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Documentary box office · Week 11 · Mar 9–15, 2025

Documentary Box Office, Week 11 of 2025: Documentary Releases of Mar 9–15

October 8 (2025) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 11 of 2025 (Mar 9–15), with $1.4M worldwide, ahead of Almudena (2025) at $35.8K and Prisoners of Fire (2025) at $8.2K. 3 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $1.4M in all, 95% of it from the US & Canada.

week 11 releases with a gross
3
combined worldwide
$1.4M
October 8 (2025), the #1
$1.4M
earned in the US & Canada
95%
October 8 (2025) movie poster #1 of 3
#1 documentary movie of Week 11, 2025

October 8 (2025)

2025 · Documentary

$1.4M worldwide · 97% of the chart's total

$1.4M US & Canada · 98% $30.7K elsewhere · 2%
Top 3

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 11 of 2025?

October 8 (2025) leads with $1.4M, 97% of the total. The top 3 together took $1.4M, 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. October 8 (2025) movie poster Number 1
    $1.4M October 8 (2025)
    $1.4M US & Canada · 98% $30.7K elsewhere · 2%
  2. Almudena (2025) movie poster Number 2
    $35.8K Almudena (2025)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. Prisoners of Fire (2025) movie poster Number 3
    $8.2K Prisoners of Fire (2025)
    $8.2K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 11 of 2025, 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 11 of 2025 (Mar 9–15).

  1. 1 October 8 (2025) movie poster
    October 8 (2025) Mar 14, 2025 · English · Documentary $1.4M worldwide
    Mar 14, 2025 US and Canada: $1.4M Rest of the world: $30.7K Worldwide: $1.4M
  2. 2 Almudena (2025) movie poster
    Almudena (2025) Mar 15, 2025 · Spanish · Documentary $35.8K worldwide
    Mar 15, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $35.8K
  3. 3 Prisoners of Fire (2025) movie poster
    Prisoners of Fire (2025) Mar 14, 2025 · English · Documentary $8.2K worldwide
    Mar 14, 2025 US and Canada: $8.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.2K
Earlier years

How Does Week 11 of 2025 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 11, 2024 earned the most: $4.5M from 7 films, led by The Tuba Thieves (2024). Week 11, 2025 took $1.4M.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 11, 2016 Mar 6–12 5 films 5 $722.5K – City of Gold (2016) $680.6K
Week 11, 2017 Mar 12–18 3 films · −91% 3 $65.2K −91% Tickling Giants (2017) $51.5K
Week 11, 2018 Mar 11–17 7 films · +1915% 7 $1.3M +1915% 12 Days (2018) $722K
Week 11, 2019 Mar 10–16 6 films · −23% 6 $1M −23% Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy (2019) $765.4K
Week 11, 2020 Mar 8–14 2 films · −99% 2 $7.2K −99% Human Nature (2020) $5.8K
Week 11, 2021 Mar 7–13 1 film · +4223% 1 $312.7K +4223% My Name Is Gulpilil (2021) $312.7K
Week 11, 2022 Mar 6–12 5 films · +433% 5 $1.7M +433% National Theatre Live: Our Generation (2022) $1.6M
Week 11, 2023 Mar 12–18 5 films · −92% 5 $139.5K −92% Blue Whales: Return of the Giants (2023) $130.2K
Week 11, 2024 Mar 10–16 7 films · +3124% 7 $4.5M +3124% The Tuba Thieves (2024) $3.5M
Week 11, 2025 Mar 9–15 3 films · −68% 3 $1.4M −68% October 8 (2025) $1.4M
FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 11 of 2025: 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 11 of 2025 (Mar 9–15)?

October 8 (2025) leads with $1.4M worldwide, $1.4M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Almudena (2025) at $35.8K and Prisoners of Fire (2025) at $8.2K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 11 of 2025 (Mar 9–15) earn?

3 documentary films released in week 11 of 2025 (Mar 9–15) report a worldwide gross, $1.4M in all, or $481K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 11 of 2025 (Mar 9–15) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, October 8 (2025), earned $1.4M.

How much of the Week 11, 2025 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$1.4M of the $1.4M total, or 95%, 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 11, 2025 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 11 of 2025 (Mar 9–15). 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 11, 2025 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.