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Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.

Grosses

United Kingdom
$8,469,233
Summary Details
DistributorEntertainment Film Distributors
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Opening$975,526
199 theaters
Budget$32,000,000
Release DateJan 2, 2009
MPAAR
Running Time2 hr 4 min
GenresDrama Mystery Romance
In Release364 days/52 weeks
Widest Release260 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jan 2-47$975,526-199-$4,902$975,5261
Jan 9-1110$877,344-10.1%260+61$3,374$2,508,9652
Jan 16-1810$772,948-11.9%250-10$3,091$3,896,5363
Jan 23-2515$405,521-47.5%197-53$2,058$4,570,4384
Jan 30-Feb 114$413,192+1.9%226+29$1,828$5,619,6055
Feb 6-815$189,110-54.2%177-49$1,068$6,181,6666
Feb 13-1517$170,043-10.1%111-66$1,531$6,413,6777
Feb 20-2214$220,469+29.7%168+57$1,312$6,837,4888
Feb 27-Mar 114$246,979+12%157-11$1,573$7,247,4769
Mar 6-815$150,604-39%104-53$1,448$7,574,61310
Mar 13-1516$78,953-47.6%75-29$1,052$7,701,78211
Mar 20-2220$36,514-53.8%42-33$869$7,846,80012
Mar 27-2926$20,461-44%14-28$1,461$8,064,18413
Apr 3-529$19,184-6.2%12-2$1,598$8,407,57514
Apr 10-1228$19,231+0.2%15+3$1,282$8,377,35615
Apr 17-1937$7,726-59.8%9-6$858$8,503,14516
Apr 24-2638$6,128-20.7%6-3$1,021$8,469,23317