Synopsis
A frustrated novelist-professor writes an outlandish satire of stereotypical “Black” books, only for it to be mistaken for serious literature and published to high sales and critical praise.
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Movie Details
| Production Budget: | $10,000,000 |
| United Kingdom Releases: |
February 2nd, 2024 (Limited) |
| Video Release: |
February 6th, 2024 by MGM Video |
| MPAA Rating: |
R for language throughout, some drug use, sexual references and brief violence.
(Rating bulletin 2794 (cert #54452), 8/2/2023) |
| Running Time: |
117 minutes |
| Keywords: |
Comedy Drama, Satire, Writing and Writers, African Americans, 2024 Oscars Best Picture Nominee |
| Source: | Based on Fiction Book/Short Story |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Orion Pictures, T-Street, MRC, 3 Arts Entertainment, Almost Infinite |
| Production Countries: |
United States |
| Languages: |
English |
January 26th, 2024
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Substantial expansions by Oscar hopefuls and a Jenna Ortega/Martin Freeman psychological thriller probably won’t be enough to topple Mean Girls from the top of the box office chart this weekend. In fact, we will see the same top five as last weekend and the weekend before, unless something performs much better than expected.
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Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2024/02/02 |
10 |
$491,635 |
|
188 |
$2,615 |
$491,635 |
1 |
| 2024/02/09 |
13 |
$269,953 |
-45% |
194 |
$1,392 |
$1,005,928 |
2 |
| 2024/02/16 |
15 |
$195,529 |
-28% |
167 |
$1,171 |
$1,383,698 |
3 |
| 2024/02/23 |
18 |
$119,946 |
-39% |
0 |
|
$1,636,661 |
4 |
| 2024/03/01 |
- |
$66,738 |
-44% |
0 |
|
$1,774,848 |
5 |
| 2024/03/15 |
- |
$28,967 |
|
0 |
|
$1,927,773 |
7 |
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