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Hustle & Flow

2005 • R • 1h 56m • Crime, Drama, Music • Paramount Vantage

Everybody gotta have a dream.

🍅 83% 83% MC 68 LB 3.62 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$8.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$22.2M
Final
Worldwide Total
$23.6M
$1.4M international
Domestic Legs2.8x
Budget$2.8M
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Cast & Crew

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Craig Brewer Craig Brewer Director Terrence Howard Terrence Howard Starring Anthony Anderson Anthony Anderson Starring Taryn Manning Taryn Manning Starring Taraji P. Henson Taraji P. Henson Starring DJ Qualls DJ Qualls Starring
ScreenplayCraig Brewer Produced byJohn Singleton, Stephanie Allain CinematographyAmy Vincent Prod. DesignKeith Brian Burns StudioParamount Vantage
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 22-24 7 $8.0M — 1,013 $7,915 $8.0M
2 Jul 29-31 11 $4.0M −49.7% 1,015 $3,970 $14.6M
3 Aug 5-7 12 $2.5M −37.7% 1,016 $2,469 $18.7M
4 Aug 12-14 17 $961.5K −61.7% 810 $1,187 $20.7M
5 Aug 19-21 23 $359.8K −62.6% 420 $857 $21.4M
6 Aug 26-28 31 $179.3K −50.2% 266 $674 $21.8M
7 Sep 2-5 36 $97.1K −45.9% 122 $796 $21.9M
8 Sep 9-11 38 $79.2K −18.4% 157 $505 $22.0M
9 Sep 16-18 48 $49.5K −37.5% 110 $450 $22.1M
10 Sep 23-25 67 $20.1K −59.3% 51 $395 $22.2M
11 Sep 30-Oct 2 77 $10.5K −47.7% 22 $479 $22.2M
12 Oct 7-9 98 $3.2K −69.4% 9 $358 $22.2M
13 Oct 14-16 100 $2.6K −20.1% 5 $515 $22.2M
14 Oct 21-23 119 $1.2K −51.9% 3 $413 $22.2M
15 Oct 28-30 110 $1.4K +17.0% 5 $290 $22.2M
16 Nov 4-6 118 $747 −48.5% 5 $149 $22.2M
17 Nov 11-13 130 $366 −51.0% 2 $183 $22.2M
18 Nov 18-20 133 $150 −59.0% 1 $150 $22.2M
19 Nov 25-27 128 $162 +8.0% 2 $81 $22.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $20.1K
$8.0M
$4.0M
$2.5M
$961.5K
$359.8K
$179.3K
$97.1K
$79.2K
$49.5K
$20.1K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −59.3%
−49.7%
W1→2
−37.7%
W2→3
−61.7%
W3→4
−62.6%
W4→5
−50.2%
W5→6
−45.9%
W6→7
−18.4%
W7→8
−37.5%
W8→9
−59.3%
W9→10
Steepest −62.6%Best hold −18.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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