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Documentary box office · Week 5 · Jan 24–30, 2016

Documentary Box Office, Week 5 of 2016: Documentary Releases of Jan 24–30

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 5 of 2016 (Jan 24–30), with $365.5K worldwide, ahead of Requiem for the American Dream (2016) at $130.2K and Innocence of Memories (2016) at $59.2K. 5 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $566.7K in all, 86% of it from the US & Canada. By language, English leads with $563.1K across 4 documentary releases.

week 5 releases with a gross
5
combined worldwide
$566.7K
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016), the #1
$365.5K
earned in the US & Canada
86%
Top 5

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 5 of 2016?

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016) leads with $365.5K, 64% of the total. The top 5 together took $566.7K, almost all of what the 5 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016) movie poster Number 1
    $365.5K Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016)
    $355.1K US & Canada · 97% $10.5K elsewhere · 3%
  2. Requiem for the American Dream (2016) movie poster Number 2
    $130.2K Requiem for the American Dream (2016)
    $130.2K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  3. Innocence of Memories (2016) movie poster Number 3
    $59.2K Innocence of Memories (2016)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  4. Jim: The James Foley Story (2016) movie poster Number 4
    $8.2K Jim: The James Foley Story (2016)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  5. Porn to Be Free (2016) movie poster Number 5
    $3.6K Porn to Be Free (2016)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 5 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 5 of 2016 (Jan 24–30).

  1. 1 Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016) movie poster
    Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016) Jan 25, 2016 · English · Documentary, Music $365.5K worldwide
    Jan 25, 2016 US and Canada: $355.1K Rest of the world: $10.5K Worldwide: $365.5K
  2. 2 Requiem for the American Dream (2016) movie poster
    Requiem for the American Dream (2016) Jan 29, 2016 · English · Biography, Documentary $130.2K worldwide
    Jan 29, 2016 US and Canada: $130.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $130.2K
  3. 3 Innocence of Memories (2016) movie poster
    Innocence of Memories (2016) Jan 29, 2016 · English · Documentary $59.2K worldwide
    Jan 29, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $59.2K
  4. 4 Jim: The James Foley Story (2016) movie poster
    Jim: The James Foley Story (2016) Jan 28, 2016 · English · Documentary $8.2K worldwide
    Jan 28, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.2K
  5. 5 Porn to Be Free (2016) movie poster
    Porn to Be Free (2016) Jan 30, 2016 · Italian · Documentary, History $3.6K worldwide
    Jan 30, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.6K
Weeks around it

How Does Week 5 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 5 releases took $566.7K. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 52, 2015 (Dec 20–26) with $4.8M, led by Where to Invade Next (2015).

  1. Week 52, 2015 Wk 52 Dec 20–26 Where to Invade Next (2015) $4.8M Where to Invade Next (2015)
  2. Week 53, 2015 Wk 53 Dec 27–31 No reported grosses – No reported grosses
  3. Week 1 Wk 1 Jan 1–2 Landslide (2016) $940.9K Landslide (2016)
  4. Week 2 Wk 2 Jan 3–9 Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art (2016) $51.7K Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art (2016)
  5. Week 3 Wk 3 Jan 10–16 Tale of a Lake (2016) $1.7M Tale of a Lake (2016)
  6. Week 4 Wk 4 Jan 17–23 Doing Good (2016) $2M Doing Good (2016)
  7. Week 5 Wk 5 Jan 24–30 Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016) $566.7K Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016)
  8. Week 6 Wk 6 Jan 31–Feb 6 Ghost Ship (2016) $837.6K Ghost Ship (2016)
  9. Week 7 Wk 7 Feb 7–13 Mavis! (2016) $52.3K Mavis! (2016)
Earlier years

How Does Week 5 of 2016 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 5, 2013 earned the most: $5.8M from 5 films, led by The Gatekeepers (2013). Week 5, 2016 took $566.7K.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 5, 2007 Jan 28–Feb 3 5 films 5 $1.1M – Final Score (2007) $737.5K
Week 5, 2008 Jan 27–Feb 2 2 films · −15% 2 $957.1K −15% Citizen Havel (2008) $874.6K
Week 5, 2009 Jan 25–31 2 films · −67% 2 $311.5K −67% Pianomania (2009) $292.9K
Week 5, 2010 Jan 24–30 2 films · −88% 2 $36.6K −88% Love, Lust & Lies (2010) $18.3K
Week 5, 2011 Jan 23–29 1 film · −100% 1 $131 −100% Lemmy (2011) $131
Week 5, 2012 Jan 29–Feb 4 2 films · +11102% 2 $14.7K +11102% The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2012) $12.8K
Week 5, 2013 Jan 27–Feb 2 5 films · +39128% 5 $5.8M +39128% The Gatekeepers (2013) $2.6M
Week 5, 2014 Jan 26–Feb 1 2 films · −98% 2 $87.6K −98% 12 O'Clock Boys (2014) $82.6K
Week 5, 2015 Jan 25–31 4 films · +3142% 4 $2.8M +3142% Meru (2015) $2.3M
Week 5, 2016 Jan 24–30 5 films · −80% 5 $566.7K −80% Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016) $365.5K
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 5 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 5 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 5 of 2016 (Jan 24–30)?

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016) leads with $365.5K worldwide, $355.1K of it in the US & Canada. Next come Requiem for the American Dream (2016) at $130.2K and Innocence of Memories (2016) at $59.2K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 5 of 2016 (Jan 24–30) earn?

5 documentary films released in week 5 of 2016 (Jan 24–30) report a worldwide gross, $566.7K in all, or $113.3K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 5 of 2016 (Jan 24–30) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016), earned $365.5K.

How much of the Week 5, 2016 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$485.2K of the $566.7K total, or 86%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 3 films of the 5 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 5, 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 5 of 2016 (Jan 24–30). 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 5, 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.