The Lives of Others

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

Grosses

Domestic (14.6%)
$11,286,112
Summary Details
DistributorSony Pictures Classics
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Opening$223,000
9 theaters
Budget$2,000,000
MPAAR
Running Time2 hr 17 min
GenresDrama Mystery Thriller
In Release326 days/46 weeks
Widest Release259 theaters

Key:Estimated

DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Feb 9-1536$310,807-9-$34,534$310,8071
Feb 16-2227$563,868+81.4%32+23$17,620$874,6752
Feb 23-Mar 122$664,986+17.9%58+26$11,465$1,539,6613
Mar 2-819$1,068,029+60.6%112+54$9,535$2,607,6904
Mar 9-1517$1,181,007+10.6%163+51$7,245$3,788,6975
Mar 16-2214$1,141,375-3.4%218+55$5,235$4,930,0726
Mar 23-2919$1,017,037-10.9%232+14$4,383$5,947,1097
Mar 30-Apr 520$891,493-12.3%259+27$3,442$6,838,6028
Apr 6-1219$819,735-8%213-46$3,848$7,658,3379
Apr 13-1922$662,704-19.2%214+1$3,096$8,321,04110
Apr 20-2624$440,569-33.5%198-16$2,225$8,761,61011
Apr 27-May 327$433,863-1.5%189-9$2,295$9,195,47312
May 4-1022$309,373-28.7%144-45$2,148$9,504,84613
May 11-1726$274,083-11.4%130-14$2,108$9,778,92914
May 18-2426$262,336-4.3%115-15$2,281$10,041,26515
May 25-3128$242,408-7.6%56-59$4,328$10,283,67316
Jun 1-732$151,253-37.6%57+1$2,653$10,434,92617
Jun 8-1434$116,865-22.7%52-5$2,247$10,551,79118
Jun 15-2142$90,627-22.5%38-14$2,384$10,642,41819
Jun 22-2843$76,131-16%34-4$2,239$10,718,54920
Jun 29-Jul 542$62,622-17.7%22-12$2,846$10,781,17121
Jul 6-1241$56,802-9.3%25+3$2,272$10,837,97322
Jul 13-1945$40,763-28.2%19-6$2,145$10,878,73623
Jul 20-2634$249,248+511.5%253+234$985$11,127,98424
Jul 27-Aug 244$68,911-72.4%52-201$1,325$11,196,89525
Aug 3-956$33,393-51.5%27-25$1,236$11,230,28826
Aug 10-1664$18,739-43.9%10-17$1,873$11,249,02727
Aug 17-2370$17,408-7.1%10-$1,740$11,266,43528
Aug 24-3082$10,427-40.1%6-4$1,737$11,276,86229
Aug 31-Sep 692$5,855-43.8%4-2$1,463$11,282,71730
Sep 7-13108$3,395-42%4-$848$11,286,11231