Die Fälscher (2008)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $5,488,570Details
International Box Office $14,711,093Details
Worldwide Box Office $20,199,663
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$87,514 (1.6% of total gross)
Legs:11.05 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:27.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$6,250,000 (worldwide box office is 3.2 times production budget)
Theater counts:8 opening theaters/170 max. theaters, 10.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $8,049,395

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: February 22nd, 2008 (Exclusive) by Sony Pictures Classics, released as The Counterfeiters
Video Release: August 5th, 2008 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, released as Counterfeiters, The
MPAA Rating: R for some strong violence, brief sexuality/nudity and language.
Running Time: 98 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Das Boot
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Keywords: World War II, War Drama, Forgery, Nazi, 1940s, Autobiographical, Biography
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production Countries: Austria, Germany
Languages: English, German, Hebrew, Russian

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 22, 2008 46 $87,514   8 $10,939   $87,514 1
Feb 29, 2008 36 $185,313 +112% 18 $10,295   $330,137 2
Mar 7, 2008 26 $279,604 +51% 41 $6,820   $679,822 3
Mar 14, 2008 25 $419,049 +50% 72 $5,820   $1,214,974 4
Mar 21, 2008 21 $496,625 +19% 92 $5,398   $1,851,862 5
Mar 28, 2008 24 $373,580 -25% 98 $3,812   $2,412,581 6
Apr 4, 2008 22 $360,376 -4% 115 $3,134   $2,903,370 7
Apr 11, 2008 25 $351,856 -2% 147 $2,394   $3,377,613 8
Apr 18, 2008 25 $240,753 -32% 170 $1,416   $3,742,262 9
Apr 25, 2008 25 $268,200 +11% 170 $1,578   $4,132,459 10
May 2, 2008 23 $204,303 -24% 157 $1,301   $4,440,307 11
May 9, 2008 25 $148,775 -27% 122 $1,219   $4,661,883 12
May 16, 2008 27 $124,370 -16% 119 $1,045   $4,848,835 13
May 23, 2008 25 $102,199 -18% 107 $955   $5,012,534 14
May 30, 2008 27 $80,161 -22% 97 $826   $5,154,980 15
Jun 6, 2008 32 $52,002 -35% 66 $788   $5,246,694 16
Jun 13, 2008 45 $29,482 -43% 38 $776   $5,303,641 17
Jun 20, 2008 45 $32,572 +10% 30 $1,086   $5,351,533 18
Jun 27, 2008 55 $20,166 -38% 20 $1,008   $5,385,542 19
Jul 4, 2008 55 $18,418 -9% 24 $767   $5,415,429 20
Jul 11, 2008 56 $18,277 -1% 18 $1,015   $5,440,738 21
Jul 18, 2008 70 $8,887 -51% 11 $808   $5,458,024 22
Jul 25, 2008 85 $5,258 -41% 10 $526   $5,468,369 23
Aug 1, 2008 102 $3,259 -38% 6 $543   $5,476,356 24
Aug 8, 2008 114 $1,029 -68% 3 $343   $5,480,350 25
Aug 15, 2008 99 $2,287 +122% 4 $572   $5,483,549 26
Aug 22, 2008 116 $350 -85% 1 $350   $5,484,715 27

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 26, 2008 22 $27,349     107 $256   $5,039,883 95

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 22, 2008 44 $144,824   8 $18,103   $144,824 1
Feb 29, 2008 34 $255,394 +76% 18 $14,189   $400,218 2
Mar 7, 2008 26 $395,707 +55% 41 $9,651   $795,925 3
Mar 14, 2008 28 $559,312 +41% 72 $7,768   $1,355,237 4
Mar 21, 2008 21 $683,764 +22% 92 $7,432   $2,039,001 5
Mar 28, 2008 25 $503,993 -26% 98 $5,143   $2,542,994 6
Apr 4, 2008 22 $482,763 -4% 115 $4,198   $3,025,757 7
Apr 11, 2008 26 $475,752 -1% 147 $3,236   $3,501,509 8
Apr 18, 2008 23 $362,750 -24% 170 $2,134   $3,864,259 9
Apr 25, 2008 24 $371,745 +2% 170 $2,187   $4,236,004 10
May 2, 2008 23 $277,104 -25% 157 $1,765   $4,513,108 11
May 9, 2008 26 $211,357 -24% 122 $1,732   $4,724,465 12
May 16, 2008 27 $185,870 -12% 119 $1,562   $4,910,335 13
May 23, 2008 24 $164,484 -12% 107 $1,537   $5,074,819 14
May 30, 2008 26 $119,873 -27% 97 $1,236   $5,194,692 15
Jun 6, 2008 32 $79,467 -34% 66 $1,204   $5,274,159 16
Jun 13, 2008 45 $44,802 -44% 38 $1,179   $5,318,961 17
Jun 20, 2008 47 $46,415 +4% 30 $1,547   $5,365,376 18
Jun 27, 2008 58 $31,635 -32% 20 $1,582   $5,397,011 19
Jul 4, 2008 54 $25,450 -20% 24 $1,060   $5,422,461 20
Jul 11, 2008 55 $26,676 +5% 18 $1,482   $5,449,137 21
Jul 18, 2008 70 $13,974 -48% 11 $1,270   $5,463,111 22
Jul 25, 2008 84 $9,986 -29% 10 $999   $5,473,097 23
Aug 1, 2008 90 $6,224 -38% 6 $1,037   $5,479,321 24
Aug 8, 2008 107 $1,941 -69% 3 $647   $5,481,262 25
Aug 15, 2008 97 $3,103 +60% 4 $776   $5,484,365 26

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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.

Leading Cast

Karl Markovics    Salomon Sorowitsch
August Diehl    Adolf Burger

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Stefan Ruzowitzky    Director
Stefan Ruzowitzky    Screenwriter
Adolf Burger    Story Creator

DVD Rentals - Nim's Not Alone on the Rental Chart

August 19th, 2008

There were only a trio of new releases to chart this week, including Nim's Island, which earned first place. More...

DVD Releases for August 5, 2008

August 4th, 2008

Another week, another list of lackluster first-run releases. Sadly, there's very little else to back it up. In fact, the only release that was even a contender for DVD Pick of the Week was The Counterfeiters, with both DVD and the Blu-ray worthy of that honor. More...

It's War Out There on the Per Theater Chart

May 28th, 2008

The $10,000 club was a little more crowded than expected with a few surprise entries, but there was no surprise on top. Not only did Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull top the overall box office chart, it also came in first place on the per theater average chart with $23,507 over the three-day weekend, and nearly $30,000 over four. The Edge of Heaven opened with $18,593 in one theater, which is made even more impressive since it opened on a Wednesday. War, Inc. opened to weak reviews, but managed a surprisingly strong per theater average of $17,668. The final film in the $10,000 club was A Jihad for Love with $10,519 over three days and $17,284 including its box office over Wednesday and Thursday. More...

Yangtze is not Up the Creek on the Per Theater Chart

April 29th, 2008

The Canadian documentary, Up the Yangtze, led the way on the per theater chart this week scoring $15,851 in its lone theater. Holly was just a tiny percent behind with $15,687, also in one theater. The final resident of the $10,000 club was Roman de Gare, which earned an average of $12,742 in two theaters. More...

Visitor Looking for a Long Stay on the Per Theater Chart

April 16th, 2008

The Visitor opened in first place on the Per Theater Chart with an average of $21,622 in 4 theaters, which bodes very well for this Friday's expansion. Young @ Heart scored second place with an average of $12,734 over the weekend and $15,558 from Wednesday to Sunday. The final film in the $10,000 club was Flight of the Red Balloon, which was down 32% to $11,959. The closest film to $10,000 that didn't make was Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour with $8,424, which is that film's best per theater average since its second week of release. More...

Chapter is Not Unforeseen on the Per Theater Chart

April 2nd, 2008

There were just two films to reach the $10,000 plateau this week, Chapter 27 and The Unforeseen. The former topped the latter, but it was close at $13,910 to $12,877. More...

Per Theater Chart is in Contempt

March 18th, 2008

There were only two films to top $10,000 on the Per Theater Chart this week>. The first was the re-release of Contempt with $14,826. Next was the overall box office leader, Horton Hears a Who, which opened with an average of $11,384. More...

Per Theater Averages - Counterfeiter's Run is Real

March 4th, 2008

The Counterfeiters was the only film to cross $10,000 on the per theater chart this week, pulling in $185,000 in 18 theaters for an average or $10,295. One must assume its Oscar Win boosted its box office this weekend. More...

Can't Touch the Duchess on the Per Theater Averages

February 26th, 2008

The Duchess of Langeais was the number one film on the per theater chart this week, earning an average of $11,126 in two theaters while Oscar-winner The Counterfeiters earned an average of $10,939 in 8 theaters. More...

Awards Season - No Country but Plenty of Oscars for Old Men

February 25th, 2008

The Oscars have all been awarded and No Country for Old Men was the big winner at the Oscars, taking home four major awards. (It was shut out of the technical nominations.) The second biggest winner of the night was The Bourne Ultimatum with three awards, all technical. More...

Movie Website Reviews for Weekend of February 22, 2008

February 23rd, 2008

Only nine movies were releases this week, and there were only six sites to review (not counting the one that crashed my browser). The three other wide releases each had respectable sites, but nothing that is really amazing and the flashier the site, the weakest content. Charlie Bartlett - Official Site was a previous award-winning site, and I see no reason to change that now. More...

Good Omens for Signal and other Limited Releases?

February 22nd, 2008

Oscar weekend is not a good time to put out a limited release as the target audience will be preoccupied. So it is a little strange that there is an Oscar nominated film, The Counterfeiters, coming out tonight. More...

Awards Season - No Shortage of Love for Country or Blood

January 22nd, 2008

The Oscar nominations were announced today and there is no shortage of contenders. In fact, with no real juggernaut to deal with, the competition is more up in the air that most years. More...

New Movie US Release Dates - December 8, 2007

December 8th, 2007

This week's round of new movie release information contains release dates for Hellraiser, Soul Men, Motel Hell and more! More...

Movie Website Updates for September 16 - September 22, 2007

September 22nd, 2007

Not a long list this week, but at least we had a clear winner for the Weekly Website Award, Resident Evil: Extinction - Official Site. IN the coming weeks we should see some big sites launch as award season starts to heat up. More...


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  7. Cast & Crew
  8. Trailer

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$87,514 (1.6% of total gross)
Legs:11.05 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:27.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$6,250,000 (worldwide box office is 3.2 times production budget)
Theater counts:8 opening theaters/170 max. theaters, 10.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $8,049,395

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: February 22nd, 2008 (Exclusive) by Sony Pictures Classics, released as The Counterfeiters
Video Release: August 5th, 2008 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, released as Counterfeiters, The
MPAA Rating: R for some strong violence, brief sexuality/nudity and language.
Running Time: 98 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Das Boot
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: World War II, War Drama, Forgery, Nazi, 1940s, Autobiographical, Biography
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production Countries: Austria, Germany
Languages: English, German, Hebrew, Russian

Leading Cast

Karl Markovics    Salomon Sorowitsch
August Diehl    Adolf Burger

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Stefan Ruzowitzky    Director
Stefan Ruzowitzky    Screenwriter
Adolf Burger    Story Creator

DVD Rentals - Nim's Not Alone on the Rental Chart

August 19th, 2008

There were only a trio of new releases to chart this week, including Nim's Island, which earned first place. More...

DVD Releases for August 5, 2008

August 4th, 2008

Another week, another list of lackluster first-run releases. Sadly, there's very little else to back it up. In fact, the only release that was even a contender for DVD Pick of the Week was The Counterfeiters, with both DVD and the Blu-ray worthy of that honor. More...

It's War Out There on the Per Theater Chart

May 28th, 2008

The $10,000 club was a little more crowded than expected with a few surprise entries, but there was no surprise on top. Not only did Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull top the overall box office chart, it also came in first place on the per theater average chart with $23,507 over the three-day weekend, and nearly $30,000 over four. The Edge of Heaven opened with $18,593 in one theater, which is made even more impressive since it opened on a Wednesday. War, Inc. opened to weak reviews, but managed a surprisingly strong per theater average of $17,668. The final film in the $10,000 club was A Jihad for Love with $10,519 over three days and $17,284 including its box office over Wednesday and Thursday. More...

Yangtze is not Up the Creek on the Per Theater Chart

April 29th, 2008

The Canadian documentary, Up the Yangtze, led the way on the per theater chart this week scoring $15,851 in its lone theater. Holly was just a tiny percent behind with $15,687, also in one theater. The final resident of the $10,000 club was Roman de Gare, which earned an average of $12,742 in two theaters. More...

Visitor Looking for a Long Stay on the Per Theater Chart

April 16th, 2008

The Visitor opened in first place on the Per Theater Chart with an average of $21,622 in 4 theaters, which bodes very well for this Friday's expansion. Young @ Heart scored second place with an average of $12,734 over the weekend and $15,558 from Wednesday to Sunday. The final film in the $10,000 club was Flight of the Red Balloon, which was down 32% to $11,959. The closest film to $10,000 that didn't make was Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour with $8,424, which is that film's best per theater average since its second week of release. More...

Chapter is Not Unforeseen on the Per Theater Chart

April 2nd, 2008

There were just two films to reach the $10,000 plateau this week, Chapter 27 and The Unforeseen. The former topped the latter, but it was close at $13,910 to $12,877. More...

Per Theater Chart is in Contempt

March 18th, 2008

There were only two films to top $10,000 on the Per Theater Chart this week>. The first was the re-release of Contempt with $14,826. Next was the overall box office leader, Horton Hears a Who, which opened with an average of $11,384. More...

Per Theater Averages - Counterfeiter's Run is Real

March 4th, 2008

The Counterfeiters was the only film to cross $10,000 on the per theater chart this week, pulling in $185,000 in 18 theaters for an average or $10,295. One must assume its Oscar Win boosted its box office this weekend. More...

Can't Touch the Duchess on the Per Theater Averages

February 26th, 2008

The Duchess of Langeais was the number one film on the per theater chart this week, earning an average of $11,126 in two theaters while Oscar-winner The Counterfeiters earned an average of $10,939 in 8 theaters. More...

Awards Season - No Country but Plenty of Oscars for Old Men

February 25th, 2008

The Oscars have all been awarded and No Country for Old Men was the big winner at the Oscars, taking home four major awards. (It was shut out of the technical nominations.) The second biggest winner of the night was The Bourne Ultimatum with three awards, all technical. More...

Movie Website Reviews for Weekend of February 22, 2008

February 23rd, 2008

Only nine movies were releases this week, and there were only six sites to review (not counting the one that crashed my browser). The three other wide releases each had respectable sites, but nothing that is really amazing and the flashier the site, the weakest content. Charlie Bartlett - Official Site was a previous award-winning site, and I see no reason to change that now. More...

Good Omens for Signal and other Limited Releases?

February 22nd, 2008

Oscar weekend is not a good time to put out a limited release as the target audience will be preoccupied. So it is a little strange that there is an Oscar nominated film, The Counterfeiters, coming out tonight. More...

Awards Season - No Shortage of Love for Country or Blood

January 22nd, 2008

The Oscar nominations were announced today and there is no shortage of contenders. In fact, with no real juggernaut to deal with, the competition is more up in the air that most years. More...

New Movie US Release Dates - December 8, 2007

December 8th, 2007

This week's round of new movie release information contains release dates for Hellraiser, Soul Men, Motel Hell and more! More...

Movie Website Updates for September 16 - September 22, 2007

September 22nd, 2007

Not a long list this week, but at least we had a clear winner for the Weekly Website Award, Resident Evil: Extinction - Official Site. IN the coming weeks we should see some big sites launch as award season starts to heat up. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 22, 2008 46 $87,514   8 $10,939   $87,514 1
Feb 29, 2008 36 $185,313 +112% 18 $10,295   $330,137 2
Mar 7, 2008 26 $279,604 +51% 41 $6,820   $679,822 3
Mar 14, 2008 25 $419,049 +50% 72 $5,820   $1,214,974 4
Mar 21, 2008 21 $496,625 +19% 92 $5,398   $1,851,862 5
Mar 28, 2008 24 $373,580 -25% 98 $3,812   $2,412,581 6
Apr 4, 2008 22 $360,376 -4% 115 $3,134   $2,903,370 7
Apr 11, 2008 25 $351,856 -2% 147 $2,394   $3,377,613 8
Apr 18, 2008 25 $240,753 -32% 170 $1,416   $3,742,262 9
Apr 25, 2008 25 $268,200 +11% 170 $1,578   $4,132,459 10
May 2, 2008 23 $204,303 -24% 157 $1,301   $4,440,307 11
May 9, 2008 25 $148,775 -27% 122 $1,219   $4,661,883 12
May 16, 2008 27 $124,370 -16% 119 $1,045   $4,848,835 13
May 23, 2008 25 $102,199 -18% 107 $955   $5,012,534 14
May 30, 2008 27 $80,161 -22% 97 $826   $5,154,980 15
Jun 6, 2008 32 $52,002 -35% 66 $788   $5,246,694 16
Jun 13, 2008 45 $29,482 -43% 38 $776   $5,303,641 17
Jun 20, 2008 45 $32,572 +10% 30 $1,086   $5,351,533 18
Jun 27, 2008 55 $20,166 -38% 20 $1,008   $5,385,542 19
Jul 4, 2008 55 $18,418 -9% 24 $767   $5,415,429 20
Jul 11, 2008 56 $18,277 -1% 18 $1,015   $5,440,738 21
Jul 18, 2008 70 $8,887 -51% 11 $808   $5,458,024 22
Jul 25, 2008 85 $5,258 -41% 10 $526   $5,468,369 23
Aug 1, 2008 102 $3,259 -38% 6 $543   $5,476,356 24
Aug 8, 2008 114 $1,029 -68% 3 $343   $5,480,350 25
Aug 15, 2008 99 $2,287 +122% 4 $572   $5,483,549 26
Aug 22, 2008 116 $350 -85% 1 $350   $5,484,715 27

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 26, 2008 22 $27,349     107 $256   $5,039,883 95

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 22, 2008 44 $144,824   8 $18,103   $144,824 1
Feb 29, 2008 34 $255,394 +76% 18 $14,189   $400,218 2
Mar 7, 2008 26 $395,707 +55% 41 $9,651   $795,925 3
Mar 14, 2008 28 $559,312 +41% 72 $7,768   $1,355,237 4
Mar 21, 2008 21 $683,764 +22% 92 $7,432   $2,039,001 5
Mar 28, 2008 25 $503,993 -26% 98 $5,143   $2,542,994 6
Apr 4, 2008 22 $482,763 -4% 115 $4,198   $3,025,757 7
Apr 11, 2008 26 $475,752 -1% 147 $3,236   $3,501,509 8
Apr 18, 2008 23 $362,750 -24% 170 $2,134   $3,864,259 9
Apr 25, 2008 24 $371,745 +2% 170 $2,187   $4,236,004 10
May 2, 2008 23 $277,104 -25% 157 $1,765   $4,513,108 11
May 9, 2008 26 $211,357 -24% 122 $1,732   $4,724,465 12
May 16, 2008 27 $185,870 -12% 119 $1,562   $4,910,335 13
May 23, 2008 24 $164,484 -12% 107 $1,537   $5,074,819 14
May 30, 2008 26 $119,873 -27% 97 $1,236   $5,194,692 15
Jun 6, 2008 32 $79,467 -34% 66 $1,204   $5,274,159 16
Jun 13, 2008 45 $44,802 -44% 38 $1,179   $5,318,961 17
Jun 20, 2008 47 $46,415 +4% 30 $1,547   $5,365,376 18
Jun 27, 2008 58 $31,635 -32% 20 $1,582   $5,397,011 19
Jul 4, 2008 54 $25,450 -20% 24 $1,060   $5,422,461 20
Jul 11, 2008 55 $26,676 +5% 18 $1,482   $5,449,137 21
Jul 18, 2008 70 $13,974 -48% 11 $1,270   $5,463,111 22
Jul 25, 2008 84 $9,986 -29% 10 $999   $5,473,097 23
Aug 1, 2008 90 $6,224 -38% 6 $1,037   $5,479,321 24
Aug 8, 2008 107 $1,941 -69% 3 $647   $5,481,262 25
Aug 15, 2008 97 $3,103 +60% 4 $776   $5,484,365 26

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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.