#1 of 998 Highest-grossing German-language movie ever
2005 · Biography, Drama
$92.2M worldwide
$5.5M US & Canada · 6% $86.7M elsewhere · 94%
German box office · All time
Highest-Grossing German Movies of All Time, Page 12
Downfall (2005) is the highest-grossing German-language movie in our database, with $92.2M worldwide, ahead of Suck Me Shakespeer 2 (2015) at $83M and Rabbit Without Ears (2007) at $81.7M. 998 German-language films in our database report a worldwide gross, $3B in all, 4% of it from the US & Canada. By genre, Comedy leads with $1.9B across 356 German releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 998
- combined worldwide
- $3B
- Downfall (2005), the #1
- $92.2M
- earned in the US & Canada
- 4%
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All 998 German Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 551 to 600 of 998. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 551
Jun 29, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $276.8K - 552
Jul 28, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $276.6K - 553
Jan 27, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $276.2K - 554
Jan 9, 2025 US and Canada: $133.4K Rest of the world: $141.7K Worldwide: $275.1K - 555
Feb 11, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $273.3K - 556
Sep 14, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $272.4K - 557
May 19, 2013 US and Canada: $2.6K Rest of the world: $269.1K Worldwide: $271.7K - 558
Aug 1, 1990 US and Canada: $261.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $261.7K - 559
Apr 29, 2011 US and Canada: $83.5K Rest of the world: $171K Worldwide: $254.5K - 560
Feb 15, 2010 US and Canada: $83.5K Rest of the world: $171K Worldwide: $254.5K - 561
Aug 20, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $252.8K - 562
Mar 9, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $251.4K - 563
Jun 25, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $247K - 564
Feb 12, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $245.3K - 565
Dec 25, 1997 US and Canada: $244.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $244.9K - 566
May 11, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $237K - 567
Nov 24, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $236.2K - 568
Aug 15, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $235.7K - 569
Oct 17, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $234.4K - 570
Oct 13, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $234.2K - 571
Mar 2, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $233.3K - 572
Aug 8, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $231K - 573
Sep 5, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $225.6K - 574
May 20, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $224.8K - 575
Nov 7, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $220.9K - 576
Mar 4, 2022 US and Canada: $71.9K Rest of the world: $146.6K Worldwide: $218.5K - 577
Mar 3, 2023 US and Canada: $61K Rest of the world: $157.4K Worldwide: $218.4K - 578
Feb 20, 1997 US and Canada: $5.7K Rest of the world: $208.4K Worldwide: $214.1K - 579
Jan 19, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $209.3K - 580
Dec 27, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $208.6K - 581
Oct 1, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $207K - 582
Apr 23, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $202.2K - 583
Nov 17, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $199.1K - 584
Apr 20, 2012 US and Canada: $31.4K Rest of the world: $166.5K Worldwide: $197.9K - 585
Apr 22, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $196.7K - 586
Aug 14, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $196.5K - 587
Oct 27, 2017 US and Canada: $76.3K Rest of the world: $118.8K Worldwide: $195.1K - 588
Jul 22, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $194.3K - 589
Feb 13, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $192.8K - 590
Apr 12, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $192.3K - 591
Sep 2, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $192.1K - 592
Oct 6, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $189.9K - 593
Nov 6, 2015 US and Canada: $3.6K Rest of the world: $182.4K Worldwide: $186K - 594
Dec 18, 1996 US and Canada: $181.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $181.9K - 595
Jan 29, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $179.9K - 596
Jul 3, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $179.6K - 597
Mar 17, 2023 US and Canada: $4.7K Rest of the world: $172.5K Worldwide: $177.2K - 598
Apr 13, 2018 US and Canada: $73.7K Rest of the world: $103.2K Worldwide: $176.9K - 599
Oct 7, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $176.9K - 600
Feb 12, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $175.8K
Archive
German Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1930 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2011 leads with $214.2M, led by Kokowääh (2011).
2020s 7 years · $339.9M
2010s 10 years · $1.5B
- 2019 $62.5M #1 Klassentreffen (2019)
- 2018 $173.7M #1 Midnight Runner (2018)
- 2017 $172.1M #1 Suck Me Shakespeer 3 (2017)
- 2016 $56.1M #1 Toni Erdmann (2016)
- 2015 $197.8M #1 Suck Me Shakespeer 2 (2015)
- 2014 $153.2M #1 Joy of Fatherhood (2014)
- 2013 $169.6M #1 Suck Me Shakespeer (2013)
- 2012 $109M #1 Turkish for Beginners (2012)
- 2011 $214.2M #1 Kokowääh (2011)
- 2010 $170.3M #1 Animals United (2010)
2000s 10 years · $1.1B
- 2009 $160.8M #1 Gravity (2009)
- 2008 $67.3M #1 The Counterfeiters (2008)
- 2007 $157.7M #1 Rabbit Without Ears (2007)
- 2006 $180.7M #1 The Lives of Others (2006)
- 2005 $168.3M #1 Downfall (2005)
- 2004 $134.3M #1 Goodbye Lenin! (2004)
- 2003 $56.1M #1 The Miracle of Bern (2003)
- 2002 $46.8M #1 Bibi Blocksberg (2002)
- 2001 $124.3M #1 Manitou’s Shoe (2001)
- 2000 $34.1M #1 Anatomy (2000)
1990s 10 years · $21.8M
- 1999 $9.1M #1 Run Lola Run (1999)
- 1998 $1.3M #1 The General (1998)
- 1997 $782K #1 Wintersleepers (1997)
- 1996 $232.8K #1 Beyond Silence (1996)
- 1995 $97.8K #1 Brother of Sleep (1995)
- 1994 $468.9K #1 Maybe… Maybe Not (1994)
- 1993 $1.3M #1 Faraway, So Close! (1993)
- 1992 $6.6K #1 Flaming Ears (1992)
- 1991 $6.1M #1 Europa Europa (1991)
- 1990 $2.6M #1 The Nasty Girl (1990)
1980s 8 years · $15.9M
1970s 10 years · $4.5M
- 1979 $15.6K #1 The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
- 1978 $4.2M #1 Caravans (1978)
- 1977 $19.6K #1 The Stationmaster’s Wife (1977)
- 1976 $15.9K #1 Chinese Roulette (1976)
- 1975 $25.2K #1 Fear of Fear (1975)
- 1974 $87.7K #1 Alice in the Cities (1974)
- 1973 $71.7K #1 Mean Streets (1973)
- 1972 $46.2K #1 Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
- 1971 $9.4K #1 Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
- 1970 $8.4K #1 Gods of the Plague (1970)