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Documentary box office · Week 30 · Jul 23–29, 2017

Documentary Box Office, Week 30 of 2017: Documentary Releases of Jul 23–29

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 30 of 2017 (Jul 23–29), with $5.4M worldwide, ahead of Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017) at $226K and Escapes (2017) at $17.8K. 4 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $5.7M in all, 66% of it from the US & Canada.

week 30 releases with a gross
4
combined worldwide
$5.7M
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017), the #1
$5.4M
earned in the US & Canada
66%
Top 4

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 30 of 2017?

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017) leads with $5.4M, 96% of the total. The top 4 together took $5.7M, 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. An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017) movie poster Number 1
    $5.4M An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)
    $3.5M US & Canada · 64% $1.9M elsewhere · 36%
  2. Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017) movie poster Number 2
    $226K Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017)
    $226K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  3. Escapes (2017) movie poster Number 3
    $17.8K Escapes (2017)
    $17.8K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  4. Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life (2017) movie poster Number 4

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 30 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 30 of 2017 (Jul 23–29).

  1. 1 An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017) movie poster
    An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017) Jul 28, 2017 · English · Documentary $5.4M worldwide
    Jul 28, 2017 US and Canada: $3.5M Rest of the world: $1.9M Worldwide: $5.4M
  2. 2 Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017) movie poster
    Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017) Jul 26, 2017 · English · Music, Documentary $226K worldwide
    Jul 26, 2017 US and Canada: $226K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $226K
  3. 3 Escapes (2017) movie poster
    Escapes (2017) Jul 26, 2017 · English · Documentary $17.8K worldwide
    Jul 26, 2017 US and Canada: $17.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $17.8K
  4. 4 Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life (2017) movie poster
    Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life (2017) Jul 28, 2017 · Italian · Documentary $149 worldwide
    Jul 28, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $149
US & Canada vs the world

Where Did the Money Come From in Week 30 of 2017?

Of the top 4, Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017) made 36% of its gross abroad. Across all 4 films, $3.7M (66%) came from the US & Canada. 1 film of the top 4 reports no US & Canada figure.

  1. 1 An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017) $5.4M
    $3.5M US & Canada · 64% $1.9M elsewhere · 36%
  2. 2 Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017) $226K
    $226K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  3. 3 Escapes (2017) $17.8K
    $17.8K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  4. 4 Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life (2017) $149
    No US & Canada figure reported
Earlier years

How Does Week 30 of 2017 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 30, 2008 earned the most: $6.9M from 5 films, led by Man on Wire (2008). Week 30, 2017 took $5.7M.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 30, 2008 Jul 20–26 5 films 5 $6.9M – Man on Wire (2008) $5.3M
Week 30, 2009 Jul 19–25 No films 0 – – –
Week 30, 2010 Jul 18–24 3 films 3 $551.9K – Countdown to Zero (2010) $287.7K
Week 30, 2011 Jul 17–23 2 films · +5% 2 $579.7K +5% Fire in Babylon (2011) $385.5K
Week 30, 2012 Jul 22–28 5 films · +71% 5 $988.9K +71% Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012) $881.7K
Week 30, 2013 Jul 21–27 3 films · −69% 3 $305.3K −69% First Comes Love (2013) $207.9K
Week 30, 2014 Jul 20–26 5 films · +2052% 5 $6.6M +2052% The Fluffy Movie (2014) $2.8M
Week 30, 2015 Jul 19–25 1 film · −100% 1 $8.3K −100% Horse Money (2015) $8.3K
Week 30, 2016 Jul 17–23 2 films · +387% 2 $40.2K +387% The Seventh Fire (2016) $31K
Week 30, 2017 Jul 23–29 4 films · +14010% 4 $5.7M +14010% An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017) $5.4M
FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 30 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 30 of 2017 (Jul 23–29)?

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017) leads with $5.4M worldwide, $3.5M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017) at $226K and Escapes (2017) at $17.8K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 30 of 2017 (Jul 23–29) earn?

4 documentary films released in week 30 of 2017 (Jul 23–29) report a worldwide gross, $5.7M in all, or $1.4M per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 30 of 2017 (Jul 23–29) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017), earned $5.4M.

How much of the Week 30, 2017 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$3.7M of the $5.7M total, or 66%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 1 film of the 4 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 30, 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 30 of 2017 (Jul 23–29). 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 30, 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.