#1 of 4 #1 documentary movie of Week 4, 2023
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023)
2023 · Documentary
$85.8K worldwide · 50% of the chart's total
$59K US & Canada · 69% $26.8K elsewhere · 31%
Documentary box office · Week 4 · Jan 22–28, 2023
Documentary Box Office, Week 4 of 2023: Documentary Releases of Jan 22–28
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 4 of 2023 (Jan 22–28), with $85.8K worldwide, ahead of The Mission (2023) at $79.6K and Silent Witnesses (2023) at $3.3K. 4 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $171.5K in all, 68% of it from the US & Canada.
- week 4 releases with a gross
- 4
- combined worldwide
- $171.5K
- Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023), the #1
- $85.8K
- earned in the US & Canada
- 68%
#1 of 4 Top 4
What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 4 of 2023?
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023) leads with $85.8K, 50% of the total. The top 4 together took $171.5K, 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.
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The chart
Every Documentary Release of Week 4 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 4 of 2023 (Jan 22–28).
- 1 Jan 22, 2023 US and Canada: $59K Rest of the world: $26.8K Worldwide: $85.8K
- 2 Jan 27, 2023 US and Canada: $58.4K Rest of the world: $21.2K Worldwide: $79.6K
- 3 Jan 28, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.3K
- 4 Jan 22, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8K
Weeks around it
How Does Week 4 Compare With the Weeks Around It?
Week 4 releases took $171.5K. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 52, 2022 (Dec 18–24) with $563.6K, led by Wildcat (2022).
- Week 51, 2022 Wk 51 Dec 11–17 Children of the Mist (2022) $224.6K Children of the Mist (2022)
- Week 52, 2022 Wk 52 Dec 18–24 Wildcat (2022) $563.6K Wildcat (2022)
- Week 53, 2022 Wk 53 Dec 25–31 Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb (2022) $356.9K Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb (2022)
- Week 1 Wk 1 Jan 1–7 Fungi: The Web of Life (2023) $32.8K Fungi: The Web of Life (2023)
- Week 2 Wk 2 Jan 8–14 No reported grosses – No reported grosses
- Week 3 Wk 3 Jan 15–21 The Mad Writer (2023) $6.9K The Mad Writer (2023)
- Week 4 Wk 4 Jan 22–28 Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023) $171.5K Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023)
- Week 5 Wk 5 Jan 29–Feb 4 Body Parts (2023) $415.6K Body Parts (2023)
- Week 6 Wk 6 Feb 5–11 Knowing the Score (2023) $75.3K Knowing the Score (2023)
Earlier years
How Does Week 4 of 2023 Compare With Earlier Years?
Of these 10 years, Week 4, 2016 earned the most: $2M from 3 films, led by Doing Good (2016). Week 4, 2023 took $171.5K.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 4, 2014 Jan 19–25 3 films | 3 | $132K | – | Visitors (2014) $84.6K |
| Week 4, 2015 Jan 18–24 2 films · +431% | 2 | $700.4K | +431% | Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015) $686.4K |
| Week 4, 2016 Jan 17–23 3 films · +186% | 3 | $2M | +186% | Doing Good (2016) $2M |
| Week 4, 2017 Jan 22–28 3 films · −95% | 3 | $94.4K | −95% | 78/52 (2017) $46.8K |
| Week 4, 2018 Jan 21–27 4 films · +1916% | 4 | $1.9M | +1916% | Per Fugelli: Siste resept (2018) $977.6K |
| Week 4, 2019 Jan 20–26 2 films · −100% | 2 | $2.5K | −100% | Mute Fire (2019) $1.5K |
| Week 4, 2020 Jan 19–25 1 film · +2330% | 1 | $61.5K | +2330% | Viva the Underdogs (2020) $61.5K |
| Week 4, 2021 Jan 17–23 1 film · +97% | 1 | $121.1K | +97% | Notturno (2021) $121.1K |
| Week 4, 2022 Jan 16–22 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| Week 4, 2023 Jan 22–28 4 films | 4 | $171.5K | – | Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023) $85.8K |
Archive
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).
- Week 1 $32.8K
- Week 2 No grosses
- Week 3 $6.9K
- Week 4 $171.5K
- Week 5 $415.6K
- Week 6 $75.3K
- Week 7 $404.6K
- Week 8 $1M
- Week 9 $16.3K
- Week 10 $575.2K
- Week 11 $139.5K
- Week 12 $1.8M
- Week 13 $29.2K
- Week 14 $3.6M
- Week 15 $471K
- Week 16 $1.3M
- Week 17 $221.9K
- Week 18 No grosses
- Week 19 $706.8K
- Week 20 $3M
- Week 21 $5.1K
- Week 22 $189.8K
- Week 23 $674.6K
- Week 24 $572.4K
- Week 25 $407.8K
- Week 26 $302.7K
- Week 27 $79.4K
- Week 28 $309.1K
- Week 29 $2.3M
- Week 30 $937.7K
- Week 31 $450.1K
- Week 32 $1.1M
- Week 33 $154.1K
- Week 34 $422.6K
- Week 35 $447.8K
- Week 36 $530.2K
- Week 37 $131.7K
- Week 38 $1.2M
- Week 39 $480.9K
- Week 40 $1.6M
- Week 41 $4.6M
- Week 42 $88.2K
- Week 43 $13M
- Week 44 $596.6K
- Week 45 $1.2M
- Week 46 $694.2K
- Week 47 $1.8M
- Week 48 $262.1K
- Week 49 $2M
- Week 50 $272.3K
- Week 51 No grosses
- Week 52 $1.6M
- Week 53 No grosses
FAQ
Documentary Box Office Week 4 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 4 films as the chart.
What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 4 of 2023 (Jan 22–28)?
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023) leads with $85.8K worldwide, $59K of it in the US & Canada. Next come The Mission (2023) at $79.6K and Silent Witnesses (2023) at $3.3K.
How much did documentary movies released in week 4 of 2023 (Jan 22–28) earn?
4 documentary films released in week 4 of 2023 (Jan 22–28) report a worldwide gross, $171.5K in all, or $42.9K per film on average.
How many documentary movies released in week 4 of 2023 (Jan 22–28) made $1 billion?
None. The biggest, Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023), earned $85.8K.
How is the week 4, 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 4 of 2023 (Jan 22–28). 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 4, 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.