Box Office History for African-American Movies
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| 1/1/1971 |
Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song |
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$15,200,000 |
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$150,000 |
| 1/1/1983 |
Eddie Murphy Delirious |
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| 12/18/1985 |
The Color Purple |
$1,710,333 |
$93,589,701 |
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| 12/18/1987 |
Eddie Murphy Raw |
$9,077,324 |
$50,504,655 |
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| 6/29/1988 |
Coming to America |
$21,404,420 |
$128,152,301 |
$288,800,000 |
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| 12/14/1988 |
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka |
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$13,030,057 |
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| 6/30/1989 |
Do the Right Thing |
$3,563,535 |
$26,004,026 |
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$6,000,000 |
| 11/17/1989 |
Harlem Nights |
$16,096,808 |
$60,857,262 |
$95,857,262 |
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| 7/12/1991 |
Boyz n the Hood |
$10,023,462 |
$56,190,094 |
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| 1/17/1992 |
Juice |
$8,085,715 |
$20,146,800 |
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| 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 |
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$35,000,000 |
| 5/26/1993 |
Menace II Society |
$3,839,638 |
$27,731,527 |
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$3,500,000 |
| 6/9/1993 |
What's Love Got to Do With It |
$1,222,718 |
$39,100,956 |
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| 8/19/1994 |
Fresh |
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$8,094,616 |
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| 1/11/1995 |
Higher Learning |
$13,276,662 |
$38,023,585 |
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| 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 |
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| 12/22/1995 |
Waiting to Exhale |
$14,126,927 |
$66,947,948 |
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| 1/12/1996 |
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood |
$9,632,409 |
$19,674,813 |
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| 1/26/1996 |
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored |
$75,675 |
$2,291,255 |
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| 4/3/1996 |
A Thin Line Between Love & Hate |
$9,310,414 |
$34,873,513 |
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$8,000,000 |
| 11/6/1996 |
Set It Off |
$8,812,105 |
$36,049,108 |
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$9,000,000 |
| 2/26/1997 |
Booty Call |
$6,429,364 |
$20,066,917 |
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| 8/27/1997 |
Hoodlum |
$8,162,768 |
$23,489,997 |
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| 9/26/1997 |
Soul Food |
$11,197,897 |
$43,492,389 |
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$7,500,000 |
| 5/1/1998 |
He Got Game |
$7,610,663 |
$21,567,853 |
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$25,000,000 |
| 8/14/1998 |
How Stella Got Her Groove Back |
$11,318,919 |
$37,672,944 |
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$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 |
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$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 |
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$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 |
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$16,000,000 |
| 10/1/2004 |
Woman Thou Art Loosed |
$2,325,474 |
$6,879,730 |
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| 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? |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 4/4/2007 |
Are We Done Yet? |
$14,262,724 |
$49,662,533 |
$58,388,068 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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