Documentary box office · Week 11 · Mar 12–18, 2023

Documentary Box Office, Week 11 of 2023: Documentary Releases of Mar 12–18

Blue Whales: Return of the Giants (2023) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 11 of 2023 (Mar 12–18), with $130.2K worldwide, ahead of Otherness (2023) at $6K and La importancia de llamarse Ernesto y la gilipollez de llamarse Eric (2023) at $2K. 5 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $139.5K in all. By language, English leads with $130.2K across 1 documentary release.

week 11 releases with a gross: 5
combined worldwide: $139.5K
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants (2023), the #1: $130.2K

Blue Whales: Return of the Giants (2023) movie poster

#1 of 5

#1 documentary movie of Week 11, 2023

Blue Whales: Return of the Giants (2023)

2023 · Documentary

$130.2K worldwide · 93% of the chart's total

No US & Canada figure reported

Top 5

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 11 of 2023?

Blue Whales: Return of the Giants (2023) leads with $130.2K, 93% of the total. The top 5 together took $139.5K, almost all of what the 5 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

Number 1

$130.2K Blue Whales: Return of the Giants (2023)
No US & Canada figure reported
Number 2

$6K Otherness (2023)
No US & Canada figure reported
Number 3

$2K La importancia de llamarse Ernesto y la gilipollez de llamarse Eric (2023)
No US & Canada figure reported
Number 4

$1.2K Francesca & Love (2023)
No US & Canada figure reported
Number 5

$110 Breaking Social (2023)
No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 11 of 2023, 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 11 of 2023 (Mar 12–18).

1
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants (2023) Mar 14, 2023 · English · Documentary $130.2K worldwide

Mar 14, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $130.2K
2
Otherness (2023) Mar 13, 2023 · Catalan · Documentary $6K worldwide

Mar 13, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6K
3
La importancia de llamarse Ernesto y la gilipollez de llamarse Eric (2023) Mar 12, 2023 · Spanish · Music, Documentary $2K worldwide

Mar 12, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2K
4
Francesca & Love (2023) Mar 16, 2023 · Documentary $1.2K worldwide

Mar 16, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2K
5
Breaking Social (2023) Mar 17, 2023 · Swedish · Documentary $110 worldwide

Mar 17, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $110

Weeks around it

How Does Week 11 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 11 releases took $139.5K. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 12 (Mar 19–25) with $1.8M, led by Louis Tomlinson: All of Those Voices (2023).

Earlier years

How Does Week 11 of 2023 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 11, 2015 earned the most: $5.7M from 4 films, led by The Wrecking Crew (2015). Week 11, 2023 took $139.5K.

Week	Films	Worldwide	Change	Biggest film
Week 11, 2014 Mar 9–15 2 films	2	$96.5K	–	Big Men (2014) $56.3K
Week 11, 2015 Mar 8–14 4 films · +5774%	4	$5.7M	+5774%	The Wrecking Crew (2015) $3.3M
Week 11, 2016 Mar 6–12 5 films · −87%	5	$722.5K	−87%	City of Gold (2016) $680.6K
Week 11, 2017 Mar 12–18 3 films · −91%	3	$65.2K	−91%	Tickling Giants (2017) $51.5K
Week 11, 2018 Mar 11–17 7 films · +1915%	7	$1.3M	+1915%	12 Days (2018) $722K
Week 11, 2019 Mar 10–16 6 films · −23%	6	$1M	−23%	Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy (2019) $765.4K
Week 11, 2020 Mar 8–14 2 films · −99%	2	$7.2K	−99%	Human Nature (2020) $5.8K
Week 11, 2021 Mar 7–13 1 film · +4223%	1	$312.7K	+4223%	My Name Is Gulpilil (2021) $312.7K
Week 11, 2022 Mar 6–12 5 films · +433%	5	$1.7M	+433%	National Theatre Live: Our Generation (2022) $1.6M
Week 11, 2023 Mar 12–18 5 films · −92%	5	$139.5K	−92%	Blue Whales: Return of the Giants (2023) $130.2K

Documentary Box Office in 2023, Week by Week

49 weeks of 2023 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 43 (Oct 22–28) with $13M, led by After Death (2023).

FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 11 of 2023: 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 5 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 11 of 2023 (Mar 12–18)?

Blue Whales: Return of the Giants (2023) leads with $130.2K worldwide. Next come Otherness (2023) at $6K and La importancia de llamarse Ernesto y la gilipollez de llamarse Eric (2023) at $2K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 11 of 2023 (Mar 12–18) earn?

5 documentary films released in week 11 of 2023 (Mar 12–18) report a worldwide gross, $139.5K in all, or $27.9K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 11 of 2023 (Mar 12–18) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Blue Whales: Return of the Giants (2023), earned $130.2K.

How is the week 11, 2023 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 11 of 2023 (Mar 12–18). 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 11, 2023 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.