Our Nixon (2013)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $20,486Details
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $72,750
Total $72,750
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Throughout Richard Nixon's presidency, three of his top White House aides obsessively documented their experiences with Super 8 home movie cameras. Young, idealistic and dedicated, they had no idea that a few years later they'd all be in prison. This unique and personal visual record, created by H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and Dwight Chapin, was seized by the FBI during the Watergate investigation, then filed away at the National Archives, and forgotten for almost 40 years. OUR NIXON is an all-archival documentary presenting those home movies for the first time, along with other rare footage, creating an intimate and complex portrait of the Nixon presidency as never seen before. Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Chapin filmed over 500 reels of home movies from 1969 to 1973, capturing the prosaic and the profound. They filmed big events: the Apollo moon landing, historic anti-war protests, the Republican National Convention, Tricia Nixon's White House wedding and Nixon's world-changing trip to China. They filmed world leaders and celebrities: Nicolae Ceausescu, Chou En-lai, Barbara Walters. But they also filmed each other and everyday life: Ehrlichman eating dinner off a tray on Air Force One, Chapin's wife and kids meeting the Easter Bunny on the White House lawn, Haldeman riding a bicycle at Camp David. Ehrlichman was especially fond of filming hummingbirds. They filmed to have something to show their grandchildren. They filmed because they thought that Nixon's presidency would change the world forever. The tragedy is that they were right.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$6,090 (29.7% of total gross)
Legs:3.36 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:3 opening theaters/5 max. theaters, 2.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $30,139

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 30th, 2013 (Limited) by Cinedigm
Video Release: January 14th, 2014 by Docurama Video
MPA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 85 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Archive Footage
Plot point: Biography, Government Corruption, Political
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Dipper Films, Pilot
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 30, 2013 72 $6,090   3 $2,030   $6,090 1
Sep 6, 2013 99 $2,566 -58% 2 $1,283   $11,842 2
Sep 13, 2013 88 $2,548 -1% 4 $637   $15,731 3
Sep 20, 2013 110 $485 -81% 2 $243   $17,842 4
Sep 27, 2013 104 $370 -24% 1 $370   $18,573 5
Oct 4, 2013 115 $128 -65% 1 $128   $19,249 6

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 30, 2013 73 $9,276   3 $3,092   $9,276 1
Sep 6, 2013 90 $3,907 -58% 3 $1,302   $13,183 2
Sep 13, 2013 - $4,174 +7% 5 $835   $17,357 3
Sep 20, 2013 102 $846 -80% 3 $282   $18,203 4
Sep 27, 2013 96 $918 +9% 2 $459   $19,121 5
Oct 4, 2013 106 $803 -13% 3 $268   $19,924 6
Oct 11, 2013 110 $230 -71% 1 $230   $20,154 7
Oct 18, 2013 93 $96 -58% 1 $96   $20,250 8
Oct 25, 2013 80 $236 +146% 1 $236   $20,486 9

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

Throughout Richard Nixon's presidency, three of his top White House aides obsessively documented their experiences with Super 8 home movie cameras. Young, idealistic and dedicated, they had no idea that a few years later they'd all be in prison. This unique and personal visual record, created by H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and Dwight Chapin, was seized by the FBI during the Watergate investigation, then filed away at the National Archives, and forgotten for almost 40 years. OUR NIXON is an all-archival documentary presenting those home movies for the first time, along with other rare footage, creating an intimate and complex portrait of the Nixon presidency as never seen before. Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Chapin filmed over 500 reels of home movies from 1969 to 1973, capturing the prosaic and the profound. They filmed big events: the Apollo moon landing, historic anti-war protests, the Republican National Convention, Tricia Nixon's White House wedding and Nixon's world-changing trip to China. They filmed world leaders and celebrities: Nicolae Ceausescu, Chou En-lai, Barbara Walters. But they also filmed each other and everyday life: Ehrlichman eating dinner off a tray on Air Force One, Chapin's wife and kids meeting the Easter Bunny on the White House lawn, Haldeman riding a bicycle at Camp David. Ehrlichman was especially fond of filming hummingbirds. They filmed to have something to show their grandchildren. They filmed because they thought that Nixon's presidency would change the world forever. The tragedy is that they were right.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$6,090 (29.7% of total gross)
Legs:3.36 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:3 opening theaters/5 max. theaters, 2.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $30,139

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 30th, 2013 (Limited) by Cinedigm
Video Release: January 14th, 2014 by Docurama Video
MPA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 85 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Archive Footage
Plot point: Biography, Government Corruption, Political
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Dipper Films, Pilot
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 30, 2013 72 $6,090   3 $2,030   $6,090 1
Sep 6, 2013 99 $2,566 -58% 2 $1,283   $11,842 2
Sep 13, 2013 88 $2,548 -1% 4 $637   $15,731 3
Sep 20, 2013 110 $485 -81% 2 $243   $17,842 4
Sep 27, 2013 104 $370 -24% 1 $370   $18,573 5
Oct 4, 2013 115 $128 -65% 1 $128   $19,249 6

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 30, 2013 73 $9,276   3 $3,092   $9,276 1
Sep 6, 2013 90 $3,907 -58% 3 $1,302   $13,183 2
Sep 13, 2013 - $4,174 +7% 5 $835   $17,357 3
Sep 20, 2013 102 $846 -80% 3 $282   $18,203 4
Sep 27, 2013 96 $918 +9% 2 $459   $19,121 5
Oct 4, 2013 106 $803 -13% 3 $268   $19,924 6
Oct 11, 2013 110 $230 -71% 1 $230   $20,154 7
Oct 18, 2013 93 $96 -58% 1 $96   $20,250 8
Oct 25, 2013 80 $236 +146% 1 $236   $20,486 9

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.