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Top-Grossing Films ($100+M)

with African-American

Lead Actors or Themes from the 

African-American or African Diaspora

Black Panther

(2018)

Director: Ryan Coogler

Estimated Budget: $200,000,000


Domestic:

$700,426,566 

 

International:

$647,171,407


Worldwide:

$1,347,597,973

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The Lion King
(1994)

Directors: 
Roger Allers, Rob Minko

Estimated Budget:

$45,000,000


Domestic:

$422,783,777

 

International:

$660,937,100


Worldwide:

$1,083,720,877

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

(2017)

Director: Jake Kasdan

Estimated Budget:

$90,000,000


Domestic:

$404,540,171

 

International:

$558,002,774


Worldwide:

$962,542,945

Hancock 

(2008)

Director: Peter Berg

Estimated Budget: $150,000,000


Domestic:

$227,946,274

 

International:

$396,440,472


Worldwide:

$624,386,746

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I Am Legend

(2007)

Director: Francis Lawrence

Estimated Budget:

$150,000,000


Domestic:

$256,393,010

 

International:

$328,156,000


Total Gross:

$585,349,010

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Bad Boys For Life
(2020)

Directors: 
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah 

Estimated Budget:

$90,000,000


Domestic:

$206,305,244

 

International:

$220,200,000


Total Gross:

$426,505,244

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Django Unchained

(2012)

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Estimated Budget:

$100,000,000


Domestic:

$162,805,434

 

International:

$262,562,804


Worldwide:

$425,368,238

The Bodyguard

(1992)

Director: Mick Jackson

Estimated Budget:

$25,000,000


Domestic:

$122,006,740

 

International:

$289,000,000


Total Gross:

$411,006,740

The Pursuit of Happyness

(2006)

Director: Gabrielle Muccino

Estimated Budget:

$55,000,000


Domestic:

$163,566,459

 

International:

$143,510,836


Worldwide:

$307,077,295

Beverly Hills Cop 2

(1987)

Director: Tony Scott

Estimated Budget:

$28,000,000


Domestic:

$153,665,036

 

International:

$146,300,000


Total Gross:

$299,965,036

Coming to America

(1988)

Director: John Landis

Estimated Budget:

$39,000,000


Domestic:

$128,152,301

 

International:

$160,600,000


Worldwide:

$288,752,301

The Nutty Professor

(1996)

Director: Tom Shadyac

Estimated Budget:

$54,000,000


Domestic:

$128,814,019

 

International:

$145,147,000


Total Gross:

$273,961,019

Bad Boys II

(2003)

Director: Michael Bay

Estimated Budget:

$130,000,000


Domestic:

$138,608,444

 

International:

$134,731,112


Worldwide:

$273,339,556

American Gangster

(2007)

Director: Ridley Scott

Estimated Budget:

$100,000,000


Domestic:

$130,164,645

 

International:

$136,300,392


Total Gross:

$266,465,037

Get Out

(2017)

Director: Jordan Peele

Estimated Budget:

$4,500,000


Domestic:

$176,040,665

 

International:

$79,548,492


Worldwide:

$255,589,157

Us

(2019)

Director: Jordan Peele

Estimated Budget:

$20,000,000


Domestic:

$175,084,580

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International:

$76,600,000


Worldwide:

$255,184,580

Hidden Figures

(2016)

Director: Theodore Melfi

Estimated Budget:

$25,000,000


Domestic:

$169,607,287

 

Foreign:

$66,349,611


Worldwide:

$235,956,898

Sister Act

(1992)

Director: Emile Ardo

Estimated Budget:

$31,000,000


Domestic:

$139,605,150

 

Foreign:

$92,000,000


Total Gross:

$231,605,150

Central Intelligence

(2016)

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber

Estimated Budget:

$50,000,000


Domestic:

$127,440,871

 

Foreign:

$89,531,672


Worldwide:

$216,972,543

The Help

(2011)

Director: Tate Taylor

Estimated Budget:

$25,000,000


Domestic:

$169,708,112

 

Foreign:

$46,931,000


Total Gross:

$216,639,112

Creed II

(2018)

Director: Steven Caple, Jr.

Estimated Budget:

$50,000,000


Domestic:

$115,715,889

 

International:

$98,500,000


Worldwide:

$214,215,889

Safe House

(2012)

Director: Daniel Espinosa

Estimated Budget:

$85,000,000


Domestic:

$126,373,434

 

International:

$81,702,771


Total Gross:

$208,076,205

Straight Outta Compton

(2015)

Director: F. Gary Gray

Estimated Budget:

$28,000,000


Domestic:

$161,197,785

 

Foreign:

$40,437,206


Worldwide:

$201,634,991

The Pelican Brief

(1993)

Director: Alan J. Pakula

Estimated Budget:

$45,000,000


Domestic:

$100,768,056

 

Foreign:

$94,500,000


Total Gross:

$195,268,056

The Equalizer

(2014)

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Estimated Budget:

$55,000,000


Domestic:

$101,530,738

 

Foreign:

$90,800,000


Worldwide:

$192,330,738

The Equalizer II

(2018)

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Estimated Budget:

$62,000,000


Domestic:

$102,084,362

 

Foreign:

$88,315,795


Total Gross:

$190,400,157

12 Years a Slave

(2013)

Director: Steve McQueen

Estimated Budget:

$20,000,000


Domestic:

$56,671,993

 

Foreign:

$131,061,209


Worldwide:

$187,733,202

Inside Man

(2006)

Director: Spike Lee

Estimated Budget:

$45,000,000


Domestic:

$88,513,495

 

Foreign:

$95,862,759

​

Worldwide:

$184,376,254

The Butler

(2013)

Director: Lee Daniels

Estimated Budget:

$45,000,000


Domestic:

$116,632,095

 

Foreign:

$59,966,813


Worldwide:

$176,598,908

Big Momma's House

(2000)

Director: Raja Gosnell

Estimated Budget:

$30,000,000


Domestic:

$117,559,438

 

Foreign:

$56,400,000

​

Worldwide:

$173,959,438

Creed

(2015)

Director: Ryan Coogler

Estimated Budget:

$35,000,000


Domestic:

$109,767,581

 

Foreign:

$63,800,000

​

Worldwide:

$173,567,581

The Nutty Professor II: The  Klumps

(2006)

Director: Peter Segal

Estimated Budget:

$84,000,000


Domestic:

$123,309,890

 

Foreign:

$43,030,000


Worldwide:

$166,339,890

The Book of Eli

(2010)

Directors:
Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes

Estimated Budget:

$80,000,000


Domestic:

$94,835,059

 

Foreign:

$62,272,696


Worldwide:

$157,107,755

Blade II

(2002)

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Estimated Budget:

$54,000,000


Domestic:

$82,348,319

 

Foreign:

$72,661,713


Worldwide:

$155,010,032

Dreamgirls

(2006)

Director: Bill Condon

Estimated Budget:

$45,000,000


Domestic:

$103,365,956

 

Foreign:

$51,571,724


Worldwide:

$154,937,680

Ride Along

(2014)

Director: Tim Story

Estimated Budget:

$25,000,000


Domestic:

$134,938,200

 

Foreign:

$19,530,702


Worldwide:

$154,468,902

The Bone Collector

(1999)

Director: Phillip Noyce

Estimated Budget:

$73,000,000


Domestic:

$66,518,655

 

Foreign:

$84,975,000


Worldwide:

$151,493,655

Bad Boys

(1995)

Director: Michael Bay

Estimated Budget:

$19,000,000


Domestic:

$65,807,024

 

Foreign:

$75,600,000


Worldwide:

$141,407,024

Girls Trip

(2017)

Director: Malcolm D. Lee

Estimated Budget:

$19,000,000


Domestic:

$115,171,585

 

Foreign:

$25,378,951


Worldwide:

$140,550,536

Big Momma's House 2

(2006)

Director: John Whitesell

Estimated Budget:

$40,000,000


Domestic:

$70,165,972

 

Foreign:

$68,093,090

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Worldwide:

$138,259,062

A Wrinkle in Time

(2018)

Director: Ava DuVernay

Estimated Budget:

$100,000,000


Domestic:

$100,478,608

 

Foreign:

$32,197,256


Worldwide:

$132,675,864

Blade

(1998)

Director: Stephen Norrington

Estimated Budget:

$45,000,000


Domestic:

$70,087,718

 

Foreign:

$61,095,812


Worldwide:

$131,183,530

Boomerang

(1992)

Director: Reginald Hudlin

Estimated Budget:

$42,000,000


Domestic:

$70,052,444

 

Foreign:

$61,000,000


Worldwide:

$131,052,444

Man of Fire

(2004)

Director: Tony Scott

Estimated Budget:

$70,000,000


Domestic:

$77,911,774

 

Foreign:

$52,381,940


Worldwide:

$130,293,714

Blade: Trinity

(2004)

Director: David S. Goyer

Estimated Budget:

$65,000,000


Domestic:

$52,411,906

 

Foreign:

$76,493,460


Worldwide:

$128,905,366

Ray

(2004)

Director: T

Estimated Budget:

$40,000,000


Domestic:

$75,331,600

 

Foreign:

$49,399,934


Worldwide:

$124,605,297

Ride Along 2

(2016)

Director: Tim Story

Estimated Budget:

$40,000,000


Domestic:

$91,221,830

 

Foreign:

$33,383,467


Worldwide:

$124,605,297

Beverly Hills Cop III

(1994)

Director: John Landis

Estimated Budget:

$50,000,000


Domestic:

$42,614,912

 

Foreign:

$76,594,077


Worldwide:

$119,208,989

Blue Streak

(1999)

Director: Les Mayfield

Estimated Budget:

$65,000,000


Domestic:

$68,518,533

 

Foreign:

$49,239,967


Worldwide:

$117,758,500

White Chicks

(2004)

Director: Keenan Ivory Wayans

Estimated Budget:

$37,000,000


Domestic:

$70,831,760

 

Foreign:

$42,254,715


Worldwide:

$113,086,475

Shaft

(2000)

Director: John Singleton

Estimated Budget:

$46,000,000


Domestic:

$70,334,258

 

Foreign:

$36,862,240


Worldwide:

$107,196,498

Training Day

(2001)

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Estimated Budget:

$45,000,000


Domestic:

$76,631,907

 

Foreign:

$28,244,326


Worldwide:

$104,876,233

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