Dinesh D’Souza and John Sullivan’s conservative documentary 2016: Obama’s America expanded nationwide Friday to pleasing results, grossing $2.2 million to place No. 4 overall behind a trio of holdovers.
The anti-Barack Obama film is now the top-grossing documentary of the year (excluding nature docs), besting the $3.5 million earned by Bully.
Film Review: 2016 Obama’s America
Obama’s America came in ahead of three other new films opening at the domestic office: Premium Rush, which earned $2 million to come in only No. 8 for the day; offbeat indie comedy Hit & Run, which placed No. 10 with $1.4 million; and Dark Castle’s supernatural thriller The Apparition, which grossed $1.2 million to rank 12th.
