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Documentary box office · Week 22 · May 28–Jun 3, 2017

Documentary Box Office, Week 22 of 2017: Documentary Releases of May 28–Jun 3

Letters from Baghdad (2017) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 22 of 2017 (May 28–Jun 3), with $502.9K worldwide, ahead of Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk (2017) at $69.8K and For Vagina’s Sake (2017) at $42K. 4 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $617.8K in all, 70% of it from the US & Canada.

week 22 releases with a gross
4
combined worldwide
$617.8K
Letters from Baghdad (2017), the #1
$502.9K
earned in the US & Canada
70%
Letters from Baghdad (2017) movie poster #1 of 4
#1 documentary movie of Week 22, 2017

Letters from Baghdad (2017)

2017 · Documentary

$502.9K worldwide · 81% of the chart's total

$359.7K US & Canada · 72% $143.2K elsewhere · 28%
Top 4

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 22 of 2017?

Letters from Baghdad (2017) leads with $502.9K, 81% of the total. The top 4 together took $617.8K, 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. Letters from Baghdad (2017) movie poster Number 1
    $502.9K Letters from Baghdad (2017)
    $359.7K US & Canada · 72% $143.2K elsewhere · 28%
  2. Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk (2017) movie poster Number 2
    $69.8K Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk (2017)
    $69.8K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  3. For Vagina’s Sake (2017) movie poster Number 3
    $42K For Vagina’s Sake (2017)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  4. Gogita’s new life (2017) movie poster Number 4
    $3.1K Gogita’s new life (2017)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 22 of 2017, 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 22 of 2017 (May 28–Jun 3).

  1. 1 Letters from Baghdad (2017) movie poster
    Letters from Baghdad (2017) Jun 2, 2017 · English · Documentary $502.9K worldwide
    Jun 2, 2017 US and Canada: $359.7K Rest of the world: $143.2K Worldwide: $502.9K
  2. 2 Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk (2017) movie poster
    Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk (2017) Jun 2, 2017 · English · History, Music, Documentary $69.8K worldwide
    Jun 2, 2017 US and Canada: $69.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $69.8K
  3. 3 For Vagina’s Sake (2017) movie poster
    For Vagina’s Sake (2017) Jun 2, 2017 · Korean · Documentary $42K worldwide
    Jun 2, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $42K
  4. 4 Gogita’s new life (2017) movie poster
    Gogita’s new life (2017) May 29, 2017 · English · Documentary $3.1K worldwide
    May 29, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.1K
Earlier years

How Does Week 22 of 2017 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 22, 2008 earned the most: $992.7K from 2 films, led by Maradona by Kusturica (2008). Week 22, 2017 took $617.8K.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 22, 2008 May 25–31 2 films 2 $992.7K – Maradona by Kusturica (2008) $684.2K
Week 22, 2009 May 24–30 2 films · −94% 2 $60.3K −94% Pressure Cooker (2009) $44.8K
Week 22, 2010 May 23–29 No films 0 – – –
Week 22, 2011 May 22–28 No films 0 – – –
Week 22, 2012 May 27–Jun 2 3 films 3 $553.4K – Gimme the Power (2012) $508.1K
Week 22, 2013 May 26–Jun 1 4 films · −56% 4 $244K −56% TeenAngels: El Adios 3D (2013) $168.2K
Week 22, 2014 May 25–31 3 films · −21% 3 $193.3K −21% Korengal (2014) $101.3K
Week 22, 2015 May 24–30 1 film · −94% 1 $11.9K −94% The True Cost (2015) $11.9K
Week 22, 2016 May 22–28 4 films · +895% 4 $118.5K +895% Presenting Princess Shaw (2016) $60.2K
Week 22, 2017 May 28–Jun 3 4 films · +422% 4 $617.8K +422% Letters from Baghdad (2017) $502.9K
FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 22 of 2017: 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 22 of 2017 (May 28–Jun 3)?

Letters from Baghdad (2017) leads with $502.9K worldwide, $359.7K of it in the US & Canada. Next come Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk (2017) at $69.8K and For Vagina’s Sake (2017) at $42K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 22 of 2017 (May 28–Jun 3) earn?

4 documentary films released in week 22 of 2017 (May 28–Jun 3) report a worldwide gross, $617.8K in all, or $154.5K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 22 of 2017 (May 28–Jun 3) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Letters from Baghdad (2017), earned $502.9K.

How much of the Week 22, 2017 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$429.5K of the $617.8K total, or 70%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 2 films of the 4 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 22, 2017 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 22 of 2017 (May 28–Jun 3). 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 22, 2017 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.