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Documentary box office · Week 28 · Jul 3–9, 2022

Documentary Box Office, Week 28 of 2022: Documentary Releases of Jul 3–9

Fire of Love (2022) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 28 of 2022 (Jul 3–9), with $1.7M worldwide, ahead of Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel (2022) at $45.9K and The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie (2022) at $5.4K. 3 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $1.7M in all, 65% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 45% on Week 27, 2022, whose releases took $3.2M.

week 28 releases with a gross
3
combined worldwide
$1.7M
Fire of Love (2022), the #1
$1.7M
vs Week 27, 2022
−45%
Fire of Love (2022) movie poster #1 of 3
#1 documentary movie of Week 28, 2022

Fire of Love (2022)

2022 · Documentary

$1.7M worldwide · 97% of the chart's total

$1.1M US & Canada · 66% $574.7K elsewhere · 34%
Top 3

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 28 of 2022?

Fire of Love (2022) leads with $1.7M, 97% of the total. The top 3 together took $1.7M, 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. Fire of Love (2022) movie poster Number 1
    $1.7M Fire of Love (2022)
    $1.1M US & Canada · 66% $574.7K elsewhere · 34%
  2. Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel (2022) movie poster Number 2
    $45.9K Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel (2022)
    $22.5K US & Canada · 49% $23.4K elsewhere · 51%
  3. The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie (2022) movie poster Number 3

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 28 of 2022, 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 28 of 2022 (Jul 3–9).

  1. 1 Fire of Love (2022) movie poster
    Fire of Love (2022) Jul 6, 2022 · Documentary $1.7M worldwide
    Jul 6, 2022 US and Canada: $1.1M Rest of the world: $574.7K Worldwide: $1.7M
  2. 2 Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel (2022) movie poster
    Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel (2022) Jul 8, 2022 · English · Documentary $45.9K worldwide
    Jul 8, 2022 US and Canada: $22.5K Rest of the world: $23.4K Worldwide: $45.9K
  3. 3 The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie (2022) movie poster
    The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie (2022) Jul 8, 2022 · English · Documentary $5.4K worldwide
    Jul 8, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.4K
Earlier years

How Does Week 28 of 2022 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 28, 2021 earned the most: $2.8M from 5 films, led by The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 (2021). Week 28, 2022 took $1.7M.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 28, 2013 Jul 7–13 1 film 1 $55.8K – Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013) $55.8K
Week 28, 2014 Jul 6–12 1 film · −82% 1 $10K −82% Made in America (2014) $10K
Week 28, 2015 Jul 5–11 2 films · +7354% 2 $742.1K +7354% Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot (2015) $619.5K
Week 28, 2016 Jul 3–9 4 films · −33% 4 $493.8K −33% Under the Sun (2016) $306K
Week 28, 2017 Jul 9–15 5 films · −76% 5 $120.2K −76% Unrest (2017) $40.1K
Week 28, 2018 Jul 8–14 5 films · +123% 5 $267.9K +123% Dark Money (2018) $217.9K
Week 28, 2019 Jul 7–13 3 films · +176% 3 $740K +176% Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable (2019) $657.8K
Week 28, 2020 Jul 5–11 1 film · −74% 1 $192.4K −74% Meky (2020) $192.4K
Week 28, 2021 Jul 4–10 5 films · +1339% 5 $2.8M +1339% The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 (2021) $1.6M
Week 28, 2022 Jul 3–9 3 films · −37% 3 $1.7M −37% Fire of Love (2022) $1.7M
FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 28 of 2022: 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 28 of 2022 (Jul 3–9)?

Fire of Love (2022) leads with $1.7M worldwide, $1.1M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel (2022) at $45.9K and The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie (2022) at $5.4K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 28 of 2022 (Jul 3–9) earn?

3 documentary films released in week 28 of 2022 (Jul 3–9) report a worldwide gross, $1.7M in all, or $582.1K per film on average. Week 27, 2022 releases took $3.2M.

How many documentary movies released in week 28 of 2022 (Jul 3–9) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Fire of Love (2022), earned $1.7M.

How much of the Week 28, 2022 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$1.1M of the $1.7M total, or 65%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 1 film of the 3 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 28, 2022 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 28 of 2022 (Jul 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 28, 2022 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.