The Butler (2013)
As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.
All Releases
Domestic (65.8%)
$116,632,095
$116,632,095
International (34.2%)
$60,681,700
$60,681,700
Worldwide
$177,313,795
$177,313,795
Domestic DistributorThe Weinstein Company
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Domestic Opening$24,637,312
Budget$30,000,000
Earliest Release DateAugust 16, 2013
(Domestic)
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 12 min
GenresBiography
Drama
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| Title | Earliest Release Date | Domestic Opening Weekend | % of Total | Theaters | Domestic 2nd Weekend | 2nd Weekend Drop | Domestic | International | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Color Purple | Dec 20, 1985 | $1.7M | 1.8% | 192 | $3.2M | +84.9% | $98.5M | – | $98.5M |
| Selma | Dec 25, 2014 | $571.5k | 1.1% | 19 | $633.2k | +10.8% | $52.1M | $15.7M | $67.8M |
| Swing Vote | Aug 1, 2008 | $6.2M | 38.2% | 2,213 | $3.1M | -49.8% | $16.3M | $1.3M | $17.6M |
| The Paperboy | Oct 5, 2012 | $102.7k | 14.8% | 11 | $96.1k | -6.4% | $693.3k | $3.1M | $3.8M |
| The Queen | Sep 14, 2006 | $122.0k | 0.2% | 3 | $401.0k | +228.7% | $56.4M | $68.5M | $124.9M |
| Daddy's Little Girls | Feb 14, 2007 | $11.2M | 35.7% | 2,111 | $4.8M | -57% | $31.4M | $242.3k | $31.6M |
| Get on Up | Aug 1, 2014 | $13.6M | 44.2% | 2,468 | $5.2M | -61.8% | $30.7M | $2.7M | $33.4M |
| Precious | Nov 6, 2009 | $1.9M | 3.9% | 18 | $5.9M | +213.7% | $47.6M | $16.1M | $63.6M |
| August: Osage County | Dec 27, 2013 | $179.3k | 0.5% | 5 | $139.9k | -22% | $37.7M | $36.5M | $74.2M |
| For Colored Girls | Nov 5, 2010 | $19.5M | 51.7% | 2,127 | $6.5M | -66.6% | $37.7M | $252.3k | $38.0M |
| Remember the Titans | Sep 29, 2000 | $20.9M | 18.1% | 1,865 | $19.2M | -8.1% | $115.7M | $21.1M | $136.8M |
| Ali | Dec 25, 2001 | $14.7M | 25.3% | 2,446 | $7.0M | -52.4% | $58.2M | $29.6M | $87.8M |
| Madea Goes to Jail | Feb 20, 2009 | $41.0M | 45.3% | 2,032 | $16.2M | -60.6% | $90.5M | – | $90.5M |
| 12 Years a Slave | Oct 18, 2013 | $923.7k | 1.6% | 19 | $2.1M | +131.1% | $56.7M | $131.1M | $187.7M |
| Madea's Big Happy Family | Apr 22, 2011 | $25.1M | 47% | 2,288 | $9.9M | -60.7% | $53.3M | $816.0k | $54.2M |
| Hidden Figures | Dec 25, 2016 | $515.5k | 0.3% | 25 | $858.2k | +66.5% | $169.6M | $66.3M | $236.0M |
| The Post | Dec 22, 2017 | $526.0k | 0.6% | 9 | $561.1k | +6.7% | $81.9M | $111.9M | $193.8M |
| W. | Oct 17, 2008 | $10.5M | 41.1% | 2,030 | $5.1M | -51.6% | $25.5M | $4.0M | $29.6M |
| Amistad | Dec 10, 1997 | $4.6M | 10.3% | 322 | $3.3M | -28.3% | $44.2M | – | $44.2M |
| The Soloist | Apr 24, 2009 | $9.7M | 30.6% | 2,024 | $5.7M | -41.8% | $31.7M | $6.6M | $38.3M |
| Primary Colors | Mar 20, 1998 | $12.0M | 30.9% | 1,965 | $7.0M | -41.8% | $39.0M | $13.1M | $52.1M |
| Bobby | Nov 17, 2006 | $69.0k | 0.6% | 2 | $4.9M | +6,936.2% | $11.2M | $9.5M | $20.7M |
| Madea's Witness Protection | Jun 29, 2012 | $25.4M | 38.7% | 2,161 | $10.2M | -59.9% | $65.7M | $1.2M | $66.9M |
| Peeples | May 10, 2013 | $4.6M | 50.3% | 2,041 | $2.2M | -53.2% | $9.2M | $130.1k | $9.3M |
| Hyde Park on Hudson | Dec 7, 2012 | $81.4k | 1.3% | 4 | $292.8k | +259.9% | $6.4M | $4.6M | $11.0M |
| JFK | Dec 20, 1991 | $5.2M | 7.4% | 1,164 | $7.4M | +42.5% | $70.4M | $135.0M | $205.4M |
| Lincoln | Nov 9, 2012 | $944.3k | 0.5% | 11 | $21.0M | +2,129.1% | $182.2M | $93.1M | $275.3M |
| The Last King of Scotland | Feb 14, 2006 | $142.9k | 0.8% | 4 | $292.7k | +104.9% | $17.6M | $31.0M | $48.6M |
| Thirteen Days | Dec 22, 2000 | $46.7k | 0.1% | 8 | – | – | $34.6M | $32.0M | $66.6M |
| Good Deeds | Feb 24, 2012 | $15.6M | 44.5% | 2,132 | $7.0M | -54.8% | $35.0M | $553.4k | $35.6M |
| The Imitation Game | Nov 14, 2014 | $479.4k | 0.5% | 4 | $389.3k | -18.8% | $91.1M | $142.4M | $233.6M |
| Eat Pray Love | Aug 13, 2010 | $23.1M | 28.7% | 3,082 | $12.1M | -47.6% | $80.6M | $124.0M | $204.6M |
| Race | Feb 19, 2016 | $7.4M | 38.3% | 2,369 | $4.1M | -44.2% | $19.2M | $5.9M | $25.1M |
| I Can Do Bad All by Myself | Sep 11, 2009 | $23.4M | 45.3% | 2,255 | $9.9M | -57.9% | $51.7M | – | $51.7M |
| Why Did I Get Married? | Oct 12, 2007 | $21.4M | 38.7% | 2,011 | $12.2M | -42.9% | $55.2M | $658.4k | $55.9M |
| Hope Springs | Aug 8, 2012 | $14.7M | 23.1% | 2,361 | $9.1M | -37.8% | $63.5M | $50.7M | $114.3M |
| Why Did I Get Married Too? | Apr 2, 2010 | $29.3M | 48.7% | 2,155 | $11.0M | -62.4% | $60.1M | $578.1k | $60.7M |
| Diary of a Mad Black Woman | Feb 25, 2005 | $21.9M | 43.3% | 1,483 | $11.0M | -49.7% | $50.6M | $19.1k | $50.7M |
| Ricki and the Flash | Aug 7, 2015 | $6.6M | 24.6% | 1,603 | $4.6M | -31.1% | $26.8M | $14.5M | $41.3M |
| Straight Outta Compton | Aug 14, 2015 | $60.2M | 37.3% | 2,757 | $26.4M | -56.2% | $161.2M | $40.4M | $201.6M |
| The Hundred-Foot Journey | Aug 7, 2014 | $11.0M | 20.2% | 2,023 | $7.2M | -34.6% | $54.2M | $36.2M | $90.4M |
| The American President | Nov 17, 1995 | $10.0M | 16.7% | 1,508 | $9.7M | -3% | $60.1M | $47.8M | $107.9M |
| Pride | Mar 23, 2007 | $3.5M | 50.1% | 1,518 | $1.4M | -59.1% | $7.1M | $37.1k | $7.1M |
| The Single Moms Club | Mar 14, 2014 | $8.1M | 50.6% | 1,896 | $3.1M | -61.6% | $16.0M | $391.6k | $16.4M |
| Florence Foster Jenkins | May 5, 2016 | $6.6M | 24.1% | 1,528 | $4.4M | -33.6% | $27.4M | $21.7M | $49.1M |
| Frost/Nixon | Dec 5, 2008 | $180.7k | 1% | 3 | $626.4k | +246.6% | $18.6M | $8.8M | $27.4M |
| Glory | Dec 14, 1989 | $63.7k | 0.2% | 3 | – | – | $27.0M | – | $27.0M |
| The Birth of a Nation | Oct 7, 2016 | $7.0M | 44.2% | 2,105 | $2.7M | -60.8% | $15.9M | $917.6k | $16.8M |
| The Help | Aug 10, 2011 | $26.0M | 15.3% | 2,534 | $20.0M | -23.1% | $169.7M | $52.1M | $221.8M |
| A Madea Christmas | Dec 13, 2013 | $16.0M | 30.5% | 2,194 | $8.4M | -47.6% | $52.5M | $853.3k | $53.4M |
| Madea's Family Reunion | Feb 24, 2006 | $30.0M | 47.5% | 2,194 | $12.6M | -57.9% | $63.3M | $50.9k | $63.4M |
| The Family That Preys | Sep 12, 2008 | $17.4M | 46.8% | 2,070 | $7.3M | -58.2% | $37.1M | – | $37.1M |
| Free State of Jones | Jun 24, 2016 | $7.6M | 36.4% | 2,815 | $4.1M | -45.3% | $20.8M | $4.2M | $25.0M |
| 42 | Apr 12, 2013 | $27.5M | 28.9% | 3,003 | $17.7M | -35.5% | $95.1M | $2.5M | $97.5M |
| Julie & Julia | Aug 6, 2009 | $20.0M | 21.3% | 2,354 | $12.1M | -39.8% | $94.1M | $35.4M | $129.5M |
| Radio | Oct 24, 2003 | $13.3M | 25.4% | 3,074 | $9.6M | -27.5% | $52.3M | $959.9k | $53.3M |
| Sparkle | Aug 17, 2012 | $11.6M | 47.7% | 2,244 | $4.0M | -65.8% | $24.4M | $240.3k | $24.6M |
| Meet the Browns | Mar 21, 2008 | $20.1M | 47.8% | 2,006 | $7.5M | -62.7% | $42.0M | – | $42.0M |
| Driving Miss Daisy | Dec 15, 1989 | $73.7k | – | 3 | – | – | $106.6M | $39.2M | $145.8M |
