52 $1M
- Week 53 $54.9K
FAQ
Documentary Box Office Week 45 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 4 films as the chart.
What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 45 of 2012 (Nov 4–10)?
Chasing Ice (2012) leads with $1.4M worldwide, $1.3M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Burn (2012) at $1.1M and My Fathers, My Mother and Me (2012) at $102.1K.
How much did documentary movies released in week 45 of 2012 (Nov 4–10) earn?
4 documentary films released in week 45 of 2012 (Nov 4–10) report a worldwide gross, $2.6M in all, or $643.9K per film on average. Week 44, 2012 releases took $3.9M.
How many documentary movies released in week 45 of 2012 (Nov 4–10) made $1 billion?
None. The biggest, Chasing Ice (2012), earned $1.4M.
How is the week 45, 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 45 of 2012 (Nov 4–10). 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 45, 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.