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Lee Daniels' The Butler

Lee Daniels' The Butler

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  • PG-13, 2 hr. 6 min.
  • Drama
  • Directed By:
    Lee Daniels
    In Theaters:
    Aug 16, 2013 Wide
  • The Weinstein Company

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Latest News on Lee Daniels' The Butler

September 2, 2013

Box Office Guru Wrapup: Summer Closes with Butler Topping Record Labor Day Opens in new window

Moviegoers ended their summer by spreading dollars across a wide variety of films helping the North American box office deliver a record-breaking Labor Day holiday frame. An astonishing 26 different films grossed more than $1M over the Friday-to-Monday weekend with two of them making a legitimate claim to the number one spot. Traditionally, the holiday is judged by the four-day period which saw the popular White House drama The Butler spend its third consecutive term in the top position. However over the three-day Friday-to-Sunday period, the rapidly-eroding boy band doc One Direction: This Is Us was the leader. Regardless, the box office broke the old Labor Day weekend record set back in 2007 as the Top 20 grossed over $140M across four days. More...

August 25, 2013

Box Office Guru Wrapup: The Butler Holds on to Top Spot Opens in new window

This weekend, the historical drama Lee Daniels' The Butler easily won a second term as commander-in-chief of the North American box office, beating out three new releases that each opened in the single-digit millions. Forest Whitaker's White House saga declined by only 31% in its sophomore session to an estimated $17M, pushing the ten-day total to an impressive $52.3M and putting it on track to break the $100M mark and become one of the top five grossing films ever for its distributor. More...

August 18, 2013

Box Office Guru Wrapup: What Won the Weekend? The Butler Did It! Opens in new window

The annual late-summer funk hit the North American box office with only one of the frame's four new wide releases connecting with audiences. The potential Oscar contender Lee Daniels' The Butler surprised many with its number one opening grossing an estimated $25M. The PG-13 film averaged a strong $8,527 from 2,933 theaters and was the only wide release this weekend to gross more than $20M or generate an average above $6,000.

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August 15, 2013

Critics Consensus: Kick-Ass 2 Misses the Target; Lee Daniels' The Butler is Moving and Well-Acted Opens in new window

This week at the movies, we've got teenage superheroes (Kick-Ass 2, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Chloe Grace Moretz); a White House domestic worker (Lee Daniels' The Butler, starring Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey); corporate killers (Paranoia, starring Liam Hemsworth and Gary Oldman); and a tech titan (Jobs, starring Ashton Kutcher and Dermot Mulroney). What do the critics have to say? More...

August 15, 2013

Parental Guidance: Lee Daniels' The Butler, Paranoia and Jobs Opens in new window

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August 14, 2013

Why Lee Daniels' The Butler Has 41 Producers Opens in new window

"In Hollywood, no one wants to step up to the plate to support African-American films." More...

July 3, 2013

Warner Bros. Wins Legal Battle Over The Butler Opens in new window

After a round of arbitration, they've wrested the name away from the Weinstein Company. More...

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