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Documentary box office · Week 5 · Jan 26–Feb 1, 2020

Documentary Box Office, Week 5 of 2020: Documentary Releases of Jan 26–Feb 1

Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words (2020) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 5 of 2020 (Jan 26–Feb 1), with $282.1K worldwide, ahead of Before The Wrath (2020) at $105.7K and Assassins (2020) at $59.8K. 4 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $451.8K in all, 62% of it from the US & Canada.

week 5 releases with a gross
4
combined worldwide
$451.8K
Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words (2020), the #1
$282.1K
earned in the US & Canada
62%
Top 4

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 5 of 2020?

Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words (2020) leads with $282.1K, 62% of the total. The top 4 together took $451.8K, 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. Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words (2020) movie poster Number 1
    $282.1K Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words (2020)
    $282.1K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  2. Before The Wrath (2020) movie poster Number 2
    $105.7K Before The Wrath (2020)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. Assassins (2020) movie poster Number 3
    $59.8K Assassins (2020)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  4. An Impossible Project (2020) movie poster Number 4
    $4.1K An Impossible Project (2020)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 5 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 5 of 2020 (Jan 26–Feb 1).

  1. 1 Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words (2020) movie poster
    Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words (2020) Jan 31, 2020 · English · Documentary $282.1K worldwide
    Jan 31, 2020 US and Canada: $282.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $282.1K
  2. 2 Before The Wrath (2020) movie poster
    Before The Wrath (2020) Feb 1, 2020 · English · Documentary, Drama $105.7K worldwide
    Feb 1, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $105.7K
  3. 3 Assassins (2020) movie poster
    Assassins (2020) Jan 26, 2020 · English · Documentary, Crime $59.8K worldwide
    Jan 26, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $59.8K
  4. 4 An Impossible Project (2020) movie poster
    An Impossible Project (2020) Jan 27, 2020 · English · Documentary $4.1K worldwide
    Jan 27, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.1K
Weeks around it

How Does Week 5 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 5 releases took $451.8K. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 3 (Jan 12–18) with $6.4M, led by Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding (2020).

  1. Week 52, 2019 Wk 52 Dec 22–28 No reported grosses – No reported grosses
  2. Week 53, 2019 Wk 53 Dec 29–31 No reported grosses – No reported grosses
  3. Week 1 Wk 1 Jan 1–4 Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker (2020) $75.9K Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker (2020)
  4. Week 2 Wk 2 Jan 5–11 Mystify: Michael Hutchence (2020) $1.4M Mystify: Michael Hutchence (2020)
  5. Week 3 Wk 3 Jan 12–18 Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding (2020) $6.4M Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding (2020)
  6. Week 4 Wk 4 Jan 19–25 Viva the Underdogs (2020) $61.5K Viva the Underdogs (2020)
  7. Week 5 Wk 5 Jan 26–Feb 1 Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words (2020) $451.8K Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words (2020)
  8. Week 6 Wk 6 Feb 2–8 No reported grosses – No reported grosses
  9. Week 7 Wk 7 Feb 9–15 The Cordillera of Dreams (2020) $166.6K The Cordillera of Dreams (2020)
Earlier years

How Does Week 5 of 2020 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 5, 2013 earned the most: $5.8M from 5 films, led by The Gatekeepers (2013). Week 5, 2020 took $451.8K.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 5, 2011 Jan 23–29 1 film 1 $131 – Lemmy (2011) $131
Week 5, 2012 Jan 29–Feb 4 2 films · +11102% 2 $14.7K +11102% The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2012) $12.8K
Week 5, 2013 Jan 27–Feb 2 5 films · +39128% 5 $5.8M +39128% The Gatekeepers (2013) $2.6M
Week 5, 2014 Jan 26–Feb 1 2 films · −98% 2 $87.6K −98% 12 O'Clock Boys (2014) $82.6K
Week 5, 2015 Jan 25–31 4 films · +3142% 4 $2.8M +3142% Meru (2015) $2.3M
Week 5, 2016 Jan 24–30 5 films · −80% 5 $566.7K −80% Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016) $365.5K
Week 5, 2017 Jan 29–Feb 4 1 film · −99% 1 $5.3K −99% A Good American (2017) $5.3K
Week 5, 2018 Jan 28–Feb 3 4 films · +6684% 4 $360.6K +6684% Wonders of the Moon (2018) $279.4K
Week 5, 2019 Jan 27–Feb 2 2 films · −87% 2 $48.5K −87% Beyond The Visible - Hilma af Klint (2019) $31.5K
Week 5, 2020 Jan 26–Feb 1 4 films · +832% 4 $451.8K +832% Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words (2020) $282.1K
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 5 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 5 of 2020 (Jan 26–Feb 1)?

Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words (2020) leads with $282.1K worldwide, $282.1K of it in the US & Canada. Next come Before The Wrath (2020) at $105.7K and Assassins (2020) at $59.8K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 5 of 2020 (Jan 26–Feb 1) earn?

4 documentary films released in week 5 of 2020 (Jan 26–Feb 1) report a worldwide gross, $451.8K in all, or $112.9K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 5 of 2020 (Jan 26–Feb 1) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words (2020), earned $282.1K.

How much of the Week 5, 2020 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$282.1K of the $451.8K total, or 62%, 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 5, 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 5 of 2020 (Jan 26–Feb 1). 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 5, 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.