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Documentary box office · Week 40 · Oct 1–7, 2023

Documentary Box Office, Week 40 of 2023: Documentary Releases of Oct 1–7

Joan Baez I Am A Noise (2023) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 40 of 2023 (Oct 1–7), with $741.1K worldwide, ahead of Mister Organ (2023) at $314.5K and A Man Who Heals the City (2023) at $227.3K. 7 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $1.6M in all, 43% of it from the US & Canada. By language, English leads with $1.2M across 4 documentary releases.

week 40 releases with a gross
7
combined worldwide
$1.6M
Joan Baez I Am A Noise (2023), the #1
$741.1K
earned in the US & Canada
43%
Joan Baez I Am A Noise (2023) movie poster #1 of 7
#1 documentary movie of Week 40, 2023

Joan Baez I Am A Noise (2023)

2023 · Documentary, Biography

$741.1K worldwide · 46% of the chart's total

$648.3K US & Canada · 87% $92.8K elsewhere · 13%
Top 5

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 40 of 2023?

Joan Baez I Am A Noise (2023) leads with $741.1K, 46% of the total. The top 5 together took $1.6M, 98% of what all 7 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. Joan Baez I Am A Noise (2023) movie poster Number 1
    $741.1K Joan Baez I Am A Noise (2023)
    $648.3K US & Canada · 87% $92.8K elsewhere · 13%
  2. Mister Organ (2023) movie poster Number 2
    $314.5K Mister Organ (2023)
    $36.1K US & Canada · 11% $278.4K elsewhere · 89%
  3. A Man Who Heals the City (2023) movie poster Number 3
    $227.3K A Man Who Heals the City (2023)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  4. Riverboom (2023) movie poster Number 4
    $175.4K Riverboom (2023)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  5. Your Friend, Memphis (2023) movie poster Number 5
    $113.1K Your Friend, Memphis (2023)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 40 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 40 of 2023 (Oct 1–7).

  1. 1 Joan Baez I Am A Noise (2023) movie poster
    Joan Baez I Am A Noise (2023) Oct 6, 2023 · English · Documentary, Biography, Music $741.1K worldwide
    Oct 6, 2023 US and Canada: $648.3K Rest of the world: $92.8K Worldwide: $741.1K
  2. 2 Mister Organ (2023) movie poster
    Mister Organ (2023) Oct 6, 2023 · English · Documentary $314.5K worldwide
    Oct 6, 2023 US and Canada: $36.1K Rest of the world: $278.4K Worldwide: $314.5K
  3. 3 A Man Who Heals the City (2023) movie poster
    A Man Who Heals the City (2023) Oct 6, 2023 · Korean · Documentary $227.3K worldwide
    Oct 6, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $227.3K
  4. 4 Riverboom (2023) movie poster
    Riverboom (2023) Oct 4, 2023 · French · Comedy, Documentary $175.4K worldwide
    Oct 4, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $175.4K
  5. 5 Your Friend, Memphis (2023) movie poster
    Your Friend, Memphis (2023) Oct 6, 2023 · English · Documentary, Biography, Drama $113.1K worldwide
    Oct 6, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $113.1K
  6. 6 Lasting Impressions (2023) movie poster
    Lasting Impressions (2023) Oct 1, 2023 · English · Documentary $23.2K worldwide
    Oct 1, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.2K
  7. 7 Pepi Fandango (2023) movie poster
    Pepi Fandango (2023) Oct 7, 2023 · Spanish · Documentary $1.7K worldwide
    Oct 7, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7K
Weeks around it

How Does Week 40 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 40 releases took $1.6M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 41 (Oct 8–14) with $4.6M, led by Plan C (2023).

  1. Week 34 Wk 34 Aug 20–26 Madame Hofmann (2023) $422.6K Madame Hofmann (2023)
  2. Week 35 Wk 35 Aug 27–Sep 2 Enzo Jannacci - Vengo anch’io (2023) $447.8K Enzo Jannacci - Vengo anch’io (2023)
  3. Week 36 Wk 36 Sep 3–9 Carmín (2023) $530.2K Carmín (2023)
  4. Week 37 Wk 37 Sep 10–16 Invisible Beauty (2023) $131.7K Invisible Beauty (2023)
  5. Week 38 Wk 38 Sep 17–23 Canary (2023) $1.2M Canary (2023)
  6. Week 39 Wk 39 Sep 24–30 Carlos (2023) $480.9K Carlos (2023)
  7. Week 40 Wk 40 Oct 1–7 Joan Baez I Am A Noise (2023) $1.6M Joan Baez I Am A Noise (2023)
  8. Week 41 Wk 41 Oct 8–14 Plan C (2023) $4.6M Plan C (2023)
  9. Week 42 Wk 42 Oct 15–21 The Pigeon Tunnel (2023) $88.2K The Pigeon Tunnel (2023)
Earlier years

How Does Week 40 of 2023 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 40, 2017 earned the most: $18.2M from 11 films, led by Earth: One Amazing Day (2017). Week 40, 2023 took $1.6M.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 40, 2014 Sep 28–Oct 4 5 films 5 $2.4M – Roger Waters: The Wall (2014) $2.2M
Week 40, 2015 Sep 27–Oct 3 5 films · +95% 5 $4.7M +95% He Named Me Malala (2015) $3.4M
Week 40, 2016 Sep 25–Oct 1 8 films · −84% 8 $755.6K −84% Harry & Snowman (2016) $578.8K
Week 40, 2017 Oct 1–7 11 films · +2307% 11 $18.2M +2307% Earth: One Amazing Day (2017) $12.9M
Week 40, 2018 Sep 30–Oct 6 8 films · −96% 8 $812.3K −96% Studio 54 (2018) $239.8K
Week 40, 2019 Sep 29–Oct 5 6 films · −89% 6 $89.5K −89% Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019) $37.3K
Week 40, 2020 Sep 27–Oct 3 5 films · +280% 5 $340K +280% Cano (2020) $150.2K
Week 40, 2021 Sep 26–Oct 2 4 films · +1383% 4 $5M +1383% Karel (2021) $2.9M
Week 40, 2022 Sep 25–Oct 1 2 films · −100% 2 $24.1K −100% Sirens (2022) $19.3K
Week 40, 2023 Oct 1–7 7 films · +6529% 7 $1.6M +6529% Joan Baez I Am A Noise (2023) $741.1K
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).

FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 40 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 7 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 40 of 2023 (Oct 1–7)?

Joan Baez I Am A Noise (2023) leads with $741.1K worldwide, $648.3K of it in the US & Canada. Next come Mister Organ (2023) at $314.5K and A Man Who Heals the City (2023) at $227.3K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 40 of 2023 (Oct 1–7) earn?

7 documentary films released in week 40 of 2023 (Oct 1–7) report a worldwide gross, $1.6M in all, or $228K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 40 of 2023 (Oct 1–7) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Joan Baez I Am A Noise (2023), earned $741.1K.

How much of the Week 40, 2023 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$684.4K of the $1.6M total, or 43%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 5 films of the 7 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 40, 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 40 of 2023 (Oct 1–7). 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 40, 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.