#1 of 3 #1 documentary movie of Week 12, 2025
2025 · Documentary
$849.1K worldwide · 55% of the chart's total
$849.1K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
Documentary box office · Week 12 · Mar 16–22, 2025
Documentary Box Office, Week 12 of 2025: Documentary Releases of Mar 16–22
Secret Mall Apartment (2025) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 12 of 2025 (Mar 16–22), with $849.1K worldwide, ahead of AUM: The Cult at the End of the World (2025) at $358.1K and Facing War (2025) at $341.5K. 3 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $1.5M in all, 55% of it from the US & Canada. That is up 7% on Week 11, 2025, whose releases took $1.4M.
- week 12 releases with a gross
- 3
- combined worldwide
- $1.5M
- Secret Mall Apartment (2025), the #1
- $849.1K
- vs Week 11, 2025
- +7%
#1 of 3 Top 3
What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 12 of 2025?
Secret Mall Apartment (2025) leads with $849.1K, 55% of the total. The top 3 together took $1.5M, 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.
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Number 3
US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
The chart
Every Documentary Release of Week 12 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 12 of 2025 (Mar 16–22).
- 1 Mar 21, 2025 US and Canada: $849.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $849.1K
- 2 AUM: The Cult at the End of the World (2025)Mar 19, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $358.1K
Mar 19, 2025 · English · Documentary, Crime $358.1K worldwide - 3 Mar 19, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $341.5K
Weeks around it
How Does Week 12 Compare With the Weeks Around It?
Week 12 releases took $1.5M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 6 (Feb 2–8) with $14.8M, led by Becoming Led Zeppelin (2025).
- Week 6 Wk 6 Feb 2–8 Becoming Led Zeppelin (2025) $14.8M Becoming Led Zeppelin (2025)
- Week 7 Wk 7 Feb 9–15 No reported grosses – No reported grosses
- Week 8 Wk 8 Feb 16–22 Milen (2025) $219.4K Milen (2025)
- Week 9 Wk 9 Feb 23–Mar 1 War Paint: Women at War (2025) $68.7K War Paint: Women at War (2025)
- Week 10 Wk 10 Mar 2–8 No reported grosses – No reported grosses
- Week 11 Wk 11 Mar 9–15 October 8 (2025) $1.4M October 8 (2025)
- Week 12 Wk 12 Mar 16–22 Secret Mall Apartment (2025) $1.5M Secret Mall Apartment (2025)
- Week 13 Wk 13 Mar 23–29 The Encampments (2025) $667.8K The Encampments (2025)
- Week 14 Wk 14 Mar 30–Apr 5 Can't Look Away (2025) $71.9K Can't Look Away (2025)
Earlier years
How Does Week 12 of 2025 Compare With Earlier Years?
Of these 10 years, Week 12, 2018 earned the most: $3.2M from 5 films, led by March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step (2018). Week 12, 2025 took $1.5M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 12, 2016 Mar 13–19 4 films | 4 | $79.1K | – | Trabantem do posledního dechu (2016) $25.9K |
| Week 12, 2017 Mar 19–25 6 films · +295% | 6 | $312.3K | +295% | I Called Him Morgan (2017) $129K |
| Week 12, 2018 Mar 18–24 5 films · +921% | 5 | $3.2M | +921% | March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step (2018) $2.3M |
| Week 12, 2019 Mar 17–23 1 film · −85% | 1 | $485K | −85% | The Russian Five (2019) $485K |
| Week 12, 2020 Mar 15–21 5 films · +158% | 5 | $1.3M | +158% | Mishima: The Last Debate (2020) $1.2M |
| Week 12, 2021 Mar 14–20 3 films · −95% | 3 | $68.7K | −95% | Without Getting Killed or Caught (2021) $59.6K |
| Week 12, 2022 Mar 13–19 5 films · +858% | 5 | $658.2K | +858% | More Than Robots (2022) $403.9K |
| Week 12, 2023 Mar 19–25 6 films · +173% | 6 | $1.8M | +173% | Louis Tomlinson: All of Those Voices (2023) $1.7M |
| Week 12, 2024 Mar 17–23 7 films · +57% | 7 | $2.8M | +57% | The Ark and the Darkness (2024) $2.1M |
| Week 12, 2025 Mar 16–22 3 films · −45% | 3 | $1.5M | −45% | Secret Mall Apartment (2025) $849.1K |
Archive
Documentary Box Office in 2025, Week by Week
39 weeks of 2025 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 6 (Feb 2–8) with $14.8M, led by Becoming Led Zeppelin (2025).
- Week 1 $359.8K
- Week 2 $1.3M
- Week 3 $271K
- Week 4 $239.2K
- Week 5 No grosses
- Week 6 $14.8M
- Week 7 No grosses
- Week 8 $219.4K
- Week 9 $68.7K
- Week 10 No grosses
- Week 11 $1.4M
- Week 12 $1.5M
- Week 13 $667.8K
- Week 14 $71.9K
- Week 15 $995.3K
- Week 16 $27K
- Week 17 $909.9K
- Week 18 $859K
- Week 19 $232.9K
- Week 20 $1.1M
- Week 21 $51.9K
- Week 22 No grosses
- Week 23 $5.1M
- Week 24 $888.7K
- Week 25 $109.3K
- Week 26 $767.2K
- Week 27 No grosses
- Week 28 No grosses
- Week 29 $5.7K
- Week 30 $184.8K
- Week 31 $278.9K
- Week 32 $4M
- Week 33 No grosses
- Week 34 No grosses
- Week 35 No grosses
- Week 36 $128.8K
- Week 37 $166.6K
- Week 38 $1.1M
- Week 39 $316.6K
- Week 40 $11.5K
- Week 41 No grosses
- Week 42 $1M
- Week 43 $201.1K
- Week 44 $2.2M
- Week 45 $126.3K
- Week 46 $255.8K
- Week 47 $46.4K
- Week 48 $128.2K
- Week 49 No grosses
- Week 50 $4.4K
- Week 51 No grosses
- Week 52 No grosses
- Week 53 No grosses
FAQ
Documentary Box Office Week 12 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 12 of 2025 (Mar 16–22)?
Secret Mall Apartment (2025) leads with $849.1K worldwide, $849.1K of it in the US & Canada. Next come AUM: The Cult at the End of the World (2025) at $358.1K and Facing War (2025) at $341.5K.
How much did documentary movies released in week 12 of 2025 (Mar 16–22) earn?
3 documentary films released in week 12 of 2025 (Mar 16–22) report a worldwide gross, $1.5M in all, or $516.3K per film on average. Week 11, 2025 releases took $1.4M.
How many documentary movies released in week 12 of 2025 (Mar 16–22) made $1 billion?
None. The biggest, Secret Mall Apartment (2025), earned $849.1K.
How is the week 12, 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 12 of 2025 (Mar 16–22). 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 12, 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.