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Documentary box office · Week 39 · Sep 22–28, 2024

Documentary Box Office, Week 39 of 2024: Documentary Releases of Sep 22–28

Bambi: A Life in the Woods (2024) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 39 of 2024 (Sep 22–28), with $629.2K worldwide, ahead of The Body Politic (2024) at $129.8K and Jimmy (2024) at $82.1K. 6 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $918.6K in all, <1% of it from the US & Canada. By language, French leads with $629.2K across 1 documentary release.

week 39 releases with a gross
6
combined worldwide
$918.6K
Bambi: A Life in the Woods (2024), the #1
$629.2K
earned in the US & Canada
<1%
Bambi: A Life in the Woods (2024) movie poster #1 of 6
#1 documentary movie of Week 39, 2024

Bambi: A Life in the Woods (2024)

2024 · Family, Documentary

$629.2K worldwide · 68% of the chart's total

No US & Canada figure reported
Top 5

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 39 of 2024?

Bambi: A Life in the Woods (2024) leads with $629.2K, 68% of the total. The top 5 together took $918.6K, almost all of what the 6 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. Bambi: A Life in the Woods (2024) movie poster Number 1
    $629.2K Bambi: A Life in the Woods (2024)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  2. The Body Politic (2024) movie poster Number 2
    $129.8K The Body Politic (2024)
    $633 US & Canada · <1% $129.2K elsewhere · 100%
  3. Jimmy (2024) movie poster Number 3
    $82.1K Jimmy (2024)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  4. Stylebender (2024) movie poster Number 4
    $68.1K Stylebender (2024)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  5. Chinatown Cha-Cha (2024) movie poster Number 5
    $9.4K Chinatown Cha-Cha (2024)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 39 of 2024, 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 39 of 2024 (Sep 22–28).

  1. 1 Bambi: A Life in the Woods (2024) movie poster
    Bambi: A Life in the Woods (2024) Sep 25, 2024 · French · Family, Documentary, Adventure $629.2K worldwide
    Sep 25, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $629.2K
  2. 2 The Body Politic (2024) movie poster
    The Body Politic (2024) Sep 27, 2024 · English · Documentary $129.8K worldwide
    Sep 27, 2024 US and Canada: $633 Rest of the world: $129.2K Worldwide: $129.8K
  3. 3 Jimmy (2024) movie poster
    Jimmy (2024) Sep 28, 2024 · English · History, Documentary $82.1K worldwide
    Sep 28, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $82.1K
  4. 4 Stylebender (2024) movie poster
    Stylebender (2024) Sep 24, 2024 · English · Documentary, Sport $68.1K worldwide
    Sep 24, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $68.1K
  5. 5 Chinatown Cha-Cha (2024) movie poster
    Chinatown Cha-Cha (2024) Sep 24, 2024 · English · Music, History, Documentary $9.4K worldwide
    Sep 24, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.4K
  6. 6 Escape from Extinction Rewilding (2024) movie poster
    Escape from Extinction Rewilding (2024) Sep 27, 2024 · English · Documentary $9 worldwide
    Sep 27, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9
Earlier years

How Does Week 39 of 2024 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 39, 2018 earned the most: $29.6M from 4 films, led by Free Solo (2018). Week 39, 2024 took $918.6K.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 39, 2015 Sep 20–26 9 films 9 $1.2M – Unbranded (2015) $412.8K
Week 39, 2016 Sep 18–24 6 films · −64% 6 $429.4K −64% Seed: The Untold Story (2016) $209.8K
Week 39, 2017 Sep 24–30 12 films · +436% 12 $2.3M +436% Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017) $1.2M
Week 39, 2018 Sep 23–29 4 films · +1186% 4 $29.6M +1186% Free Solo (2018) $29.4M
Week 39, 2019 Sep 22–28 4 films · −95% 4 $1.4M −95% The Game Changers (2019) $898K
Week 39, 2020 Sep 20–26 4 films · −66% 4 $460.5K −66% Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles (2020) $194.3K
Week 39, 2021 Sep 19–25 6 films · +173% 6 $1.3M +173% Oasis Knebworth 1996 (2021) $1.1M
Week 39, 2022 Sep 18–24 5 films · −74% 5 $323.3K −74% Nothing Compares (2022) $163.4K
Week 39, 2023 Sep 24–30 2 films · +49% 2 $480.9K +49% Carlos (2023) $446.2K
Week 39, 2024 Sep 22–28 6 films · +91% 6 $918.6K +91% Bambi: A Life in the Woods (2024) $629.2K
FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 39 of 2024: 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 6 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 39 of 2024 (Sep 22–28)?

Bambi: A Life in the Woods (2024) leads with $629.2K worldwide. Next come The Body Politic (2024) at $129.8K and Jimmy (2024) at $82.1K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 39 of 2024 (Sep 22–28) earn?

6 documentary films released in week 39 of 2024 (Sep 22–28) report a worldwide gross, $918.6K in all, or $153.1K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 39 of 2024 (Sep 22–28) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Bambi: A Life in the Woods (2024), earned $629.2K.

How much of the Week 39, 2024 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$633 of the $918.6K total, or <1%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 5 films of the 6 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 39, 2024 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 39 of 2024 (Sep 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 39, 2024 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.