#1 of 2 #1 documentary movie of Week 42, 2025
2025 · Documentary
$924.7K worldwide · 91% of the chart's total
$105.7K US & Canada · 11% $819K elsewhere · 89%
Documentary box office · Week 42 · Oct 12–18, 2025
Documentary Box Office, Week 42 of 2025: Documentary Releases of Oct 12–18
Wisdom of Happiness (2025) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 42 of 2025 (Oct 12–18), with $924.7K worldwide, ahead of The Man Who Saves the World? (2025) at $87.3K. 2 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $1M in all, 19% of it from the US & Canada.
- week 42 releases with a gross
- 2
- combined worldwide
- $1M
- Wisdom of Happiness (2025), the #1
- $924.7K
- earned in the US & Canada
- 19%
#1 of 2 The chart
Every Documentary Release of Week 42 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 42 of 2025 (Oct 12–18).
- 1 Oct 17, 2025 US and Canada: $105.7K Rest of the world: $819K Worldwide: $924.7K
- 2
Oct 17, 2025 US and Canada: $87.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $87.3K
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 42 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 2 films as the chart.
What is the highest-grossing documentary movie in week 42 of 2025 (Oct 12–18)?
Wisdom of Happiness (2025) leads with $924.7K worldwide, $105.7K of it in the US & Canada. Next come The Man Who Saves the World? (2025) at $87.3K.
How much did documentary movies released in week 42 of 2025 (Oct 12–18) earn?
2 documentary films released in week 42 of 2025 (Oct 12–18) report a worldwide gross, $1M in all, or $506K per film on average.
How many documentary movies released in week 42 of 2025 (Oct 12–18) made $1 billion?
None. The biggest, Wisdom of Happiness (2025), earned $924.7K.
How is the week 42, 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 42 of 2025 (Oct 12–18). 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 42, 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.