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Documentary box office · Week 4 · Jan 18–24, 2026

Documentary Box Office, Week 4 of 2026: Documentary Releases of Jan 18–24

Standout: The Ben Kjar Story (2026) is the highest-grossing documentary movie released in week 4 of 2026 (Jan 18–24), with $658.8K worldwide, ahead of Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2026) at $604.1K. 2 documentary films released that week report a worldwide gross, $1.3M in all, 74% of it from the US & Canada.

week 4 releases with a gross
2
combined worldwide
$1.3M
Standout: The Ben Kjar Story (2026), the #1
$658.8K
earned in the US & Canada
74%
Standout: The Ben Kjar Story (2026) movie poster #1 of 2
#1 documentary movie of Week 4, 2026

Standout: The Ben Kjar Story (2026)

2026 · Documentary, Biography

$658.8K worldwide · 52% of the chart's total

$658.8K US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
The chart

Every Documentary Release of Week 4 of 2026, 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 4 of 2026 (Jan 18–24).

  1. 1 Standout: The Ben Kjar Story (2026) movie poster
    Standout: The Ben Kjar Story (2026) Jan 23, 2026 · English · Documentary, Biography, Drama $658.8K worldwide
    Jan 23, 2026 US and Canada: $658.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $658.8K
  2. 2 Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2026) movie poster
    Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2026) Jan 21, 2026 · Russian · Documentary $604.1K worldwide
    Jan 21, 2026 US and Canada: $270.1K Rest of the world: $334K Worldwide: $604.1K
FAQ

Documentary Box Office Week 4 of 2026: 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 4 of 2026 (Jan 18–24)?

Standout: The Ben Kjar Story (2026) leads with $658.8K worldwide, $658.8K of it in the US & Canada. Next come Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2026) at $604.1K.

How much did documentary movies released in week 4 of 2026 (Jan 18–24) earn?

2 documentary films released in week 4 of 2026 (Jan 18–24) report a worldwide gross, $1.3M in all, or $631.5K per film on average.

How many documentary movies released in week 4 of 2026 (Jan 18–24) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Standout: The Ben Kjar Story (2026), earned $658.8K.

How much of the Week 4, 2026 Documentary box office came from the US and Canada?

$928.9K of the $1.3M total, or 74%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 0 films of the 2 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 4, 2026 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 4 of 2026 (Jan 18–24). 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 4, 2026 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.