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Documentary box office · Week 50 · Dec 4–10, 2022

Documentary Box Office, Week 50 of 2022: Documentary Releases of Dec 4–10

Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon (2022) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 50 of 2022 (Dec 4–10), with $840.6K worldwide, ahead of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022) at $109.8K and Loudmouth (2022) at $42K. 4 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $1M in all, 89% of it from the US & Canada.

week 50 releases with a gross
4
combined worldwide
$1M
Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon (2022), the #1
$840.6K
earned in the US & Canada
89%
Top 4

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 50 of 2022?

Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon (2022) leads with $840.6K, 83% of the total. The top 4 together took $1M, 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. Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon (2022) movie poster Number 1
    $840.6K Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon (2022)
    $840.6K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  2. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022) movie poster Number 2
    $109.8K Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. Loudmouth (2022) movie poster Number 3
    $42K Loudmouth (2022)
    $42K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  4. To the End (2022) movie poster Number 4
    $15.8K To the End (2022)
    $15.8K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 50 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 50 of 2022 (Dec 4–10).

  1. 1 Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon (2022) movie poster
    Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon (2022) Dec 5, 2022 · English · Music, Documentary $840.6K worldwide
    Dec 5, 2022 US and Canada: $840.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $840.6K
  2. 2 Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022) movie poster
    Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022) Dec 9, 2022 · English · Documentary $109.8K worldwide
    Dec 9, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $109.8K
  3. 3 Loudmouth (2022) movie poster
    Loudmouth (2022) Dec 9, 2022 · English · Documentary $42K worldwide
    Dec 9, 2022 US and Canada: $42K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $42K
  4. 4 To the End (2022) movie poster
    To the End (2022) Dec 9, 2022 · English · Documentary $15.8K worldwide
    Dec 9, 2022 US and Canada: $15.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $15.8K
US & Canada vs the world

Where Did the Money Come From in Week 50 of 2022?

Of the top 4, Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon (2022) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while To the End (2022) made 0% of its gross abroad. Across all 4 films, $898.4K (89%) came from the US & Canada. 1 film of the top 4 reports no US & Canada figure.

  1. 1 Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon (2022) $840.6K
    $840.6K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  2. 2 Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022) $109.8K
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. 3 Loudmouth (2022) $42K
    $42K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  4. 4 To the End (2022) $15.8K
    $15.8K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
Weeks around it

How Does Week 50 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 50 releases took $1M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 45 (Oct 30–Nov 5) with $26.1M, led by Calendar Girls (2022).

  1. Week 44 Wk 44 Oct 23–29 Gandhada Gudi (2022) $1.9M Gandhada Gudi (2022)
  2. Week 45 Wk 45 Oct 30–Nov 5 Calendar Girls (2022) $26.1M Calendar Girls (2022)
  3. Week 46 Wk 46 Nov 6–12 Morality is Goodness (2022) $102.2K Morality is Goodness (2022)
  4. Week 47 Wk 47 Nov 13–19 Liam Gallagher: Knebworth 22 (2022) $329.1K Liam Gallagher: Knebworth 22 (2022)
  5. Week 48 Wk 48 Nov 20–26 All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022) $1.5M All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)
  6. Week 49 Wk 49 Nov 27–Dec 3 Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone (2022) $388.7K Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone (2022)
  7. Week 50 Wk 50 Dec 4–10 Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon (2022) $1M Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon (2022)
  8. Week 51 Wk 51 Dec 11–17 Children of the Mist (2022) $224.6K Children of the Mist (2022)
  9. Week 52 Wk 52 Dec 18–24 Wildcat (2022) $563.6K Wildcat (2022)
Earlier years

How Does Week 50 of 2022 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 50, 2017 earned the most: $8.7M from 3 films, led by Killing for Love (2017). Week 50, 2022 took $1M.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 50, 2013 Dec 8–14 2 films 2 $203.2K – Liv & Ingmar (2013) $140K
Week 50, 2014 Dec 7–13 3 films · −89% 3 $21.4K −89% Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) $16.4K
Week 50, 2015 Dec 6–12 No films 0 – – –
Week 50, 2016 Dec 4–10 6 films 6 $8.7M – I Am Not Your Negro (2016) $8.3M
Week 50, 2017 Dec 10–16 3 films · ±0% 3 $8.7M ±0% Killing for Love (2017) $8.3M
Week 50, 2018 Dec 9–15 2 films · −100% 2 $28.1K −100% Loud Krazy Love (2018) $24.2K
Week 50, 2019 Dec 8–14 4 films · +1344% 4 $405K +1344% Cunningham (2019) $367.8K
Week 50, 2020 Dec 6–12 3 films · +64% 3 $663.6K +64% Gunda (2020) $383.1K
Week 50, 2021 Dec 5–11 1 film · −68% 1 $211.6K −68% Mr. Saturday Night (2021) $211.6K
Week 50, 2022 Dec 4–10 4 films · +376% 4 $1M +376% Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon (2022) $840.6K
Archive

Documentary Box Office in 2022, Week by Week

51 weeks of 2022 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 6 (Jan 30–Feb 5) with $80.6M, led by Jackass Forever (2022).

FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 50 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 4 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 50 of 2022 (Dec 4–10)?

Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon (2022) leads with $840.6K worldwide, $840.6K of it in the US & Canada. Next come Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022) at $109.8K and Loudmouth (2022) at $42K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 50 of 2022 (Dec 4–10) earn?

4 documentary films released in week 50 of 2022 (Dec 4–10) report a worldwide gross, $1M in all, or $252.1K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 50 of 2022 (Dec 4–10) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon (2022), earned $840.6K.

How much of the Week 50, 2022 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$898.4K of the $1M total, or 89%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 1 film of the 4 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 50, 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 50 of 2022 (Dec 4–10). 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 50, 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.