The Help (2011)
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
All Releases
Domestic (76.5%)
$169,708,112
$169,708,112
International (23.5%)
$52,094,074
$52,094,074
Worldwide
$221,802,186
$221,802,186
Domestic DistributorWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
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Domestic Opening$26,044,590
Budget$25,000,000
Earliest Release DateAugust 10, 2011
(Domestic)
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 26 min
GenresDrama
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| Freedom Writers | Jan 5, 2007 | $9.4M | 25.7% | 1,360 | $7.3M | -22.1% | $36.6M | $6.5M | $43.1M |
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| Wild | Dec 3, 2014 | $606.8k | 1.6% | 21 | $1.5M | +152.3% | $37.9M | $14.6M | $52.5M |
| Get on Up | Aug 1, 2014 | $13.6M | 44.2% | 2,468 | $5.2M | -61.8% | $30.7M | $2.7M | $33.4M |
| 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 |
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| Good Deeds | Feb 24, 2012 | $15.6M | 44.5% | 2,132 | $7.0M | -54.8% | $35.0M | $553.4k | $35.6M |
| Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Jun 7, 2002 | $16.2M | 23.2% | 2,507 | $8.9M | -45.1% | $69.6M | $4.2M | $73.8M |
| Hope Springs | Aug 8, 2012 | $14.7M | 23.1% | 2,361 | $9.1M | -37.8% | $63.5M | $50.7M | $114.3M |
| The Hundred-Foot Journey | Aug 7, 2014 | $11.0M | 20.2% | 2,023 | $7.2M | -34.6% | $54.2M | $36.2M | $90.4M |
| 42 | Apr 12, 2013 | $27.5M | 28.9% | 3,003 | $17.7M | -35.5% | $95.1M | $2.5M | $97.5M |
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Jun 1, 2005 | $9.8M | 25.2% | 2,583 | $5.7M | -41.9% | $39.1M | $3.0M | $42.0M |
| Florence Foster Jenkins | May 5, 2016 | $6.6M | 24.1% | 1,528 | $4.4M | -33.6% | $27.4M | $21.7M | $49.1M |
| Ricki and the Flash | Aug 7, 2015 | $6.6M | 24.6% | 1,603 | $4.6M | -31.1% | $26.8M | $14.5M | $41.3M |
| Driving Miss Daisy | Dec 15, 1989 | $73.7k | – | 3 | – | – | $106.6M | $39.2M | $145.8M |
| Black or White | Jan 30, 2015 | $6.2M | 28.8% | 1,823 | $4.5M | -27% | $21.6M | $262.8k | $21.8M |
| Secretariat | Oct 8, 2010 | $12.7M | 21.3% | 3,072 | $9.3M | -26.6% | $59.7M | $607.9k | $60.3M |
| The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Aug 15, 2012 | $10.8M | 20.9% | 2,598 | $7.1M | -34.2% | $51.9M | $4.2M | $56.0M |
| People Like Us | Jun 29, 2012 | $4.3M | 34.2% | 2,055 | $2.2M | -48.4% | $12.4M | $124.2k | $12.6M |
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