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Documentary box office · Week 23 · Jun 4–10, 2017

Documentary Box Office, Week 23 of 2017: Documentary Releases of Jun 4–10

Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life (2017) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 23 of 2017 (Jun 4–10), with $694K worldwide, ahead of My Year with Helen (2017) at $199.1K and Dawson City: Frozen Time (2017) at $132.4K. 6 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $1.1M in all, 76% of it from the US & Canada. By language, English leads with $1.1M across 5 documentary releases.

week 23 releases with a gross
6
combined worldwide
$1.1M
Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life (2017), the #1
$694K
earned in the US & Canada
76%
Top 5

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 23 of 2017?

Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life (2017) leads with $694K, 64% of the total. The top 5 together took $1.1M, 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. Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life (2017) movie poster Number 1
    $694K Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life (2017)
    $694K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  2. My Year with Helen (2017) movie poster Number 2
    $199.1K My Year with Helen (2017)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2017) movie poster Number 3
    $132.4K Dawson City: Frozen Time (2017)
    $132.4K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  4. Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle (2017) movie poster Number 4
    $46.1K Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle (2017)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  5. The Dead Nation (2017) movie poster Number 5
    $8.8K The Dead Nation (2017)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 23 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 23 of 2017 (Jun 4–10).

  1. 1 Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life (2017) movie poster
    Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life (2017) Jun 8, 2017 · English · Documentary $694K worldwide
    Jun 8, 2017 US and Canada: $694K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $694K
  2. 2 My Year with Helen (2017) movie poster
    My Year with Helen (2017) Jun 10, 2017 · English · Documentary $199.1K worldwide
    Jun 10, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $199.1K
  3. 3 Dawson City: Frozen Time (2017) movie poster
    Dawson City: Frozen Time (2017) Jun 9, 2017 · English · History, Documentary $132.4K worldwide
    Jun 9, 2017 US and Canada: $132.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $132.4K
  4. 4 Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle (2017) movie poster
    Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle (2017) Jun 8, 2017 · English · Documentary $46.1K worldwide
    Jun 8, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $46.1K
  5. 5 The Dead Nation (2017) movie poster
    The Dead Nation (2017) Jun 10, 2017 · Romanian · Documentary $8.8K worldwide
    Jun 10, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.8K
  6. 6 Queerama (2017) movie poster
    Queerama (2017) Jun 9, 2017 · English · Music, Documentary $2.7K worldwide
    Jun 9, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7K
Earlier years

How Does Week 23 of 2017 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 23, 2014 earned the most: $4.9M from 5 films, led by Colombia: Wild Magic (2014). Week 23, 2017 took $1.1M.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 23, 2008 Jun 1–7 No films 0 – – –
Week 23, 2009 May 31–Jun 6 2 films 2 $564.5K – Unmistaken Child (2009) $369.7K
Week 23, 2010 May 30–Jun 5 5 films · −48% 5 $293.9K −48% Noy (2010) $214.4K
Week 23, 2011 May 29–Jun 4 3 films · −6% 3 $275.9K −6% The Last Mountain (2011) $123K
Week 23, 2012 Jun 3–9 2 films · −85% 2 $40.8K −85% Paul Williams Still Alive (2012) $38.7K
Week 23, 2013 Jun 2–8 4 films · +1174% 4 $519.2K +1174% Dirty Wars (2013) $416.9K
Week 23, 2014 Jun 1–7 5 films · +845% 5 $4.9M +845% Colombia: Wild Magic (2014) $4.5M
Week 23, 2015 May 31–Jun 6 1 film · −99% 1 $41.9K −99% The Nightmare (2015) $41.9K
Week 23, 2016 May 29–Jun 4 4 films · +403% 4 $210.6K +403% The Witness (2016) $159.3K
Week 23, 2017 Jun 4–10 6 films · +414% 6 $1.1M +414% Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life (2017) $694K
FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 23 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 6 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 23 of 2017 (Jun 4–10)?

Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life (2017) leads with $694K worldwide, $694K of it in the US & Canada. Next come My Year with Helen (2017) at $199.1K and Dawson City: Frozen Time (2017) at $132.4K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 23 of 2017 (Jun 4–10) earn?

6 documentary films released in week 23 of 2017 (Jun 4–10) report a worldwide gross, $1.1M in all, or $180.5K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 23 of 2017 (Jun 4–10) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life (2017), earned $694K.

How much of the Week 23, 2017 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$826.4K of the $1.1M total, or 76%, 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 23, 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 23 of 2017 (Jun 4–10). 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 23, 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.