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#9,503 All-time worldwide
#218 2003 releases

Movie profile

Schultze Gets the Blues

2003 · 114 min · Filmkombinat Nordost Gmb H & Co. Kg

Comedy Drama Music
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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.0M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$363,161

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Schultze Gets the Blues ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #9,503 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2003 releases #218 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2003. Primary genre #3,695 Comedy of 4,840 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

How did Schultze Gets the Blues (2003) perform at the box office?

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Schultze Gets the Blues (2003) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $4.0M. In this database it currently ranks #9,503 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #218 among 2003 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,035,118
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

Schultze is an accordion player and newly without work. When the local music club celebrates its 50th anniversary, his taste of music changes unexpectedly.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 2, 2003
Production
filmkombinat Nordost GmbH & Co. KG, ZDF, Filmkombinat
Countries
DE

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Studio / production companyFilmkombinat Nordost Gmb H & Co. Kg Release year chart2003 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama Genre chartMusic

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2003, Schultze Gets the Blues is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Music title from filmkombinat Nordost GmbH & Co. KG. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.0M. For comparison, it currently sits #9,503 all-time in the current chart set and #218 among 2003 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.