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Wednesday, June 19, 2013


"African-American" Movies

Release DateTitleOpening WeekendDomestic Box OfficeWorldwide Box OfficeProduction Budget
1/1/1971 Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song   $15,200,000 $15,200,000 $150,000
12/18/1985 The Color Purple $1,710,333 $93,589,701 $93,589,701 $15,000,000
12/18/1987 Eddie Murphy Raw $9,077,324 $50,504,655 $50,504,655  
6/29/1988 Coming to America $21,404,420 $128,152,301 $288,800,000  
12/14/1988 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka   $13,030,057 $13,030,057  
6/30/1989 Do the Right Thing $3,563,535 $26,004,026 $26,004,026 $6,000,000
11/17/1989 Harlem Nights $16,096,808 $60,857,262 $95,857,262  
7/12/1991 Boyz n the Hood $10,023,462 $56,190,094 $56,190,094 $6,500,000
1/17/1992 Juice $8,085,715 $20,146,800 $20,146,800  
7/1/1992 Boomerang $13,640,706 $70,052,444 $131,052,444 $42,000,000
11/18/1992 Malcolm X $9,871,125 $48,169,910 $48,169,910 $35,000,000
5/26/1993 Menace II Society $3,839,638 $27,731,527 $27,731,527 $3,500,000
6/9/1993 What's Love Got to Do With It $1,222,718 $39,100,956 $39,100,956  
8/19/1994 Fresh   $8,094,616 $8,094,616  
1/11/1995 Higher Learning $13,276,662 $38,023,585 $38,023,585  
4/7/1995 Bad Boys $15,523,358 $65,647,413 $141,247,413 $23,000,000
4/26/1995 Friday $6,589,341 $27,467,564 $27,936,778 $3,500,000
10/4/1995 Dead Presidents $7,943,778 $24,120,194 $24,120,194  
12/22/1995 Waiting to Exhale $14,126,927 $66,947,948 $81,347,948  
1/12/1996 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood $9,632,409 $19,674,813 $19,674,813  
1/26/1996 Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored $75,675 $2,291,255 $2,291,255  
4/3/1996 A Thin Line Between Love & Hate $9,310,414 $34,873,513 $34,873,513 $8,000,000
7/24/1996 A Time to Kill $14,823,159 $108,766,007 $152,266,007 $40,000,000
11/6/1996 Set It Off $8,812,105 $36,049,108 $36,049,108 $9,000,000
2/26/1997 Booty Call $6,429,364 $20,066,917 $20,066,917  
8/27/1997 Hoodlum $8,162,768 $23,489,997 $23,489,997  
9/26/1997 Soul Food $11,197,897 $43,492,389 $43,492,389 $7,500,000
5/1/1998 He Got Game $7,610,663 $21,567,853 $22,411,948 $25,000,000
8/14/1998 How Stella Got Her Groove Back $11,318,919 $37,672,944 $37,672,944 $20,000,000
4/16/1999 Life $20,414,775 $64,062,587 $73,521,587 $75,000,000
10/22/1999 The Best Man $9,031,660 $34,102,780 $34,572,780 $9,000,000
1/12/2000 Next Friday $16,918,226 $57,176,582 $59,675,307 $9,500,000
6/2/2000 Big Momma's House $25,661,041 $117,559,438 $173,559,438 $33,000,000
8/18/2000 The Original Kings of Comedy $11,053,832 $38,168,022 $38,236,338 $3,000,000
10/6/2000 Bamboozled $190,720 $2,185,266 $2,373,937 $10,000,000
4/11/2001 Kingdom Come $7,562,284 $23,247,539 $23,393,939 $7,000,000
12/25/2001 Ali $14,710,892 $58,183,966 $87,683,966 $109,000,000
5/31/2002 Undercover Brother $12,037,685 $38,230,435 $38,230,435 $25,000,000
9/13/2002 Barbershop $20,627,433 $75,781,642 $77,081,642 $12,000,000
10/11/2002 Brown Sugar $10,738,882 $27,362,712 $28,315,272 $8,000,000
11/22/2002 Friday After Next $13,010,767 $33,253,609 $33,526,835 $10,000,000
12/19/2002 Antwone Fisher $210,013 $21,078,145 $23,367,586 $12,500,000
7/18/2003 Bad Boys II $46,522,560 $138,540,870 $272,940,870 $130,000,000
2/6/2004 Barbershop 2: Back in Business $24,241,612 $65,070,412 $65,842,412 $18,000,000
4/7/2004 Johnson Family Vacation $9,375,307 $31,203,964 $31,462,753 $12,000,000
9/3/2004 The Cookout $5,000,900 $11,540,112 $11,540,112 $16,000,000
10/1/2004 Woman Thou Art Loosed $2,325,474 $6,879,730 $6,879,730  
10/29/2004 Ray $20,039,730 $75,305,995 $125,305,995 $40,000,000
1/21/2005 Are We There Yet? $18,575,214 $82,674,398 $97,918,663 $20,000,000
2/25/2005 Diary of a Mad Black Woman $21,905,089 $50,406,346 $50,425,450 $5,500,000
3/30/2005 Beauty Shop $12,801,465 $36,351,350 $38,351,350 $25,000,000
7/22/2005 Hustle & Flow $8,017,808 $22,202,809 $23,563,727 $2,800,000
1/27/2006 Big Momma's House 2 $27,736,056 $70,165,972 $137,047,376 $40,000,000
2/24/2006 Madea's Family Reunion $30,030,661 $63,257,940 $63,308,879 $10,000,000
4/7/2006 Phat Girlz $3,109,924 $7,061,128 $7,301,080 $3,000,000
6/27/2006 Why Did I Get Married?   $0 $0  
7/14/2006 Little Man $21,613,176 $58,636,047 $101,636,047 $64,000,000
12/15/2006 Dreamgirls $378,950 $103,365,956 $154,965,956 $75,000,000
1/5/2007 Freedom Writers $9,405,582 $36,605,602 $43,632,609 $21,000,000
1/12/2007 Stomp the Yard $21,833,312 $61,356,221 $76,356,221 $14,000,000
2/6/2007 Eddie Murphy Delirious   $0 $0  
2/14/2007 Daddy's Little Girls $11,210,754 $31,366,978 $31,517,059  
4/4/2007 Are We Done Yet? $14,262,724 $49,662,533 $58,388,068  
7/27/2007 Who's Your Caddy? $2,756,661 $5,694,308 $5,694,308  
11/21/2007 This Christmas $17,958,183 $49,121,934 $49,778,552 $13,000,000
2/8/2008 Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins $16,207,730 $42,436,517 $43,607,627 $27,500,000
3/4/2008 Johnson Family Dinner   $0 $0  
9/26/2008 Miracle at St. Anna $3,477,996 $7,916,887 $9,110,458 $45,000,000
11/7/2008 Soul Men $5,401,605 $12,082,391 $12,082,391  
1/30/2009 Medicine for Melancholy $12,625 $111,551 $111,551  
9/11/2009 I Can Do Bad All By Myself $23,446,785 $51,733,921 $51,733,921 $19,000,000
10/16/2009 Black Dynamite $131,862 $242,578 $242,578  
1/1/2010 Kings of the Evening $802 $98,926 $98,926  
6/4/2010 Speed-Dating $3,394 $3,394 $3,394  
8/20/2010 Lottery Ticket $10,652,297 $24,719,879 $24,719,879 $17,000,000
10/15/2010 N-Secure $1,166,406 $2,595,644 $2,595,644 $1,600,000
11/5/2010 For Colored Girls $19,497,324 $37,729,698 $38,017,873 $21,000,000
12/10/2010 Frankie and Alice $7,768 $10,671 $10,671  
1/14/2011 The Heart Specialist $473,062 $1,103,037 $1,103,037  
2/18/2011 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son $16,300,803 $37,915,414 $83,915,414 $32,000,000
4/22/2011 Madea's Big Happy Family $25,068,677 $53,345,287 $53,345,287  
5/6/2011 Jumping the Broom $15,215,487 $37,295,394 $38,158,601 $7,000,000
5/20/2011 35 and Ticking $29,775 $113,804 $113,804  
7/29/2011 The Interrupters   $236,957 $236,957  
8/10/2011 The Help $26,044,590 $169,705,587 $208,505,587 $25,000,000
8/12/2011 CornerStore $12,743 $40,508 $40,508  
8/26/2011 Politics of Love   $0 $0  
9/9/2011 The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 $17,316 $273,749 $273,749  
9/9/2011 Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain $1,908,420 $7,706,436 $7,712,436 $750,000
10/7/2011 Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone   $0 $0  
12/28/2011 Pariah $48,579 $769,552 $769,552  
1/13/2012 Joyful Noise $11,225,190 $30,932,113 $30,932,113 $27,500,000
1/17/2012 Thurgood   $0 $0  
1/20/2012 Red Tails $18,782,154 $49,876,377 $50,365,498 $58,000,000
1/20/2012 The Pruitt-Igoe Myth $4,721 $44,883 $44,883  
2/10/2012 Exit Strategy   $0 $0  
2/24/2012 Tyler Perry's Good Deeds $15,583,924 $35,025,791 $35,025,791 $14,000,000
4/6/2012 Player Hating: A Love Story   $0 $0  
4/13/2012 Deadline   $0 $0  
4/13/2012 Woman Thou Art Loosed On the 7th Day $641,542 $1,301,562 $1,301,562  
4/20/2012 Think Like a Man $33,636,303 $91,547,205 $96,155,124 $12,000,000
4/25/2012 Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story   $5,549 $5,549  
4/27/2012 Restless City   $0 $0  
6/1/2012 Battlefield America   $0 $0  
6/29/2012 Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection $25,390,575 $65,653,242 $65,653,242  
8/7/2012 Let It Shine   $0 $0  
8/10/2012 Red Hook Summer $40,070 $338,803 $338,803  
8/17/2012 Sparkle $11,643,342 $24,397,469 $24,537,568 $10,000,000
9/7/2012 Detropia $17,414 $390,024 $390,024  
10/5/2012 Butter $70,931 $73,000 $73,000  
10/12/2012 Middle of Nowhere $67,909 $192,724 $192,724  
10/12/2012 The Iran Job   $0 $0  
10/19/2012 Brooklyn Castle $18,761 $219,407 $219,407  
10/19/2012 Alex Cross $11,396,768 $25,888,412 $32,785,147  
11/9/2012 Christmas in Compton   $0 $0  
11/23/2012 The Central Park Five $30,570 $325,653 $325,653  
1/18/2013 LUV $83,194 $156,996 $156,996  
3/22/2013 Gimme the Loot $21,065 $99,070 $99,070  
4/12/2013 42 $27,487,144 $93,095,368 $93,095,368 $40,000,000
5/10/2013 Peeples $4,611,534 $9,177,065 $9,177,065 $15,000,000
5/10/2013 Venus and Serena $10,981 $46,337 $46,337