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2014 • PG-13 • 2h 8m • History, Drama • Paramount Pictures

One dream can change the world.

🍅 99% 86%

79

3.79

7.5

CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$571K

Limited · 19 theaters

Domestic total

$52.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$66.70M

$14.60M international

Domestic legs4.6x from $11.3M first wide weekend

Budget$20.0M

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Cast & crew

Full DuVernay filmography

Ava DuVernay

Ava DuVernay Director

David Oyelowo

David Oyelowo Starring

Carmen Ejogo

Carmen Ejogo Starring

Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson Starring

Giovanni Ribisi

Giovanni Ribisi Starring

Tim Roth

Tim Roth Starring

ScreenplayPaul Webb Produced byChristian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner CinematographyBradford Young Music byJason Moran StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 26-28 23 $571.5K — 19 $30,076 $893.6K

2 Jan 2-4 24 $633.2K +10.8% 22 $28,781 $2.1M

3 Jan 9-11 2 $11.3M +1685.8% 2,179 $5,189 $13.6M

4 Jan 16-18 5 $8.8M −22.4% 2,235 $3,928 $26.4M

5 Jan 23-25 8 $5.4M −38.3% 2,046 $2,648 $39.1M

6 Jan 30-Feb 1 11 $2.6M −52.6% 1,714 $1,498 $43.5M

7 Feb 6-8 12 $1.7M −34.2% 941 $1,796 $46.4M

8 Feb 13-15 15 $1.0M −40.1% 566 $1,790 $48.3M

9 Feb 20-22 17 $622.3K −38.6% 412 $1,510 $49.6M

10 Feb 27-Mar 1 21 $447.4K −28.1% 283 $1,581 $50.4M

11 Mar 6-8 19 $372.4K −16.8% 270 $1,379 $51.0M

12 Mar 13-15 25 $219.5K −41.1% 231 $950 $51.4M

13 Mar 20-22 24 $233.4K +6.3% 702 $332 $51.7M

14 Mar 27-29 41 $61.8K −73.5% 64 $965 $51.9M

15 Apr 3-5 39 $63.3K +2.4% 135 $469 $52.0M

16 Apr 10-12 53 $21.3K −66.4% 67 $317 $52.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 25 — $322.2K — $322.2K 19 $16,957 -1

Fri Dec 26 — $211.4K −34.4% $533.6K 19 $11,126 1

Sat Dec 27 — $199.1K −5.8% $732.7K 19 $10,478 2

Sun Dec 28 — $161.0K −19.1% $893.6K 19 $8,472 3

Mon Dec 29 — $107.8K −33.0% $1.0M 19 $5,672 4

Tue Dec 30 — $108.0K +0.2% $1.1M 19 $5,684 5

Wed Dec 31 — $94.6K −12.4% $1.2M 19 $4,979 6

Thu Jan 1 — $231.3K +144.5% −28.2% $1.4M 22 $10,513 7

Fri Jan 2 — $226.7K −2.0% +7.2% $1.7M 22 $10,303 8

Sat Jan 3 — $247.3K +9.1% +24.2% $1.9M 22 $11,240 9

Sun Jan 4 — $159.2K −35.6% −1.1% $2.1M 22 $7,238 10

Mon Jan 5 — $57.2K −64.1% −46.9% $2.1M 22 $2,600 11

Tue Jan 6 — $52.5K −8.2% −51.4% $2.2M 22 $2,387 12

Wed Jan 7 — $54.1K +3.1% −42.8% $2.2M 22 $2,460 13

Thu Jan 8 — $54.6K +1.0% −76.4% $2.3M 22 $2,484 14

Fri Jan 9 #2 $3.8M +6798.5% +1563.1% $6.1M 2,179 $1,730 15

Sat Jan 10 #2 $4.7M +24.7% +1800.8% $10.8M 2,179 $2,157 16

Sun Jan 11 #2 $2.8M −39.6% +1682.0% $13.6M 2,179 $1,302 17

Mon Jan 12 #2 $795.8K −72.0% +1291.2% $14.4M 2,179 $365 18

Tue Jan 13 #2 $1.2M +45.9% +2110.6% $15.6M 2,179 $533 19

Wed Jan 14 #2 $997.3K −14.1% +1742.5% $16.5M 2,179 $458 20

Thu Jan 15 #2 $1.1M +11.9% +1941.5% $17.7M 2,179 $512 21

Fri Jan 16 #5 $2.4M +111.9% −37.3% $20.0M 2,235 $1,058 22

Sat Jan 17 #5 $3.7M +56.3% −21.4% $23.7M 2,235 $1,654 23

Sun Jan 18 #5 $2.7M −26.4% −4.2% $26.4M 2,235 $1,217 24

Mon Jan 19 #3 $5.1M +86.5% +537.2% $31.5M 2,235 $2,269 25

Tue Jan 20 #5 $894.6K −82.4% −22.9% $32.4M 2,235 $400 26

Wed Jan 21 #4 $603.5K −32.5% −39.5% $33.0M 2,235 $270 27

Thu Jan 22 #4 $707.5K +17.2% −36.6% $33.7M 2,235 $317 28

Fri Jan 23 #8 $1.5M +110.0% −37.1% $35.2M 2,046 $726 29

Sat Jan 24 #8 $2.5M +65.5% −33.5% $37.7M 2,046 $1,202 30

Sun Jan 25 #8 $1.5M −40.1% −45.8% $39.1M 2,046 $720 31

Mon Jan 26 #7 $363.0K −75.4% −92.8% $39.5M 2,046 $177 32

Tue Jan 27 #7 $504.8K +39.1% −43.6% $40.0M 2,046 $247 33

Wed Jan 28 #7 $421.5K −16.5% −30.2% $40.4M 2,046 $206 34

Thu Jan 29 #5 $480.3K +13.9% −32.1% $40.9M 2,046 $235 35

Fri Jan 30 #10 $860.2K +79.1% −42.1% $41.8M 1,714 $502 36

Sat Jan 31 #10 $1.3M +53.5% −46.3% $43.1M 1,714 $771 37

Sun Feb 1 #10 $386.8K −70.7% −73.7% $43.5M 1,714 $226 38

Mon Feb 2 #10 $235.3K −39.2% −35.2% $43.7M 1,714 $137 39

Tue Feb 3 #9 $341.0K +44.9% −32.5% $44.1M 1,714 $199 40

Wed Feb 4 #8 $307.7K −9.8% −27.0% $44.4M 1,714 $180 41

Thu Feb 5 #7 $372.5K +21.1% −22.4% $44.7M 1,714 $217 42

Fri Feb 6 #12 $485.0K +30.2% −43.6% $45.2M 941 $515 43

Sat Feb 7 #12 $772.0K +59.2% −41.5% $46.0M 941 $820 44

Sun Feb 8 #12 $433.3K −43.9% +12.0% $46.4M 941 $460 45

Mon Feb 9 #11 $170.4K −60.7% −27.6% $46.6M 941 $181 46

Tue Feb 10 #11 $234.2K +37.5% −31.3% $46.8M 941 $249 47

Wed Feb 11 #11 $204.8K −12.5% −33.4% $47.0M 941 $218 48

Thu Feb 12 #10 $232.5K +13.5% −37.6% $47.3M 941 $247 49

Fri Feb 13 #13 $280.5K +20.7% −42.2% $47.5M 566 $496 50

Sat Feb 14 #15 $422.2K +50.5% −45.3% $48.0M 566 $746 51

Sun Feb 15 #13 $310.4K −26.5% −28.4% $48.3M 566 $548 52

Mon Feb 16 #12 $237.1K −23.6% +39.2% $48.5M 566 $419 53

Tue Feb 17 #13 $130.1K −45.1% −44.4% $48.6M 566 $230 54

Wed Feb 18 #12 $126.9K −2.5% −38.1% $48.8M 566 $224 55

Thu Feb 19 #11 $156.5K +23.4% −32.7% $48.9M 566 $277 56

Fri Feb 20 — $200.2K +27.9% −28.6% $49.1M 412 $486 57

Sat Feb 21 — $270.0K +34.9% −36.0% $49.4M 412 $655 58

Sun Feb 22 — $152.1K −43.7% −51.0% $49.6M 412 $369 59

Mon Feb 23 #14 $92.6K −39.1% −60.9% $49.6M 412 $225 60

Tue Feb 24 #15 $80.3K −13.3% −38.3% $49.7M 412 $195 61

Wed Feb 25 #13 $102.1K +27.2% −19.5% $49.8M 412 $248 62

Thu Feb 26 #11 $132.4K +29.7% −15.4% $50.0M 412 $321 63

Fri Feb 27 — $154.0K +16.3% −23.1% $50.1M 283 $544 64

Sat Feb 28 — $185.2K +20.2% −31.4% $50.3M 283 $654 65

Sun Mar 1 — $108.1K −41.6% −28.9% $50.4M 283 $382 66

Mon Mar 2 — $39.0K −63.9% −57.9% $50.4M 283 $138 67

Tue Mar 3 — $44.1K +12.9% −45.1% $50.5M 283 $156 68

Wed Mar 4 #15 $55.0K +24.8% −46.1% $50.5M 283 $194 69

Thu Mar 5 — $50.3K −8.5% −62.0% $50.6M 283 $178 70

Fri Mar 6 — $82.0K +63.0% −46.7% $50.7M 270 $304 71

Sat Mar 7 — $180.5K +120.1% −2.5% $50.9M 270 $669 72

Sun Mar 8 — $109.8K −39.2% +1.6% $51.0M 270 $407 73

Mon Mar 9 — $47.3K −56.9% +21.2% $51.0M 270 $175 74

Tue Mar 10 — $44.5K −5.9% +1.0% $51.1M 270 $165 75

Wed Mar 11 — $45.1K +1.4% −18.0% $51.1M 270 $167 76

Thu Mar 12 — $41.2K −8.6% −18.0% $51.1M 270 $153 77

Fri Mar 13 — $67.0K +62.3% −18.4% $51.2M 231 $290 78

Sat Mar 14 — $97.5K +45.7% −46.0% $51.3M 231 $422 79

Sun Mar 15 — $55.0K −43.6% −49.9% $51.4M 231 $238 80

Mon Mar 16 — $22.3K −59.5% −52.9% $51.4M 231 $96 81

Tue Mar 17 — $26.2K +17.4% −41.2% $51.4M 231 $113 82

Wed Mar 18 — $23.7K −9.3% −47.4% $51.4M 231 $103 83

Thu Mar 19 — $24.9K +5.0% −39.6% $51.5M 231 $108 84

Fri Mar 20 — $66.5K +166.8% −0.7% $51.5M 702 $95 85

Sat Mar 21 — $102.7K +54.5% +5.3% $51.6M 702 $146 86

Sun Mar 22 — $64.3K −37.4% +16.8% $51.7M 702 $92 87

Mon Mar 23 — $27.9K −56.5% +25.4% $51.7M 702 $40 88

Tue Mar 24 — $38.3K +37.2% +46.5% $51.8M 702 $55 89

Wed Mar 25 — $31.6K −17.6% +33.1% $51.8M 702 $45 90

Thu Mar 26 — $49.4K +56.5% +98.5% $51.8M 702 $70 91

Fri Mar 27 — $24.2K −51.0% −63.5% $51.9M 64 $379 92

Sat Mar 28 — $28.2K +16.4% −72.5% $51.9M 64 $441 93

Sun Mar 29 — $9.3K −67.0% −85.5% $51.9M 64 $146 94

Mon Mar 30 — $9.0K −4.0% −67.9% $51.9M 64 $140 95

Tue Mar 31 — $9.0K +0.1% −76.6% $51.9M 64 $140 96

Wed Apr 1 — $4.9K −45.7% −84.6% $51.9M 64 $76 97

Thu Apr 2 — $9.0K +84.9% −81.8% $51.9M 64 $141 98

Fri Apr 3 — $22.0K +144.5% −9.2% $52.0M 135 $163 99

Sat Apr 4 — $23.9K +8.5% −15.3% $52.0M 135 $177 100

Sun Apr 5 — $17.4K −27.3% +86.2% $52.0M 135 $129 101

Mon Apr 6 — $8.6K −50.7% −4.4% $52.0M 135 $63 102

Tue Apr 7 — $10.9K +27.5% +21.7% $52.0M 135 $81 103

Wed Apr 8 — $9.6K −11.8% +97.7% $52.0M 135 $71 104

Thu Apr 9 — $17.1K +78.0% +90.4% $52.0M 135 $127 105

Fri Apr 10 — $6.4K −62.5% −70.8% $52.1M 67 $96 106

Sat Apr 11 — $9.6K +48.4% −60.0% $52.1M 67 $143 107

Sun Apr 12 — $5.3K −44.7% −69.6% $52.1M 67 $79 108

Mon Apr 13 — $1.9K −63.5% −77.5% $52.1M 67 $29 109

Tue Apr 14 — $2.9K +49.4% −73.6% $52.1M 67 $43 110

Wed Apr 15 — $2.3K −21.7% −76.6% $52.1M 67 $34 111

Thu Apr 16 — $4.2K +87.0% −75.4% $52.1M 67 $63 112

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$50.6M

Dec 25Jan 12Jan 29Feb 16Mar 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $447.4K

$571.5K

$633.2K

$11.3M

$8.8M

$5.4M

$2.6M

$1.7M

$1.0M

$622.3K

$447.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,235 → 283 −87.3%

19 open283 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.1%

+10.8%

W1→2

+1685.8%

W2→3

−22.4%

W3→4

−38.3%

W4→5

−52.6%

W5→6

−34.2%

W6→7

−40.1%

W7→8

−38.6%

W8→9

−28.1%

W9→10

Steepest −52.6%Biggest gain +1685.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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