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Munich(2005)
Released
2005 · FILM

Munich

Mossad operative Avner Kaufman quits his agency and assembles a covert international team to hunt down and eliminate the eleven Black September militants responsible for the Munich massacre—while battling relentless enemies, legal deniability, and the moral weight of extrajudicial vengeance.

“The world was watching in 1972 as 11 Israeli athletes were murdered at the Munich Olympics. This is the story of what happened next.”

Directed by
Steven Spielberg, Steven Speilberg
Written by
Tony Kushner, Eric Roth
Rated
FSK · FSK 16
Runtime
164 min
DramaHistoryThriller

Synopsis

At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and killed by a Palestinian terrorist group called Black September. In response, the Israeli government enlists a team of Mossad agents to locate and carry out the execution of those responsible for the attack.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 379+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Michael KahnShot by Janusz KaminskiScored by John WilliamsDesigned by Rick CarterSound by Alexander BeddowCostumes by Joanna JohnstonVFX by Grady Cofer

Box Office

2005 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.9× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$131.0M

Budget$70.0M
Worldwide gross$131.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $47.4M — 36% of worldwide · International: $83.6M (64%)

Opening weekend: $4.2M — 9% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $9.5M — 20% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 532 theaters

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Versions & cuts

  • cut· 163 min

Also known as

  • Münchende
  • Munichde
  • Múniches
  • (English)Munich
  • (Bulgarian)Мюнхен
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • CanadaDec 23, 2005
  • United StatesDec 23, 2005
  • BelgiumJan 25, 2006
  • SwitzerlandJan 25, 2006

Companies

ProductionDreamWorks Pictures, Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment

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