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Documentary box office · Week 17 · Apr 17–23, 2016

Documentary Box Office, Week 17 of 2016: Documentary Releases of Apr 17–23

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 17 of 2016 (Apr 17–23), with $746.9K worldwide, ahead of Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan (2016) at $93.7K and Lucha: Playing the Impossible (2016) at $44.9K. 4 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $921.8K in all, 4% of it from the US & Canada.

week 17 releases with a gross
4
combined worldwide
$921.8K
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016), the #1
$746.9K
earned in the US & Canada
4%
Top 4

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 17 of 2016?

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) leads with $746.9K, 81% of the total. The top 4 together took $921.8K, 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.

  1. Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) movie poster Number 1
    $746.9K Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  2. Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan (2016) movie poster Number 2
    $93.7K Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan (2016)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. Lucha: Playing the Impossible (2016) movie poster Number 3
    $44.9K Lucha: Playing the Impossible (2016)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  4. How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change (2016) movie poster Number 4
    $36.4K How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change (2016)
    $36.4K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 17 of 2016, 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 17 of 2016 (Apr 17–23).

  1. 1 Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) movie poster
    Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) Apr 23, 2016 · English · Documentary, Music $746.9K worldwide
    Apr 23, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $746.9K
  2. 2 Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan (2016) movie poster
    Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan (2016) Apr 21, 2016 · Italian · Documentary $93.7K worldwide
    Apr 21, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $93.7K
  3. 3 Lucha: Playing the Impossible (2016) movie poster
    Lucha: Playing the Impossible (2016) Apr 21, 2016 · Spanish · Documentary $44.9K worldwide
    Apr 21, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $44.9K
  4. 4 How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change (2016) movie poster
    How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change (2016) Apr 20, 2016 · English · Documentary $36.4K worldwide
    Apr 20, 2016 US and Canada: $36.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $36.4K
Weeks around it

How Does Week 17 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 17 releases took $921.8K. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 18 (Apr 24–30) with $29.2M, led by A Beautiful Planet (2016).

  1. Week 11 Wk 11 Mar 6–12 City of Gold (2016) $722.5K City of Gold (2016)
  2. Week 12 Wk 12 Mar 13–19 Trabantem do posledního dechu (2016) $79.1K Trabantem do posledního dechu (2016)
  3. Week 13 Wk 13 Mar 20–26 Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016) $63.2K Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016)
  4. Week 14 Wk 14 Mar 27–Apr 2 Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe (2016) $2.3M Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe (2016)
  5. Week 15 Wk 15 Apr 3–9 Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt (2016) $109.2K Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt (2016)
  6. Week 16 Wk 16 Apr 10–16 The First Monday in May (2016) $1.7M The First Monday in May (2016)
  7. Week 17 Wk 17 Apr 17–23 Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) $921.8K Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)
  8. Week 18 Wk 18 Apr 24–30 A Beautiful Planet (2016) $29.2M A Beautiful Planet (2016)
  9. Week 19 Wk 19 May 1–7 Bobby Sands: 66 Days (2016) $432.7K Bobby Sands: 66 Days (2016)
Earlier years

How Does Week 17 of 2016 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 17, 2010 earned the most: $83.3M from 6 films, led by Oceans (2010). Week 17, 2016 took $921.8K.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 17, 2007 Apr 22–28 2 films 2 $294.9K – O Mundo em Duas Voltas (2007) $225.1K
Week 17, 2008 Apr 20–26 5 films · +376% 5 $1.4M +376% Up the Yangtze (2008) $1M
Week 17, 2009 Apr 19–25 1 film · −31% 1 $964.9K −31% Tyson (2009) $964.9K
Week 17, 2010 Apr 18–24 6 films · +8534% 6 $83.3M +8534% Oceans (2010) $83.1M
Week 17, 2011 Apr 17–23 5 films · −58% 5 $34.6M −58% African Cats (2011) $30.9M
Week 17, 2012 Apr 22–28 2 films · −100% 2 $23.5K −100% Payback (2012) $18K
Week 17, 2013 Apr 21–27 No films 0 – – –
Week 17, 2014 Apr 20–26 3 films 3 $68.3K – Next Goal Wins (2014) $43.1K
Week 17, 2015 Apr 19–25 5 films · +1421% 5 $1M +1421% Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015) $686.4K
Week 17, 2016 Apr 17–23 4 films · −11% 4 $921.8K −11% Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) $746.9K
Archive

Documentary Box Office in 2016, Week by Week

53 weeks of 2016 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 18 (Apr 24–30) with $29.2M, led by A Beautiful Planet (2016).

FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 17 of 2016: 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 17 of 2016 (Apr 17–23)?

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) leads with $746.9K worldwide. Next come Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan (2016) at $93.7K and Lucha: Playing the Impossible (2016) at $44.9K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 17 of 2016 (Apr 17–23) earn?

4 documentary films released in week 17 of 2016 (Apr 17–23) report a worldwide gross, $921.8K in all, or $230.5K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 17 of 2016 (Apr 17–23) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016), earned $746.9K.

How much of the Week 17, 2016 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$36.4K of the $921.8K total, or 4%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 3 films of the 4 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 17, 2016 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 17 of 2016 (Apr 17–23). 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 17, 2016 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.