National Gallery (2014)
| Theatrical Performance | ||
| Domestic Box Office | $253,941 | Details |
| International Box Office | $1,357,828 | Details |
| Worldwide Box Office | $1,611,769 | |
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Synopsis
London's National Gallery, one of the world's foremost art institutions, is itself portrayed as a brilliant work of art in this, Frederick Wiseman's 39th documentary and counting. Wiseman listens raptly as a panoply of docents decode the great canvases of Da Vinci, Rembrandt, and Turner; he visits with the museum's restorers as they use magnifying glasses, tiny eye-droppers, scalpels, and Q-tips to repair an infinitesimal chip; he attends administrative meetings in which senior executives do (polite) battle with younger ones who want the museum to become less stodgy and more welcoming to a larger cross-section of the public. But most of all, we experience the joy of spending time with the aforementioned masters as well as Vermeer and Caravaggio, Titian and Velázquez, Pissarro and Rubens, and listen to the connoisseurs who discourse upon the aesthetic, historical, religious and psychological underpinnings of these masterpieces.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $10,049 (4.0% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 10.87 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 15.8% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 1 opening theaters/15 max. theaters, 1.3 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $368,834 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | November 5th, 2014 (Limited) by Zipporah |
| International Releases: | March 19th, 2015 (Wide) (Spain)
August 25th, 2016 (Wide) (South Korea) |
| MPA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 183 minutes |
| Geographical setting: | London |
| Plot point: | Museum |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Gallery Film, Ideale Audience, Canal Plus, Planete plus, Le Fresnoy |
| Production Countries: | United States, France, United Kingdom |
| Languages: | English |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2014 | 63 | $10,049 | 1 | $10,049 | $13,165 | 1 | |
| Nov 14, 2014 | 57 | $17,435 | +73% | 2 | $8,718 | $36,771 | 2 |
| Nov 21, 2014 | 50 | $18,391 | +5% | 7 | $2,627 | $67,028 | 3 |
| Nov 28, 2014 | 45 | $23,372 | +27% | 10 | $2,337 | $100,134 | 4 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2014 | 60 | $16,220 | 1 | $16,220 | $19,336 | 2 | |
| Nov 14, 2014 | 58 | $29,301 | +81% | 3 | $9,767 | $48,637 | 3 |
| Nov 21, 2014 | 53 | $28,125 | -4% | 8 | $3,516 | $76,762 | 4 |
| Nov 28, 2014 | 48 | $32,059 | +14% | 10 | $3,206 | $108,821 | 5 |
| Dec 5, 2014 | 53 | $20,085 | -37% | 9 | $2,232 | $128,906 | 6 |
| Dec 12, 2014 | 59 | $13,095 | -35% | 13 | $1,007 | $142,001 | 7 |
| Dec 19, 2014 | 54 | $23,725 | +81% | 15 | $1,582 | $165,726 | 8 |
| Dec 26, 2014 | 54 | $23,618 | n/c | 14 | $1,687 | $189,344 | 9 |
| Jan 2, 2015 | 67 | $9,068 | -62% | 9 | $1,008 | $198,412 | 10 |
| Jan 9, 2015 | 73 | $4,852 | -46% | 10 | $485 | $203,264 | 11 |
| Jan 16, 2015 | 66 | $16,107 | +232% | 10 | $1,611 | $219,371 | 12 |
| Jan 23, 2015 | 71 | $14,530 | -10% | 11 | $1,321 | $233,901 | 13 |
| Jan 30, 2015 | 87 | $1,568 | -89% | 2 | $784 | $235,469 | 14 |
| Feb 6, 2015 | 83 | $5,019 | +220% | 3 | $1,673 | $240,488 | 15 |
| Feb 13, 2015 | 86 | $4,259 | -15% | 5 | $852 | $244,747 | 16 |
| Feb 20, 2015 | 85 | $4,043 | -5% | 4 | $1,011 | $248,790 | 17 |
| Feb 27, 2015 | 99 | $2,993 | -26% | 2 | $1,497 | $251,783 | 18 |
| Mar 6, 2015 | 109 | $402 | -87% | 2 | $201 | $252,185 | 19 |
| Mar 13, 2015 | 96 | $1,112 | +177% | 2 | $556 | $253,297 | 20 |
| Mar 20, 2015 | 97 | $644 | -42% | 1 | $644 | $253,941 | 21 |
Top International Territories
Box Office Summary Per Territory
| Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens/Theaters |
Maximum Screens/Theaters |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 8/25/2016 | $5,578 | 2 | 4 | 10 | $33,799 | 10/7/2016 | |||
| Spain | 3/19/2015 | $8,229 | 9 | 12 | 68 | $81,592 | 11/28/2018 | |||
| Rest of World | $1,242,437 | |||||||||
| International Total | $1,357,828 | 11/28/2018 | ||||||||
Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.
Interviewee
| Nicholas Penny | Himself | |
| Larry Keith | Himself | |
| Luke Syson | Himself | |
| Dawson Carr | Himself | |
| Ashok Roy | Himself | |
| David Jaffe | Himself | |
| Carol Plazzotta | Herself | |
| Jill Preston | Herself | |
| Per Rumberg | Himself | |
| Susan Foister | Herself |
Production and Technical Credits
| Frederick Wiseman | Director | |
| Frederick Wiseman | Producer | |
| Pierre-Olivier Bardet | Producer | |
| Frederick Wiseman | Editor | |
| Emmanuel Croset | Editor | |
| John Davey | Director of Photography | |
| Frederick Wiseman | Sound Designer | |
| Emmanuel Croset | Sound Mixer | |
| Nathalie Vigneres | Assistant Editor | |
| Christina Hunt | Assistant Editor | |
| Karen Konicek | Production Manager |
Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.
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
London's National Gallery, one of the world's foremost art institutions, is itself portrayed as a brilliant work of art in this, Frederick Wiseman's 39th documentary and counting. Wiseman listens raptly as a panoply of docents decode the great canvases of Da Vinci, Rembrandt, and Turner; he visits with the museum's restorers as they use magnifying glasses, tiny eye-droppers, scalpels, and Q-tips to repair an infinitesimal chip; he attends administrative meetings in which senior executives do (polite) battle with younger ones who want the museum to become less stodgy and more welcoming to a larger cross-section of the public. But most of all, we experience the joy of spending time with the aforementioned masters as well as Vermeer and Caravaggio, Titian and Velázquez, Pissarro and Rubens, and listen to the connoisseurs who discourse upon the aesthetic, historical, religious and psychological underpinnings of these masterpieces.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $10,049 (4.0% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 10.87 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 15.8% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 1 opening theaters/15 max. theaters, 1.3 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $368,834 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | November 5th, 2014 (Limited) by Zipporah |
| International Releases: | March 19th, 2015 (Wide) (Spain)
August 25th, 2016 (Wide) (South Korea) |
| MPA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 183 minutes |
| Geographical setting: | London |
| Plot point: | Museum |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Gallery Film, Ideale Audience, Canal Plus, Planete plus, Le Fresnoy |
| Production Countries: | United States, France, United Kingdom |
| Languages: | English |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2014 | 63 | $10,049 | 1 | $10,049 | $13,165 | 1 | |
| Nov 14, 2014 | 57 | $17,435 | +73% | 2 | $8,718 | $36,771 | 2 |
| Nov 21, 2014 | 50 | $18,391 | +5% | 7 | $2,627 | $67,028 | 3 |
| Nov 28, 2014 | 45 | $23,372 | +27% | 10 | $2,337 | $100,134 | 4 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2014 | 60 | $16,220 | 1 | $16,220 | $19,336 | 2 | |
| Nov 14, 2014 | 58 | $29,301 | +81% | 3 | $9,767 | $48,637 | 3 |
| Nov 21, 2014 | 53 | $28,125 | -4% | 8 | $3,516 | $76,762 | 4 |
| Nov 28, 2014 | 48 | $32,059 | +14% | 10 | $3,206 | $108,821 | 5 |
| Dec 5, 2014 | 53 | $20,085 | -37% | 9 | $2,232 | $128,906 | 6 |
| Dec 12, 2014 | 59 | $13,095 | -35% | 13 | $1,007 | $142,001 | 7 |
| Dec 19, 2014 | 54 | $23,725 | +81% | 15 | $1,582 | $165,726 | 8 |
| Dec 26, 2014 | 54 | $23,618 | n/c | 14 | $1,687 | $189,344 | 9 |
| Jan 2, 2015 | 67 | $9,068 | -62% | 9 | $1,008 | $198,412 | 10 |
| Jan 9, 2015 | 73 | $4,852 | -46% | 10 | $485 | $203,264 | 11 |
| Jan 16, 2015 | 66 | $16,107 | +232% | 10 | $1,611 | $219,371 | 12 |
| Jan 23, 2015 | 71 | $14,530 | -10% | 11 | $1,321 | $233,901 | 13 |
| Jan 30, 2015 | 87 | $1,568 | -89% | 2 | $784 | $235,469 | 14 |
| Feb 6, 2015 | 83 | $5,019 | +220% | 3 | $1,673 | $240,488 | 15 |
| Feb 13, 2015 | 86 | $4,259 | -15% | 5 | $852 | $244,747 | 16 |
| Feb 20, 2015 | 85 | $4,043 | -5% | 4 | $1,011 | $248,790 | 17 |
| Feb 27, 2015 | 99 | $2,993 | -26% | 2 | $1,497 | $251,783 | 18 |
| Mar 6, 2015 | 109 | $402 | -87% | 2 | $201 | $252,185 | 19 |
| Mar 13, 2015 | 96 | $1,112 | +177% | 2 | $556 | $253,297 | 20 |
| Mar 20, 2015 | 97 | $644 | -42% | 1 | $644 | $253,941 | 21 |
Top International Territories
Box Office Summary Per Territory
| Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens/Theaters |
Maximum Screens/Theaters |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 8/25/2016 | $5,578 | 2 | 4 | 10 | $33,799 | 10/7/2016 | |||
| Spain | 3/19/2015 | $8,229 | 9 | 12 | 68 | $81,592 | 11/28/2018 | |||
| Rest of World | $1,242,437 | |||||||||
| International Total | $1,357,828 | 11/28/2018 | ||||||||
Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.
Interviewee
| Nicholas Penny | Himself | |
| Larry Keith | Himself | |
| Luke Syson | Himself | |
| Dawson Carr | Himself | |
| Ashok Roy | Himself | |
| David Jaffe | Himself | |
| Carol Plazzotta | Herself | |
| Jill Preston | Herself | |
| Per Rumberg | Himself | |
| Susan Foister | Herself |
Production and Technical Credits
| Frederick Wiseman | Director | |
| Frederick Wiseman | Producer | |
| Pierre-Olivier Bardet | Producer | |
| Frederick Wiseman | Editor | |
| Emmanuel Croset | Editor | |
| John Davey | Director of Photography | |
| Frederick Wiseman | Sound Designer | |
| Emmanuel Croset | Sound Mixer | |
| Nathalie Vigneres | Assistant Editor | |
| Christina Hunt | Assistant Editor | |
| Karen Konicek | Production Manager |
Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.
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.