The Great DebatersFollow

Name: The Great Debaters
Director: Denzel Washington
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Released: 2007
Cast: Denzel Whitaker, Denzel Washington, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Forest Whitaker

2007 • PG-13 • 2h 3m • Biography, Drama, Romance • The Weinstein Company

When the nation was in need, he inspired them to give us hope.

🍅 80% 86%

3.65

7.5

Cast & crew

Full Washington filmography

Denzel Washington Director

Forest Whitaker Starring

Kimberly Elise Starring

ScreenplayRobert Eisele Produced byOprah Winfrey, Joe Roth, Todd Black, Kate Forte CinematographyPhilippe Rousselot MusicJames Newton Howard StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 28-30 11 $6.0M — 1,171 $5,128 $13.3M

2 Jan 4-6 12 $4.3M −29.2% 1,290 $3,295 $22.0M

3 Jan 11-13 15 $2.3M −44.8% 1,290 $1,818 $25.6M

4 Jan 18-21 18 $1.3M −42.5% 1,021 $1,320 $27.8M

5 Jan 25-27 26 $539.0K −60.0% 390 $1,382 $29.1M

6 Feb 1-3 35 $257.6K −52.2% 264 $976 $29.5M

7 Feb 8-10 41 $138.5K −46.2% 156 $888 $29.8M

8 Feb 15-18 45 $92.3K −33.3% 105 $879 $29.9M

9 Feb 22-24 60 $40.8K −55.8% 75 $544 $30.0M

10 Feb 29-Mar 2 68 $25.0K −38.6% 47 $532 $30.1M

11 Mar 7-9 70 $14.4K −42.4% 34 $424 $30.1M

12 Mar 14-16 84 $8.1K −43.6% 20 $407 $30.1M

13 Mar 21-23 55 $40.2K +394.7% 113 $356 $30.2M

14 Mar 28-30 71 $17.7K −56.1% 40 $442 $30.2M

15 Apr 4-6 89 $7.2K −59.2% 24 $301 $30.2M

16 Apr 11-13 106 $3.5K −51.7% 8 $436 $30.2M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $25.0K

$6.0M

$4.3M

$2.3M

$1.3M

$539.0K

$257.6K

$138.5K

$92.3K

$40.8K

$25.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −38.6%

−29.2%

W1→2

−44.8%

W2→3

−42.5%

W3→4

−60.0%

W4→5

−52.2%

W5→6

−46.2%

W6→7

−33.3%

W7→8

−55.8%

W8→9

−38.6%

W9→10

Steepest −60.0%Best hold −29.2%

Box office comparisons

Build your own comparison

No head-to-head comparisons featuring The Great Debaters yet — build one in seconds.

Build your own comparison →

The Great DebatersFollow

Box office summary

Cast & crew

The run

Similar movies

Box office comparisons