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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 | $332,423 |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
| Record | Rank | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 11,201-11,300) | 11,263 | $253,941 |
| All Time International Box Office (Rank 10,101-10,200) | 10,138 | $1,357,828 |
| All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 13,901-14,000) | 13,997 | $1,611,769 |
| All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,301-3,400) | 3,366 | $253,941 |
See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | November 5th, 2014 (Limited) by Zipporah |
| International Releases: | March 19th, 2015 (Wide) (Spain)
August 25th, 2016 (Wide) (South Korea) |
| MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 183 minutes |
| Comparisons: | vs. In Jackson Heights Create your own comparison chart… |
| Keywords: | Museum, Set in London |
| 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: | France, United Kingdom, United States |
| Languages: | English |