#1 of 3 #1 documentary movie of Week 43, 2015
2015 · Documentary
$495.9K worldwide · 80% of the chart's total
$420.8K US & Canada · 85% $75.1K elsewhere · 15%
Documentary box office · Week 43 · Oct 18–24, 2015
Documentary Box Office, Week 43 of 2015: Documentary Releases of Oct 18–24
Heart of a Dog (2015) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 43 of 2015 (Oct 18–24), with $495.9K worldwide, ahead of The Pearl Button (2015) at $119.8K and Hurricane (2015) at $8K. 3 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $623.6K in all, 74% of it from the US & Canada.
- week 43 releases with a gross
- 3
- combined worldwide
- $623.6K
- Heart of a Dog (2015), the #1
- $495.9K
- earned in the US & Canada
- 74%
#1 of 3 Top 3
What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 43 of 2015?
Heart of a Dog (2015) leads with $495.9K, 80% of the total. The top 3 together took $623.6K, 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.
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Number 3
US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
The chart
Every Documentary Release of Week 43 of 2015, 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 43 of 2015 (Oct 18–24).
- 1 Oct 21, 2015 US and Canada: $420.8K Rest of the world: $75.1K Worldwide: $495.9K
- 2 Oct 23, 2015 US and Canada: $42.2K Rest of the world: $77.6K Worldwide: $119.8K
- 3 Oct 22, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8K
Weeks around it
How Does Week 43 Compare With the Weeks Around It?
Week 43 releases took $623.6K. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 41 (Oct 4–10) with $26.3M, led by Twenty Two (2015).
- Week 37 Wk 37 Sep 6–12 Meet the Patels (2015) $1.8M Meet the Patels (2015)
- Week 38 Wk 38 Sep 13–19 Songs from the North (2015) $862.6K Songs from the North (2015)
- Week 39 Wk 39 Sep 20–26 Unbranded (2015) $1.2M Unbranded (2015)
- Week 40 Wk 40 Sep 27–Oct 3 He Named Me Malala (2015) $4.7M He Named Me Malala (2015)
- Week 41 Wk 41 Oct 4–10 Twenty Two (2015) $26.3M Twenty Two (2015)
- Week 42 Wk 42 Oct 11–17 I Believe in Miracles (2015) $756.5K I Believe in Miracles (2015)
- Week 43 Wk 43 Oct 18–24 Heart of a Dog (2015) $623.6K Heart of a Dog (2015)
- Week 44 Wk 44 Oct 25–31 The Royal Road (2015) $5.5M The Royal Road (2015)
- Week 45 Wk 45 Nov 1–7 Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (2015) $1.3M Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (2015)
Earlier years
How Does Week 43 of 2015 Compare With Earlier Years?
Of these 10 years, Week 43, 2013 earned the most: $152.3M from 6 films, led by Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013). Week 43, 2015 took $623.6K.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 43, 2006 Oct 22–28 4 films | 4 | $630.1K | – | The Bridge (2006) $205.7K |
| Week 43, 2007 Oct 21–27 4 films · +277% | 4 | $2.4M | +277% | A Summer in the Cage (2007) $2.1M |
| Week 43, 2008 Oct 19–25 2 films · −82% | 2 | $434.6K | −82% | Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains (2008) $412.8K |
| Week 43, 2009 Oct 18–24 3 films · −50% | 3 | $216.5K | −50% | Killing Kasztner (2009) $112.3K |
| Week 43, 2010 Oct 17–23 2 films · −84% | 2 | $34.5K | −84% | Boxing Gym (2010) $32.5K |
| Week 43, 2011 Oct 16–22 5 films · +3407% | 5 | $1.2M | +3407% | Klitschko (2011) $706.5K |
| Week 43, 2012 Oct 21–27 4 films · −82% | 4 | $222.7K | −82% | Nowhere Home (2012) $119.6K |
| Week 43, 2013 Oct 20–26 6 films · +68301% | 6 | $152.3M | +68301% | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013) $151.8M |
| Week 43, 2014 Oct 19–25 3 films · −95% | 3 | $7.4M | −95% | Citizenfour (2014) $3.8M |
| Week 43, 2015 Oct 18–24 3 films · −92% | 3 | $623.6K | −92% | Heart of a Dog (2015) $495.9K |
Archive
Documentary Box Office in 2015, Week by Week
50 weeks of 2015 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 29 (Jul 12–18) with $40.3M, led by Northern Limit Line (2015).
- Week 1 $54.3K
- Week 2 $35.7K
- Week 3 $17.2K
- Week 4 $700.4K
- Week 5 $2.8M
- Week 6 $3.6M
- Week 7 $18.9K
- Week 8 $952K
- Week 9 $1.5M
- Week 10 $498.8K
- Week 11 $5.7M
- Week 12 No grosses
- Week 13 $6M
- Week 14 $185K
- Week 15 $1.8M
- Week 16 $16.9M
- Week 17 $1M
- Week 18 $1.7M
- Week 19 $122.7K
- Week 20 $41.2K
- Week 21 $33.2M
- Week 22 $11.9K
- Week 23 $41.9K
- Week 24 $1.6M
- Week 25 $97K
- Week 26 $86.8K
- Week 27 $24.9M
- Week 28 $742.1K
- Week 29 $40.3M
- Week 30 $8.3K
- Week 31 $2.8M
- Week 32 $1.9K
- Week 33 $553K
- Week 34 $961.2K
- Week 35 $2.2M
- Week 36 $1.2M
- Week 37 $1.8M
- Week 38 $862.6K
- Week 39 $1.2M
- Week 40 $4.7M
- Week 41 $26.3M
- Week 42 $756.5K
- Week 43 $623.6K
- Week 44 $5.5M
- Week 45 $1.3M
- Week 46 $222.9K
- Week 47 $126.8K
- Week 48 $2.4M
- Week 49 $499.2K
- Week 50 No grosses
- Week 51 $168.2K
- Week 52 $4.8M
- Week 53 No grosses
FAQ
Documentary Box Office Week 43 of 2015: 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 43 of 2015 (Oct 18–24)?
Heart of a Dog (2015) leads with $495.9K worldwide, $420.8K of it in the US & Canada. Next come The Pearl Button (2015) at $119.8K and Hurricane (2015) at $8K.
How much did documentary movies released in week 43 of 2015 (Oct 18–24) earn?
3 documentary films released in week 43 of 2015 (Oct 18–24) report a worldwide gross, $623.6K in all, or $207.9K per film on average.
How many documentary movies released in week 43 of 2015 (Oct 18–24) made $1 billion?
None. The biggest, Heart of a Dog (2015), earned $495.9K.
How is the week 43, 2015 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 43 of 2015 (Oct 18–24). 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 43, 2015 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.