One dream can change the world.
Selma
77Standing
32nd of 226 in British Cinema
- Out-grossed 79% of British Cinema releases with reported figures ($67M).
- Returned 3.3× its budget, against an industry median of 1.7×.
- Momentum in the 68th percentile.
- Audience rating 7.4 from 2,372 votes, the 86th percentile.
- Cost
- $20M
- Took
- $67M
Blockbuster3.3× its cost
Against a British Cinema median of 1.7×, so this one returned 1.9 times what a typical release there does.
The money says blockbuster. What do you say?
The picture
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
- Released
- 25 December 2014
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Language
- English
- Industry
- British Cinema
Top billedAll 24 credits
- David OyelowoDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Carmen EjogoCoretta Scott King
- Tom WilkinsonPresident Lyndon B. Johnson
- Giovanni RibisiLee White
- Tim RothGov. George Wallace
- André HollandAndrew Young
Made by
- Director
- Ava DuVernay
- Writer
- Paul Webb, Ava DuVernay
- Original Music Composer
- Jason Moran
- Director of Photography
- Bradford Young
- Producer
- Dede Gardner, Oprah Winfrey, Jeremy Kleiner, Christian Colson
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