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2013 • PG-13 • 2h 12m • Biography, Drama • The Weinstein Company

One quiet voice can ignite a revolution.

🍅 72% 78%

65

3.44

7.2

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$117.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$177.00M

$60.70M international

Domestic legs4.73x

Budget$30.0M

2013 rank#28

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Cast & crew

Full Daniels filmography

Lee Daniels

Lee Daniels Director

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker Starring

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Starring

David Oyelowo

David Oyelowo Starring

John Cusack

John Cusack Starring

Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda Starring

ScreenplayDanny Strong Produced byPamela Oas Williams, Laura Ziskin, Lee Daniels, Buddy Patrick, Cassian Elwes CinematographyAndrew Dunn MusicRodrigo Leão StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 16-18 1 $24.6M — 2,933 $8,400 $24.6M

2 Aug 23-25 1 $16.5M −33.0% 3,110 $5,306 $51.8M

3 Aug 30-Sep 1 2 $14.9M −9.8% 3,330 $4,467 $74.1M

4 Sep 6-8 2 $8.4M −43.5% 3,330 $2,523 $91.4M

5 Sep 13-15 4 $5.5M −34.0% 3,239 $1,711 $100.0M

6 Sep 20-22 7 $4.2M −24.4% 2,931 $1,430 $106.3M

7 Sep 27-29 10 $2.4M −42.7% 2,062 $1,164 $110.3M

8 Oct 4-6 14 $1.2M −48.9% 1,563 $785 $112.4M

9 Oct 11-13 15 $623.7K −49.2% 980 $636 $113.5M

10 Oct 18-20 21 $387.5K −37.9% 602 $643 $114.3M

11 Oct 25-27 23 $269.7K −30.4% 444 $607 $114.7M

12 Nov 1-3 26 $193.1K −28.4% 312 $618 $115.1M

13 Nov 8-10 27 $140.4K −27.3% 214 $655 $115.3M

14 Nov 15-17 31 $99.5K −29.1% 176 $565 $115.5M

15 Nov 22-24 38 $56.3K −43.4% 124 $454 $115.6M

16 Dec 6-8 22 $265.0K +370.8% 1,007 $263 $115.9M

17 Jan 3-5 34 $101.4K −61.8% 133 $762 $116.3M

18 Jan 10-12 34 $90.5K −10.8% 136 $665 $116.4M

19 Jan 17-19 39 $64.6K −28.6% 119 $542 $116.5M

20 Jan 24-26 46 $36.0K −44.3% 101 $356 $116.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 16 #1 $8.3M — $8.3M 2,933 $2,837 1

Sat Aug 17 #1 $9.3M +12% $17.6M 2,933 $3,168 2

Sun Aug 18 #1 $7.0M −24% $24.6M 2,933 $2,394 3

Mon Aug 19 #1 $2.7M −61% $27.3M 2,933 $922 4

Tue Aug 20 #1 $3.1M +13% $30.4M 2,933 $1,041 5

Wed Aug 21 #2 $2.4M −21% $32.8M 2,933 $823 6

Thu Aug 22 #1 $2.4M +1% $35.3M 2,933 $833 7

Fri Aug 23 #1 $4.8M +96% −42% $40.0M 3,110 $1,540 8

Sat Aug 24 #1 $7.0M +46% −25% $47.0M 3,110 $2,248 9

Sun Aug 25 #1 $4.7M −32% −33% $51.8M 3,110 $1,518 10

Mon Aug 26 #1 $1.8M −61% −32% $53.6M 3,110 $593 11

Tue Aug 27 #1 $2.2M +18% −29% $55.8M 3,110 $701 12

Wed Aug 28 #1 $1.8M −19% −27% $57.5M 3,110 $566 13

Thu Aug 29 #1 $1.7M −3% −30% $59.3M 3,110 $551 14

Fri Aug 30 #2 $3.6M +111% −24% $62.9M 3,330 $1,087 15

Sat Aug 31 #1 $5.6M +54% −20% $68.4M 3,330 $1,669 16

Sun Sep 1 #1 $5.7M +2% +21% $74.1M 3,330 $1,710 17

Mon Sep 2 #1 $5.3M −7% +188% $79.5M 3,330 $1,598 18

Tue Sep 3 #1 $1.3M −75% −38% $80.8M 3,330 $404 19

Wed Sep 4 #1 $1.1M −22% −40% $81.9M 3,330 $317 20

Thu Sep 5 #1 $1.1M +7% −34% $83.0M 3,330 $339 21

Fri Sep 6 #2 $2.4M +110% −35% $85.4M 3,330 $711 22

Sat Sep 7 #2 $4.0M +67% −29% $89.3M 3,330 $1,188 23

Sun Sep 8 #3 $2.1M −48% −64% $91.4M 3,330 $622 24

Mon Sep 9 #2 $662.7K −68% −88% $92.1M 3,330 $198 25

Tue Sep 10 #2 $922.0K +39% −32% $93.0M 3,330 $276 26

Wed Sep 11 #2 $756.4K −18% −28% $93.7M 3,330 $227 27

Thu Sep 12 #2 $714.9K −5% −37% $94.5M 3,330 $214 28

Fri Sep 13 #5 $1.7M +138% −28% $96.2M 3,239 $525 29

Sat Sep 14 #4 $2.4M +42% −39% $98.6M 3,239 $748 30

Sun Sep 15 #5 $1.4M −42% −32% $100.0M 3,239 $437 31

Mon Sep 16 #4 $501.7K −65% −24% $100.5M 3,239 $154 32

Tue Sep 17 #4 $630.1K +26% −32% $101.1M 3,239 $194 33

Wed Sep 18 #4 $501.2K −20% −34% $101.6M 3,239 $154 34

Thu Sep 19 #4 $511.3K +2% −28% $102.1M 3,239 $157 35

Fri Sep 20 #7 $1.2M +128% −32% $103.3M 2,931 $397 36

Sat Sep 21 #7 $2.0M +74% −16% $105.3M 2,931 $691 37

Sun Sep 22 #8 $1.0M −51% −29% $106.3M 2,931 $341 38

Mon Sep 23 #4 $344.0K −66% −31% $106.7M 2,931 $117 39

Tue Sep 24 #4 $452.0K +31% −28% $107.1M 2,931 $154 40

Wed Sep 25 #5 $373.4K −17% −25% $107.5M 2,931 $127 41

Thu Sep 26 #5 $353.5K −5% −31% $107.9M 2,931 $120 42

Fri Sep 27 $695.4K +97% −40% $108.6M 2,062 $337 43

Sat Sep 28 $1.2M +65% −43% $109.7M 2,062 $557 44

Sun Sep 29 #10 $556.0K −52% −45% $110.3M 2,062 $269 45

Mon Sep 30 #9 $206.5K −63% −40% $110.5M 2,062 $100 46

Tue Oct 1 #8 $264.1K +28% −42% $110.7M 2,062 $128 47

Wed Oct 2 #8 $228.7K −13% −39% $111.0M 2,062 $110 48

Thu Oct 3 #9 $212.5K −7% −40% $111.2M 2,062 $103 49

Fri Oct 4 #14 $347.4K +63% −50% $111.5M 1,563 $222 50

Sat Oct 5 #14 $557.3K +60% −52% $112.1M 1,563 $356 51

Sun Oct 6 #14 $322.7K −42% −42% $112.4M 1,563 $206 52

Mon Oct 7 #13 $122.7K −62% −41% $112.5M 1,563 $78 53

Tue Oct 8 #13 $145.6K +19% −45% $112.7M 1,563 $93 54

Wed Oct 9 #12 $123.6K −15% −46% $112.8M 1,563 $79 55

Thu Oct 10 #11 $123.8K n/c −42% $112.9M 1,563 $79 56

Fri Oct 11 $168.5K +36% −51% $113.1M 980 $171 57

Sat Oct 12 $277.8K +65% −50% $113.4M 980 $283 58

Sun Oct 13 $177.4K −36% −45% $113.5M 980 $180 59

Mon Oct 14 #13 $117.6K −34% −4% $113.7M 980 $120 60

Tue Oct 15 #13 $80.3K −32% −45% $113.7M 980 $81 61

Wed Oct 16 #13 $76.0K −5% −39% $113.8M 980 $77 62

Thu Oct 17 #13 $76.8K +1% −38% $113.9M 980 $78 63

Fri Oct 18 $111.4K +45% −34% $114.0M 602 $185 64

Sat Oct 19 $178.3K +60% −36% $114.2M 602 $296 65

Sun Oct 20 $97.7K −45% −45% $114.3M 602 $162 66

Mon Oct 21 $37.7K −61% −68% $114.3M 602 $62 67

Tue Oct 22 $55.0K +46% −31% $114.4M 602 $91 68

Wed Oct 23 $47.1K −14% −38% $114.4M 602 $78 69

Thu Oct 24 $50.5K +7% −34% $114.5M 602 $83 70

Fri Oct 25 $77.1K +53% −31% $114.6M 602 $128 71

Sat Oct 26 $123.8K +61% −31% $114.7M 602 $205 72

Sun Oct 27 $68.9K −44% −29% $114.7M 602 $114 73

Mon Oct 28 $26.8K −61% −29% $114.8M 602 $44 74

Tue Oct 29 $39.2K +46% −29% $114.8M 602 $65 75

Wed Oct 30 $29.1K −26% −38% $114.8M 602 $48 76

Thu Oct 31 $40.7K +40% −19% $114.9M 602 $67 77

Fri Nov 1 $50.8K +25% −34% $114.9M 312 $162 78

Sat Nov 2 $92.1K +81% −26% $115.0M 312 $295 79

Sun Nov 3 $50.2K −45% −27% $115.1M 312 $161 80

Mon Nov 4 $17.5K −65% −35% $115.1M 312 $56 81

Tue Nov 5 $26.4K +51% −33% $115.1M 312 $84 82

Wed Nov 6 $22.0K −17% −25% $115.1M 312 $70 83

Thu Nov 7 $22.1K +1% −46% $115.2M 312 $70 84

Fri Nov 8 $37.9K +71% −25% $115.2M 214 $177 85

Sat Nov 9 $62.8K +66% −32% $115.3M 214 $293 86

Sun Nov 10 $39.7K −37% −21% $115.3M 214 $185 87

Mon Nov 11 $24.4K −39% +39% $115.3M 214 $113 88

Tue Nov 12 $18.2K −25% −31% $115.3M 214 $85 89

Wed Nov 13 $15.4K −15% −30% $115.4M 214 $72 90

Thu Nov 14 $14.8K −4% −33% $115.4M 214 $69 91

Fri Nov 15 $29.2K +97% −23% $115.4M 176 $165 92

Sat Nov 16 $44.9K +54% −29% $115.4M 176 $254 93

Sun Nov 17 $25.5K −43% −36% $115.5M 176 $144 94

Mon Nov 18 $8.9K −65% −63% $115.5M 176 $50 95

Tue Nov 19 $11.9K +33% −35% $115.5M 176 $67 96

Wed Nov 20 $9.9K −17% −36% $115.5M 176 $56 97

Thu Nov 21 $10.7K +9% −27% $115.5M 176 $60 98

Fri Nov 22 $16.9K +57% −42% $115.5M 124 $135 99

Sat Nov 23 $25.7K +53% −43% $115.6M 124 $207 100

Sun Nov 24 $13.7K −47% −46% $115.6M 124 $110 101

Mon Nov 25 $7.3K −47% −18% $115.6M 124 $59 102

Tue Nov 26 $9.2K +25% −23% $115.6M 124 $73 103

Wed Nov 27 $6.6K −28% −33% $115.6M 71 $92 104

Thu Nov 28 $5.8K −13% −46% $115.6M 71 $81 105

Fri Nov 29 $15.9K +176% −6% $115.6M 71 $223 106

Sat Nov 30 $17.6K +11% −32% $115.6M 71 $247 107

Sun Dec 1 $8.7K −51% −37% $115.6M 71 $121 108

Mon Dec 2 $4.6K −47% −38% $115.6M 71 $64 109

Tue Dec 3 $3.9K −14% −57% $115.6M 71 $55 110

Wed Dec 4 $3.4K −13% −48% $115.7M 71 $48 111

Thu Dec 5 $4.1K +19% −29% $115.7M 71 $57 112

Fri Dec 6 $69.4K +1,601% +337% $115.7M 1,007 $68 113

Sat Dec 7 $122.3K +76% +596% $115.8M 1,007 $121 114

Sun Dec 8 $73.3K −40% +747% $115.9M 1,007 $72 115

Mon Dec 9 $33.6K −54% +638% $116.0M 1,007 $33 116

Tue Dec 10 $41.7K +24% +963% $116.0M 1,007 $41 117

Wed Dec 11 $37.0K −11% +982% $116.0M 1,007 $36 118

Thu Dec 12 $38.1K +3% +834% $116.1M 1,007 $37 119

Fri Dec 13 $7.4K −81% −89% $116.1M 61 $121 120

Sat Dec 14 $11.5K +56% −91% $116.1M 61 $188 121

Sun Dec 15 $7.4K −36% −90% $116.1M 61 $121 122

Mon Dec 16 $3.2K −57% −91% $116.1M 61 $51 123

Tue Dec 17 $4.0K +26% −90% $116.1M 61 $65 124

Wed Dec 18 $3.8K −3% −90% $116.1M 61 $63 125

Thu Dec 19 $4.0K +4% −90% $116.1M 61 $65 126

Fri Dec 20 $4.0K +1% −45% $116.1M 43 $93 127

Sat Dec 21 $6.7K +65% −42% $116.1M 43 $154 128

Sun Dec 22 $4.7K −29% −36% $116.1M 43 $109 129

Fri Dec 27 $7.6K — +90% $116.2M 34 $224 134

Sat Dec 28 $9.7K +27% +46% $116.2M 34 $285 135

Sun Dec 29 $6.0K −38% +27% $116.2M 34 $176 136

Mon Dec 30 $4.8K −20% $116.2M 34 $141 137

Tue Dec 31 $5.0K +4% $116.2M 34 $147 138

Wed Jan 1 $7.8K +56% $116.2M 34 $229 139

Thu Jan 2 $4.4K −44% $116.2M 34 $128 140

Fri Jan 3 $32.8K +648% +329% $116.2M 133 $246 141

Sat Jan 4 $46.1K +40% +375% $116.3M 133 $346 142

Sun Jan 5 $22.5K −51% +275% $116.3M 133 $169 143

Mon Jan 6 $8.8K −61% +82% $116.3M 133 $65 144

Tue Jan 7 $11.6K +32% +131% $116.3M 133 $86 145

Wed Jan 8 $10.4K −10% +34% $116.3M 133 $78 146

Thu Jan 9 $12.3K +17% +180% $116.3M 133 $92 147

Fri Jan 10 $27.1K +121% −17% $116.4M 136 $199 148

Sat Jan 11 $41.2K +52% −11% $116.4M 136 $302 149

Sun Jan 12 $22.1K −46% −2% $116.4M 136 $162 150

Mon Jan 13 $8.6K −61% −2% $116.4M 136 $63 151

Tue Jan 14 $10.4K +21% −10% $116.4M 136 $76 152

Wed Jan 15 $8.5K −18% −18% $116.5M 136 $62 153

Thu Jan 16 $10.0K +18% −18% $116.5M 136 $73 154

Fri Jan 17 $19.2K +91% −29% $116.5M 119 $160 155

Sat Jan 18 $29.4K +54% −29% $116.5M 119 $247 156

Sun Jan 19 $16.0K −46% −28% $116.5M 119 $134 157

Mon Jan 20 $15.2K −5% +76% $116.5M 119 $127 158

Tue Jan 21 $5.8K −62% −44% $116.6M 119 $48 159

Wed Jan 22 $5.7K −1% −33% $116.6M 119 $47 160

Fri Jan 24 $10.9K — −43% $116.6M 101 $108 162

Sat Jan 25 $16.4K +50% −44% $116.6M 101 $162 163

Sun Jan 26 $8.7K −47% −46% $116.6M 101 $85 164

Mon Jan 27 $3.4K −60% −77% $116.6M 101 $34 165

Tue Jan 28 $4.2K +22% −28% $116.6M 101 $41 166

Wed Jan 29 $3.5K −17% −39% $116.6M 101 $34 167

Thu Jan 30 $4.0K +14% $116.6M 101 $39 168

Fri Jan 31 $4.2K +7% −61% $116.6M 52 $81 169

Sat Feb 1 $6.0K +43% −63% $116.6M 52 $116 170

Sun Feb 2 $1.6K −74% −82% $116.6M 52 $30 171

Mon Feb 3 $1.5K −6% −57% $116.6M 52 $28 172

Tue Feb 4 $1.3K −13% −69% $116.6M 52 $24 173

Wed Feb 5 $1.3K +3% −62% $116.6M 52 $25 174

Thu Feb 6 $1.3K −3% −68% $116.6M 52 $24 175

Fri Feb 7 $456 −64% −89% $116.6M 11 $41 176

Sat Feb 8 $737 +62% −88% $116.6M 11 $67 177

Sun Feb 9 $629 −15% −60% $116.6M 11 $57 178

Mon Feb 10 $171 −73% −88% $116.6M 11 $15 179

Tue Feb 11 $231 +35% −82% $116.6M 11 $21 180

Wed Feb 12 $126 −45% −90% $116.6M 11 $11 181

Thu Feb 13 $257 +104% −80% $116.6M 11 $23 182

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

Cumulative total$114.5M

Aug 16Sep 2Sep 20Oct 7Oct 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $387.5K

$24.6M

$16.5M

$14.9M

$8.4M

$5.5M

$4.2M

$2.4M

$1.2M

$623.7K

$387.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,330 → 602 −81.9%

2,933 open602 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.9%

−33.0%

W1→2

−9.8%

W2→3

−43.5%

W3→4

−34.0%

W4→5

−24.4%

W5→6

−42.7%

W6→7

−48.9%

W7→8

−49.2%

W8→9

−37.9%

W9→10

Steepest −49.2%Best hold −9.8%

Run milestones

$100M in 31 days

$100M

Day 31

Sep 15

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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