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Baby BoyFollow

2001 • R • 2h 10m • Drama, Crime • Columbia Pictures

Just a Baby Boy.

🍅 72% 87% MC 55 LB 3.39 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$8.60M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$28.70M
Final
Domestic legs3.3x
Budget$16M
2001 rank#81
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Cast & crew

Full Singleton filmography
John Singleton John Singleton Director Tyrese Gibson Tyrese Gibson Starring Taraji P. Henson Taraji P. Henson Starring Ving Rhames Ving Rhames Starring
ScreenplayJohn Singleton Produced byJohn Singleton CinematographyCharles Mills Music byDavid Arnold StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 29-Jul 1 5 $8.6M — 1,533 $5,614 $11.7M
2 Jul 6-8 10 $4.8M −44.1% 1,533 $3,139 $20.8M
3 Jul 13-15 13 $2.1M −56.2% 1,014 $2,080 $24.7M
4 Jul 20-22 15 $1.2M −45.1% 637 $1,819 $26.6M
5 Jul 27-29 17 $681.4K −41.2% 491 $1,388 $27.8M
6 Aug 3-5 27 $236.2K −65.3% 267 $885 $28.4M
7 Aug 10-12 40 $82.0K −65.3% 100 $820 $28.5M
8 Aug 17-19 52 $41.5K −49.4% 61 $680 $28.6M
9 Aug 24-26 55 $31.3K −24.6% 31 $1,009 $28.6M
10 Aug 31-Sep 2 57 $49.2K +57.3% 87 $566 $28.7M
11 Sep 7-9 59 $37.6K −23.7% 61 $616 $28.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $49.2K
$8.6M
$4.8M
$2.1M
$1.2M
$681.4K
$236.2K
$82.0K
$41.5K
$31.3K
$49.2K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +57.3%
−44.1%
W1→2
−56.2%
W2→3
−45.1%
W3→4
−41.2%
W4→5
−65.3%
W5→6
−65.3%
W6→7
−49.4%
W7→8
−24.6%
W8→9
+57.3%
W9→10
Steepest −65.3%Biggest gain +57.3%

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