Who Will Write Our History (2020)

Who Will Write Our History
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $138,039Details
International Box Office $829Details
Worldwide Box Office $138,868
Further financial details...

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 $162,444

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 12,301-12,400) 12,356 $138,039
All Time International Box Office (Rank 30,301-30,400) 30,371 $829
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 23,401-23,500) 23,451 $138,868
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 4,201-4,300) 4,257 $138,039

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: January 18th, 2019 (Special Engagement) by Abramorama Films
International Releases: January 7th, 2020 (Wide) (Portugal)
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 95 minutes
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Holocaust, Nazis, Photography, Writing and Writers, Trapped, Historian, 1940s, Set in Poland
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, Polish, Yiddish

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 12,301-12,400) 12,356 $138,039
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 12,001-12,100) 12,002 $162,444
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 11,301-11,400) 11,376 $138,039
Top 2019 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) 336 $138,039
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 4,201-4,300) 4,257 $138,039
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 4,501-4,600) 4,505 $162,444
Top 2019 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 184 $138,039
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,409 $138,039
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 10,901-11,000) 10,948 $138,039
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 801-900) 809 $138,039
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 701-800) 739 $138,039
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,804 $138,039
All Time Domestic Box Office for Abramorama Films Movies 25 $138,039

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
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

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
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 74 $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

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 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

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 30,301-30,400) 30,371 $829
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 28,901-29,000) 28,935 $829
All Time International Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 3,801-3,900) 3,890 $829
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 26,401-26,500) 26,420 $829
All Time International Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 3,401-3,500) 3,423 $829
All Time International Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 3,101-3,200) 3,156 $829
All Time International Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 2,801-2,900) 2,823 $829
All Time International Box Office for Abramorama Films Movies 38 $829

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 23,401-23,500) 23,451 $138,868
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 21,901-22,000) 21,924 $138,868
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,414 $138,868
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 19,901-20,000) 20,000 $138,868
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,526 $138,868
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,336 $138,868
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 2,701-2,800) 2,763 $138,868
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Abramorama Films Movies 28 $138,868

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.

Supporting Cast

Jowita Budnick    Rachel Auerbach/Dramatization Cast
Piotr Glowacki    Emanuel Ringelblum/Dramatization Cast

Narrator(s)

Joan Allen    Rachel Auerbach/Voiceover
Adrien Brody    Emanuel Ringelblum/Voiceover
Charlie Hofheimer    Abraham Lewin/Voiceover
Peter Cambor    Hersh Wasser/Voiceover

Interviewee(s)

Samuel Kassow    Himself
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett    Herself
Jan Grabowski    Himself
Karolina Szymaniak    Herself

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

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

Theater Averages: History is Being Written

January 24th, 2019

Who Will Write Our History

Who Will Write Our History topped the theater average chart with $13,390 in its lone theater. One could also argue Dragon Ball Super: Broly was the true leader on this chart. Because the film played in a different number of theaters each day over the weekend, it is hard to come up with a real theater average for the weekend. Taking the average of the daily averages gets us $13,643, which would be number one of the weekend. Using the maximum theater count still gets us an average of $7,870, which is still amazing. The only other film in the $10,000 club was the overall box office leader, Glass, with an average of $10,500. More...

Weekend Estimates: Glass Cracks, Still Tops Chart

January 20th, 2019

Glass

Glass’s box office potential has continued to drop and it is now estimated to earn $40.59 million over the three-day weekend and $47.06 million over four. The three-day opening is barely ahead of Split’s opening weekend and it is certainly lower in terms of tickets sold. Furthermore, Glass’s reviews and B-rating from CinemaScore are clearly already having a negative effect on the film’s legs. That said, the film only cost $20 million to make and while Universal is only handling the domestic run, it will break even just on its domestic numbers. The film’s international run is being handled by Disney, mostly, and they reported $48.5 million in 55 markets. The only market the film hasn’t opened in is China, which is the only international market Disney is not handling the distribution. According to Disney, the film is 13% ahead of Split internationally, but again, given its weaker reviews and its CinemaScore, its legs will likely be short enough that Glass will finish with less than its predecessor. Then again, it cost just $20 million to make and will likely hit $100 million worldwide on Monday, so everyone involved will be happy with this result. More...


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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 $162,444

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 12,301-12,400) 12,356 $138,039
All Time International Box Office (Rank 30,301-30,400) 30,371 $829
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 23,401-23,500) 23,451 $138,868
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 4,201-4,300) 4,257 $138,039

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: January 18th, 2019 (Special Engagement) by Abramorama Films
International Releases: January 7th, 2020 (Wide) (Portugal)
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 95 minutes
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Holocaust, Nazis, Photography, Writing and Writers, Trapped, Historian, 1940s, Set in Poland
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, Polish, Yiddish

Supporting Cast

Jowita Budnick    Rachel Auerbach/Dramatization Cast
Piotr Glowacki    Emanuel Ringelblum/Dramatization Cast

Narrator(s)

Joan Allen    Rachel Auerbach/Voiceover
Adrien Brody    Emanuel Ringelblum/Voiceover
Charlie Hofheimer    Abraham Lewin/Voiceover
Peter Cambor    Hersh Wasser/Voiceover

Interviewee(s)

Samuel Kassow    Himself
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett    Herself
Jan Grabowski    Himself
Karolina Szymaniak    Herself

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

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

Theater Averages: History is Being Written

January 24th, 2019

Who Will Write Our History

Who Will Write Our History topped the theater average chart with $13,390 in its lone theater. One could also argue Dragon Ball Super: Broly was the true leader on this chart. Because the film played in a different number of theaters each day over the weekend, it is hard to come up with a real theater average for the weekend. Taking the average of the daily averages gets us $13,643, which would be number one of the weekend. Using the maximum theater count still gets us an average of $7,870, which is still amazing. The only other film in the $10,000 club was the overall box office leader, Glass, with an average of $10,500. More...

Weekend Estimates: Glass Cracks, Still Tops Chart

January 20th, 2019

Glass

Glass’s box office potential has continued to drop and it is now estimated to earn $40.59 million over the three-day weekend and $47.06 million over four. The three-day opening is barely ahead of Split’s opening weekend and it is certainly lower in terms of tickets sold. Furthermore, Glass’s reviews and B-rating from CinemaScore are clearly already having a negative effect on the film’s legs. That said, the film only cost $20 million to make and while Universal is only handling the domestic run, it will break even just on its domestic numbers. The film’s international run is being handled by Disney, mostly, and they reported $48.5 million in 55 markets. The only market the film hasn’t opened in is China, which is the only international market Disney is not handling the distribution. According to Disney, the film is 13% ahead of Split internationally, but again, given its weaker reviews and its CinemaScore, its legs will likely be short enough that Glass will finish with less than its predecessor. Then again, it cost just $20 million to make and will likely hit $100 million worldwide on Monday, so everyone involved will be happy with this result. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 12,301-12,400) 12,356 $138,039
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 12,001-12,100) 12,002 $162,444
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 11,301-11,400) 11,376 $138,039
Top 2019 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) 336 $138,039
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 4,201-4,300) 4,257 $138,039
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 4,501-4,600) 4,505 $162,444
Top 2019 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 184 $138,039
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,409 $138,039
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 10,901-11,000) 10,948 $138,039
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 801-900) 809 $138,039
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 701-800) 739 $138,039
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,804 $138,039
All Time Domestic Box Office for Abramorama Films Movies 25 $138,039

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
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

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
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 74 $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

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 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

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 30,301-30,400) 30,371 $829
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 28,901-29,000) 28,935 $829
All Time International Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 3,801-3,900) 3,890 $829
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 26,401-26,500) 26,420 $829
All Time International Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 3,401-3,500) 3,423 $829
All Time International Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 3,101-3,200) 3,156 $829
All Time International Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 2,801-2,900) 2,823 $829
All Time International Box Office for Abramorama Films Movies 38 $829

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 23,401-23,500) 23,451 $138,868
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 21,901-22,000) 21,924 $138,868
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,414 $138,868
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 19,901-20,000) 20,000 $138,868
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,526 $138,868
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,336 $138,868
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 2,701-2,800) 2,763 $138,868
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Abramorama Films Movies 28 $138,868

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.