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Documentary box office · Week 49 · Dec 2–8, 2018

Documentary Box Office, Week 49 of 2018: Documentary Releases of Dec 2–8

Santiago, Italia (2018) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 49 of 2018 (Dec 2–8), with $1.1M worldwide, ahead of Twiceland (2018) at $186.1K and Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes (2018) at $38.5K. 3 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $1.3M in all, 7% of it from the US & Canada.

week 49 releases with a gross
3
combined worldwide
$1.3M
Santiago, Italia (2018), the #1
$1.1M
earned in the US & Canada
7%
Santiago, Italia (2018) movie poster #1 of 3
#1 documentary movie of Week 49, 2018

Santiago, Italia (2018)

2018 · Documentary

$1.1M worldwide · 83% of the chart's total

No US & Canada figure reported
Top 3

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 49 of 2018?

Santiago, Italia (2018) leads with $1.1M, 83% of the total. The top 3 together took $1.3M, 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. Santiago, Italia (2018) movie poster Number 1
    $1.1M Santiago, Italia (2018)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  2. Twiceland (2018) movie poster Number 2
    $186.1K Twiceland (2018)
    $52.9K US & Canada · 28% $133.2K elsewhere · 72%
  3. Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes (2018) movie poster Number 3
    $38.5K Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes (2018)
    $38.5K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 49 of 2018, 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 49 of 2018 (Dec 2–8).

  1. 1 Santiago, Italia (2018) movie poster
    Santiago, Italia (2018) Dec 6, 2018 · Italian · Documentary $1.1M worldwide
    Dec 6, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M
  2. 2 Twiceland (2018) movie poster
    Twiceland (2018) Dec 7, 2018 · Korean · Documentary, Music $186.1K worldwide
    Dec 7, 2018 US and Canada: $52.9K Rest of the world: $133.2K Worldwide: $186.1K
  3. 3 Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes (2018) movie poster
    Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes (2018) Dec 7, 2018 · English · Documentary $38.5K worldwide
    Dec 7, 2018 US and Canada: $38.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $38.5K
Earlier years

How Does Week 49 of 2018 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 49, 2017 earned the most: $4.5M from 3 films, led by The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair (2017). Week 49, 2018 took $1.3M.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 49, 2009 Nov 29–Dec 5 3 films 3 $498.2K – Garbo: The Spy (2009) $356.1K
Week 49, 2010 Nov 28–Dec 4 2 films · −69% 2 $152.6K −69% Bhutto (2010) $100.2K
Week 49, 2011 Nov 27–Dec 3 5 films · +189% 5 $440.7K +189% Khodorkovsky (2011) $294.6K
Week 49, 2012 Dec 2–8 6 films · +29% 6 $567.1K +29% The Sheik and I (2012) $297.5K
Week 49, 2013 Dec 1–7 3 films · +209% 3 $1.8M +209% Tim's Vermeer (2013) $1.7M
Week 49, 2014 Nov 30–Dec 6 2 films · −99% 2 $12.8K −99% Concerning Violence (2014) $12.7K
Week 49, 2015 Nov 29–Dec 5 3 films · +3806% 3 $499.2K +3806% Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015) $386.5K
Week 49, 2016 Nov 27–Dec 3 3 films · −90% 3 $51.8K −90% Rocco (2016) $30K
Week 49, 2017 Dec 3–9 3 films · +8532% 3 $4.5M +8532% The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair (2017) $4.4M
Week 49, 2018 Dec 2–8 3 films · −70% 3 $1.3M −70% Santiago, Italia (2018) $1.1M
FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 49 of 2018: 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 49 of 2018 (Dec 2–8)?

Santiago, Italia (2018) leads with $1.1M worldwide. Next come Twiceland (2018) at $186.1K and Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes (2018) at $38.5K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 49 of 2018 (Dec 2–8) earn?

3 documentary films released in week 49 of 2018 (Dec 2–8) report a worldwide gross, $1.3M in all, or $443.8K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 49 of 2018 (Dec 2–8) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Santiago, Italia (2018), earned $1.1M.

How much of the Week 49, 2018 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$91.4K of the $1.3M total, or 7%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 1 film of the 3 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 49, 2018 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 49 of 2018 (Dec 2–8). 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 49, 2018 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.