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Documentary box office · Week 43 · Oct 18–24, 2020

Documentary Box Office, Week 43 of 2020: Documentary Releases of Oct 18–24

Gallant Indies (2020) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 43 of 2020 (Oct 18–24), with $308.4K worldwide, ahead of Purgatory (2020) at $250.7K and Fellinopolis (2020) at $2K. 3 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $561.1K in all.

week 43 releases with a gross
3
combined worldwide
$561.1K
Gallant Indies (2020), the #1
$308.4K
Gallant Indies (2020) movie poster #1 of 3
#1 documentary movie of Week 43, 2020

Gallant Indies (2020)

2020 · Documentary

$308.4K worldwide · 55% of the chart's total

No US & Canada figure reported
Top 3

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 43 of 2020?

Gallant Indies (2020) leads with $308.4K, 55% of the total. The top 3 together took $561.1K, 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. Gallant Indies (2020) movie poster Number 1
    $308.4K Gallant Indies (2020)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  2. Purgatory (2020) movie poster Number 2
    $250.7K Purgatory (2020)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. Fellinopolis (2020) movie poster Number 3
    $2K Fellinopolis (2020)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 43 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 43 of 2020 (Oct 18–24).

  1. 1 Gallant Indies (2020) movie poster
    Gallant Indies (2020) Oct 18, 2020 · French · Documentary $308.4K worldwide
    Oct 18, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $308.4K
  2. 2 Purgatory (2020) movie poster
    Purgatory (2020) Oct 23, 2020 · Polish · Documentary, Drama $250.7K worldwide
    Oct 23, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $250.7K
  3. 3 Fellinopolis (2020) movie poster
    Fellinopolis (2020) Oct 18, 2020 · Italian · Documentary $2K worldwide
    Oct 18, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2K
Earlier years

How Does Week 43 of 2020 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 43, 2013 earned the most: $152.3M from 6 films, led by Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013). Week 43, 2020 took $561.1K.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 43, 2011 Oct 16–22 5 films 5 $1.2M – Klitschko (2011) $706.5K
Week 43, 2012 Oct 21–27 4 films · −82% 4 $222.7K −82% Nowhere Home (2012) $119.6K
Week 43, 2013 Oct 20–26 6 films · +68301% 6 $152.3M +68301% Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013) $151.8M
Week 43, 2014 Oct 19–25 3 films · −95% 3 $7.4M −95% Citizenfour (2014) $3.8M
Week 43, 2015 Oct 18–24 3 films · −92% 3 $623.6K −92% Heart of a Dog (2015) $495.9K
Week 43, 2016 Oct 16–22 6 films · +206% 6 $1.9M +206% Fire at Sea (2016) $1.2M
Week 43, 2017 Oct 22–28 4 films · −93% 4 $137.7K −93% Bill Nye: Science Guy (2017) $74.9K
Week 43, 2018 Oct 21–27 8 films · +527% 8 $863.6K +527% Klimt & Schiele: Eros and Psyche (2018) $690.1K
Week 43, 2019 Oct 20–26 6 films · +186% 6 $2.5M +186% No Safe Spaces (2019) $1.3M
Week 43, 2020 Oct 18–24 3 films · −77% 3 $561.1K −77% Gallant Indies (2020) $308.4K
FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 43 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 3 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 43 of 2020 (Oct 18–24)?

Gallant Indies (2020) leads with $308.4K worldwide. Next come Purgatory (2020) at $250.7K and Fellinopolis (2020) at $2K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 43 of 2020 (Oct 18–24) earn?

3 documentary films released in week 43 of 2020 (Oct 18–24) report a worldwide gross, $561.1K in all, or $187K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 43 of 2020 (Oct 18–24) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Gallant Indies (2020), earned $308.4K.

How is the week 43, 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 43 of 2020 (Oct 18–24). 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 43, 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.