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#6,984 All-time worldwide
#121 1999 releases

Movie profile

Sonnenallee

1999 · 101 min · Boje Buck Produktion Gmb H

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $12.9M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$5.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Sonnenallee ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #6,984 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #121 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Primary genre #2,716 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 Sonnenallee (1999) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Sonnenallee (1999) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $12.9M. In this database it currently ranks #6,984 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #121 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross
$12,891,924
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

A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, of the "West German" friends and relatives who come to visit, and of the East German border guards, all serve to illustrate the absurdity of everyday life on the Sonnenallee, and therefore throughout the former East Germany.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 7, 1999
Production
Boje Buck Produktion GmbH, Sat.1, Ö-Filmproduktion
Countries
DE

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyBoje Buck Produktion Gmb H Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartComedy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, Sonnenallee is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Boje Buck Produktion GmbH. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $12.9M. For comparison, it currently sits #6,984 all-time in the current chart set and #121 among 1999 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.