#1 of 12 #1 documentary movie of Week 39, 2017
Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017)
2017 · Documentary
$1.2M worldwide · 53% of the chart's total
$1.2M US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
Documentary box office · Week 39 · Sep 24–30, 2017
Documentary Box Office, Week 39 of 2017: Documentary Releases of Sep 24–30
Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 39 of 2017 (Sep 24–30), with $1.2M worldwide, ahead of Pearl Jam: Let's Play Two (2017) at $450.3K and Let the Child Be the Guide (2017) at $228.8K. 12 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $2.3M in all, 77% of it from the US & Canada. By language, English leads with $2.1M across 8 documentary releases.
- week 39 releases with a gross
- 12
- combined worldwide
- $2.3M
- Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017), the #1
- $1.2M
- earned in the US & Canada
- 77%
#1 of 12 Top 5
What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 39 of 2017?
Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017) leads with $1.2M, 53% of the total. The top 5 together took $2.2M, 97% of what all 12 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 4 $223.3K Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton (2017)$176.1K US & Canada · 79% $47.2K elsewhere · 21% -
Number 5
US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
The chart
Every Documentary Release of Week 39 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 39 of 2017 (Sep 24–30).
- 1 Sep 29, 2017 US and Canada: $1.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.2M
- 2 Sep 29, 2017 US and Canada: $348.8K Rest of the world: $101.4K Worldwide: $450.3K
- 3 Sep 27, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $228.8K
- 4 Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton (2017)Sep 29, 2017 US and Canada: $176.1K Rest of the world: $47.2K Worldwide: $223.3K
Sep 29, 2017 · English · Sport, Documentary $223.3K worldwide - 5 Sep 29, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $102.7K
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Sep 30, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $40.2K - 7
Sep 29, 2017 US and Canada: $11.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $11.2K - 8
Sep 29, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.2K - 9
Sep 27, 2017 US and Canada: $3.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.7K - 10
In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America (2017)Sep 24, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4K Sep 24, 2017 · English · Documentary $1.4K worldwide - 11
Sep 26, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $536 - 12
Sep 25, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $126
US & Canada vs the world
Where Did the Money Come From in Week 39 of 2017?
Of the top 10, Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while Pearl Jam: Let's Play Two (2017) made 23% of its gross abroad. Across all 12 films, $1.8M (77%) came from the US & Canada. 5 films of the top 10 report no US & Canada figure.
- 1 Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017) $1.2M $1.2M US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
- 2 Pearl Jam: Let's Play Two (2017) $450.3K $348.8K US & Canada · 77% $101.4K elsewhere · 23%
- 3 Let the Child Be the Guide (2017) $228.8K No US & Canada figure reported
- 4 Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton (2017) $223.3K $176.1K US & Canada · 79% $47.2K elsewhere · 21%
- 5 Tawai: A Voice from the Forest (2017) $102.7K No US & Canada figure reported
- 6 Dolphin Man (2017) $40.2K No US & Canada figure reported
- 7 The Pathological Optimist (2017) $11.2K $11.2K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
- 8 The Legend of Yasar Kemal (2017) $8.2K No US & Canada figure reported
- 9 Bugs (2017) $3.7K $3.7K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
- 10 In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America (2017) $1.4K No US & Canada figure reported
Gross bands
How Many Week 39 of 2017 Releases Crossed $100 Million?
None of the 12 films reached $100M. 12 films, 100% of the list, earned under $10M. Each band shows its films and its share of the $2.3M total.
100%
- $1B or more 0 films, 0% of the list No films
- $500M to $1B 0 films, 0% of the list No films
- $100M to $500M 0 films, 0% of the list No films
- $10M to $100M 0 films, 0% of the list No films
- Under $10M 12 films, 100% of the list $2.3M · 100% of the gross
Weeks around it
How Does Week 39 Compare With the Weeks Around It?
Week 39 releases took $2.3M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 40 (Oct 1–7) with $18.2M, led by Earth: One Amazing Day (2017).
- Week 33 Wk 33 Aug 13–19 Gurrumul (2017) $1.5M Gurrumul (2017)
- Week 34 Wk 34 Aug 20–26 Served Like a Girl (2017) $8.3K Served Like a Girl (2017)
- Week 35 Wk 35 Aug 27–Sep 2 Dolores (2017) $566.7K Dolores (2017)
- Week 36 Wk 36 Sep 3–9 My Generation (2017) $1.2M My Generation (2017)
- Week 37 Wk 37 Sep 10–16 So Help Me God (2017) $2.5M So Help Me God (2017)
- Week 38 Wk 38 Sep 17–23 The Force (2017) $113.4K The Force (2017)
- Week 39 Wk 39 Sep 24–30 Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017) $2.3M Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017)
- Week 40 Wk 40 Oct 1–7 Earth: One Amazing Day (2017) $18.2M Earth: One Amazing Day (2017)
- Week 41 Wk 41 Oct 8–14 Human Flow (2017) $2.5M Human Flow (2017)
Earlier years
How Does Week 39 of 2017 Compare With Earlier Years?
Of these 10 years, Week 39, 2009 earned the most: $17.7M from 3 films, led by Capitalism: A Love Story (2009). Week 39, 2017 took $2.3M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 39, 2008 Sep 21–27 2 films | 2 | $60.9K | – | Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008) $60.3K |
| Week 39, 2009 Sep 20–26 3 films · +29009% | 3 | $17.7M | +29009% | Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) $17.4M |
| Week 39, 2010 Sep 19–25 4 films · −63% | 4 | $6.6M | −63% | Waiting for 'Superman' (2010) $6.4M |
| Week 39, 2011 Sep 18–24 6 films · −86% | 6 | $952.6K | −86% | Pearl Jam Twenty (2011) $471.3K |
| Week 39, 2012 Sep 23–29 6 films · −18% | 6 | $777.3K | −18% | Kuningas Litmanen (2012) $291.6K |
| Week 39, 2013 Sep 22–28 6 films · +493% | 6 | $4.6M | +493% | The Finnish Flash - A Teemu Selänne Story (2013) $1.7M |
| Week 39, 2014 Sep 21–27 1 film · −99% | 1 | $34.8K | −99% | This Ain’t No Mouse Music! (2014) $34.8K |
| Week 39, 2015 Sep 20–26 9 films · +3302% | 9 | $1.2M | +3302% | Unbranded (2015) $412.8K |
| Week 39, 2016 Sep 18–24 6 films · −64% | 6 | $429.4K | −64% | Seed: The Untold Story (2016) $209.8K |
| Week 39, 2017 Sep 24–30 12 films · +436% | 12 | $2.3M | +436% | Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017) $1.2M |
By language
Which Languages Do the Biggest Documentary Movies Speak in Week 39 of 2017?
English-language documentary films took $2.1M across 8 films, 90% of the total, ahead of French-language documentary films ($228.8K) and Turkish-language documentary films ($8.3K).
Archive
Documentary Box Office in 2017, Week by Week
50 weeks of 2017 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 2 (Jan 8–14) with $30.1M, led by Reset (2017).
- Week 1 $461.7K
- Week 2 $30.1M
- Week 3 $349.9K
- Week 4 $94.4K
- Week 5 $5.3K
- Week 6 $5.1M
- Week 7 $85.4K
- Week 8 $10.3M
- Week 9 $553.2K
- Week 10 $831.1K
- Week 11 $65.2K
- Week 12 $312.3K
- Week 13 $1.1M
- Week 14 $585K
- Week 15 $538.2K
- Week 16 $25.7M
- Week 17 $14.2M
- Week 18 $1.4M
- Week 19 $191.9K
- Week 20 $500.9K
- Week 21 $2M
- Week 22 $617.8K
- Week 23 $1.1M
- Week 24 $5.3M
- Week 25 $109.2K
- Week 26 $189.3K
- Week 27 $417.1K
- Week 28 $120.2K
- Week 29 $7.2K
- Week 30 $5.7M
- Week 31 $1.3M
- Week 32 $79.2K
- Week 33 $1.5M
- Week 34 $8.3K
- Week 35 $566.7K
- Week 36 $1.2M
- Week 37 $2.5M
- Week 38 $113.4K
- Week 39 $2.3M
- Week 40 $18.2M
- Week 41 $2.5M
- Week 42 $3M
- Week 43 $137.7K
- Week 44 $160.5K
- Week 45 $339.3K
- Week 46 $1.8M
- Week 47 $16.1M
- Week 48 $45.7K
- Week 49 $4.5M
- Week 50 $8.7M
- Week 51 No grosses
- Week 52 No grosses
- Week 53 No grosses
FAQ
Documentary Box Office Week 39 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 12 films as the chart.
What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 39 of 2017 (Sep 24–30)?
Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017) leads with $1.2M worldwide, $1.2M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Pearl Jam: Let's Play Two (2017) at $450.3K and Let the Child Be the Guide (2017) at $228.8K.
How much did documentary movies released in week 39 of 2017 (Sep 24–30) earn?
12 documentary films released in week 39 of 2017 (Sep 24–30) report a worldwide gross, $2.3M in all, or $191.7K per film on average.
How many documentary movies released in week 39 of 2017 (Sep 24–30) made $1 billion?
None. The biggest, Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017), earned $1.2M.
How is the week 39, 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 39 of 2017 (Sep 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 39, 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.