Black Films Score Big Box Office in 2013

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Lee Daniels' The Butler

Director: Lee Daniels
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, Jane Fonda, James Marsden, David Oyelowo, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber, Robin Williams, Minka Kelly, Mariah Carey, Alex Pettyfer
U.S. release date: Aug. 16, 2013
Domestic box office total: $115,577,562 

The Best Man Holiday

Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Starring: Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long, Harold Perrineau
U.S. release date: Nov. 15, 2013
Domestic box office total: $52,309,455

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Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor

Director: Tyler Perry
Starring: Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Vanessa Williams, Lance Gross, Brandy Norwood, Kim Kardashian, Robbie Jones
U.S. release date: March 29, 2013
Domestic box office total: $51,975,354

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Black Nativity

Director: Kasi Lemmons
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Tyrese Gibson, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson
U.S. release date: Nov. 27, 2013
Domestic box office total: n/a

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Baggage Claim

Director: David E. Talbert
Starring: Paula Patton, Derek Luke, Taye Diggs, Adam Brody, Djimon Hounsou, Jill Scott
U.S. release date: Sept. 27, 2013
Domestic box office total: $21,508,061

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Fruitvale Station

Director: Ryan Coogler
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Melonie Diaz
U.S. release date: July 12, 2013
Domestic box office total: $16,101,339

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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Director: Justin Chadwick
Starring: Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Terry Pheto
U.S. release date: Nov. 29, 2013
Domestic box office total: n/a

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12 Years a Slave

Director: Steve McQueen
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Micahel K. Williams, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Sarah Paulson, Alfre Woodard, Paul Giamatti 
U.S. release date: Nov. 8, 2013
Domestic box office total: $30,118,146

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Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas

Director: Tyler Perry
Starring: Tyler Perry, Chad Michael Murray, Tika Sumpter
U.S. release date: Dec. 13, 2013
Domestic box office total: n/a

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Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain

Director: Leslie Small, Tim Story
Starring: Kevin Hart, Karry Ratchford, Will “Spank” Horton
U.S. release date: July 3, 2013
Domestic box office total: $32,244,051

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Director: Brian Helgeland
Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Alan Tudyk, Christopher Meloni, Lucas Black, John C. McGinley, T.R. Knight
U.S. release date: April 12, 2013
Domestic box office total: $95,020,213 

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