How much of the Week 18, 2025 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$405.6K of the $859K total, or 47%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 3 films of the 5 report no domestic figure.

Documentary box office · Week 18 · Apr 27–May 3, 2025

Documentary Box Office, Week 18 of 2025: Documentary Releases of Apr 27–May 3

Pavements (2025) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 18 of 2025 (Apr 27–May 3), with $354.5K worldwide, ahead of Marlon Williams: Two Worlds (2025) at $235.2K and Carlo Acutis: Roadmap to Reality (2025) at $203.2K. 5 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $859K in all, 47% of it from the US & Canada. By language, English leads with $859K across 5 documentary releases.

week 18 releases with a gross: 5
combined worldwide: $859K
Pavements (2025), the #1: $354.5K
earned in the US & Canada: 47%

#1 of 5

#1 documentary movie of Week 18, 2025

Pavements (2025)

2025 · Documentary, Biography

$354.5K worldwide · 41% of the chart's total

$354.5K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%

Top 5

What Were the Biggest Documentary Hits of Week 18 of 2025?

Pavements (2025) leads with $354.5K, 41% of the total. The top 5 together took $859K, 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

$354.5K Pavements (2025)
$354.5K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
Number 2

$235.2K Marlon Williams: Two Worlds (2025)
No US & Canada figure reported
Number 3

$203.2K Carlo Acutis: Roadmap to Reality (2025)
No US & Canada figure reported
Number 4

$51K Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted (2025)
$51K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
Number 5

$15K Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade (2025)
No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 18 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 18 of 2025 (Apr 27–May 3).

1
Pavements (2025) May 2, 2025 · English · Documentary, Biography, Music $354.5K worldwide

May 2, 2025 US and Canada: $354.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $354.5K
2
Marlon Williams: Two Worlds (2025) May 1, 2025 · English · Music, Documentary $235.2K worldwide

May 1, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $235.2K
3
Carlo Acutis: Roadmap to Reality (2025) Apr 27, 2025 · English · Documentary $203.2K worldwide

Apr 27, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $203.2K
4
Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted (2025) May 2, 2025 · English · Documentary, Comedy, Music $51K worldwide

May 2, 2025 US and Canada: $51K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $51K
5
Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade (2025) May 2, 2025 · English · Documentary, Music $15K worldwide

May 2, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15K

Weeks around it

How Does Week 18 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 18 releases took $859K. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 12 (Mar 16–22) with $1.5M, led by Secret Mall Apartment (2025).

Earlier years

How Does Week 18 of 2025 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 18, 2016 earned the most: $29.2M from 5 films, led by A Beautiful Planet (2016). Week 18, 2025 took $859K.

Week	Films	Worldwide	Change	Biggest film
Week 18, 2016 Apr 24–30 5 films	5	$29.2M	–	A Beautiful Planet (2016) $26.3M
Week 18, 2017 Apr 30–May 6 8 films · −95%	8	$1.4M	−95%	Expedition Happiness (2017) $624.7K
Week 18, 2018 Apr 29–May 5 9 films · +984%	9	$15.5M	+984%	RBG (2018) $14.5M
Week 18, 2019 Apr 28–May 4 7 films · −93%	7	$1.1M	−93%	Meeting Gorbachev (2019) $319.2K
Week 18, 2020 Apr 26–May 2 3 films · +94%	3	$2.1M	+94%	A Secret Love (2020) $1.7M
Week 18, 2021 Apr 25–May 1 5 films · −97%	5	$65.9K	−97%	The Man Who Paints Water Drops (2021) $50.1K
Week 18, 2022 Apr 24–30 3 films · −84%	3	$10.6K	−84%	Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen (2022) $5.3K
Week 18, 2023 Apr 30–May 6 No films	0	–	–	–
Week 18, 2024 Apr 28–May 4 4 films	4	$1.6M	–	Sarò con te (2024) $1.5M
Week 18, 2025 Apr 27–May 3 5 films · −46%	5	$859K	−46%	Pavements (2025) $354.5K

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).

FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 18 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 5 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 18 of 2025 (Apr 27–May 3)?

Pavements (2025) leads with $354.5K worldwide, $354.5K of it in the US & Canada. Next come Marlon Williams: Two Worlds (2025) at $235.2K and Carlo Acutis: Roadmap to Reality (2025) at $203.2K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 18 of 2025 (Apr 27–May 3) earn?

5 documentary films released in week 18 of 2025 (Apr 27–May 3) report a worldwide gross, $859K in all, or $171.8K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 18 of 2025 (Apr 27–May 3) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Pavements (2025), earned $354.5K.

How is the week 18, 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 18 of 2025 (Apr 27–May 3). 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 18, 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.