Name: The Lives of Others
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 2006
Cast: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur

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Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Director

Sebastian Koch Starring

Ulrich Tukur Starring Sony Pictures Classics Studio

ScreenplayFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck Produced byMax Wiedemann, Quirin Berg CinematographyHagen Bogdanski Music byGabriel Yared, Stéphane Moucha StudioSony Pictures Classics

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 9-11 36 $213.6K — 13 $16,430 $213.6K

2 Feb 16-18 27 $350.9K +64.3% 32 $10,965 $661.7K

3 Feb 23-25 24 $441.3K +25.8% 58 $7,608 $1.3M

4 Mar 2-4 19 $781.1K +77.0% 112 $6,974 $2.3M

5 Mar 9-11 17 $852.6K +9.1% 163 $5,230 $3.5M

6 Mar 16-18 15 $802.4K −5.9% 218 $3,681 $4.6M

7 Mar 23-25 19 $742.6K −7.4% 232 $3,201 $5.7M

8 Mar 30-Apr 1 17 $610.3K −17.8% 259 $2,356 $6.6M

9 Apr 6-8 19 $590.8K −3.2% 213 $2,774 $7.4M

10 Apr 13-15 22 $484.5K −18.0% 214 $2,264 $8.1M

11 Apr 20-22 24 $311.1K −35.8% 198 $1,571 $8.6M

12 Apr 27-29 28 $305.8K −1.7% 189 $1,618 $9.1M

13 May 4-6 23 $222.4K −27.3% 144 $1,545 $9.4M

14 May 11-13 28 $186.0K −16.4% 130 $1,431 $9.7M

15 May 18-20 25 $172.9K −7.0% 115 $1,504 $10.0M

16 May 25-27 26 $150.9K −12.7% 56 $2,694 $10.2M

17 Jun 1-3 31 $95.7K −36.6% 57 $1,679 $10.4M

18 Jun 8-10 35 $73.1K −23.6% 52 $1,406 $10.5M

19 Jun 15-17 37 $55.0K −24.7% 38 $1,448 $10.6M

20 Jun 22-24 39 $46.4K −15.7% 34 $1,365 $10.7M

21 Jun 29-Jul 1 41 $29.5K −36.5% 22 $1,339 $10.7M

22 Jul 6-8 40 $33.2K +12.6% 25 $1,327 $10.8M

23 Jul 13-15 46 $26.2K −21.1% 19 $1,378 $10.9M

24 Jul 20-22 34 $153.7K +487.3% 253 $608 $11.0M

25 Jul 27-29 43 $46.6K −69.7% 52 $895 $11.2M

26 Aug 3-5 56 $18.1K −61.1% 27 $671 $11.2M

27 Aug 10-12 67 $11.2K −38.1% 10 $1,122 $11.2M

28 Aug 17-19 74 $8.6K −23.6% 10 $857 $11.3M

29 Aug 24-26 80 $6.7K −22.4% 6 $1,109 $11.3M

30 Aug 31-Sep 2 81 $4.4K −33.3% 4 $1,110 $11.3M

31 Sep 7-9 111 $1.9K −56.3% 4 $485 $11.3M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$9.9M

Jun 3Jun 6Jun 9Jun 11Jun 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $484.5K

$213.6K

$350.9K

$441.3K

$781.1K

$852.6K

$802.4K

$742.6K

$610.3K

$590.8K

$484.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,865 → 1,865 +0.0%

1,865 open1,865 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −18.0%

+64.3%

W1→2

+25.8%

W2→3

+77.0%

W3→4

+9.1%

W4→5

−5.9%

W5→6

−7.4%

W6→7

−17.8%

W7→8

−3.2%

W8→9

−18.0%

W9→10

Steepest −18.0%Biggest gain +77.0%

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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