The Boys of Baraka
Twenty 12-year-old black boys from one of the most violent ghettos in Baltimore, Maryland, are taken 10,000 miles away to an experimental boarding school in rural Kenya, to try to take advantage of the educational opportunities they can't get in their own country.
DistributorTHINKFilm
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Opening$9,705
1 theaters
1 theaters
Release DateNov 30, 2005
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May 4, 2006
MPAAR
Running Time1 hr 24 min
GenresDocumentary
In Release397 days/56 weeks
Widest Release9 theaters
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| Date | Rank | Weekend | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Avg | To Date | Weekend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17-19 Torino Olympics | 59 | $30,225 | +89.8% | 5 | +3 | $6,045 | $132,803 | 12 |
| Feb 17-20 Presidents' Day wknd Torino Olympics | 60 | $37,164 | - | 5 | - | $7,432 | $139,742 | - |
| Feb 10-12 Torino Olympics | 62 | $15,921 | +1,717.5% | 2 | +1 | $7,960 | $90,758 | 11 |
| Dec 2-4 Post-Thanksgiving | 65 | $9,705 | - | 1 | - | $9,705 | $12,800 | 1 |
| Feb 24-26 Torino Olympics | 67 | $26,444 | -12.5% | 7 | +2 | $3,777 | $175,410 | 13 |
| Mar 3-5 | 67 | $23,212 | -12.2% | 6 | -1 | $3,868 | $206,907 | 14 |
| Mar 10-12 | 69 | $20,254 | -12.7% | 7 | +1 | $2,893 | $237,814 | 15 |
| Dec 9-11 | 69 | $9,955 | +2.6% | 1 | - | $9,955 | $29,685 | 2 |
| Dec 30-Jan 2, 2006 New Year's long wknd | 70 | $3,915 | - | 1 | - | $3,915 | $48,567 | - |
| Dec 30-Jan 1, 2006 | 70 | $2,890 | +87.7% | 1 | - | $2,890 | $47,542 | 5 |
| Mar 17-19 | 74 | $15,474 | -23.6% | 7 | - | $2,210 | $262,978 | 16 |
| Dec 23-25 | 74 | $1,540 | -35.3% | 1 | - | $1,540 | $42,207 | 4 |
| Dec 23-26 Christmas long wknd | 76 | $2,130 | - | 1 | - | $2,130 | $42,797 | - |
| Mar 24-26 | 78 | $10,827 | -30% | 6 | -1 | $1,804 | $281,858 | 17 |
| Dec 16-18 | 81 | $2,380 | -76.1% | 1 | - | $2,380 | $38,100 | 3 |
| Jan 20-22 | 84 | $3,869 | - | 1 | - | $3,869 | $69,249 | 8 |
| Mar 31-Apr 2 | 87 | $7,627 | -29.6% | 7 | +1 | $1,089 | $295,941 | 18 |
| Apr 7-9 | 93 | $4,981 | -34.7% | 6 | -1 | $830 | $305,471 | 19 |
| Jan 27-29 | 96 | $1,035 | -73.2% | 2 | +1 | $517 | $73,244 | 9 |
| Apr 14-16 | 99 | $4,577 | -8.1% | 8 | +2 | $572 | $313,816 | 20 |
| Feb 3-5 | 106 | $876 | -15.4% | 1 | -1 | $876 | $74,402 | 10 |
| Apr 28-30 | 107 | $2,912 | +57.8% | 6 | +2 | $485 | $322,386 | 22 |
| Apr 21-23 | 110 | $1,845 | -59.7% | 4 | -4 | $461 | $318,029 | 21 |
