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Documentary box office · Week 21 · May 19–25, 2013

Documentary Box Office, Week 21 of 2013: Documentary Releases of May 19–25

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 21 of 2013 (May 19–25), with $457.5K worldwide, ahead of Great White Shark (2013) at $93.5K and Barefoot in the Kitchen (2013) at $6.3K. 3 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $557.3K in all, 30% of it from the US & Canada.

week 21 releases with a gross
3
combined worldwide
$557.3K
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013), the #1
$457.5K
earned in the US & Canada
30%
Top 3

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 21 of 2013?

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013) leads with $457.5K, 82% of the total. The top 3 together took $557.3K, 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. We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013) movie poster Number 1
    $457.5K We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013)
    $166.2K US & Canada · 36% $291.3K elsewhere · 64%
  2. Great White Shark (2013) movie poster Number 2
    $93.5K Great White Shark (2013)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. Barefoot in the Kitchen (2013) movie poster Number 3
    $6.3K Barefoot in the Kitchen (2013)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 21 of 2013, 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 21 of 2013 (May 19–25).

  1. 1 We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013) movie poster
    We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013) May 24, 2013 · English · Comedy, Documentary $457.5K worldwide
    May 24, 2013 US and Canada: $166.2K Rest of the world: $291.3K Worldwide: $457.5K
  2. 2 Great White Shark (2013) movie poster
    Great White Shark (2013) May 24, 2013 · English · Documentary $93.5K worldwide
    May 24, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $93.5K
  3. 3 Barefoot in the Kitchen (2013) movie poster
    Barefoot in the Kitchen (2013) May 21, 2013 · Spanish · Documentary $6.3K worldwide
    May 21, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.3K
Weeks around it

How Does Week 21 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 21 releases took $557.3K. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 18 (Apr 28–May 4) with $80.4M, led by The Source Family (2013).

  1. Week 15 Wk 15 Apr 7–13 This Ain't California (2013) $119.9K This Ain't California (2013)
  2. Week 16 Wk 16 Apr 14–20 Unmade in China (2013) $3.7M Unmade in China (2013)
  3. Week 17 Wk 17 Apr 21–27 No reported grosses – No reported grosses
  4. Week 18 Wk 18 Apr 28–May 4 The Source Family (2013) $80.4M The Source Family (2013)
  5. Week 19 Wk 19 May 5–11 Stories We Tell (2013) $2.8M Stories We Tell (2013)
  6. Week 20 Wk 20 May 12–18 Becoming Traviata (2013) $211.8K Becoming Traviata (2013)
  7. Week 21 Wk 21 May 19–25 We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013) $557.3K We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013)
  8. Week 22 Wk 22 May 26–Jun 1 TeenAngels: El Adios 3D (2013) $244K TeenAngels: El Adios 3D (2013)
  9. Week 23 Wk 23 Jun 2–8 Dirty Wars (2013) $519.2K Dirty Wars (2013)
Earlier years

How Does Week 21 of 2013 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 21, 2006 earned the most: $50.5M from 2 films, led by An Inconvenient Truth (2006). Week 21, 2013 took $557.3K.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 21, 2004 May 16–22 2 films 2 $2.7M – Control Room (2004) $2.7M
Week 21, 2005 May 15–21 2 films · −97% 2 $71.2K −97% Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (2005) $68.2K
Week 21, 2006 May 21–27 2 films · +70742% 2 $50.5M +70742% An Inconvenient Truth (2006) $49.8M
Week 21, 2007 May 20–26 3 films · −100% 3 $234.9K −100% Calle Santa Fe (2007) $228.6K
Week 21, 2008 May 18–24 2 films · −30% 2 $163.5K −30% A Jihad for Love (2008) $105.7K
Week 21, 2009 May 17–23 3 films · +23% 3 $200.5K +23% Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land (2009) $127.1K
Week 21, 2010 May 16–22 5 films · −37% 5 $126.9K −37% Racing Dreams (2010) $65.1K
Week 21, 2011 May 15–21 3 films · +535% 3 $805.3K +535% Joschka und Herr Fischer (2011) $741.7K
Week 21, 2012 May 20–26 2 films · −65% 2 $281.4K −65% 5 Broken Cameras (2012) $146.5K
Week 21, 2013 May 19–25 3 films · +98% 3 $557.3K +98% We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013) $457.5K
Archive

Documentary Box Office in 2013, Week by Week

51 weeks of 2013 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 43 (Oct 20–26) with $152.3M, led by Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013).

FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 21 of 2013: 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 21 of 2013 (May 19–25)?

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013) leads with $457.5K worldwide, $166.2K of it in the US & Canada. Next come Great White Shark (2013) at $93.5K and Barefoot in the Kitchen (2013) at $6.3K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 21 of 2013 (May 19–25) earn?

3 documentary films released in week 21 of 2013 (May 19–25) report a worldwide gross, $557.3K in all, or $185.8K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 21 of 2013 (May 19–25) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013), earned $457.5K.

How much of the Week 21, 2013 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$166.2K of the $557.3K total, or 30%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 2 films of the 3 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 21, 2013 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 21 of 2013 (May 19–25). 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 21, 2013 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.