The Help
280th of 1,098 in Hollywood
- Out-grossed 61% of Hollywood releases with reported figures ($217M).
- Returned 8.7× its budget, against an industry median of 3.1×.
- Momentum in the 28th percentile.
- Audience rating 8.2 from 9,322 votes, the 98th percentile.
- Cost
- $25M
- Took
- $217M
Against a Hollywood median of 3.1×, so this one returned 2.8 times what a typical release there does.
The money says blockbuster. What do you say?
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.
- Released
- 9 August 2011
- Runtime
- 2h 26m
- Language
- English
- Industry
- Hollywood
- Emma StoneSkeeter Phelan
- Viola DavisAibileen Clark
- Bryce Dallas HowardHilly Holbrook
- Octavia SpencerMinny Jackson
- Jessica ChastainCelia Foote
- Ahna O'ReillyElizabeth Leefolt
- Director
- Tate Taylor
- Screenplay
- Tate Taylor
- Original Music Composer
- Thomas Newman
- Director of Photography
- Stephen Goldblatt
- Producer
- Chris Columbus, Brunson Green, Michael Barnathan