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Documentary box office · Week 43 · Oct 17–23, 2021

Documentary Box Office, Week 43 of 2021: Documentary Releases of Oct 17–23

Becoming Cousteau (2021) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 43 of 2021 (Oct 17–23), with $282.6K worldwide, ahead of Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free (2021) at $11.7K and At the Ready (2021) at $7.6K. 4 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $304.3K in all, 79% of it from the US & Canada.

week 43 releases with a gross
4
combined worldwide
$304.3K
Becoming Cousteau (2021), the #1
$282.6K
earned in the US & Canada
79%
Becoming Cousteau (2021) movie poster #1 of 4
#1 documentary movie of Week 43, 2021

Becoming Cousteau (2021)

2021 · Adventure, Documentary

$282.6K worldwide · 93% of the chart's total

$231.7K US & Canada · 82% $50.9K elsewhere · 18%
Top 4

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 43 of 2021?

Becoming Cousteau (2021) leads with $282.6K, 93% of the total. The top 4 together took $304.3K, 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. Becoming Cousteau (2021) movie poster Number 1
    $282.6K Becoming Cousteau (2021)
    $231.7K US & Canada · 82% $50.9K elsewhere · 18%
  2. Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free (2021) movie poster Number 2
    $11.7K Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free (2021)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. At the Ready (2021) movie poster Number 3
    $7.6K At the Ready (2021)
    $7.6K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  4. The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo (2021) movie poster Number 4

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 43 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 43 of 2021 (Oct 17–23).

  1. 1 Becoming Cousteau (2021) movie poster
    Becoming Cousteau (2021) Oct 22, 2021 · English · Adventure, Documentary $282.6K worldwide
    Oct 22, 2021 US and Canada: $231.7K Rest of the world: $50.9K Worldwide: $282.6K
  2. 2 Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free (2021) movie poster
    Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free (2021) Oct 20, 2021 · English · Documentary $11.7K worldwide
    Oct 20, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.7K
  3. 3 At the Ready (2021) movie poster
    At the Ready (2021) Oct 22, 2021 · English · Documentary $7.6K worldwide
    Oct 22, 2021 US and Canada: $7.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.6K
  4. 4 The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo (2021) movie poster
    The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo (2021) Oct 23, 2021 · English · Documentary $2.4K worldwide
    Oct 23, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4K
Earlier years

How Does Week 43 of 2021 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, 2021 took $304.3K.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 43, 2012 Oct 21–27 4 films 4 $222.7K – 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
Week 43, 2021 Oct 17–23 4 films · −46% 4 $304.3K −46% Becoming Cousteau (2021) $282.6K
FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 43 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 4 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 43 of 2021 (Oct 17–23)?

Becoming Cousteau (2021) leads with $282.6K worldwide, $231.7K of it in the US & Canada. Next come Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free (2021) at $11.7K and At the Ready (2021) at $7.6K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 43 of 2021 (Oct 17–23) earn?

4 documentary films released in week 43 of 2021 (Oct 17–23) report a worldwide gross, $304.3K in all, or $76.1K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 43 of 2021 (Oct 17–23) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Becoming Cousteau (2021), earned $282.6K.

How much of the Week 43, 2021 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$239.2K of the $304.3K total, or 79%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 2 films of the 4 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 43, 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 43 of 2021 (Oct 17–23). 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, 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.