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1931 • Not Rated • 1h 51m • Crime, Mystery, Thriller • Nero-Film

Who is the murderer?

🍅 100% 95% LB 4.29 IMDb 8.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$6.1K
Limited · 1 theater
Domestic Total
$35.6K
2013 U.S. re-release
Domestic Legs5.8x
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Cast & Crew

Directed byFritz Lang ScreenplayThea von Harbou, Fritz Lang Produced bySeymour Nebenzal CinematographyFritz Arno Wagner StarringPeter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Gründgens StudioNero-Film
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 15-17 77 $6.1K — 1 $6,123 $6.1K
2 Mar 22-24 96 $2.6K −58.0% 1 $2,570 $13.4K
3 Mar 29-31 114 $628 −75.6% 1 $628 $16.8K
4 Apr 5-7 82 $5.3K +736.5% 3 $1,751 $22.9K
5 Apr 12-14 99 $890 −83.1% 1 $890 $26.6K
9 May 10-12 103 $742 — 1 $742 $27.8K
10 May 17-19 104 $142 −80.9% 1 $142 $28.3K
12 May 31-Jun 2 78 $618 — 1 $618 $28.9K
22 Aug 9-11 78 $4.2K — 2 $2,100 $33.6K
28 Sep 20-22 106 $717 — 1 $717 $35.3K
40 Dec 13-15 66 $76 — 1 $76 $35.4K
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $142
$6.1K
$2.6K
$628
$5.3K
$890
$742
$142
W1W2W3W4W5W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −80.9%
−58.0%
W1→2
−75.6%
W2→3
+736.5%
W3→4
−83.1%
W4→5
−80.9%
W9→10
Steepest −83.1%Biggest gain +736.5%

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