How much of the Week 41, 2021 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$1.1M of the $1.3M total, or 83%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 5 films of the 7 report no domestic figure.

Documentary box office · Week 41 · Oct 3–9, 2021

Documentary Box Office, Week 41 of 2021: Documentary Releases of Oct 3–9

The Rescue (2021) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 41 of 2021 (Oct 3–9), with $1.1M worldwide, ahead of Quant (2021) at $117.7K and Fanatic (2021) at $66.8K. 7 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $1.3M in all, 83% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 74% on Week 40, 2021, whose releases took $5M. By language, English leads with $1.2M across 4 documentary releases.

week 41 releases with a gross: 7
combined worldwide: $1.3M
The Rescue (2021), the #1: $1.1M
vs Week 40, 2021: −74%

#1 of 7

#1 documentary movie of Week 41, 2021

The Rescue (2021)

2021 · Drama, Documentary

$1.1M worldwide · 82% of the chart's total

$1.1M US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%

Top 5

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 41 of 2021?

The Rescue (2021) leads with $1.1M, 82% of the total. The top 5 together took $1.3M, 98% of what all 7 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

Number 1

$1.1M The Rescue (2021)
$1.1M US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
Number 2

$117.7K Quant (2021)
No US & Canada figure reported
Number 3

$66.8K Fanatic (2021)
No US & Canada figure reported
Number 4

$17.6K Mothers of the Revolution (2021)
No US & Canada figure reported
Number 5

$17.2K Ascension (2021)
$17.2K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 41 of 2021, 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 41 of 2021 (Oct 3–9).

1
The Rescue (2021) Oct 8, 2021 · English · Drama, Documentary $1.1M worldwide

Oct 8, 2021 US and Canada: $1.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.1M
2
Quant (2021) Oct 9, 2021 · English · Documentary $117.7K worldwide

Oct 9, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $117.7K
3
Fanatic (2021) Oct 9, 2021 · Korean · Documentary $66.8K worldwide

Oct 9, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $66.8K
4
Mothers of the Revolution (2021) Oct 7, 2021 · English · History, Documentary $17.6K worldwide

Oct 7, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.6K
5
Ascension (2021) Oct 8, 2021 · Chinese · Documentary $17.2K worldwide

Oct 8, 2021 US and Canada: $17.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $17.2K
6
Kim Jong-boon of Wangshimni (2021) Oct 8, 2021 · Korean · Documentary $14.3K worldwide

Oct 8, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.3K
7
Jacinta (2021) Oct 8, 2021 · English · Documentary $6.9K worldwide

Oct 8, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.9K

Weeks around it

How Does Week 41 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 41 releases took $1.3M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 42 (Oct 10–16) with $5.6M, led by The Velvet Underground (2021).

Earlier years

How Does Week 41 of 2021 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 41, 2015 earned the most: $26.3M from 2 films, led by Twenty Two (2015). Week 41, 2021 took $1.3M.

Week	Films	Worldwide	Change	Biggest film
Week 41, 2012 Oct 7–13 4 films	4	$621.5K	–	The Flat (2012) $583.4K
Week 41, 2013 Oct 6–12 3 films · −87%	3	$80.9K	−87%	God Loves Uganda (2013) $51.2K
Week 41, 2014 Oct 5–11 6 films · +10112%	6	$8.3M	+10112%	Meet the Mormons (2014) $6M
Week 41, 2015 Oct 4–10 2 films · +218%	2	$26.3M	+218%	Twenty Two (2015) $26.3M
Week 41, 2016 Oct 2–8 6 films · −98%	6	$641.4K	−98%	Lumière! (2016) $531.4K
Week 41, 2017 Oct 8–14 9 films · +288%	9	$2.5M	+288%	Human Flow (2017) $1.8M
Week 41, 2018 Oct 7–13 7 films · −46%	7	$1.3M	−46%	What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018) $434.4K
Week 41, 2019 Oct 6–12 7 films · +121%	7	$3M	+121%	Fantastic Fungi (2019) $1.9M
Week 41, 2020 Oct 4–10 5 films · −57%	5	$1.3M	−57%	David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020) $627.2K
Week 41, 2021 Oct 3–9 7 films · +1%	7	$1.3M	+1%	The Rescue (2021) $1.1M

Documentary Box Office in 2021, Week by Week

48 weeks of 2021 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 26 (Jun 20–26) with $8.6M, led by Fathom (2021).

FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 41 of 2021: 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 7 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 41 of 2021 (Oct 3–9)?

The Rescue (2021) leads with $1.1M worldwide, $1.1M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Quant (2021) at $117.7K and Fanatic (2021) at $66.8K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 41 of 2021 (Oct 3–9) earn?

7 documentary films released in week 41 of 2021 (Oct 3–9) report a worldwide gross, $1.3M in all, or $185.9K per film on average. Week 40, 2021 releases took $5M.

How many documentary movies released in week 41 of 2021 (Oct 3–9) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, The Rescue (2021), earned $1.1M.

How is the week 41, 2021 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 41 of 2021 (Oct 3–9). 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 41, 2021 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.