#1 of 4 #1 documentary movie of Week 50, 2019
2019 · Biography, Music
$367.8K worldwide · 91% of the chart's total
$265.1K US & Canada · 72% $102.7K elsewhere · 28%
Documentary box office · Week 50 · Dec 8–14, 2019
Documentary Box Office, Week 50 of 2019: Documentary Releases of Dec 8–14
Cunningham (2019) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 50 of 2019 (Dec 8–14), with $367.8K worldwide, ahead of Winterland (2019) at $18.8K and Tierra arrasada (2019) at $14.3K. 4 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $405K in all, 66% of it from the US & Canada.
- week 50 releases with a gross
- 4
- combined worldwide
- $405K
- Cunningham (2019), the #1
- $367.8K
- earned in the US & Canada
- 66%
#1 of 4 Top 4
What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 50 of 2019?
Cunningham (2019) leads with $367.8K, 91% of the total. The top 4 together took $405K, 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.
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Number 4
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The chart
Every Documentary Release of Week 50 of 2019, 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 2019 (Dec 8–14).
- 1 Dec 13, 2019 US and Canada: $265.1K Rest of the world: $102.7K Worldwide: $367.8K
- 2 Dec 13, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.8K
- 3 Dec 12, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.3K
- 4 Dec 13, 2019 US and Canada: $4.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.1K
Weeks around it
How Does Week 50 Compare With the Weeks Around It?
Week 50 releases took $405K. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 47 (Nov 17–23) with $3.7M, led by Spirits in the Forest (2019).
- Week 44 Wk 44 Oct 27–Nov 2 Leonardo: The Works (2019) $234.7K Leonardo: The Works (2019)
- Week 45 Wk 45 Nov 3–9 The Kingmaker (2019) $557.4K The Kingmaker (2019)
- Week 46 Wk 46 Nov 10–16 Everybody's Everything (2019) $1.2M Everybody's Everything (2019)
- Week 47 Wk 47 Nov 17–23 Spirits in the Forest (2019) $3.7M Spirits in the Forest (2019)
- Week 48 Wk 48 Nov 24–30 63 Up (2019) $720.6K 63 Up (2019)
- Week 49 Wk 49 Dec 1–7 The Disappearance of My Mother (2019) $135.6K The Disappearance of My Mother (2019)
- Week 50 Wk 50 Dec 8–14 Cunningham (2019) $405K Cunningham (2019)
- Week 51 Wk 51 Dec 15–21 Gorillaz: Reject False Icons (2019) $475.5K Gorillaz: Reject False Icons (2019)
- Week 52 Wk 52 Dec 22–28 No reported grosses – No reported grosses
Earlier years
How Does Week 50 of 2019 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 50, 2019 took $405K.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Week 50, 2018 Dec 9–15 2 films · −100% | 2 | $28.1K | −100% | Loud Krazy Love (2018) $24.2K |
| Week 50, 2019 Dec 8–14 4 films · +1344% | 4 | $405K | +1344% | Cunningham (2019) $367.8K |
Archive
Documentary Box Office in 2019, Week by Week
50 weeks of 2019 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 16 (Apr 14–20) with $21.7M, led by Metamorphosis (2019).
- Week 1 $11.6K
- Week 2 No grosses
- Week 3 $247.5K
- Week 4 $2.5K
- Week 5 $48.5K
- Week 6 $463.6K
- Week 7 $371.7K
- Week 8 $31.2K
- Week 9 $15.8M
- Week 10 $47.7K
- Week 11 $1M
- Week 12 $485K
- Week 13 $3.7M
- Week 14 $76.2K
- Week 15 $15.4K
- Week 16 $21.7M
- Week 17 $2.5M
- Week 18 $1.1M
- Week 19 $6M
- Week 20 $461.8K
- Week 21 $4.5M
- Week 22 $929K
- Week 23 $8.5M
- Week 24 $807K
- Week 25 $1.1M
- Week 26 $3.5M
- Week 27 $3.4M
- Week 28 $740K
- Week 29 $748.5K
- Week 30 $3.2M
- Week 31 $1M
- Week 32 $13.3M
- Week 33 $1.2M
- Week 34 $13.6M
- Week 35 $1.4M
- Week 36 $9M
- Week 37 $4.3M
- Week 38 $4.1M
- Week 39 $1.4M
- Week 40 $89.5K
- Week 41 $3M
- Week 42 $1.7M
- Week 43 $2.5M
- Week 44 $234.7K
- Week 45 $557.4K
- Week 46 $1.2M
- Week 47 $3.7M
- Week 48 $720.6K
- Week 49 $135.6K
- Week 50 $405K
- Week 51 $475.5K
- Week 52 No grosses
- Week 53 No grosses
FAQ
Documentary Box Office Week 50 of 2019: 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 50 of 2019 (Dec 8–14)?
Cunningham (2019) leads with $367.8K worldwide, $265.1K of it in the US & Canada. Next come Winterland (2019) at $18.8K and Tierra arrasada (2019) at $14.3K.
How much did documentary movies released in week 50 of 2019 (Dec 8–14) earn?
4 documentary films released in week 50 of 2019 (Dec 8–14) report a worldwide gross, $405K in all, or $101.3K per film on average.
How many documentary movies released in week 50 of 2019 (Dec 8–14) made $1 billion?
None. The biggest, Cunningham (2019), earned $367.8K.
How is the week 50, 2019 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 2019 (Dec 8–14). 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, 2019 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.