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History box office · August 2014

History Box Office, August 2014: Top-Grossing Releases

Finding Fela! (2014) is the highest-grossing history movie released in August 2014, with $155.2K worldwide, ahead of Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers And The Emergence Of A People (2014) at $65.2K. 2 history films released in August 2014 report a worldwide gross, $220.4K in all, 84% of it from the US & Canada.

August 2014 releases with a gross
2
combined worldwide
$220.4K
Finding Fela! (2014), the #1
$155.2K
earned in the US & Canada
84%
Finding Fela! (2014) movie poster #1 of 2
#1 history movie of August 2014

Finding Fela! (2014)

2014 · Biography, History

$155.2K worldwide · 70% of the chart's total

$121K US & Canada · 78% $34.2K elsewhere · 22%
The chart

Every History Release of August 2014, 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 August 2014.

  1. 1 Finding Fela! (2014) movie poster
    Finding Fela! (2014) Aug 1, 2014 · English · Biography, History, Music $155.2K worldwide
    Aug 1, 2014 US and Canada: $121K Rest of the world: $34.2K Worldwide: $155.2K
  2. 2 Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers And The Emergence Of A People (2014) movie poster
    Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers And The Emergence Of A People (2014) Aug 27, 2014 · English · Documentary, Family, History $65.2K worldwide
    Aug 27, 2014 US and Canada: $65.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $65.2K
FAQ

History Box Office August 2014: 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 history movie in August 2014?

Finding Fela! (2014) leads with $155.2K worldwide, $121K of it in the US & Canada. Next come Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers And The Emergence Of A People (2014) at $65.2K.

How much did history movies released in August 2014 earn?

2 history films released in August 2014 report a worldwide gross, $220.4K in all, or $110.2K per film on average.

How many history movies released in August 2014 made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Finding Fela! (2014), earned $155.2K.

How much of the August 2014 History box office came from the US and Canada?

$186.1K of the $220.4K total, or 84%, 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 August 2014 history 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 August 2014. 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 August 2014 history 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.