How much of the Week 8, 2023 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$140.1K of the $1M total, or 14%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 4 films of the 5 report no domestic figure.

Documentary box office · Week 8 · Feb 19–25, 2023

Documentary Box Office, Week 8 of 2023: Documentary Releases of Feb 19–25

Whale Nation (2023) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 8 of 2023 (Feb 19–25), with $789.1K worldwide, ahead of Path of the Panther (2023) at $140.1K and Ramona (2023) at $69.7K. 5 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $1M in all, 14% of it from the US & Canada. By language, French leads with $789.1K across 1 documentary release.

week 8 releases with a gross: 5
combined worldwide: $1M
Whale Nation (2023), the #1: $789.1K
earned in the US & Canada: 14%

#1 of 5

#1 documentary movie of Week 8, 2023

Whale Nation (2023)

2023 · Documentary

$789.1K worldwide · 79% of the chart's total

No US & Canada figure reported

Top 5

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 8 of 2023?

Whale Nation (2023) leads with $789.1K, 79% of the total. The top 5 together took $1M, 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

$789.1K Whale Nation (2023)
No US & Canada figure reported
Number 2

$140.1K Path of the Panther (2023)
$140.1K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
Number 3

$69.7K Ramona (2023)
No US & Canada figure reported
Number 4

$3.8K The Walls of Bergamo (2023)
No US & Canada figure reported
Number 5

$364 A House Made of Splinters (2023)
No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 8 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 8 of 2023 (Feb 19–25).

1
Whale Nation (2023) Feb 22, 2023 · French · Documentary $789.1K worldwide

Feb 22, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $789.1K
2
Path of the Panther (2023) Feb 24, 2023 · English · Documentary $140.1K worldwide

Feb 24, 2023 US and Canada: $140.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $140.1K
3
Ramona (2023) Feb 21, 2023 · Spanish · Documentary $69.7K worldwide

Feb 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $69.7K
4
The Walls of Bergamo (2023) Feb 24, 2023 · Italian · Documentary $3.8K worldwide

Feb 24, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.8K
5
A House Made of Splinters (2023) Feb 21, 2023 · Russian · Documentary $364 worldwide

Feb 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $364

Weeks around it

How Does Week 8 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 8 releases took $1M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 8 (Feb 19–25) with $1M, led by Whale Nation (2023).

Earlier years

How Does Week 8 of 2023 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 8, 2017 earned the most: $10.3M from 2 films, led by Kiki (2017). Week 8, 2023 took $1M.

Week	Films	Worldwide	Change	Biggest film
Week 8, 2014 Feb 16–22 2 films	2	$368.3K	–	Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me (2014) $327.5K
Week 8, 2015 Feb 15–21 2 films · +158%	2	$952K	+158%	Becoming Zlatan (2015) $941.8K
Week 8, 2016 Feb 14–20 4 films · −16%	4	$800.6K	−16%	McLaren (2016) $642.1K
Week 8, 2017 Feb 19–25 2 films · +1185%	2	$10.3M	+1185%	Kiki (2017) $7.6M
Week 8, 2018 Feb 18–24 5 films · −98%	5	$155.9K	−98%	The Ice King (2018) $126.9K
Week 8, 2019 Feb 17–23 2 films · −80%	2	$31.2K	−80%	Wrestle (2019) $26.6K
Week 8, 2020 Feb 16–22 2 films · +1821%	2	$598.7K	+1821%	Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band (2020) $536.5K
Week 8, 2021 Feb 14–20 No films	0	–	–	–
Week 8, 2022 Feb 13–19 2 films	2	$191.5K	–	For Lucio (2022) $117.7K
Week 8, 2023 Feb 19–25 5 films · +424%	5	$1M	+424%	Whale Nation (2023) $789.1K

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 8 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 8 of 2023 (Feb 19–25)?

Whale Nation (2023) leads with $789.1K worldwide. Next come Path of the Panther (2023) at $140.1K and Ramona (2023) at $69.7K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 8 of 2023 (Feb 19–25) earn?

5 documentary films released in week 8 of 2023 (Feb 19–25) report a worldwide gross, $1M in all, or $200.6K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 8 of 2023 (Feb 19–25) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Whale Nation (2023), earned $789.1K.

How is the week 8, 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 8 of 2023 (Feb 19–25). 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 8, 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.