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Documentary box office · Week 49 · Dec 1–7, 2024

Documentary Box Office, Week 49 of 2024: Documentary Releases of Dec 1–7

RM: Right People, Wrong Place (2024) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 49 of 2024 (Dec 1–7), with $975.8K worldwide, ahead of Obsessed with Light (2024) at $10.3K and The Taste of Mango (2024) at $2.3K. 3 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $988.3K in all, 73% of it from the US & Canada.

week 49 releases with a gross
3
combined worldwide
$988.3K
RM: Right People, Wrong Place (2024), the #1
$975.8K
earned in the US & Canada
73%
RM: Right People, Wrong Place (2024) movie poster #1 of 3
#1 documentary movie of Week 49, 2024

RM: Right People, Wrong Place (2024)

2024 · Documentary, Music

$975.8K worldwide · 99% of the chart's total

$714.1K US & Canada · 73% $261.7K elsewhere · 27%
Top 3

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 49 of 2024?

RM: Right People, Wrong Place (2024) leads with $975.8K, 99% of the total. The top 3 together took $988.3K, almost all of what the 3 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. RM: Right People, Wrong Place (2024) movie poster Number 1
    $975.8K RM: Right People, Wrong Place (2024)
    $714.1K US & Canada · 73% $261.7K elsewhere · 27%
  2. Obsessed with Light (2024) movie poster Number 2
    $10.3K Obsessed with Light (2024)
    $10.3K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  3. The Taste of Mango (2024) movie poster Number 3
    $2.3K The Taste of Mango (2024)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 49 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 49 of 2024 (Dec 1–7).

  1. 1 RM: Right People, Wrong Place (2024) movie poster
    RM: Right People, Wrong Place (2024) Dec 5, 2024 · Documentary, Music $975.8K worldwide
    Dec 5, 2024 US and Canada: $714.1K Rest of the world: $261.7K Worldwide: $975.8K
  2. 2 Obsessed with Light (2024) movie poster
    Obsessed with Light (2024) Dec 6, 2024 · English · Documentary $10.3K worldwide
    Dec 6, 2024 US and Canada: $10.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.3K
  3. 3 The Taste of Mango (2024) movie poster
    The Taste of Mango (2024) Dec 4, 2024 · English · Documentary $2.3K worldwide
    Dec 4, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3K
Earlier years

How Does Week 49 of 2024 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 49, 2020 earned the most: $10.2M from 5 films, led by The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo (2020). Week 49, 2024 took $988.3K.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 49, 2015 Nov 29–Dec 5 3 films 3 $499.2K – Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015) $386.5K
Week 49, 2016 Nov 27–Dec 3 3 films · −90% 3 $51.8K −90% Rocco (2016) $30K
Week 49, 2017 Dec 3–9 3 films · +8532% 3 $4.5M +8532% The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair (2017) $4.4M
Week 49, 2018 Dec 2–8 3 films · −70% 3 $1.3M −70% Santiago, Italia (2018) $1.1M
Week 49, 2019 Dec 1–7 2 films · −90% 2 $135.6K −90% The Disappearance of My Mother (2019) $83.9K
Week 49, 2020 Nov 29–Dec 5 5 films · +7412% 5 $10.2M +7412% The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo (2020) $9.7M
Week 49, 2021 Nov 28–Dec 4 4 films · −92% 4 $807.4K −92% Flee (2021) $711.7K
Week 49, 2022 Nov 27–Dec 3 7 films · −52% 7 $388.7K −52% Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone (2022) $172.4K
Week 49, 2023 Dec 3–9 7 films · +420% 7 $2M +420% Anselm (2023) $1.8M
Week 49, 2024 Dec 1–7 3 films · −51% 3 $988.3K −51% RM: Right People, Wrong Place (2024) $975.8K
FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 49 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 3 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 49 of 2024 (Dec 1–7)?

RM: Right People, Wrong Place (2024) leads with $975.8K worldwide, $714.1K of it in the US & Canada. Next come Obsessed with Light (2024) at $10.3K and The Taste of Mango (2024) at $2.3K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 49 of 2024 (Dec 1–7) earn?

3 documentary films released in week 49 of 2024 (Dec 1–7) report a worldwide gross, $988.3K in all, or $329.4K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 49 of 2024 (Dec 1–7) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, RM: Right People, Wrong Place (2024), earned $975.8K.

How much of the Week 49, 2024 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$724.4K of the $988.3K total, or 73%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 1 film of the 3 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 49, 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 49 of 2024 (Dec 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 49, 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.