Synopsis
Following the rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom, this is the true story of the music icon’s journey to find her voice.
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Movie Details
| Australia Releases: |
August 19th, 2021 (Wide) |
| Video Release: |
August 27th, 2021 by MGM Video |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for mature thematic content, strong language including racial epithets, violence, suggestive material, and smoking.
(Rating bulletin 2667 (cert #52987), 2/10/2021) |
| Running Time: |
145 minutes |
| Keywords: |
Biographical Drama, 1960s, Musicians, Singers, Rhythm and Blues |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Dramatization |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, SMB Films, Bron Creative, Glickmania |
| Production Countries: |
United States |
| Languages: |
English |
August 15th, 2021
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Following the rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom, this is the true story of the music icon’s journey to find her voice.
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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2021/08/20 |
3 |
$244,516 |
|
140 |
$1,747 |
$244,662 |
1 |
| 2021/08/27 |
3 |
$175,018 |
-28% |
118 |
$1,483 |
$519,084 |
2 |
| 2021/09/03 |
4 |
$113,638 |
-35% |
122 |
$931 |
$756,091 |
3 |
| 2021/09/10 |
4 |
$97,723 |
-14% |
156 |
$626 |
$846,073 |
4 |
| 2021/09/17 |
4 |
$87,603 |
-10% |
142 |
$617 |
$970,857 |
5 |
| 2021/09/24 |
8 |
$46,679 |
-47% |
97 |
$481 |
$1,052,932 |
6 |
| 2021/10/01 |
9 |
$53,832 |
+15% |
87 |
$619 |
$1,141,629 |
7 |
| 2021/10/08 |
9 |
$37,539 |
-30% |
91 |
$413 |
$1,215,170 |
8 |
| 2021/10/15 |
7 |
$66,342 |
+77% |
138 |
$481 |
$1,333,061 |
9 |
| 2021/10/22 |
11 |
$45,285 |
-32% |
105 |
$431 |
$1,417,274 |
10 |
| 2021/10/29 |
11 |
$64,298 |
+42% |
91 |
$707 |
$1,507,290 |
11 |
| 2021/11/05 |
12 |
$46,706 |
-27% |
56 |
$834 |
$1,557,928 |
12 |
| 2021/11/12 |
12 |
$21,875 |
-53% |
32 |
$684 |
$1,575,949 |
13 |
| 2021/11/19 |
- |
$9,438 |
-57% |
25 |
$378 |
$1,579,242 |
14 |
| 2021/11/26 |
- |
$4,175 |
-56% |
9 |
$464 |
$1,558,887 |
15 |
| 2021/12/03 |
- |
$2,009 |
-52% |
4 |
$502 |
$1,538,355 |
16 |
| 2021/12/10 |
- |
$665 |
-67% |
2 |
$333 |
$1,578,130 |
17 |
| 2021/12/17 |
- |
$455 |
-32% |
3 |
$152 |
$1,574,317 |
18 |
| 2021/12/24 |
- |
$22 |
-95% |
1 |
$22 |
$1,595,167 |
19 |
| 2021/12/31 |
- |
$653 |
+2,868% |
1 |
$653 |
$1,600,220 |
20 |
| 2022/01/21 |
- |
$28,266 |
|
1 |
$28,266 |
$1,618,974 |
23 |
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