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Documentary box office · Week 39 · Sep 20–26, 2020

Documentary Box Office, Week 39 of 2020: Documentary Releases of Sep 20–26

Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles (2020) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 39 of 2020 (Sep 20–26), with $194.3K worldwide, ahead of Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2020) at $193.7K and El Drogas (2020) at $71.8K. 4 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $460.5K in all, 1% of it from the US & Canada.

week 39 releases with a gross
4
combined worldwide
$460.5K
Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles (2020), the #1
$194.3K
earned in the US & Canada
1%
Top 4

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 39 of 2020?

Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles (2020) leads with $194.3K, 42% of the total. The top 4 together took $460.5K, 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. Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles (2020) movie poster Number 1
    $194.3K Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles (2020)
    $5K US & Canada · 3% $189.4K elsewhere · 97%
  2. Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2020) movie poster Number 2
    $193.7K Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2020)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. El Drogas (2020) movie poster Number 3
    $71.8K El Drogas (2020)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  4. Street Leagues (2020) movie poster Number 4
    $552 Street Leagues (2020)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 39 of 2020, 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 2020 (Sep 20–26).

  1. 1 Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles (2020) movie poster
    Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles (2020) Sep 25, 2020 · English · Documentary $194.3K worldwide
    Sep 25, 2020 US and Canada: $5K Rest of the world: $189.4K Worldwide: $194.3K
  2. 2 Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2020) movie poster
    Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2020) Sep 23, 2020 · English · Documentary $193.7K worldwide
    Sep 23, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $193.7K
  3. 3 El Drogas (2020) movie poster
    El Drogas (2020) Sep 25, 2020 · Spanish · Documentary $71.8K worldwide
    Sep 25, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $71.8K
  4. 4 Street Leagues (2020) movie poster
    Street Leagues (2020) Sep 25, 2020 · English · Documentary $552 worldwide
    Sep 25, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $552
Weeks around it

How Does Week 39 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 39 releases took $460.5K. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 37 (Sep 6–12) with $14M, led by Break the Silence: The Movie (2020).

  1. Week 33 Wk 33 Aug 9–15 Martin Margiela: In His Own Words (2020) $94.5K Martin Margiela: In His Own Words (2020)
  2. Week 34 Wk 34 Aug 16–22 Fellini of the Spirits (2020) $2.6K Fellini of the Spirits (2020)
  3. Week 35 Wk 35 Aug 23–29 Vor mir der Süden (2020) $466.6K Vor mir der Süden (2020)
  4. Week 36 Wk 36 Aug 30–Sep 5 The Mole Agent (2020) $511.3K The Mole Agent (2020)
  5. Week 37 Wk 37 Sep 6–12 Break the Silence: The Movie (2020) $14M Break the Silence: The Movie (2020)
  6. Week 38 Wk 38 Sep 13–19 A Night at the Louvre: Leonardo da Vinci (2020) $175.5K A Night at the Louvre: Leonardo da Vinci (2020)
  7. Week 39 Wk 39 Sep 20–26 Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles (2020) $460.5K Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles (2020)
  8. Week 40 Wk 40 Sep 27–Oct 3 Cano (2020) $340K Cano (2020)
  9. Week 41 Wk 41 Oct 4–10 David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020) $1.3M David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)
Earlier years

How Does Week 39 of 2020 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 39, 2018 earned the most: $29.6M from 4 films, led by Free Solo (2018). Week 39, 2020 took $460.5K.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 39, 2011 Sep 18–24 6 films 6 $952.6K – 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
Week 39, 2018 Sep 23–29 4 films · +1186% 4 $29.6M +1186% Free Solo (2018) $29.4M
Week 39, 2019 Sep 22–28 4 films · −95% 4 $1.4M −95% The Game Changers (2019) $898K
Week 39, 2020 Sep 20–26 4 films · −66% 4 $460.5K −66% Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles (2020) $194.3K
Archive

Documentary Box Office in 2020, Week by Week

49 weeks of 2020 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 37 (Sep 6–12) with $14M, led by Break the Silence: The Movie (2020).

FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 39 of 2020: 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 39 of 2020 (Sep 20–26)?

Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles (2020) leads with $194.3K worldwide, $5K of it in the US & Canada. Next come Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2020) at $193.7K and El Drogas (2020) at $71.8K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 39 of 2020 (Sep 20–26) earn?

4 documentary films released in week 39 of 2020 (Sep 20–26) report a worldwide gross, $460.5K in all, or $115.1K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 39 of 2020 (Sep 20–26) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles (2020), earned $194.3K.

How much of the Week 39, 2020 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$5K of the $460.5K total, or 1%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 3 films of the 4 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 39, 2020 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 2020 (Sep 20–26). 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, 2020 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.