Synopsis
In 2008, legendary art collectors Herb and Dorothy Vogel made an announcement that stunned the art world. Known and loved as a retired postal worker (Herb) and librarian (Dorothy) who built a world-class art collection on their humble salaries, the Vogels launched a national gift project with the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington DC that would constitute one of the largest gifts in the history of American art: to give a total of 2,500 artworks to museums in all fifty states. This came sixteen years after the Vogels had transferred their entire collection to NGA, the majority as a gift, making headlines in 1992. During those years at the NGA, the collection had grown to nearly 5,000 pieces, too large for any one museum to contain. As a solution, a national gift project titled The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States was conceived. Though their collection was now worth millions of dollars, the couple did not sell a single piece, instead giving fifty works to one museum in every state. Having worked their whole lives as civil servants, their wish was to give back to the people of the United States.
Metrics
Opening Weekend: | $6,157 (15.8% of total gross) |
Legs: | 6.32 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
Domestic Share: | 100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
Theater counts: | 1 opening theaters/8 max. theaters, 0.1 weeks average run per theater |
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $51,615 |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
Record | Rank | Amount |
---|---|---|
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 14,501-14,600) | 14,577 | $38,933 |
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 28,801-28,900) | 28,832 | $38,933 |
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 6,001-6,100) | 6,098 | $38,933 |
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Movie Details
Domestic Releases: | September 13th, 2013 (Limited) by Fine Line |
MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
Running Time: | 86 minutes |
Franchise: | Herb and Dorothy |
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Keywords: | Biography, Autumn Years, Artists, Museum, Posthumous Release, Collectors and Collectables |
Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
Genre: | Documentary |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Factual |
Production/Financing Companies: | Fine Line Media |
Production Countries: | United States |
Languages: | English |