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Good Bye Lenin!

2004 • R • 2h 1m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Sony Pictures Classics
🍅 91% 93% MC 68 IMDb 7.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$58K
Limited · 6 theaters
Domestic Total
$4.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$79.4M
$75.3M international
Domestic Legs13.6x
Budget$6.4M
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Cast & Crew

Directed byWolfgang Becker ScreenplayAchim von Borries, Bernd Lichtenberg, Chris Silber, Hendrik Handloegten, Wolfgang Becker Produced byAndreas Schreitmüller, Katja De Bock, Manuela Stehr, Stefan Arndt CinematographyMartin Kukula MusicYann Tiersen Prod. DesignLothar Holler StarringDaniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon, Florian Lukas, Alexander Beyer StudioSony Pictures Classics
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Feb 27-29 53 $58.0K — 6 $9,661 $58.0K
2 Mar 5-7 49 $63.4K +9.4% 6 $10,572 $148.2K
3 Mar 12-14 34 $150.1K +136.7% 16 $9,383 $324.1K
4 Mar 19-21 21 $247.6K +64.9% 43 $5,757 $643.2K
5 Mar 26-28 18 $288.2K +16.4% 63 $4,574 $1.0M
6 Apr 2-4 20 $301.1K +4.5% 78 $3,859 $1.5M
7 Apr 9-11 22 $281.5K −6.5% 84 $3,351 $1.9M
8 Apr 16-18 26 $238.0K −15.4% 106 $2,245 $2.2M
9 Apr 23-25 25 $275.7K +15.8% 107 $2,576 $2.6M
10 Apr 30-May 2 33 $200.9K −27.1% 113 $1,777 $2.9M
11 May 7-9 29 $166.2K −17.3% 106 $1,567 $3.1M
12 May 14-16 30 $143.5K −13.6% 116 $1,237 $3.4M
13 May 21-23 34 $115.5K −19.5% 92 $1,255 $3.5M
14 May 28-30 34 $106.2K −8.1% 71 $1,495 $3.7M
15 Jun 4-6 40 $70.7K −33.4% 72 $981 $3.9M
16 Jun 11-13 53 $41.2K −41.6% 56 $736 $3.9M
17 Jun 18-20 56 $27.4K −33.5% 42 $653 $4.0M
18 Jun 25-27 61 $13.7K −50.2% 22 $620 $4.0M
19 Jul 2-4 75 $7.7K −43.6% 16 $481 $4.0M
20 Jul 9-11 71 $7.7K −0.1% 14 $549 $4.0M
21 Jul 16-18 82 $5.3K −31.3% 9 $587 $4.1M
22 Jul 23-25 87 $4.9K −8.2% 7 $693 $4.1M
23 Jul 30-Aug 1 90 $1.0K −79.2% 4 $252 $4.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $200.9K
$58.0K
$63.4K
$150.1K
$247.6K
$288.2K
$301.1K
$281.5K
$238.0K
$275.7K
$200.9K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.1%
+9.4%
W1→2
+136.7%
W2→3
+64.9%
W3→4
+16.4%
W4→5
+4.5%
W5→6
−6.5%
W6→7
−15.4%
W7→8
+15.8%
W8→9
−27.1%
W9→10
Steepest −27.1%Biggest gain +136.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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