For Colored Girls

Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.

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Title Summary

Grosses

Domestic (99.3%)
$37,729,698

International (0.7%)
$252,286

Worldwide
$37,981,984

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Summary Details

DistributorLionsgate
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Opening$19,497,324
2,127 theaters

Budget$21,000,000

Release DateNov 5, 2010 - Jan 20, 2011

MPAAR

Running Time2 hr 14 min

GenresDrama

In Release422 days/60 weeks

Widest Release2,127 theaters

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Date	DOW	Rank	Daily	%± YD	%± LW	Theaters	Avg	To Date	Day	Estimated
Nov 6	Saturday	3	$7,797,224	+5.2%	-	2,127	$3,665	$15,208,236	2	false
Nov 5	Friday	3	$7,411,012	-	-	2,127	$3,484	$7,411,012	1	false
Nov 7	Sunday	3	$4,289,088	-45%	-	2,127	$2,016	$19,497,324	3	false
Nov 13	Saturday	6	$2,980,489	+50.2%	-61.8%	2,127	$1,401	$29,134,786	9	false
Nov 27	Saturday	13	$593,169	+11.2%	-45.5%	605	$980	$36,328,575	23	false
Nov 12	Friday	6	$1,984,109	+28%	-73.2%	2,127	$932	$26,154,297	8	false
Nov 20	Saturday	9	$1,087,490	+67.1%	-63.5%	1,216	$894	$33,878,106	16	false
Nov 26	Friday	14	$533,329	+170.1%	-18.1%	605	$881	$35,735,406	22	false
Nov 14	Sunday	6	$1,552,682	-47.9%	-63.8%	2,127	$729	$30,687,468	10	false
Nov 11	Thursday	3	$1,550,084	+66.5%	-	2,127	$728	$24,170,188	7	false
Nov 8	Monday	3	$1,138,857	-73.4%	-	2,127	$535	$20,636,181	4	false
Nov 19	Friday	9	$650,919	+110%	-67.2%	1,216	$535	$32,790,616	15	false
Nov 9	Tuesday	3	$1,053,145	-7.5%	-	2,127	$495	$21,689,326	5	false
Nov 21	Sunday	9	$561,547	-48.4%	-63.8%	1,216	$461	$34,439,653	17	false
Nov 10	Wednesday	4	$930,778	-11.6%	-	2,127	$437	$22,620,104	6	false
Dec 4	Saturday	16	$209,375	+62.4%	-64.7%	485	$431	$37,145,960	30	false
Nov 28	Sunday	14	$235,789	-60.2%	-58%	605	$389	$36,564,364	24	false
Nov 25 Thanksgiving	Thursday	15	$197,470	+23.2%	-36.3%	605	$326	$35,202,077	21	false
Dec 11	Saturday	22	$73,205	+61.4%	-65%	243	$301	$37,499,845	37	false
Dec 3	Friday	16	$128,965	+135.2%	-75.8%	485	$265	$36,936,585	29	false
Nov 24	Wednesday	15	$160,220	-25.3%	-51.1%	605	$264	$35,004,607	20	false
Dec 5	Sunday	17	$106,063	-49.3%	-55%	485	$218	$37,252,023	31	false
Dec 18	Saturday	36	$16,488	+67.8%	-77.5%	79	$208	$37,615,039	44	false
Nov 15	Monday	6	$407,589	-73.7%	-64.2%	2,127	$191	$31,095,057	11	false
Nov 16	Tuesday	7	$407,091	-0.1%	-61.3%	2,127	$191	$31,502,148	12	false
Dec 10	Friday	21	$45,364	+44.4%	-64.8%	243	$186	$37,426,640	36	false
Nov 23	Tuesday	9	$214,507	+12.8%	-47.3%	1,216	$176	$34,844,387	19	false
Jan 1 New Year's Day	Saturday	45	$4,386	+35.1%	+114.8%	28	$156	$37,673,590	58	false
Nov 22	Monday	9	$190,227	-66.1%	-53.3%	1,216	$156	$34,629,880	18	false
Nov 17	Wednesday	7	$327,514	-19.5%	-64.8%	2,127	$153	$31,829,662	13	false
Nov 18	Thursday	7	$310,035	-5.3%	-80%	2,127	$145	$32,139,697	14	false
Dec 19	Sunday	37	$11,006	-33.2%	-67.2%	79	$139	$37,626,045	45	false
Dec 12	Sunday	26	$33,576	-54.1%	-68.3%	243	$138	$37,533,421	38	false
Dec 17	Friday	37	$9,828	-28.7%	-78.3%	79	$124	$37,598,551	43	false
Jan 8	Saturday	42	$2,565	+82.7%	-41.5%	21	$122	$37,685,121	65	false
Nov 29	Monday	15	$72,141	-69.4%	-62.1%	605	$119	$36,636,505	25	false
Dec 31 New Year's Eve	Friday	44	$3,246	-20.9%	+73.6%	28	$115	$37,669,204	57	false
Jan 2	Sunday	45	$3,184	-27.4%	-12.7%	28	$113	$37,676,774	59	false
Dec 30	Thursday	44	$4,105	+11.7%	+42.7%	39	$105	$37,665,958	56	false
Nov 30	Tuesday	15	$63,459	-12%	-70.4%	605	$104	$36,699,964	26	false
Jan 15	Saturday	38	$11,402	+87.7%	+344.5%	111	$102	$37,705,080	72	false
Dec 28	Tuesday	42	$3,795	+8.7%	-38.6%	39	$97	$37,658,179	54	false
Dec 29	Wednesday	43	$3,674	-3.2%	+18%	39	$94	$37,661,853	55	false
Dec 26	Sunday	42	$3,646	+78.6%	-66.9%	39	$93	$37,650,894	52	false
Dec 2	Thursday	15	$54,840	+3.8%	-72.2%	605	$90	$36,807,620	28	false
Dec 27	Monday	42	$3,490	-4.3%	-31.8%	39	$89	$37,654,384	53	false
Jan 16	Sunday	38	$9,780	-14.2%	+748.2%	111	$88	$37,714,860	73	false
Dec 1	Wednesday	15	$52,816	-16.8%	-67%	605	$87	$36,752,780	27	false
Dec 21	Tuesday	37	$6,180	+20.7%	-54.8%	79	$78	$37,637,346	47	false
Dec 7	Tuesday	18	$34,093	+5.4%	-46.3%	485	$70	$37,318,472	33	false
Jan 7	Friday	42	$1,404	+50.2%	-56.7%	21	$66	$37,682,556	64	false
Dec 6	Monday	17	$32,356	-69.5%	-55.1%	485	$66	$37,284,379	32	false
Dec 20	Monday	38	$5,121	-53.5%	-64.2%	79	$64	$37,631,166	46	false
Dec 9	Thursday	20	$31,413	<0.1%	-42.7%	485	$64	$37,381,276	35	false
Dec 8	Wednesday	18	$31,391	-7.9%	-40.6%	485	$64	$37,349,863	34	false
Jan 17 MLK Day	Monday	37	$7,089	-27.5%	+2,841.5%	111	$63	$37,721,949	74	false
Dec 13	Monday	26	$14,290	-57.4%	-55.8%	243	$58	$37,547,711	39	false
Dec 16	Thursday	28	$13,793	+1.9%	-56.1%	243	$56	$37,588,723	42	false
Dec 14	Tuesday	27	$13,686	-4.2%	-59.9%	243	$56	$37,561,397	40	false
Dec 15	Wednesday	26	$13,533	-1.1%	-56.9%	243	$55	$37,574,930	41	false
Jan 9	Sunday	43	$1,153	-55%	-63.8%	21	$54	$37,686,274	66	false
Jan 14	Friday	39	$6,076	+1,115.2%	+332.8%	111	$54	$37,693,678	71	false
Dec 25 Christmas Day	Saturday	42	$2,042	+9.2%	-87.6%	39	$52	$37,647,248	51	false
Jan 3	Monday	45	$1,385	-56.5%	-60.3%	28	$49	$37,678,159	60	false
Jan 4	Tuesday	45	$1,106	-20.1%	-70.9%	28	$39	$37,679,265	61	false
Dec 22	Wednesday	41	$3,114	-49.6%	-77%	79	$39	$37,640,460	48	false
Dec 23	Thursday	43	$2,876	-7.6%	-79.1%	79	$36	$37,643,336	49	false
Jan 5	Wednesday	44	$952	-13.9%	-74.1%	28	$34	$37,680,217	62	false
Jan 6	Thursday	44	$935	-1.8%	-77.2%	28	$33	$37,681,152	63	false
Jan 18	Tuesday	37	$2,746	-61.3%	+1,073.5%	111	$24	$37,724,695	75	false
Jan 13	Thursday	41	$500	+41.6%	-46.5%	21	$23	$37,687,602	70	false
Dec 24	Friday	43	$1,870	-35%	-81%	79	$23	$37,645,206	50	false
Jan 20	Thursday	37	$2,579	+6.4%	+415.8%	111	$23	$37,729,698	77	false
Jan 19	Wednesday	38	$2,424	-11.7%	+586.7%	111	$21	$37,727,119	76	false
Jan 12	Wednesday	42	$353	+50.9%	-62.9%	21	$16	$37,687,102	69	false
Jan 10	Monday	42	$241	-79.1%	-82.6%	21	$11	$37,686,515	67	false
Jan 11	Tuesday	42	$234	-2.9%	-78.8%	21	$11	$37,686,749	68	false