Who Will Write Our History (2020)
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| Theatrical Performance | ||
| Domestic Box Office | $138,039 | Details |
| International Box Office | $829 | Details |
| Worldwide Box Office | $138,868 | |
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Synopsis
In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decided to fight back. Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group vowed to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda not with guns or fists but with pen and paper. Now, for the first time, their story is told as a feature documentary. Who Will Write Our History mixes the writings of the Oyneg Shabes archive with new interviews, rarely seen footage and stunning dramatizations to transport us inside the Ghetto and the lives of these courageous resistance fighters. They defied their murderous enemy with the ultimate weapon—the truth—and risked everything so that their archive would survive the war, even if they did not.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $13,390 (9.7% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 8.19 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 99.4% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 1 opening theaters/6 max. theaters, 5.7 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $180,237 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | January 18th, 2019 (Special Engagement) by Abramorama Films |
| International Releases: | January 7th, 2020 (Wide) (Portugal) |
| MPA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 95 minutes |
| Geographical setting: | Poland |
| Plot point: | Historian, Nazis, Photography, Trapped, Writing and Writers |
| Social setting: | Holocaust |
| Time period setting: | 1940s |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Abramorama, Katahdin Productions, Match & Spark, Arte, NDR |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English, Yiddish, Polish |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 2019 | 45 | $13,390 | 1 | $13,390 | $13,390 | 1 | |
| Feb 1, 2019 | 47 | $16,847 | 5 | $3,369 | $68,735 | 3 | |
| Feb 8, 2019 | 58 | $6,448 | -62% | 6 | $1,075 | $75,256 | 4 |
| Feb 15, 2019 | 72 | $2,553 | -60% | 3 | $851 | $92,301 | 5 |
| Feb 22, 2019 | 75 | $187 | -93% | 1 | $187 | $94,536 | 6 |
| Mar 1, 2019 | 79 | $2,026 | +983% | 2 | $1,013 | $97,288 | 7 |
| Mar 8, 2019 | 63 | $8,388 | +314% | 6 | $1,398 | $106,352 | 8 |
| Mar 15, 2019 | 78 | $3,797 | -55% | 6 | $633 | $113,803 | 9 |
| Mar 22, 2019 | 84 | $1,248 | -67% | 1 | $1,248 | $117,447 | 10 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | 67 | $4,003 | 3 | $1,334 | $131,369 | 15 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 2019 | 45 | $21,795 | 1 | $21,795 | $21,795 | 1 | |
| Jan 25, 2019 | 49 | $30,113 | +38% | 1 | $30,113 | $51,908 | 2 |
| Feb 1, 2019 | 51 | $16,900 | -44% | 5 | $3,380 | $68,808 | 3 |
| Feb 8, 2019 | 57 | $20,940 | +24% | 6 | $3,490 | $89,748 | 4 |
| Feb 15, 2019 | 72 | $4,601 | -78% | 3 | $1,534 | $94,349 | 5 |
| Feb 22, 2019 | 75 | $913 | -80% | 1 | $913 | $95,262 | 6 |
| Mar 1, 2019 | 81 | $2,702 | +196% | 2 | $1,351 | $97,964 | 7 |
| Mar 8, 2019 | 67 | $12,042 | +346% | 6 | $2,007 | $110,006 | 8 |
| Mar 15, 2019 | 78 | $6,193 | -49% | 6 | $1,032 | $116,199 | 9 |
| Mar 22, 2019 | 86 | $1,376 | -78% | 1 | $1,376 | $117,575 | 10 |
| Mar 29, 2019 | 81 | $3,098 | +125% | 1 | $3,098 | $120,673 | 11 |
| Apr 12, 2019 | 73 | $6,691 | 1 | $6,691 | $127,364 | 13 | |
| Apr 26, 2019 | 60 | $10,675 | 3 | $3,558 | $138,039 | 15 |
Top International Territories
Box Office Summary Per Territory
| Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens/Theaters |
Maximum Screens/Theaters |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1/7/2020 | $0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | $829 | 6/16/2020 | |||
| International Total | $829 | 6/16/2020 | ||||||||
Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.
Interviewee
| Samuel Kassow | Himself | |
| Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett | Herself | |
| Jan Grabowski | Himself | |
| Karolina Szymaniak | Herself |
Narrator
| Joan Allen | Rachel Auerbach / Voiceover | |
| Adrien Brody | Emanuel Ringelblum / Voiceover | |
| Charlie Hofheimer | Abraham Lewin / Voiceover | |
| Peter Cambor | Hersh Wasser / Voiceover |
Supporting
| Jowita Budnick | Rachel Auerbach / Dramatization Cast | |
| Piotr Glowacki | Emanuel Ringelblum / Dramatization Cast |
Production and Technical Credits
| Roberta Grossman | Director | |
| Roberta Grossman | Screenwriter | |
| Roberta Grossman | Producer | |
| Nancy Spielberg | Executive Producer | |
| Ronald S. Lauder | Executive Producer | |
| Al Berg | Executive Producer | |
| Ori Eisen | Executive Producer | |
| Mirit Eisen | Executive Producer | |
| Anna Rozalska | Executive Producer | |
| Philippa Kowarsky | Executive Producer | |
| Dyanna Taylor | Cinematographer | |
| Chris Callister | Editor | |
| Ondine Rarey | Editor | |
| Todd Boekelheide | Composer | |
| Frank Gampel | Production Designer | |
| Marek Warszewski | Production Designer |
Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.
Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.
Synopsis
In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decided to fight back. Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group vowed to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda not with guns or fists but with pen and paper. Now, for the first time, their story is told as a feature documentary. Who Will Write Our History mixes the writings of the Oyneg Shabes archive with new interviews, rarely seen footage and stunning dramatizations to transport us inside the Ghetto and the lives of these courageous resistance fighters. They defied their murderous enemy with the ultimate weapon—the truth—and risked everything so that their archive would survive the war, even if they did not.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $13,390 (9.7% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 8.19 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 99.4% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 1 opening theaters/6 max. theaters, 5.7 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $180,237 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | January 18th, 2019 (Special Engagement) by Abramorama Films |
| International Releases: | January 7th, 2020 (Wide) (Portugal) |
| MPA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 95 minutes |
| Geographical setting: | Poland |
| Plot point: | Historian, Nazis, Photography, Trapped, Writing and Writers |
| Social setting: | Holocaust |
| Time period setting: | 1940s |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Abramorama, Katahdin Productions, Match & Spark, Arte, NDR |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English, Yiddish, Polish |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 2019 | 45 | $13,390 | 1 | $13,390 | $13,390 | 1 | |
| Feb 1, 2019 | 47 | $16,847 | 5 | $3,369 | $68,735 | 3 | |
| Feb 8, 2019 | 58 | $6,448 | -62% | 6 | $1,075 | $75,256 | 4 |
| Feb 15, 2019 | 72 | $2,553 | -60% | 3 | $851 | $92,301 | 5 |
| Feb 22, 2019 | 75 | $187 | -93% | 1 | $187 | $94,536 | 6 |
| Mar 1, 2019 | 79 | $2,026 | +983% | 2 | $1,013 | $97,288 | 7 |
| Mar 8, 2019 | 63 | $8,388 | +314% | 6 | $1,398 | $106,352 | 8 |
| Mar 15, 2019 | 78 | $3,797 | -55% | 6 | $633 | $113,803 | 9 |
| Mar 22, 2019 | 84 | $1,248 | -67% | 1 | $1,248 | $117,447 | 10 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | 67 | $4,003 | 3 | $1,334 | $131,369 | 15 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 2019 | 45 | $21,795 | 1 | $21,795 | $21,795 | 1 | |
| Jan 25, 2019 | 49 | $30,113 | +38% | 1 | $30,113 | $51,908 | 2 |
| Feb 1, 2019 | 51 | $16,900 | -44% | 5 | $3,380 | $68,808 | 3 |
| Feb 8, 2019 | 57 | $20,940 | +24% | 6 | $3,490 | $89,748 | 4 |
| Feb 15, 2019 | 72 | $4,601 | -78% | 3 | $1,534 | $94,349 | 5 |
| Feb 22, 2019 | 75 | $913 | -80% | 1 | $913 | $95,262 | 6 |
| Mar 1, 2019 | 81 | $2,702 | +196% | 2 | $1,351 | $97,964 | 7 |
| Mar 8, 2019 | 67 | $12,042 | +346% | 6 | $2,007 | $110,006 | 8 |
| Mar 15, 2019 | 78 | $6,193 | -49% | 6 | $1,032 | $116,199 | 9 |
| Mar 22, 2019 | 86 | $1,376 | -78% | 1 | $1,376 | $117,575 | 10 |
| Mar 29, 2019 | 81 | $3,098 | +125% | 1 | $3,098 | $120,673 | 11 |
| Apr 12, 2019 | 73 | $6,691 | 1 | $6,691 | $127,364 | 13 | |
| Apr 26, 2019 | 60 | $10,675 | 3 | $3,558 | $138,039 | 15 |
Top International Territories
Box Office Summary Per Territory
| Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens/Theaters |
Maximum Screens/Theaters |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1/7/2020 | $0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | $829 | 6/16/2020 | |||
| International Total | $829 | 6/16/2020 | ||||||||
Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.
Interviewee
| Samuel Kassow | Himself | |
| Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett | Herself | |
| Jan Grabowski | Himself | |
| Karolina Szymaniak | Herself |
Narrator
| Joan Allen | Rachel Auerbach / Voiceover | |
| Adrien Brody | Emanuel Ringelblum / Voiceover | |
| Charlie Hofheimer | Abraham Lewin / Voiceover | |
| Peter Cambor | Hersh Wasser / Voiceover |
Supporting
| Jowita Budnick | Rachel Auerbach / Dramatization Cast | |
| Piotr Glowacki | Emanuel Ringelblum / Dramatization Cast |
Production and Technical Credits
| Roberta Grossman | Director | |
| Roberta Grossman | Screenwriter | |
| Roberta Grossman | Producer | |
| Nancy Spielberg | Executive Producer | |
| Ronald S. Lauder | Executive Producer | |
| Al Berg | Executive Producer | |
| Ori Eisen | Executive Producer | |
| Mirit Eisen | Executive Producer | |
| Anna Rozalska | Executive Producer | |
| Philippa Kowarsky | Executive Producer | |
| Dyanna Taylor | Cinematographer | |
| Chris Callister | Editor | |
| Ondine Rarey | Editor | |
| Todd Boekelheide | Composer | |
| Frank Gampel | Production Designer | |
| Marek Warszewski | Production Designer |
Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.
Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.