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Documentary box office · Week 50 · Dec 7–13, 2014

Documentary Box Office, Week 50 of 2014: Documentary Releases of Dec 7–13

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 50 of 2014 (Dec 7–13), with $16.4K worldwide, ahead of Maidan (2014) at $3.9K and We Are the Giant (2014) at $1.1K. 3 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $21.4K in all, 100% of it from the US & Canada.

week 50 releases with a gross
3
combined worldwide
$21.4K
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014), the #1
$16.4K
earned in the US & Canada
100%
Top 3

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 50 of 2014?

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) leads with $16.4K, 77% of the total. The top 3 together took $21.4K, 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. Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) movie poster Number 1
    $16.4K Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
    $16.4K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  2. Maidan (2014) movie poster Number 2
    $3.9K Maidan (2014)
    $3.9K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  3. We Are the Giant (2014) movie poster Number 3
    $1.1K We Are the Giant (2014)
    $1.1K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 50 of 2014, 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 50 of 2014 (Dec 7–13).

  1. 1 Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) movie poster
    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) Dec 10, 2014 · English · Documentary $16.4K worldwide
    Dec 10, 2014 US and Canada: $16.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $16.4K
  2. 2 Maidan (2014) movie poster
    Maidan (2014) Dec 12, 2014 · Ukrainian · Documentary $3.9K worldwide
    Dec 12, 2014 US and Canada: $3.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.9K
  3. 3 We Are the Giant (2014) movie poster
    We Are the Giant (2014) Dec 12, 2014 · Documentary $1.1K worldwide
    Dec 12, 2014 US and Canada: $1.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.1K
US & Canada vs the world

Where Did the Money Come From in Week 50 of 2014?

Of the top 3, Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while We Are the Giant (2014) made 0% of its gross abroad. Across all 3 films, $21.4K (100%) came from the US & Canada.

  1. 1 Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) $16.4K
    $16.4K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  2. 2 Maidan (2014) $3.9K
    $3.9K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  3. 3 We Are the Giant (2014) $1.1K
    $1.1K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
Weeks around it

How Does Week 50 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 50 releases took $21.4K. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 44 (Oct 26–Nov 1) with $3.2M, led by Warsaw Uprising (2014).

  1. Week 44 Wk 44 Oct 26–Nov 1 Warsaw Uprising (2014) $3.2M Warsaw Uprising (2014)
  2. Week 45 Wk 45 Nov 2–8 On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter (2014) $1.1M On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter (2014)
  3. Week 46 Wk 46 Nov 9–15 The Circle (2014) $2.4M The Circle (2014)
  4. Week 47 Wk 47 Nov 16–22 Monk With a Camera (2014) $72.4K Monk With a Camera (2014)
  5. Week 48 Wk 48 Nov 23–29 25 to Life (2014) $853.6K 25 to Life (2014)
  6. Week 49 Wk 49 Nov 30–Dec 6 Concerning Violence (2014) $12.8K Concerning Violence (2014)
  7. Week 50 Wk 50 Dec 7–13 Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) $21.4K Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
  8. Week 51 Wk 51 Dec 14–20 Arvydas Sabonis 11 (2014) $183.9K Arvydas Sabonis 11 (2014)
  9. Week 52 Wk 52 Dec 21–27 Streif: One Hell of a Ride (2014) $1.8M Streif: One Hell of a Ride (2014)
Earlier years

How Does Week 50 of 2014 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 50, 2005 earned the most: $5M from 1 film, led by The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear (2005). Week 50, 2014 took $21.4K.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 50, 2005 Dec 4–10 1 film 1 $5M – The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear (2005) $5M
Week 50, 2006 Dec 10–16 No films 0 – – –
Week 50, 2007 Dec 9–15 2 films 2 $1.6M – Nanking (2007) $1.6M
Week 50, 2008 Dec 7–13 1 film · −94% 1 $89.5K −94% Throw Down Your Heart (2008) $89.5K
Week 50, 2009 Dec 6–12 No films 0 – – –
Week 50, 2010 Dec 5–11 2 films 2 $52K – Saint Misbehavin’: The Wavy Gravy Movie (2010) $29.9K
Week 50, 2011 Dec 4–10 1 film · +14% 1 $59.4K +14% The Extraordinary Voyage (2011) $59.4K
Week 50, 2012 Dec 9–15 2 films · −86% 2 $8.3K −86% The Loving Story (2012) $4.2K
Week 50, 2013 Dec 8–14 2 films · +2349% 2 $203.2K +2349% Liv & Ingmar (2013) $140K
Week 50, 2014 Dec 7–13 3 films · −89% 3 $21.4K −89% Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) $16.4K
Archive

Documentary Box Office in 2014, Week by Week

52 weeks of 2014 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 16 (Apr 13–19) with $21.6M, led by Bears (2014).

FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 50 of 2014: 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 50 of 2014 (Dec 7–13)?

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) leads with $16.4K worldwide, $16.4K of it in the US & Canada. Next come Maidan (2014) at $3.9K and We Are the Giant (2014) at $1.1K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 50 of 2014 (Dec 7–13) earn?

3 documentary films released in week 50 of 2014 (Dec 7–13) report a worldwide gross, $21.4K in all, or $7.1K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 50 of 2014 (Dec 7–13) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014), earned $16.4K.

How much of the Week 50, 2014 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$21.4K of the $21.4K total, or 100%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 0 films of the 3 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 50, 2014 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 50 of 2014 (Dec 7–13). 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 50, 2014 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.