Sony Pictures Classics’ bold move, to rerelease theatrically the Oscar-winning German film, “The Lives of Others,” paid off. In its 24th week of release, the German film, from first-time director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, moved back into 253 theaters.
With a weekend take of $154,000, its domestic cume added up to an estimated $11 million, making it the highest-grossing German film in the U.S.
It oudistanced the previous record-holdern, “Das Boot,” which grossed an impressive $10.9 million back in 1982.
