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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

The Lives of Others Box Office

Opening Weekend
$214K
3-day opening, 13 theaters
Domestic Total
$11.3M
Final
Worldwide Total
$81.2M
$69.9M international
Domestic Legs52.8x
Budget$2M
2007 Rank#157
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Feb 9-11 36 $214K — $214K 13 $16.4K 1
Feb 16-18 27 $351K +64.3% $662K 32 $11.0K 2
Feb 23-25 24 $441K +25.8% $1.32M 58 $7.6K 3
Mar 2-4 19 $781K +77.0% $2.32M 112 $7.0K 4
Mar 9-11 17 $853K +9.1% $3.46M 163 $5.2K 5
Mar 16-18 15 $802K -5.9% $4.59M 218 $3.7K 6
Mar 23-25 19 $743K -7.4% $5.67M 232 $3.2K 7
Mar 30-Apr 1 17 $610K -17.8% $6.56M 259 $2.4K 8
Apr 6-8 19 $591K -3.2% $7.43M 213 $2.8K 9
Apr 13-15 22 $485K -18.0% $8.14M 214 $2.3K 10
Apr 20-22 24 $311K -35.8% $8.63M 198 $1.6K 11
Apr 27-29 28 $306K -1.7% $9.07M 189 $1.6K 12
May 4-6 23 $222K -27.3% $9.42M 144 $1.5K 13
May 11-13 28 $186K -16.4% $9.69M 130 $1.4K 14
May 18-20 25 $173K -7.0% $9.95M 115 $1.5K 15
May 25-27 26 $151K -12.7% $10.19M 56 $2.7K 16
Jun 1-3 31 $96K -36.6% $10.38M 57 $1.7K 17
Jun 8-10 35 $73K -23.6% $10.51M 52 $1.4K 18
Jun 15-17 37 $55K -24.7% $10.61M 38 $1.4K 19
Jun 22-24 39 $46K -15.7% $10.69M 34 $1.4K 20
Jun 29-Jul 1 41 $29K -36.5% $10.75M 22 $1.3K 21
Jul 6-8 40 $33K +12.6% $10.81M 25 $1.3K 22
Jul 13-15 46 $26K -21.1% $10.86M 19 $1.4K 23
Jul 20-22 34 $154K +487.3% $11.03M 253 $608 24
Jul 27-29 43 $47K -69.7% $11.17M 52 $895 25
Aug 3-5 56 $18K -61.1% $11.22M 27 $671 26
Aug 10-12 67 $11K -38.1% $11.24M 10 $1.1K 27
Aug 17-19 74 $9K -23.6% $11.26M 10 $857 28
Aug 24-26 80 $7K -22.4% $11.27M 6 $1.1K 29
Aug 31-Sep 2 81 $4K -33.3% $11.28M 4 $1.1K 30
Sep 7-9 111 $2K -56.3% $11.28M 4 $485 31

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

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

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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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