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Sunday, May 18, 2008

Box Office History for African-American Movies

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Released    Movie Name    1st Weekend    US Gross    Worldwide Gross    Budget   
1/1/1971 Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song - $15,200,000 - $150,000
1/1/1983 Eddie Murphy Delirious - - - -
12/18/1985 The Color Purple $1,710,333 $93,589,701 - -
12/18/1987 Eddie Murphy Raw $9,077,324 $50,504,655 - -
6/29/1988 Coming to America $21,404,420 $128,152,301 $288,800,000 -
12/14/1988 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka - $13,030,057 - -
6/30/1989 Do the Right Thing $3,563,535 $26,004,026 - $6,000,000
11/17/1989 Harlem Nights $16,096,808 $60,857,262 $95,857,262 -
7/12/1991 Boyz n the Hood $10,023,462 $56,190,094 - -
1/17/1992 Juice $8,085,715 $20,146,800 - -
7/1/1992 Boomerang $13,640,706 $70,052,444 $131,052,444 $42,000,000
11/18/1992 Malcolm X $9,871,125 $48,169,910 - $35,000,000
5/26/1993 Menace II Society $3,839,638 $27,731,527 - $3,500,000
6/9/1993 What's Love Got to Do With It $1,222,718 $39,100,956 - -
8/19/1994 Fresh - $8,094,616 - -
1/11/1995 Higher Learning $13,276,662 $38,023,585 - -
4/7/1995 Bad Boys $15,523,358 $65,647,413 $141,647,413 $23,000,000
4/26/1995 Friday $6,589,341 $27,467,564 $27,936,778 $3,500,000
10/4/1995 Dead Presidents $7,943,778 $24,120,194 - -
12/22/1995 Waiting to Exhale $14,126,927 $66,947,948 - -
1/12/1996 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood $9,632,409 $19,674,813 - -
1/26/1996 Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored $75,675 $2,291,255 - -
4/3/1996 A Thin Line Between Love & Hate $9,310,414 $34,873,513 - $8,000,000
11/6/1996 Set It Off $8,812,105 $36,049,108 - $9,000,000
2/26/1997 Booty Call $6,429,364 $20,066,917 - -
8/27/1997 Hoodlum $8,162,768 $23,489,997 - -
9/26/1997 Soul Food $11,197,897 $43,492,389 - $7,500,000
5/1/1998 He Got Game $7,610,663 $21,567,853 - $25,000,000
8/14/1998 How Stella Got Her Groove Back $11,318,919 $37,672,944 - $20,000,000
4/16/1999 Life $20,414,775 $64,062,587 $73,521,587 $75,000,000
10/22/1999 The Best Man $9,031,660 $34,102,780 $34,572,780 $9,000,000
1/12/2000 Next Friday $16,918,226 $57,176,582 $59,675,307 $9,500,000
6/2/2000 Big Momma's House $25,661,041 $117,559,438 $173,559,438 $33,000,000
8/18/2000 The Original Kings of Comedy $11,053,832 $38,168,022 $38,236,338 $3,000,000
4/11/2001 Kingdom Come $7,562,284 $23,247,539 - $7,000,000
12/25/2001 Ali $14,710,892 $58,183,966 $85,300,000 $109,000,000
5/31/2002 Undercover Brother $12,037,685 $38,230,435 - $25,000,000
10/11/2002 Brown Sugar $10,738,882 $27,362,712 $28,315,272 $8,000,000
11/22/2002 Friday After Next $13,010,767 $33,253,609 $33,526,835 $10,000,000
12/19/2002 Antwone Fisher $210,013 $21,078,145 $23,367,586 $12,500,000
7/18/2003 Bad Boys II $46,522,560 $138,540,870 $272,540,870 $130,000,000
2/6/2004 Barbershop 2: Back in Business $24,241,612 $65,070,412 $65,842,412 $18,000,000
4/7/2004 Johnson Family Vacation $9,375,307 $31,203,964 $31,462,753 $12,000,000
9/3/2004 The Cookout $5,000,900 $11,540,112 - $16,000,000
10/1/2004 Woman Thou Art Loosed $2,325,474 $6,879,730 - -
10/29/2004 Ray $20,039,730 $75,305,995 $125,305,995 $40,000,000
1/21/2005 Are We There Yet? $18,575,214 $82,674,398 $97,918,663 $20,000,000
3/30/2005 Beauty Shop $12,801,465 $36,351,350 $38,351,350 $25,000,000
7/22/2005 Hustle & Flow $8,017,808 $22,202,809 $23,563,727 $2,800,000
1/27/2006 Big Momma's House 2 $27,736,056 $70,165,972 $137,047,376 $40,000,000
2/24/2006 Madea's Family Reunion $30,030,661 $63,257,940 $63,308,879 $10,000,000
4/7/2006 Phat Girlz $3,109,924 $7,061,128 $7,271,305 $3,000,000
6/27/2006 Why Did I Get Married? - - - -
7/14/2006 Little Man $21,613,176 $58,636,047 $101,636,047 $64,000,000
12/15/2006 Dreamgirls $378,950 $103,365,956 $154,565,956 $75,000,000
1/5/2007 Freedom Writers $9,405,582 $36,605,602 $40,405,602 -
1/12/2007 Stomp the Yard $21,833,312 $61,356,221 $75,256,221 $14,000,000
2/14/2007 Daddy's Little Girls $11,210,754 $31,366,978 $31,517,059 -
4/4/2007 Are We Done Yet? $14,262,724 $49,662,533 $58,388,068 -
11/21/2007 This Christmas $17,958,183 $49,121,934 $49,308,136 $13,000,000
2/8/2008 Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins $16,207,730 $42,168,445 $43,182,044 $27,500,000
3/4/2008 Johnson Family Dinner - - - -
Totals $2,673,174,053 $3,498,172,177 $993,950,000
Averages $45,308,035 $59,291,054 $25,485,897




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