Synopsis
A portrait of the contemporary commercial fishing industry. Filmed off the coast of New Bedford, Massachusetts–at one time the whaling capital of the world as well as Melville’s inspiration for ‘Moby Dick’; it is today the country’s largest fishing port with over 500 ships sailing from its harbor every month. Leviathan follows one such vessel, a hulking groundfish trawler, into the surrounding murky black waters on a weeks-long fishing expedition. But instead of romanticizing the labor or partaking in the longstanding tradition of turning fisherfolk into images, filmmakers Lucien Castiang-Taylor and Verena Paravel present a vivid, almost-kaleidoscopic representation of the work, the sea, the machinery and the players, both human and marine. Employing an arsenal of cameras that passed freely from film crew to ship crew; that swoop from below sea level to bird’s-eye views, the film that emerges is unlike anything that has been seen before. Entirely dialogue-free, but mesmerizing and gripping throughout, it is a cosmic portrait of one of mankind’s oldest endeavors.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $8,900 (11.7% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 8.56 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 1 opening theaters/1 max. theaters, 2.0 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $101,030 |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
| Record | Rank | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 13,301-13,400) | 13,384 | $76,202 |
| All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 25,901-26,000) | 25,985 | $76,202 |
| All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 5,001-5,100) | 5,100 | $76,202 |
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Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | March 1st, 2013 (Limited) by Cinema Guild |
| MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 87 minutes |
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| Keywords: | Cinema Verite |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel |
| Production Countries: | France, United Kingdom, United States |
| Languages: | English |