Tim's Vermeer (2014)

Tim's Vermeer poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $1,670,806Details
International Box Office $53,678Details
Worldwide Box Office $1,724,484
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $1,162,058 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $1,162,058
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically--150 years before the invention of photography? The epic research project Jenison embarks on to test his theory is as extraordinary as what he discovers. Spanning eight years, Jenison's adventure takes him to Delft, Holland, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney, and even to Buckingham Palace to see a Vermeer masterpiece in the collection of the Queen.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$49,777 (3.0% of total gross)
Legs:7.66 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:96.9% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/129 max. theaters, 5.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $2,204,564

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 8,301-8,400) 8,306 $1,670,806
All Time International Box Office (Rank 20,301-20,400) 20,398 $53,678
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 13,701-13,800) 13,735 $1,724,484
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,266 $1,670,806

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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Google Play:Google Play
Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: January 31st, 2014 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics
International Releases: March 5th, 2014 (Wide) (Poland)
July 3rd, 2014 (Wide) (Australia)
Video Release: June 10th, 2014 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some strong language.
(Rating bulletin 2301, 12/11/2013)
Running Time: 80 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Taxi to the Dark Side
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Keywords: Artists, Inventor, Directing Yourself
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Penn & Teller
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 8,301-8,400) 8,306 $1,670,806
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 7,901-8,000) 7,954 $2,204,564
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 7,401-7,500) 7,434 $1,670,806
Top 2014 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 189 $1,670,806
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,266 $1,670,806
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,365 $2,204,564
Top 2014 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office 58 $1,670,806
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 601-700) 630 $1,670,806
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 7,401-7,500) 7,433 $1,670,806
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 201-300) 242 $1,670,806
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 201-300) 201 $1,670,806
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,301-2,400) 2,318 $1,670,806
All Time Domestic Box Office for Sony Pictures Classics Movies (Rank 101-200) 168 $1,670,806

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jan 31, 2014 45 $49,777   4 $12,444   $49,777 1
Feb 7, 2014 44 $39,011 -22% 7 $5,573   $127,563 2
Feb 14, 2014 42 $70,681 +81% 12 $5,890   $215,671 3
Feb 21, 2014 39 $86,570 +22% 10 $8,657   $322,638 4
Feb 28, 2014 38 $129,008 +49% 53 $2,434   $491,038 5
Mar 7, 2014 29 $169,030 +31% 65 $2,600   $716,186 6
Mar 14, 2014 - $218,175 +29% 109 $2,002   $1,010,539 7
Mar 21, 2014 29 $156,478 -28% 129 $1,213   $1,242,832 8
Mar 28, 2014 34 $90,463 -42% 94 $962   $1,424,001 9
Apr 4, 2014 50 $48,855 -46% 64 $763   $1,522,043 10
Apr 11, 2014 53 $19,790 -59% 29 $682   $1,569,306 11
Apr 18, 2014 57 $16,621 -16% 28 $594   $1,598,891 12
Apr 25, 2014 63 $12,986 -22% 23 $565   $1,623,541 13
May 9, 2014 80 $4,388   8 $549   $1,655,654 15
May 16, 2014 72 $4,056 -8% 7 $579   $1,662,566 16
May 23, 2014 68 $3,831 -6% 5 $766   $1,670,806 17

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 14, 2014 41 $91,078   12 $7,590   $236,068 3
Feb 21, 2014 38 $125,962 +38% 10 $12,596   $362,030 4
Feb 28, 2014 35 $185,126 +47% 53 $3,493   $547,156 5
Mar 21, 2014 28 $247,184   129 $1,916   $1,333,538 8
Mar 28, 2014 33 $139,650 -44% 94 $1,486   $1,473,188 9
Apr 4, 2014 45 $76,328 -45% 64 $1,193   $1,549,516 10
Apr 11, 2014 50 $32,754 -57% 29 $1,129   $1,582,270 11
Apr 18, 2014 51 $28,285 -14% 28 $1,010   $1,610,555 12
May 9, 2014 76 $7,244   8 $906   $1,658,510 15
May 16, 2014 58 $8,465 +17% 7 $1,209   $1,666,975 16

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Australia 7/3/2014 $10,294 4 4 12 $51,533 12/17/2015
Poland 3/5/2014 $0 0 1 1 $2,145 12/30/2018
 
International Total$53,678 12/30/2018

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 20,301-20,400) 20,398 $53,678
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 19,001-19,100) 19,080 $53,678
All Time International Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 2,101-2,200) 2,143 $53,678
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 17,301-17,400) 17,346 $53,678
All Time International Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,449 $53,678
All Time International Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,262 $53,678
All Time International Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,101-2,200) 2,196 $53,678
All Time International Box Office for Sony Pictures Classics Movies (Rank 201-300) 285 $53,678

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 13,701-13,800) 13,735 $1,724,484
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 12,401-12,500) 12,487 $1,724,484
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,047 $1,724,484
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 11,701-11,800) 11,776 $1,724,484
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 301-400) 392 $1,724,484
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 301-400) 315 $1,724,484
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,501-2,600) 2,536 $1,724,484
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Sony Pictures Classics Movies (Rank 201-300) 246 $1,724,484

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.

Interviewee(s)

Tim Jenison    Himself
Penn Jillette    Himself
David Hockney    Himself
Philip Steadman    Himself
Martin Mull    Himself
Dr. Colin Blakemore    Himself

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Teller    Director
Penn Jillette    Producer
Farley Ziegler    Producer
Peter Adam Golden    Executive Producer
Glenn S. Alai    Executive Producer
Tim Jenison    Executive Producer
Teller    Executive Producer
Patrick Sheffield    Editor
Shane F. Kelly    Director of Photography
Conrad Pope    Composer
Larry Blake    Re-recording Mixer

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for June 10th, 2014

June 11th, 2014

This week's list of new DVD and Blu-rays includes a couple of first run releases, but neither are really must haves. Of all of the theatrical releases coming out this week, Alan Partridge on DVD or Blu-ray is the one I'm most interested in seeing, but the screener is still late. I'm also waiting for the screener for Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, but I saw every episode on TV and the DVD or Blu-ray is clearly a contender for Pick of the Week. So is True Detective: Season One on DVD or Blu-ray. It was a bit of a coin toss, but in the end I went with Cosmos. More...

Per Theater Chart: Grand Still the Grandest of Them All

March 19th, 2014

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Despite expanding from 4 to 66 theaters, The Grand Budapest Hotel held on well enough to lead the per theater chart with ease. In fact, its average of $55,122 was the second best per theater average for the year, behind only its opening weekend. Bad Words came in second place with an average of $18,884 in six theaters. This is a good opening, but not one that suggests it could naturally expand wide. Fortunately, the film already has a wide release scheduled and as the ad campaign for the wide release ramps up, it should at least become a midlevel hit when compared to its production budget. Enemy was right behind with an estimated $18,000 in its lone theater. Le Week-End was the final film in the $10,000 club as it earned an average of $14,536 in three theaters during its opening weekend of release. More...

Per Theater Chart: Artistic Integrity

February 5th, 2014

Tim's Vermeer poster

Tim's Vermeer led the way on the per theater chart with an average of $14,468 in four theaters. It was the only film to reach $10,000 on the per theater chart this weekend. Peter Brook: The Tightrope did make $10,301 in one theater, but that was over five days. Over the weekend, it pulled in $6,768. More...

Weekend Estimates: Ride Along Completes Hat-trick

February 2nd, 2014

Ride Along poster

With distributors aiming for counter-programming over Super Bowl weekend, Ride Along will win this weekend fairly comfortably, according to estimates released on Sunday. Universal is projecting a $12.3 million weekend, down 42% from last time, and a cume by Monday morning of nearly $93 million. That should set the film up to cross $100 million in the next week, and makes it a rare winner of 3 weekends in a row. Second place is a toss-up between Frozen and That Awkward Moment, although Disney is laying claim to the prize right now with $9.3 million projected, up 2% from last weekend thanks to a new sing-along version of Frozen introduced to theaters on Friday. More...

Limited Releases: Best Week Ever?

January 31st, 2014

Best Night Ever poster

It's a rather busy week for limited releases, but not a good week. There are a couple of films that are earning overwhelmingly good reviews, 12 O'Clock Boys and Tim's Vermeer, but there are more films earning terrible reviews. The limited release I'm most interested in are the 2014 Oscar Shorts. This year they are split into four films (live action, animated, and two for the documentaries) and should easily be the biggest limited release of the weekend. The total combined reviews are 30 positive and only 4 negative. More...


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Synopsis

Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically--150 years before the invention of photography? The epic research project Jenison embarks on to test his theory is as extraordinary as what he discovers. Spanning eight years, Jenison's adventure takes him to Delft, Holland, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney, and even to Buckingham Palace to see a Vermeer masterpiece in the collection of the Queen.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$49,777 (3.0% of total gross)
Legs:7.66 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:96.9% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/129 max. theaters, 5.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $2,204,564

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 8,301-8,400) 8,306 $1,670,806
All Time International Box Office (Rank 20,301-20,400) 20,398 $53,678
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 13,701-13,800) 13,735 $1,724,484
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,266 $1,670,806

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon
iTunes:iTunes
Google Play:Google Play
Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: January 31st, 2014 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics
International Releases: March 5th, 2014 (Wide) (Poland)
July 3rd, 2014 (Wide) (Australia)
Video Release: June 10th, 2014 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some strong language.
(Rating bulletin 2301, 12/11/2013)
Running Time: 80 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Taxi to the Dark Side
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Artists, Inventor, Directing Yourself
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Penn & Teller
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Interviewee(s)

Tim Jenison    Himself
Penn Jillette    Himself
David Hockney    Himself
Philip Steadman    Himself
Martin Mull    Himself
Dr. Colin Blakemore    Himself

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Teller    Director
Penn Jillette    Producer
Farley Ziegler    Producer
Peter Adam Golden    Executive Producer
Glenn S. Alai    Executive Producer
Tim Jenison    Executive Producer
Teller    Executive Producer
Patrick Sheffield    Editor
Shane F. Kelly    Director of Photography
Conrad Pope    Composer
Larry Blake    Re-recording Mixer

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for June 10th, 2014

June 11th, 2014

This week's list of new DVD and Blu-rays includes a couple of first run releases, but neither are really must haves. Of all of the theatrical releases coming out this week, Alan Partridge on DVD or Blu-ray is the one I'm most interested in seeing, but the screener is still late. I'm also waiting for the screener for Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, but I saw every episode on TV and the DVD or Blu-ray is clearly a contender for Pick of the Week. So is True Detective: Season One on DVD or Blu-ray. It was a bit of a coin toss, but in the end I went with Cosmos. More...

Per Theater Chart: Grand Still the Grandest of Them All

March 19th, 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel poster

Despite expanding from 4 to 66 theaters, The Grand Budapest Hotel held on well enough to lead the per theater chart with ease. In fact, its average of $55,122 was the second best per theater average for the year, behind only its opening weekend. Bad Words came in second place with an average of $18,884 in six theaters. This is a good opening, but not one that suggests it could naturally expand wide. Fortunately, the film already has a wide release scheduled and as the ad campaign for the wide release ramps up, it should at least become a midlevel hit when compared to its production budget. Enemy was right behind with an estimated $18,000 in its lone theater. Le Week-End was the final film in the $10,000 club as it earned an average of $14,536 in three theaters during its opening weekend of release. More...

Per Theater Chart: Artistic Integrity

February 5th, 2014

Tim's Vermeer poster

Tim's Vermeer led the way on the per theater chart with an average of $14,468 in four theaters. It was the only film to reach $10,000 on the per theater chart this weekend. Peter Brook: The Tightrope did make $10,301 in one theater, but that was over five days. Over the weekend, it pulled in $6,768. More...

Weekend Estimates: Ride Along Completes Hat-trick

February 2nd, 2014

Ride Along poster

With distributors aiming for counter-programming over Super Bowl weekend, Ride Along will win this weekend fairly comfortably, according to estimates released on Sunday. Universal is projecting a $12.3 million weekend, down 42% from last time, and a cume by Monday morning of nearly $93 million. That should set the film up to cross $100 million in the next week, and makes it a rare winner of 3 weekends in a row. Second place is a toss-up between Frozen and That Awkward Moment, although Disney is laying claim to the prize right now with $9.3 million projected, up 2% from last weekend thanks to a new sing-along version of Frozen introduced to theaters on Friday. More...

Limited Releases: Best Week Ever?

January 31st, 2014

Best Night Ever poster

It's a rather busy week for limited releases, but not a good week. There are a couple of films that are earning overwhelmingly good reviews, 12 O'Clock Boys and Tim's Vermeer, but there are more films earning terrible reviews. The limited release I'm most interested in are the 2014 Oscar Shorts. This year they are split into four films (live action, animated, and two for the documentaries) and should easily be the biggest limited release of the weekend. The total combined reviews are 30 positive and only 4 negative. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 8,301-8,400) 8,306 $1,670,806
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 7,901-8,000) 7,954 $2,204,564
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 7,401-7,500) 7,434 $1,670,806
Top 2014 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 189 $1,670,806
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,266 $1,670,806
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,365 $2,204,564
Top 2014 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office 58 $1,670,806
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 601-700) 630 $1,670,806
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 7,401-7,500) 7,433 $1,670,806
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 201-300) 242 $1,670,806
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 201-300) 201 $1,670,806
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,301-2,400) 2,318 $1,670,806
All Time Domestic Box Office for Sony Pictures Classics Movies (Rank 101-200) 168 $1,670,806

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jan 31, 2014 45 $49,777   4 $12,444   $49,777 1
Feb 7, 2014 44 $39,011 -22% 7 $5,573   $127,563 2
Feb 14, 2014 42 $70,681 +81% 12 $5,890   $215,671 3
Feb 21, 2014 39 $86,570 +22% 10 $8,657   $322,638 4
Feb 28, 2014 38 $129,008 +49% 53 $2,434   $491,038 5
Mar 7, 2014 29 $169,030 +31% 65 $2,600   $716,186 6
Mar 14, 2014 - $218,175 +29% 109 $2,002   $1,010,539 7
Mar 21, 2014 29 $156,478 -28% 129 $1,213   $1,242,832 8
Mar 28, 2014 34 $90,463 -42% 94 $962   $1,424,001 9
Apr 4, 2014 50 $48,855 -46% 64 $763   $1,522,043 10
Apr 11, 2014 53 $19,790 -59% 29 $682   $1,569,306 11
Apr 18, 2014 57 $16,621 -16% 28 $594   $1,598,891 12
Apr 25, 2014 63 $12,986 -22% 23 $565   $1,623,541 13
May 9, 2014 80 $4,388   8 $549   $1,655,654 15
May 16, 2014 72 $4,056 -8% 7 $579   $1,662,566 16
May 23, 2014 68 $3,831 -6% 5 $766   $1,670,806 17

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 14, 2014 41 $91,078   12 $7,590   $236,068 3
Feb 21, 2014 38 $125,962 +38% 10 $12,596   $362,030 4
Feb 28, 2014 35 $185,126 +47% 53 $3,493   $547,156 5
Mar 21, 2014 28 $247,184   129 $1,916   $1,333,538 8
Mar 28, 2014 33 $139,650 -44% 94 $1,486   $1,473,188 9
Apr 4, 2014 45 $76,328 -45% 64 $1,193   $1,549,516 10
Apr 11, 2014 50 $32,754 -57% 29 $1,129   $1,582,270 11
Apr 18, 2014 51 $28,285 -14% 28 $1,010   $1,610,555 12
May 9, 2014 76 $7,244   8 $906   $1,658,510 15
May 16, 2014 58 $8,465 +17% 7 $1,209   $1,666,975 16

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Australia 7/3/2014 $10,294 4 4 12 $51,533 12/17/2015
Poland 3/5/2014 $0 0 1 1 $2,145 12/30/2018
 
International Total$53,678 12/30/2018

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 20,301-20,400) 20,398 $53,678
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 19,001-19,100) 19,080 $53,678
All Time International Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 2,101-2,200) 2,143 $53,678
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 17,301-17,400) 17,346 $53,678
All Time International Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,449 $53,678
All Time International Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,262 $53,678
All Time International Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,101-2,200) 2,196 $53,678
All Time International Box Office for Sony Pictures Classics Movies (Rank 201-300) 285 $53,678

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 13,701-13,800) 13,735 $1,724,484
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 12,401-12,500) 12,487 $1,724,484
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,047 $1,724,484
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 11,701-11,800) 11,776 $1,724,484
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 301-400) 392 $1,724,484
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 301-400) 315 $1,724,484
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,501-2,600) 2,536 $1,724,484
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Sony Pictures Classics Movies (Rank 201-300) 246 $1,724,484

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.