Janis Joplin doc wins box office crown

Amy Berg's film on late singer climbs above $300,000 total

Fascination with Janis Joplin has not waned, as evidenced by the success of the new documentary Janis: Little Girl Blue.

​Amy Berg's film was the top documentary at the box office over the weekend, earning another $19,879 according to audience measurement firm Rentrak. That pushed its cume in North America to $303,547.

Coming in a close second was Hitchcock/Truffaut, the Kent Jones film based on conversations recorded in 1962 between the titular cinematic legends. It earned $16,075, increasing its grand total to $228,788.

François Truffaut and Alfred Hitchcock in conversation. Photo courtesy Cohen Media Group

One of Hitchcock's favorite actresses, of course, was Ingrid Bergman. And a new documentary about the star, Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words, came in third among nonfiction films at the box office, Rentrak reported.

The film by Stig Björkman made $5,580 over the weekend, boosting its cume to nearly $50,000 in North America.

The film's website says the documentary is comprised in part of "never-before-seen private footage, notes, letters, diaries and interviews with [Bergman's] children."

Ingrid Bergman with her children. Photo courtesy Mantaray Film AB

Rounding out the top five at the box office were Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art, directed by James Crump, and Censored Voices, directed by Mor Loushy.