Gerhard Richter Painting (2012)
| Theatrical Performance | ||
| Domestic Box Office | $242,646 | Details |
| International Box Office | $1,211,284 | |
| Worldwide Box Office | $1,453,930 | |
| Further financial details... | ||
Synopsis
One of the world’s greatest living painters, the German artist Gerhard Richter has spent over half a century experimenting with a tremendous range of techniques and ideas, addressing historical crises and mass media representation alongside explorations of chance procedures. Infamously media-shy, he agreed to appear on camera for the first time in 15 years for a 2007 short by filmmaker Corinna Belz called Gerhard Richter’s Window. Her follow-up, Gerhard Richter Painting, is exactly that: a thrilling document of Richter’s creative process, juxtaposed with intimate conversations (with his critics, his collaborators, and his American gallerist Marian Goodman) and rare archive material. From our fly-on-the-wall perspective, we watch the 79-year-old create a series of large-scale abstract canvasses, using fat brushes and a massive squeegee to apply (and then scrape off) layer after layer of brightly colored paint. This mesmerizing footage, of a highly charged process of creation and destruction, turns Belz’s portrait of an artist into a work of art itself.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $13,537 (5.6% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 11.09 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 16.7% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 1 opening theaters/9 max. theaters, 7.4 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $364,577 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | March 14th, 2012 (Limited) by Kino Lorber |
| International Releases: | May 27th, 2016 (Wide) (Brazil) |
| Video Release: | September 25th, 2012 by Kino Video |
| MPA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 97 minutes |
| Cast, crew, or production detail: | Cinema Verite |
| Plot point: | Artists, Biography |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Zero One Film, Terz Film, WDR, MDR, Arte |
| Production Countries: | Germany |
| Languages: | German, English |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2012 | 69 | $13,537 | 1 | $13,537 | $20,371 | 1 | |
| Mar 23, 2012 | 60 | $21,887 | +62% | 6 | $3,648 | $54,213 | 2 |
| Mar 30, 2012 | 70 | $11,394 | -48% | 5 | $2,279 | $83,290 | 3 |
| Apr 6, 2012 | 74 | $6,755 | -41% | 4 | $1,689 | $96,758 | 4 |
| Apr 13, 2012 | 75 | $7,396 | +9% | 5 | $1,479 | $112,172 | 5 |
| Apr 20, 2012 | 82 | $5,888 | -20% | 3 | $1,963 | $124,592 | 6 |
| Apr 27, 2012 | 90 | $5,169 | -12% | 4 | $1,292 | $134,609 | 7 |
| May 4, 2012 | 60 | $17,297 | +235% | 9 | $1,922 | $152,229 | 8 |
| May 11, 2012 | 79 | $5,521 | -68% | 3 | $1,840 | $166,746 | 9 |
| May 18, 2012 | 77 | $3,284 | -41% | 3 | $1,095 | $176,137 | 10 |
| May 25, 2012 | 64 | $1,977 | -40% | 3 | $659 | $184,074 | 11 |
| Jun 1, 2012 | 101 | $1,133 | -43% | 3 | $378 | $188,171 | 12 |
| Jun 8, 2012 | 109 | $446 | -61% | 1 | $446 | $188,616 | 13 |
| Jun 15, 2012 | 61 | $13,689 | +2,969% | 6 | $2,282 | $203,523 | 14 |
| Jun 22, 2012 | 73 | $6,352 | -54% | 4 | $1,588 | $220,435 | 15 |
| Jun 29, 2012 | 75 | $2,239 | -65% | 2 | $1,120 | $228,608 | 16 |
| Jul 6, 2012 | 89 | $673 | -70% | 2 | $337 | $231,051 | 17 |
| Jul 13, 2012 | 74 | $2,184 | +225% | 1 | $2,184 | $233,937 | 18 |
| Jul 20, 2012 | 80 | $1,557 | -29% | 1 | $1,557 | $237,491 | 19 |
| Aug 3, 2012 | 89 | $863 | 1 | $863 | $238,354 | 21 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2012 | 89 | $6,835 | 1 | $6,835 | $6,835 | 1 | |
| Mar 16, 2012 | 64 | $25,492 | +273% | 1 | $25,492 | $32,326 | 2 |
| Mar 23, 2012 | 57 | $39,570 | +55% | 6 | $6,595 | $71,896 | 3 |
| Mar 30, 2012 | 68 | $18,107 | -54% | 5 | $3,621 | $90,003 | 4 |
| Apr 6, 2012 | 71 | $14,773 | -18% | 6 | $2,462 | $104,776 | 5 |
| Apr 13, 2012 | 71 | $13,928 | -6% | 7 | $1,990 | $118,704 | 6 |
| Apr 20, 2012 | 81 | $10,736 | -23% | 3 | $3,579 | $129,440 | 7 |
| Apr 27, 2012 | 86 | $5,492 | -49% | 4 | $1,373 | $134,932 | 8 |
| May 4, 2012 | 58 | $26,293 | +379% | 9 | $2,921 | $161,225 | 9 |
| May 11, 2012 | 70 | $11,628 | -56% | 3 | $3,876 | $172,853 | 10 |
| May 18, 2012 | 61 | $9,244 | -21% | 5 | $1,849 | $182,097 | 11 |
| May 25, 2012 | 63 | $4,941 | -47% | 4 | $1,235 | $187,038 | 12 |
| Jun 1, 2012 | 103 | $1,132 | -77% | 2 | $566 | $188,170 | 13 |
| Jun 8, 2012 | 103 | $1,663 | +47% | 2 | $832 | $189,834 | 14 |
| Jun 15, 2012 | 56 | $24,249 | +1,358% | 6 | $4,042 | $214,083 | 15 |
| Jun 22, 2012 | 72 | $12,286 | -49% | 4 | $3,072 | $226,369 | 16 |
| Jun 29, 2012 | 77 | $4,009 | -67% | 2 | $2,005 | $230,378 | 17 |
| Jul 6, 2012 | 86 | $1,375 | -66% | 2 | $688 | $231,753 | 18 |
| Jul 13, 2012 | 75 | $4,181 | +204% | 1 | $4,181 | $235,934 | 19 |
| Jul 20, 2012 | 80 | $1,557 | -63% | 1 | $1,557 | $237,491 | 20 |
| Aug 3, 2012 | 78 | $5,155 | 2 | $2,578 | $242,646 | 22 |
Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.
Synopsis
One of the world’s greatest living painters, the German artist Gerhard Richter has spent over half a century experimenting with a tremendous range of techniques and ideas, addressing historical crises and mass media representation alongside explorations of chance procedures. Infamously media-shy, he agreed to appear on camera for the first time in 15 years for a 2007 short by filmmaker Corinna Belz called Gerhard Richter’s Window. Her follow-up, Gerhard Richter Painting, is exactly that: a thrilling document of Richter’s creative process, juxtaposed with intimate conversations (with his critics, his collaborators, and his American gallerist Marian Goodman) and rare archive material. From our fly-on-the-wall perspective, we watch the 79-year-old create a series of large-scale abstract canvasses, using fat brushes and a massive squeegee to apply (and then scrape off) layer after layer of brightly colored paint. This mesmerizing footage, of a highly charged process of creation and destruction, turns Belz’s portrait of an artist into a work of art itself.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $13,537 (5.6% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 11.09 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 16.7% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 1 opening theaters/9 max. theaters, 7.4 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $364,577 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | March 14th, 2012 (Limited) by Kino Lorber |
| International Releases: | May 27th, 2016 (Wide) (Brazil) |
| Video Release: | September 25th, 2012 by Kino Video |
| MPA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 97 minutes |
| Cast, crew, or production detail: | Cinema Verite |
| Plot point: | Artists, Biography |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Zero One Film, Terz Film, WDR, MDR, Arte |
| Production Countries: | Germany |
| Languages: | German, English |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2012 | 69 | $13,537 | 1 | $13,537 | $20,371 | 1 | |
| Mar 23, 2012 | 60 | $21,887 | +62% | 6 | $3,648 | $54,213 | 2 |
| Mar 30, 2012 | 70 | $11,394 | -48% | 5 | $2,279 | $83,290 | 3 |
| Apr 6, 2012 | 74 | $6,755 | -41% | 4 | $1,689 | $96,758 | 4 |
| Apr 13, 2012 | 75 | $7,396 | +9% | 5 | $1,479 | $112,172 | 5 |
| Apr 20, 2012 | 82 | $5,888 | -20% | 3 | $1,963 | $124,592 | 6 |
| Apr 27, 2012 | 90 | $5,169 | -12% | 4 | $1,292 | $134,609 | 7 |
| May 4, 2012 | 60 | $17,297 | +235% | 9 | $1,922 | $152,229 | 8 |
| May 11, 2012 | 79 | $5,521 | -68% | 3 | $1,840 | $166,746 | 9 |
| May 18, 2012 | 77 | $3,284 | -41% | 3 | $1,095 | $176,137 | 10 |
| May 25, 2012 | 64 | $1,977 | -40% | 3 | $659 | $184,074 | 11 |
| Jun 1, 2012 | 101 | $1,133 | -43% | 3 | $378 | $188,171 | 12 |
| Jun 8, 2012 | 109 | $446 | -61% | 1 | $446 | $188,616 | 13 |
| Jun 15, 2012 | 61 | $13,689 | +2,969% | 6 | $2,282 | $203,523 | 14 |
| Jun 22, 2012 | 73 | $6,352 | -54% | 4 | $1,588 | $220,435 | 15 |
| Jun 29, 2012 | 75 | $2,239 | -65% | 2 | $1,120 | $228,608 | 16 |
| Jul 6, 2012 | 89 | $673 | -70% | 2 | $337 | $231,051 | 17 |
| Jul 13, 2012 | 74 | $2,184 | +225% | 1 | $2,184 | $233,937 | 18 |
| Jul 20, 2012 | 80 | $1,557 | -29% | 1 | $1,557 | $237,491 | 19 |
| Aug 3, 2012 | 89 | $863 | 1 | $863 | $238,354 | 21 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2012 | 89 | $6,835 | 1 | $6,835 | $6,835 | 1 | |
| Mar 16, 2012 | 64 | $25,492 | +273% | 1 | $25,492 | $32,326 | 2 |
| Mar 23, 2012 | 57 | $39,570 | +55% | 6 | $6,595 | $71,896 | 3 |
| Mar 30, 2012 | 68 | $18,107 | -54% | 5 | $3,621 | $90,003 | 4 |
| Apr 6, 2012 | 71 | $14,773 | -18% | 6 | $2,462 | $104,776 | 5 |
| Apr 13, 2012 | 71 | $13,928 | -6% | 7 | $1,990 | $118,704 | 6 |
| Apr 20, 2012 | 81 | $10,736 | -23% | 3 | $3,579 | $129,440 | 7 |
| Apr 27, 2012 | 86 | $5,492 | -49% | 4 | $1,373 | $134,932 | 8 |
| May 4, 2012 | 58 | $26,293 | +379% | 9 | $2,921 | $161,225 | 9 |
| May 11, 2012 | 70 | $11,628 | -56% | 3 | $3,876 | $172,853 | 10 |
| May 18, 2012 | 61 | $9,244 | -21% | 5 | $1,849 | $182,097 | 11 |
| May 25, 2012 | 63 | $4,941 | -47% | 4 | $1,235 | $187,038 | 12 |
| Jun 1, 2012 | 103 | $1,132 | -77% | 2 | $566 | $188,170 | 13 |
| Jun 8, 2012 | 103 | $1,663 | +47% | 2 | $832 | $189,834 | 14 |
| Jun 15, 2012 | 56 | $24,249 | +1,358% | 6 | $4,042 | $214,083 | 15 |
| Jun 22, 2012 | 72 | $12,286 | -49% | 4 | $3,072 | $226,369 | 16 |
| Jun 29, 2012 | 77 | $4,009 | -67% | 2 | $2,005 | $230,378 | 17 |
| Jul 6, 2012 | 86 | $1,375 | -66% | 2 | $688 | $231,753 | 18 |
| Jul 13, 2012 | 75 | $4,181 | +204% | 1 | $4,181 | $235,934 | 19 |
| Jul 20, 2012 | 80 | $1,557 | -63% | 1 | $1,557 | $237,491 | 20 |
| Aug 3, 2012 | 78 | $5,155 | 2 | $2,578 | $242,646 | 22 |
Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.