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Synopsis

This movie chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson, a brilliant but volatile debate team coach who uses the power of words to shape a group of underdog students from a small African American college in the Deep South into a historically elite debate team. A controversial figure, Professor Tolson challenged the social mores of the time and was under constant fire for his unconventional and ferocious teaching methods as well as his radical political views. In their pursuit for excellence, Tolson's debate team receives a groundbreaking invitation to debate Harvard University's championship team.

Cast

Denzel Washington		Melvin B. Tolson
Forest Whitaker		James Farmer Sr.
Nate Parker		Henry Lowe
Jurnee Smollett		Samantha Booke
Denzel Whitaker		James Farmer Jr.
Jermaine Williams		Hamilton Burgess
Gina Ravera		Ruth Tolson
John Heard		Sheriff Dozier
Kimberly Elise		Pearl Farmer

Production and Technical Credits

Composer		James Newton Howard
Director		Denzel Washington

Weekend Chart Record

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
2007/12/28	11	$6,005,180		1,171	$5,128	$13,256,188	6
2008/01/04	12	$4,250,948	-29%	1,290	$3,295	$22,013,765	13
2008/01/11	15	$2,345,375	-45%	1,290	$1,818	$25,633,630	20
2008/01/18	18	$1,348,191	-43%	1,021	$1,320	$27,787,656	27
2008/01/25	26	$538,974	-60%	390	$1,382	$29,086,170	34
2008/02/01	35	$257,635	-52%	264	$976	$29,536,943	41
2008/02/08	41	$138,497	-46%	156	$888	$29,782,255	48
2008/02/15	45	$92,327	-33%	105	$879	$29,940,739	55
2008/02/22	60	$40,766	-56%	75	$544	$30,028,691	62
2008/02/29	68	$25,012	-39%	47	$532	$30,073,532	69
2008/03/07	70	$14,419	-42%	34	$424	$30,098,269	76
2008/03/14	84	$8,134	-44%	20	$407	$30,113,634	83
2008/03/21	55	$40,237	+395%	113	$356	$30,157,871	90
2008/03/28	71	$17,673	-56%	40	$442	$30,203,433	97
2008/04/04	89	$7,213	-59%	24	$301	$30,219,326	104
2008/04/11	106	$3,484	-52%	8	$436	$30,226,144	111

Daily Chart Record

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
2007/12/25	6	$3,604,000		1,164	$3,096	$3,604,000	1
2007/12/26	10	$2,040,000	-43%	1,164	$1,753	$5,644,000	2
2007/12/27	11	$1,570,000	-23%	1,164	$1,349	$7,251,008	3
2007/12/28	11	$1,989,184	+27%	1,164	$1,709	$9,240,192	4
2007/12/29	10	$2,314,431	+16%	1,171	$1,976	$11,554,623	5
2007/12/30	11	$1,701,565	-26%	1,171	$1,453	$13,256,188	6
2007/12/31	9	$1,436,103	-16%	1,171	$1,226	$14,692,291	7
2008/01/01	11	$1,742,739	+21%	1,171	$1,488	$16,435,030	8
2008/01/02	12	$703,832	-60%	1,171	$601	$17,138,862	9
2008/01/03	12	$623,955	-11%	1,171	$533	$17,762,817	10
2008/01/04	12	$1,323,934	+112%	1,290	$1,026	$19,086,751	11
2008/01/07	12	$291,293		1,290	$226	$22,305,058	14
2008/01/08	11	$323,777	+11%	1,290	$251	$22,628,835	15
2008/01/09	11	$324,012	n/c	1,290	$251	$22,952,847	16
2008/01/10	11	$335,408	+4%	1,290	$260	$23,288,255	17
2008/01/16	12	$194,644		1,290	$151	$26,201,565	23
2008/01/17	12	$237,900	+22%	1,290	$184	$26,439,465	24
2008/01/21	17	$421,099		1,021	$412	$28,208,755	28
2008/02/18	43	$21,079		105	$201	$29,961,818	56

Worldwide Weekly Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross
2007-12-27	21		$7,244,000		1,164	$6,223	$7,244,000
2008-01-03	15		$10,511,809	+45.11%	1,171	$8,977	$17,762,817
2008-01-10	18		$5,525,438	-47.44%	1,290	$4,283	$23,288,255
2008-01-17	31		$3,151,210	-42.97%	1,290	$2,443	$26,439,465
2008-01-24	38		$2,107,731	-33.11%	1,021	$2,064	$28,547,196
2008-01-31	60		$732,112	-65.27%	390	$1,877	$29,279,308
2008-02-07	70		$364,450	-50.22%	264	$1,380	$29,643,758
2008-02-14	84		$204,654	-43.85%	156	$1,312	$29,848,412
2008-02-21	80		$139,513	-31.83%	105	$1,329	$29,987,925
2008-02-28	93		$60,595	-56.57%			$30,048,520
2008-03-06	94		$35,330	-41.69%	47	$752	$30,083,850
2008-03-13	98		$21,650	-38.72%	34	$637	$30,105,500
2008-03-20	102		$12,134	-43.95%	20	$607	$30,117,634
2008-03-27	89		$68,126	+461.45%	113	$603	$30,185,760
2008-04-03	102		$26,353	-61.32%	40	$659	$30,212,113
2008-04-10	110		$10,547	-59.98%	24	$439	$30,222,660

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