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Documentary box office · Week 50 · Dec 10–16, 2017

Documentary Box Office, Week 50 of 2017: Documentary Releases of Dec 10–16

Killing for Love (2017) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 50 of 2017 (Dec 10–16), with $8.3M worldwide, ahead of Miss Kiet's Children (2017) at $369.6K and Children of the Snow Land (2017) at $20K. 3 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $8.7M in all, <1% of it from the US & Canada. That is up 94% on Week 49, 2017, whose releases took $4.5M.

week 50 releases with a gross
3
combined worldwide
$8.7M
Killing for Love (2017), the #1
$8.3M
vs Week 49, 2017
+94%
Killing for Love (2017) movie poster #1 of 3
#1 documentary movie of Week 50, 2017

Killing for Love (2017)

2017 · Crime, Documentary

$8.3M worldwide · 96% of the chart's total

No US & Canada figure reported
Top 3

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 50 of 2017?

Killing for Love (2017) leads with $8.3M, 96% of the total. The top 3 together took $8.7M, almost all of what the 3 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. Killing for Love (2017) movie poster Number 1
    $8.3M Killing for Love (2017)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  2. Miss Kiet's Children (2017) movie poster Number 2
    $369.6K Miss Kiet's Children (2017)
    $9.4K US & Canada · 3% $360.2K elsewhere · 97%
  3. Children of the Snow Land (2017) movie poster Number 3
    $20K Children of the Snow Land (2017)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 50 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 50 of 2017 (Dec 10–16).

  1. 1 Killing for Love (2017) movie poster
    Killing for Love (2017) Dec 15, 2017 · English · Crime, Documentary $8.3M worldwide
    Dec 15, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.3M
  2. 2 Miss Kiet's Children (2017) movie poster
    Miss Kiet's Children (2017) Dec 13, 2017 · Dutch · Documentary $369.6K worldwide
    Dec 13, 2017 US and Canada: $9.4K Rest of the world: $360.2K Worldwide: $369.6K
  3. 3 Children of the Snow Land (2017) movie poster
    Children of the Snow Land (2017) Dec 16, 2017 · English · Documentary $20K worldwide
    Dec 16, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20K
Earlier years

How Does Week 50 of 2017 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 50, 2017 earned the most: $8.7M from 3 films, led by Killing for Love (2017).

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 50, 2008 Dec 7–13 1 film 1 $89.5K – Throw Down Your Heart (2008) $89.5K
Week 50, 2009 Dec 6–12 No films 0 – – –
Week 50, 2010 Dec 5–11 2 films 2 $52K – Saint Misbehavin’: The Wavy Gravy Movie (2010) $29.9K
Week 50, 2011 Dec 4–10 1 film · +14% 1 $59.4K +14% The Extraordinary Voyage (2011) $59.4K
Week 50, 2012 Dec 9–15 2 films · −86% 2 $8.3K −86% The Loving Story (2012) $4.2K
Week 50, 2013 Dec 8–14 2 films · +2349% 2 $203.2K +2349% Liv & Ingmar (2013) $140K
Week 50, 2014 Dec 7–13 3 films · −89% 3 $21.4K −89% Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) $16.4K
Week 50, 2015 Dec 6–12 No films 0 – – –
Week 50, 2016 Dec 4–10 6 films 6 $8.7M – I Am Not Your Negro (2016) $8.3M
Week 50, 2017 Dec 10–16 3 films · ±0% 3 $8.7M ±0% Killing for Love (2017) $8.3M
FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 50 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 3 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 50 of 2017 (Dec 10–16)?

Killing for Love (2017) leads with $8.3M worldwide. Next come Miss Kiet's Children (2017) at $369.6K and Children of the Snow Land (2017) at $20K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 50 of 2017 (Dec 10–16) earn?

3 documentary films released in week 50 of 2017 (Dec 10–16) report a worldwide gross, $8.7M in all, or $2.9M per film on average. Week 49, 2017 releases took $4.5M.

How many documentary movies released in week 50 of 2017 (Dec 10–16) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Killing for Love (2017), earned $8.3M.

How much of the Week 50, 2017 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$9.4K of the $8.7M total, or <1%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 2 films of the 3 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 50, 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 50 of 2017 (Dec 10–16). 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 50, 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.