Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

Judas and the Black Messiah
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $5,478,009Details
International Box Office $2,000,000Details
Worldwide Box Office $7,478,009
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $568,273
Blu-ray Sales (estimated) $717,873
Total $1,286,146
OpusData ID: 444730100 More info...
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Fred Hampton was 21 years old when he was assassinated by the FBI, who coerced a petty criminal named William O’Neal to help them silence him and the Black Panther Party. But they could not kill Fred Hampton’s legacy and, 50 years later, his words still echo…louder than ever.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$2,027,076 (37.0% of total gross)
Legs:2.70 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:73.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$26,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.3 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,888 opening theaters/1,906 max. theaters, 6.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $6,442,182

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: February 12th, 2021 (Wide) by Warner Bros.
International Releases: February 26th, 2021 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
March 11th, 2021 (Wide) (Australia)
March 11th, 2021 (Wide) (New Zealand)
March 12th, 2021 (Wide) (Saudi Arabia)
March 12th, 2021 (Wide) (United Arab Emirates)
... Show all releases
Video Release: February 12th, 2021 by Max
MPA Rating: R for violence and pervasive language.
(Rating bulletin 2645 (Cert #52838), 9/2/2020)
Running Time: 126 minutes
Award nomination: 2021 Oscars Best Picture Nominee
Film festival: Sundance Film Festival 2021
Plot point: Biography, FBI
Social setting: Civil Rights Movement
Subgenre: Biographical Drama
Time period setting: 1960s
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Participant Media, Bron Creative, Warner Bros., Macro Media, Proximity Media
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 12, 2021 2 $2,027,076   1,888 $1,074   $2,027,076 1
Feb 19, 2021 3 $865,243 -57% 1,906 $454   $3,316,304 2
Feb 26, 2021 7 $482,337 -44% 1,350 $357   $4,042,911 3
Mar 5, 2021 9 $280,755 -42% 984 $285   $4,463,637 4
Mar 12, 2021 12 $163,477 -42% 777 $210   $4,704,995 5
Mar 19, 2021 - $240,067 +47% 951 $252   $5,010,521 6
Mar 26, 2021 - $100,630 -58% 842 $120   $5,190,672 7
Apr 2, 2021 - $24,527 -76% 655 $37   $5,246,529 8
Apr 9, 2021 - $25,887 +6% 655 $40   $5,284,392 9
Apr 16, 2021 - $57,393 +122% 783 $73   $5,352,415 10
Apr 23, 2021 - $32,293 -44% 714 $45   $5,416,063 11
Apr 30, 2021 - $19,525 -40% 550 $36   $5,446,607 12

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Feb 15, 2021 - $415,000   1,888 $220   $2,485,000 4

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 12, 2021 - $2,451,061   1,888 $1,298   $2,451,061 1
Feb 19, 2021 - $1,109,513 -55% 1,906 $582   $3,560,574 2
Feb 26, 2021 - $622,308 -44% 1,350 $461   $4,182,882 3
Mar 5, 2021 - $358,636 -42% 984 $364   $4,541,518 4
Mar 12, 2021 - $228,936 -36% 777 $295   $4,770,454 5
Mar 19, 2021 - $319,588 +40% 951 $336   $5,090,042 6
Mar 26, 2021 - $131,960 -59% 842 $157   $5,222,002 7
Apr 2, 2021 - $36,503 -72% 655 $56   $5,258,505 8
Apr 9, 2021 - $36,517 n/c 655 $56   $5,295,022 9
Apr 16, 2021 - $88,748 +143% 655 $135   $5,383,770 10
Apr 23, 2021 - $43,312 -51% 714 $61   $5,427,082 11
Apr 30, 2021 26 $26,551 -39% 714 $37   $5,453,633 12

Top International Territories

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens/Theaters
Maximum
Screens/Theaters
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 3/11/2021 $100,231 75 75 348 $388,539 10/20/2022
Brazil 4/23/2021 $0 0 0 0 $35,000 10/20/2022
India 4/23/2021 $0 0 0 0 $16,000 10/20/2022
Mexico 4/23/2021 $0 0 0 0 $63,000 10/19/2022
Netherlands 6/18/2021 $50,254 64 64 217 $204,097 10/20/2022
New Zealand 3/11/2021 $10,994 29 29 142 $56,230 10/19/2022
Nigeria 4/23/2021 $0 0 0 0 $19,000 10/20/2022
Saudi Arabia 3/12/2021 $41,000 28 28 28 $72,000 10/19/2022
Singapore 4/23/2021 $0 0 0 0 $21,000 10/20/2022
South Korea 4/23/2021 $20,741 146 146 218 $61,000 10/20/2022
Sweden 4/2/2021 $0 0 0 0 $73,000 10/20/2022
United Arab Emirates 3/12/2021 $0 0 0 0 $52,000 3/15/2021
United Kingdom 2/26/2021 $0 0 289 372 $515,074 6/2/2021
  
Rest of World $424,060
  
International Total $2,000,000 10/20/2022

Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.

Leading

Daniel Kaluuya    Fred Hampton
Lakeith Lee Stanfield    Bill O’Neal

Supporting

Jesse Plemons    Roy Mitchell
Dominique Fishback    Deborah Johnson
Martin Sheen    J. Edgar Hoover
Lil Rel Howery    Wayne
Ashton Sanders    Jimmy Palmer
Algee Smith    Jake Winters
Darrell Britt Gibson    Bobby Rush
Dominique Thorne    Judy Harmon
Amari Cheatom    Collins
Khris Davis    Steel
Ian Duff    Doc Satchel
Caleb Eberhardt    Bob Lee
Robert Longstreet    Leslie Carlyle
Amber Chardae Robinson    Betty Coachman
Ikechukwu Ufomadu    Walter Hicks
James Udom    Compton
Nick Fink    Fesperman
Mell Bowser    Tex
Alysia Joy Powell    Mrs. Winters
Nicholas Velez    José Cha Cha Jiménez
Ajani AJ Carr    Anthony Timmons
Tommy LaFitte    Pool Hall Bartender
Terayle Hill    George Sams
China Shavers    College Student
Crystal Lee Brown    Darlene
Graham Lutes    Alex
Jonathan Scialabba    CPD Officer
Adam Ratcliffe    Cop
Rayjonaldy Rodriguez    Mexican Teen
Tyra Joy Smith    Tracy Randle
Deonte Stubbs    Dice Game Onlooker
Cliff Weissman    Hospital Cop
Tone Tank    Officer Carcetti
James Bruner    Officer Williams
Winston Haynes    Captain James Byrne
Raymond Seay III    Oldest Kid
Latjuan Wells    Youngest Kid
Michael Harrity    Menard Prison Warden
Will F. Moore    Interviewer
Ken Bolden    Maitre d’
Maggie Tyma    Blonde Girl
Michael Buonomo    FBI Agent
Aaron Kleiber    Agent Saunders
Brian Bowman    Reg
Cooper Bucha    James
Robert 7 Shannon    Prisoner

Production and Technical Credits

Shaka King    Director
Shaka King    Screenwriter
Will Berson    Screenwriter
Will Berson    Story by
Shaka King    Story by
Kenny Lucas    Story by
Keith Lucas    Story by
Ryan Coogler    Producer
Charles D. King    Producer
Shaka King    Producer
Sev Ohanian    Executive Producer
Zinzi Coogler    Executive Producer
Kim Roth    Executive Producer
Poppy Hanks    Executive Producer
Ravi Mehta    Executive Producer
Jeff Skoll    Executive Producer
Anikah McLaren    Executive Producer
Aaron L. Gilbert    Executive Producer
Jason Cloth    Executive Producer
Ted Gidlow    Executive Producer
Niija Kuykendall    Executive Producer
Sam Lisenco    Production Designer
Kristan Sprague    Editor
Craig Harris    Composer
Mark Isham    Composer
Sean Bobbitt    Director of Photography
Will Berson    Co-Producer
Kenny Lucas    Co-Producer
Keith Lucas    Co-Producer
Charlese Antoinette Jones    Costume Designer
Alexa L. Fogel    Casting Director
Ted Gidlow    Unit Production Manager
Benita Allen    First Assistant Director
Fred Roth    Second Assistant Director
Makiah Green    Associate Producer
Allard Cantor    Associate Producer
Jarrod Murray    Associate Producer
Austin LaPierre    Production Supervisor
Jeremy Woolsey    Art Director
Marlowe Taylor    Sound Mixer
Eva Z. Cabrera    Script Supervisor
C. Tuezday Naper    Costume Supervisor
Sian Richards    Make up
Sian Richards    Make-up and Prosthetic Effects Designer
John Blake    Make up
Victor Del Castillo    Make up
Rebecca Woodfork    Hairstylist
Korrey Robinson    Hairstylist
Wendy Evans    Hairstylist
Rebecca Brown    Set Decorator
Bill Garvey    Location Manager
Russell Tyrrell    Special Effects Supervisor
Dean Tyrrell    Special Effects Coordinator
Francis Power    Post-Production Supervisor
Jennifer Lame    Additional Editor
Michael Lafond    First Assistant Editor
Jeremy Newmark    Visual Effects Supervisor
Marvin Morris    Music Editor
Rich Bologna    Supervising Sound Editor
Skip Lievsay    Re-recording Mixer
Jac Rubenstein    Dialogue Editor
Jack Heeren    Foley Mixer
Kevin Schultz    Foley Mixer
Joao Galvao    Foley Mixer
Davi Aquino    Foley Editor
Jenna Dalla Riva    Foley Editor
Zach Cowie    Music Supervisor
Ludwig Göransson    Executive Music Producer
Archie Davis    Executive Music Producer
Craig Harris    Score Producer
Mark Isham    Score Producer

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.


Synopsis

Fred Hampton was 21 years old when he was assassinated by the FBI, who coerced a petty criminal named William O’Neal to help them silence him and the Black Panther Party. But they could not kill Fred Hampton’s legacy and, 50 years later, his words still echo…louder than ever.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$2,027,076 (37.0% of total gross)
Legs:2.70 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:73.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$26,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.3 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,888 opening theaters/1,906 max. theaters, 6.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $6,442,182

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: February 12th, 2021 (Wide) by Warner Bros.
International Releases: February 26th, 2021 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
March 11th, 2021 (Wide) (Australia)
March 11th, 2021 (Wide) (New Zealand)
March 12th, 2021 (Wide) (Saudi Arabia)
March 12th, 2021 (Wide) (United Arab Emirates)
... Show all releases
Video Release: February 12th, 2021 by Max
MPA Rating: R for violence and pervasive language.
(Rating bulletin 2645 (Cert #52838), 9/2/2020)
Running Time: 126 minutes
Award nomination: 2021 Oscars Best Picture Nominee
Film festival: Sundance Film Festival 2021
Plot point: Biography, FBI
Social setting: Civil Rights Movement
Subgenre: Biographical Drama
Time period setting: 1960s
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Participant Media, Bron Creative, Warner Bros., Macro Media, Proximity Media
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 12, 2021 2 $2,027,076   1,888 $1,074   $2,027,076 1
Feb 19, 2021 3 $865,243 -57% 1,906 $454   $3,316,304 2
Feb 26, 2021 7 $482,337 -44% 1,350 $357   $4,042,911 3
Mar 5, 2021 9 $280,755 -42% 984 $285   $4,463,637 4
Mar 12, 2021 12 $163,477 -42% 777 $210   $4,704,995 5
Mar 19, 2021 - $240,067 +47% 951 $252   $5,010,521 6
Mar 26, 2021 - $100,630 -58% 842 $120   $5,190,672 7
Apr 2, 2021 - $24,527 -76% 655 $37   $5,246,529 8
Apr 9, 2021 - $25,887 +6% 655 $40   $5,284,392 9
Apr 16, 2021 - $57,393 +122% 783 $73   $5,352,415 10
Apr 23, 2021 - $32,293 -44% 714 $45   $5,416,063 11
Apr 30, 2021 - $19,525 -40% 550 $36   $5,446,607 12

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Feb 15, 2021 - $415,000   1,888 $220   $2,485,000 4

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 12, 2021 - $2,451,061   1,888 $1,298   $2,451,061 1
Feb 19, 2021 - $1,109,513 -55% 1,906 $582   $3,560,574 2
Feb 26, 2021 - $622,308 -44% 1,350 $461   $4,182,882 3
Mar 5, 2021 - $358,636 -42% 984 $364   $4,541,518 4
Mar 12, 2021 - $228,936 -36% 777 $295   $4,770,454 5
Mar 19, 2021 - $319,588 +40% 951 $336   $5,090,042 6
Mar 26, 2021 - $131,960 -59% 842 $157   $5,222,002 7
Apr 2, 2021 - $36,503 -72% 655 $56   $5,258,505 8
Apr 9, 2021 - $36,517 n/c 655 $56   $5,295,022 9
Apr 16, 2021 - $88,748 +143% 655 $135   $5,383,770 10
Apr 23, 2021 - $43,312 -51% 714 $61   $5,427,082 11
Apr 30, 2021 26 $26,551 -39% 714 $37   $5,453,633 12

Top International Territories

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens/Theaters
Maximum
Screens/Theaters
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 3/11/2021 $100,231 75 75 348 $388,539 10/20/2022
Brazil 4/23/2021 $0 0 0 0 $35,000 10/20/2022
India 4/23/2021 $0 0 0 0 $16,000 10/20/2022
Mexico 4/23/2021 $0 0 0 0 $63,000 10/19/2022
Netherlands 6/18/2021 $50,254 64 64 217 $204,097 10/20/2022
New Zealand 3/11/2021 $10,994 29 29 142 $56,230 10/19/2022
Nigeria 4/23/2021 $0 0 0 0 $19,000 10/20/2022
Saudi Arabia 3/12/2021 $41,000 28 28 28 $72,000 10/19/2022
Singapore 4/23/2021 $0 0 0 0 $21,000 10/20/2022
South Korea 4/23/2021 $20,741 146 146 218 $61,000 10/20/2022
Sweden 4/2/2021 $0 0 0 0 $73,000 10/20/2022
United Arab Emirates 3/12/2021 $0 0 0 0 $52,000 3/15/2021
United Kingdom 2/26/2021 $0 0 289 372 $515,074 6/2/2021
  
Rest of World $424,060
  
International Total $2,000,000 10/20/2022

Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.

Leading

Daniel Kaluuya    Fred Hampton
Lakeith Lee Stanfield    Bill O’Neal

Supporting

Jesse Plemons    Roy Mitchell
Dominique Fishback    Deborah Johnson
Martin Sheen    J. Edgar Hoover
Lil Rel Howery    Wayne
Ashton Sanders    Jimmy Palmer
Algee Smith    Jake Winters
Darrell Britt Gibson    Bobby Rush
Dominique Thorne    Judy Harmon
Amari Cheatom    Collins
Khris Davis    Steel
Ian Duff    Doc Satchel
Caleb Eberhardt    Bob Lee
Robert Longstreet    Leslie Carlyle
Amber Chardae Robinson    Betty Coachman
Ikechukwu Ufomadu    Walter Hicks
James Udom    Compton
Nick Fink    Fesperman
Mell Bowser    Tex
Alysia Joy Powell    Mrs. Winters
Nicholas Velez    José Cha Cha Jiménez
Ajani AJ Carr    Anthony Timmons
Tommy LaFitte    Pool Hall Bartender
Terayle Hill    George Sams
China Shavers    College Student
Crystal Lee Brown    Darlene
Graham Lutes    Alex
Jonathan Scialabba    CPD Officer
Adam Ratcliffe    Cop
Rayjonaldy Rodriguez    Mexican Teen
Tyra Joy Smith    Tracy Randle
Deonte Stubbs    Dice Game Onlooker
Cliff Weissman    Hospital Cop
Tone Tank    Officer Carcetti
James Bruner    Officer Williams
Winston Haynes    Captain James Byrne
Raymond Seay III    Oldest Kid
Latjuan Wells    Youngest Kid
Michael Harrity    Menard Prison Warden
Will F. Moore    Interviewer
Ken Bolden    Maitre d’
Maggie Tyma    Blonde Girl
Michael Buonomo    FBI Agent
Aaron Kleiber    Agent Saunders
Brian Bowman    Reg
Cooper Bucha    James
Robert 7 Shannon    Prisoner

Production and Technical Credits

Shaka King    Director
Shaka King    Screenwriter
Will Berson    Screenwriter
Will Berson    Story by
Shaka King    Story by
Kenny Lucas    Story by
Keith Lucas    Story by
Ryan Coogler    Producer
Charles D. King    Producer
Shaka King    Producer
Sev Ohanian    Executive Producer
Zinzi Coogler    Executive Producer
Kim Roth    Executive Producer
Poppy Hanks    Executive Producer
Ravi Mehta    Executive Producer
Jeff Skoll    Executive Producer
Anikah McLaren    Executive Producer
Aaron L. Gilbert    Executive Producer
Jason Cloth    Executive Producer
Ted Gidlow    Executive Producer
Niija Kuykendall    Executive Producer
Sam Lisenco    Production Designer
Kristan Sprague    Editor
Craig Harris    Composer
Mark Isham    Composer
Sean Bobbitt    Director of Photography
Will Berson    Co-Producer
Kenny Lucas    Co-Producer
Keith Lucas    Co-Producer
Charlese Antoinette Jones    Costume Designer
Alexa L. Fogel    Casting Director
Ted Gidlow    Unit Production Manager
Benita Allen    First Assistant Director
Fred Roth    Second Assistant Director
Makiah Green    Associate Producer
Allard Cantor    Associate Producer
Jarrod Murray    Associate Producer
Austin LaPierre    Production Supervisor
Jeremy Woolsey    Art Director
Marlowe Taylor    Sound Mixer
Eva Z. Cabrera    Script Supervisor
C. Tuezday Naper    Costume Supervisor
Sian Richards    Make up
Sian Richards    Make-up and Prosthetic Effects Designer
John Blake    Make up
Victor Del Castillo    Make up
Rebecca Woodfork    Hairstylist
Korrey Robinson    Hairstylist
Wendy Evans    Hairstylist
Rebecca Brown    Set Decorator
Bill Garvey    Location Manager
Russell Tyrrell    Special Effects Supervisor
Dean Tyrrell    Special Effects Coordinator
Francis Power    Post-Production Supervisor
Jennifer Lame    Additional Editor
Michael Lafond    First Assistant Editor
Jeremy Newmark    Visual Effects Supervisor
Marvin Morris    Music Editor
Rich Bologna    Supervising Sound Editor
Skip Lievsay    Re-recording Mixer
Jac Rubenstein    Dialogue Editor
Jack Heeren    Foley Mixer
Kevin Schultz    Foley Mixer
Joao Galvao    Foley Mixer
Davi Aquino    Foley Editor
Jenna Dalla Riva    Foley Editor
Zach Cowie    Music Supervisor
Ludwig Göransson    Executive Music Producer
Archie Davis    Executive Music Producer
Craig Harris    Score Producer
Mark Isham    Score Producer

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.