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Documentary box office · Week 38 · Sep 11–17, 2016

Documentary Box Office, Week 38 of 2016: Documentary Releases of Sep 11–17

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 38 of 2016 (Sep 11–17), with $13.7M worldwide, ahead of Hillsong - Let Hope Rise (2016) at $2.6M and Paraguay, Droga y Banana (2016) at $64.1K. 6 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $16.5M in all, 32% of it from the US & Canada. That is 6.6 times the total of Week 37, 2016, whose releases took $2.5M. By language, English leads with $16.5M across 4 documentary releases.

week 38 releases with a gross
6
combined worldwide
$16.5M
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016), the #1
$13.7M
vs Week 37, 2016
×6.6
Top 5

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 38 of 2016?

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016) leads with $13.7M, 83% of the total. The top 5 together took $16.5M, almost all of what the 6 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016) movie poster Number 1
    $13.7M The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016)
    $2.9M US & Canada · 21% $10.8M elsewhere · 79%
  2. Hillsong - Let Hope Rise (2016) movie poster Number 2
    $2.6M Hillsong - Let Hope Rise (2016)
    $2.4M US & Canada · 90% $255.4K elsewhere · 10%
  3. Paraguay, Droga y Banana (2016) movie poster Number 3
    $64.1K Paraguay, Droga y Banana (2016)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  4. A Family Affair (2016) movie poster Number 4
    $61K A Family Affair (2016)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  5. The White Helmets (2016) movie poster Number 5
    $14.1K The White Helmets (2016)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 38 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 38 of 2016 (Sep 11–17).

  1. 1 The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016) movie poster
    The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016) Sep 16, 2016 · English · Music, Documentary $13.7M worldwide
    Sep 16, 2016 US and Canada: $2.9M Rest of the world: $10.8M Worldwide: $13.7M
  2. 2 Hillsong - Let Hope Rise (2016) movie poster
    Hillsong - Let Hope Rise (2016) Sep 16, 2016 · English · Music, Family, Documentary $2.6M worldwide
    Sep 16, 2016 US and Canada: $2.4M Rest of the world: $255.4K Worldwide: $2.6M
  3. 3 Paraguay, Droga y Banana (2016) movie poster
    Paraguay, Droga y Banana (2016) Sep 15, 2016 · Spanish · Documentary $64.1K worldwide
    Sep 15, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $64.1K
  4. 4 A Family Affair (2016) movie poster
    A Family Affair (2016) Sep 16, 2016 · English · Documentary $61K worldwide
    Sep 16, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $61K
  5. 5 The White Helmets (2016) movie poster
    The White Helmets (2016) Sep 16, 2016 · Documentary, Short $14.1K worldwide
    Sep 16, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.1K
  6. 6 Silicon Cowboys (2016) movie poster
    Silicon Cowboys (2016) Sep 16, 2016 · English · Documentary $8.2K worldwide
    Sep 16, 2016 US and Canada: $8.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.2K
US & Canada vs the world

Where Did the Money Come From in Week 38 of 2016?

Of the top 6, Silicon Cowboys (2016) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016) made 79% of its gross abroad. Across all 6 films, $5.3M (32%) came from the US & Canada. 3 films of the top 6 report no US & Canada figure.

  1. 1 The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016) $13.7M
    $2.9M US & Canada · 21% $10.8M elsewhere · 79%
  2. 2 Hillsong - Let Hope Rise (2016) $2.6M
    $2.4M US & Canada · 90% $255.4K elsewhere · 10%
  3. 3 Paraguay, Droga y Banana (2016) $64.1K
    No US & Canada figure reported
  4. 4 A Family Affair (2016) $61K
    No US & Canada figure reported
  5. 5 The White Helmets (2016) $14.1K
    No US & Canada figure reported
  6. 6 Silicon Cowboys (2016) $8.2K
    $8.2K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
Weeks around it

How Does Week 38 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 38 releases took $16.5M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 38 (Sep 11–17) with $16.5M, led by The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016).

  1. Week 32 Wk 32 Jul 31–Aug 6 Le Ride (2016) $41.2K Le Ride (2016)
  2. Week 33 Wk 33 Aug 7–13 The Lost Arcade (2016) $18.5K The Lost Arcade (2016)
  3. Week 34 Wk 34 Aug 14–20 Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016) $777.9K Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
  4. Week 35 Wk 35 Aug 21–27 Kate Plays Christine (2016) $27.4K Kate Plays Christine (2016)
  5. Week 36 Wk 36 Aug 28–Sep 3 Take Me Home (2016) $591.1K Take Me Home (2016)
  6. Week 37 Wk 37 Sep 4–10 Dancer (2016) $2.5M Dancer (2016)
  7. Week 38 Wk 38 Sep 11–17 The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016) $16.5M The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016)
  8. Week 39 Wk 39 Sep 18–24 Seed: The Untold Story (2016) $429.4K Seed: The Untold Story (2016)
  9. Week 40 Wk 40 Sep 25–Oct 1 Harry & Snowman (2016) $755.6K Harry & Snowman (2016)
Earlier years

How Does Week 38 of 2016 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 38, 2012 earned the most: $49.1M from 6 films, led by Switch (2012). Week 38, 2016 took $16.5M.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 38, 2007 Sep 16–22 1 film 1 $502 – A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory (2007) $502
Week 38, 2008 Sep 14–20 2 films · +66444% 2 $334.1K +66444% It’s Hard Being Loved by Jerks (2008) $305.3K
Week 38, 2009 Sep 13–19 5 films · +894% 5 $3.3M +894% The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (2009) $1.8M
Week 38, 2010 Sep 12–18 7 films · +58% 7 $5.2M +58% Catfish (2010) $3.5M
Week 38, 2011 Sep 11–17 5 films · −95% 5 $253.6K −95% Jane's Journey (2011) $217.6K
Week 38, 2012 Sep 16–22 6 films · +19252% 6 $49.1M +19252% Switch (2012) $47.2M
Week 38, 2013 Sep 15–21 5 films · −78% 5 $10.6M −78% Jerusalem (2013) $9.3M
Week 38, 2014 Sep 14–20 5 films · −75% 5 $2.6M −75% 20,000 Days on Earth (2014) $2.1M
Week 38, 2015 Sep 13–19 8 films · −67% 8 $862.6K −67% Songs from the North (2015) $689.6K
Week 38, 2016 Sep 11–17 6 films · +1817% 6 $16.5M +1817% The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016) $13.7M
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 38 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 6 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 38 of 2016 (Sep 11–17)?

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016) leads with $13.7M worldwide, $2.9M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Hillsong - Let Hope Rise (2016) at $2.6M and Paraguay, Droga y Banana (2016) at $64.1K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 38 of 2016 (Sep 11–17) earn?

6 documentary films released in week 38 of 2016 (Sep 11–17) report a worldwide gross, $16.5M in all, or $2.8M per film on average. Week 37, 2016 releases took $2.5M.

How many documentary movies released in week 38 of 2016 (Sep 11–17) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016), earned $13.7M.

How much of the Week 38, 2016 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$5.3M of the $16.5M total, or 32%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 3 films of the 6 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 38, 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 38 of 2016 (Sep 11–17). 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 38, 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.