Meet the women you don't know, behind the mission you do.

Hidden Figures

Name: Hidden Figures
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2016-12-10
Duration: 127 min
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst

Hollywood20162h 7mEnglishTop 72% of Hollywood budgets

74Standing

178th of 1,098 in Hollywood

Reported gross: 64
Return on budget: 90
Audience rating: 96
Momentum: 58

Out-grossed 64% of Hollywood releases with reported figures ($236M).
Returned 9.4× its budget, against an industry median of 3.1×.
Momentum in the 58th percentile.
Audience rating 8 from 10,707 votes, the 96th percentile.

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Cost: $25M
Took: $236M

Against a Hollywood median of 3.1×, so this one returned 3.0 times what a typical release there does.

The money says blockbuster. What do you say?

The picture

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

Released: 10 December 2016
Runtime: 2h 7m
Language: English
Industry: Hollywood

Top billedAll 27 credits

Taraji P. HensonKatherine G. Johnson
Octavia SpencerDorothy Vaughan
Janelle MonáeMary Jackson
Kevin CostnerAl Harrison
Kirsten DunstVivian Mitchell
Jim ParsonsPaul Stafford

Made by

Director: Theodore Melfi
Screenplay: Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi
Original Music Composer: Benjamin Wallfisch, Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams
Director of Photography: Mandy Walker
Producer: Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Theodore Melfi, Pharrell Williams, Donna Gigliotti

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