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The Lives of Others

2006 • R • 2h 17m • Drama, Thriller • Sony Pictures Classics

Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets.

🍅 92% 96% MC 89 LB 4.29 IMDb 8.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$214K
Limited · 13 theaters
Domestic Total
$11.3M
Final
Worldwide Total
$81.2M
$69.9M international
Domestic Legs13.3x
Budget$2M
2007 Rank#157
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Cast & Crew

Directed byFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck ScreenplayFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck Produced byMax Wiedemann, Quirin Berg CinematographyHagen Bogdanski Music byGabriel Yared, Stéphane Moucha StarringUlrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur 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%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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