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Documentary box office · Week 42 · Oct 9–15, 2016

Documentary Box Office, Week 42 of 2016: Documentary Releases of Oct 9–15

Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 42 of 2016 (Oct 9–15), with $23.6M worldwide, ahead of Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story (2016) at $1.2M and Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang (2016) at $277.8K. 6 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $25.3M in all, 94% of it from the US & Canada. By language, English leads with $24.1M across 5 documentary releases.

week 42 releases with a gross
6
combined worldwide
$25.3M
Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016), the #1
$23.6M
earned in the US & Canada
94%
Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016) movie poster #1 of 6
#1 documentary movie of Week 42, 2016

Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016)

2016 · Comedy, Documentary

$23.6M worldwide · 93% of the chart's total

$23.6M US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
Top 5

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 42 of 2016?

Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016) leads with $23.6M, 93% of the total. The top 5 together took $25.2M, 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. Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016) movie poster Number 1
    $23.6M Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016)
    $23.6M US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  2. Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story (2016) movie poster Number 2
    $1.2M Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story (2016)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang (2016) movie poster Number 3
    $277.8K Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang (2016)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  4. Tower (2016) movie poster Number 4
    $102K Tower (2016)
    $102K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  5. Warren Miller’s Here, There & Everywhere (2016) movie poster Number 5
    $96.4K Warren Miller’s Here, There & Everywhere (2016)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 42 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 42 of 2016 (Oct 9–15).

  1. 1 Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016) movie poster
    Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016) Oct 14, 2016 · English · Comedy, Documentary $23.6M worldwide
    Oct 14, 2016 US and Canada: $23.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $23.6M
  2. 2 Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story (2016) movie poster
    Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story (2016) Oct 10, 2016 · Italian · Documentary $1.2M worldwide
    Oct 10, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2M
  3. 3 Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang (2016) movie poster
    Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang (2016) Oct 14, 2016 · English · Documentary $277.8K worldwide
    Oct 14, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $277.8K
  4. 4 Tower (2016) movie poster
    Tower (2016) Oct 12, 2016 · English · History, Crime, Animation $102K worldwide
    Oct 12, 2016 US and Canada: $102K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $102K
  5. 5 Warren Miller’s Here, There & Everywhere (2016) movie poster
    Warren Miller’s Here, There & Everywhere (2016) Oct 14, 2016 · English · Action, Documentary $96.4K worldwide
    Oct 14, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $96.4K
  6. 6 George Best: All by Himself (2016) movie poster
    George Best: All by Himself (2016) Oct 14, 2016 · English · Documentary $63.1K worldwide
    Oct 14, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $63.1K
Earlier years

How Does Week 42 of 2016 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 42, 2010 earned the most: $178.1M from 1 film, led by Jackass 3-D (2010). Week 42, 2016 took $25.3M.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 42, 2007 Oct 14–20 3 films 3 $10.9M – Once Upon a Time in Norway (2007) $10.6M
Week 42, 2008 Oct 12–18 3 films · −60% 3 $4.4M −60% The Meerkats (2008) $4.1M
Week 42, 2009 Oct 11–17 2 films · −65% 2 $1.5M −65% Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution (2009) $1.5M
Week 42, 2010 Oct 10–16 1 film · +11561% 1 $178.1M +11561% Jackass 3-D (2010) $178.1M
Week 42, 2011 Oct 9–15 7 films · −99% 7 $1.1M −99% To Be Heard (2011) $813.4K
Week 42, 2012 Oct 14–20 5 films · −73% 5 $299.2K −73% Brooklyn Castle (2012) $219.4K
Week 42, 2013 Oct 13–19 7 films · +3947% 7 $12.1M +3947% The Fifth Estate (2013) $9.1M
Week 42, 2014 Oct 12–18 3 films · −99% 3 $146.8K −99% Stations of the Elevated (2014) $74.5K
Week 42, 2015 Oct 11–17 7 films · +415% 7 $756.5K +415% I Believe in Miracles (2015) $239.8K
Week 42, 2016 Oct 9–15 6 films · +3246% 6 $25.3M +3246% Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016) $23.6M
FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 42 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 42 of 2016 (Oct 9–15)?

Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016) leads with $23.6M worldwide, $23.6M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story (2016) at $1.2M and Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang (2016) at $277.8K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 42 of 2016 (Oct 9–15) earn?

6 documentary films released in week 42 of 2016 (Oct 9–15) report a worldwide gross, $25.3M in all, or $4.2M per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 42 of 2016 (Oct 9–15) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016), earned $23.6M.

How much of the Week 42, 2016 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$23.7M of the $25.3M total, or 94%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 4 films of the 6 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 42, 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 42 of 2016 (Oct 9–15). 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 42, 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.