What to Do in Case of Fire (2002) Profit, Box Office & Budget

Synopsis

6 anarchists place a time bomb in a West Berlin building in 1987. It's a dud. It blows up in 2000. Only 2 remain anarchists. How can the 6 steal evidence from a police "fortress" and avoid 8 years prison?

Scores

Overall Score

46.4

Popularity Percentile (Year)

35.9%

Box Office Percentile (Year)

48.7%

Review Aggregate

66.2

Critic Consensus

52.6% Fresh • 19 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 53% of 19 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize political, funny, gritty. Common reservations focus on execution consistency, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

Cast

Cast	Year	Reported Salary	Inflation Adjusted	Notes
Til Schweiger	2002	$44,000	$77,000	(est)
Martin Feifel	2002	$27,000	$47,000	(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score50.0

RT critic review count24

Rotten Tomatoes audience score84.0

RT audience rating count2,500

IMDb rating6.7

IMDb votes3,794

Rotten Tomatoes IMDb

Box Office ?

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Domestic	2002	$33,545	$58,494
International	2002	$1,980,617	$3,453,694
Worldwide	2002	$2,014,162	$3,512,188

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue	2002	$809,019	$1,410,725
Digital Rentals ?	2002	$2,000	$3,487
Digital Purchases ?	2002	N/A	N/A
Physical Rentals ?	2002	$1,997,000	$3,482,262
Physical Purchases ?	2002	$3,724,000	$6,493,712
TV & Streaming Revenue	2002	$664,800	$1,159,243
Total Revenues	2002	$7,196,819	$12,549,429
Expenses
Budget ?	2002	$2,216,000 (est)	$3,864,142 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?	2002	$1,030,000 (est)	$1,796,059 (est)
Participations	2002	$288,000	$502,199
Residuals ?	2002	$446,000	$777,711
Interest & Overhead	2002	$443,200	$772,828
Total Expenses	2002	$4,423,200	$7,712,940
Movie Net Profit or Loss	2002	$2,773,619	$4,836,489

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What to Do in Case of Fire