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When we say black movies, what movies come to your mind
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Do you think of classics like Friday, Coming to America, or Boys in the Hood
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Those movies are definitely classics, but did they perform well at the box office
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Today on The Five, we'll talk about the 5 highest grossing black movies of all time
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Hi, my name is Jared and welcome to The Five where we share 5 interesting things in black
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The movies that we are even considering for this list had to have a majority black cast
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We will start with number 5 and go down this list. Number 5, Big Mama's House
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In 2000, Martin Lawrence landed a huge comedy hit by the name of Big Mama's House
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Lawrence stars as an FBI agent Malcolm Turner who is tasked with a covert
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operation of disguising as an elderly woman to get information on a case he's
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investigating. Although the film received mostly negative reviews from critics it became a box office hit. When it was released on June 2nd 2000 it garnered
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the number two spot in North America It ended up earning 118 million domestically and 174 million worldwide Big Mama House is the first installment in the Big Mama trilogy
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It was followed by Big Mama's House 2 and Big Mama's Like Father Like Son
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However, the latter two were not the box office success the first one was
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Number 4, Coming to America. Coming to America is one unforgettable movie, and probably Eddie Murphy's best role yet
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The romantic comedy hit theaters on June 29, 1988, and transformed comedy movies forever
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Eddie Murphy plays Hakeem Joffer, the crown prince of the fictional African nation Zamunda
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and travels to the U.S. for an adventure with his best friend
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The film also features Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Sherry Headley and more
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Coming to America debuted at the number one spot when released. It earned $128 million domestically and $289 million worldwide
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It was the third highest earning film that year at the U.S. box office
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Number 3, American Gangster. American Gangster is a semi-fictional film based on the criminal career of
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Frank Lucas a gangster from North Carolina who smuggled heroin into the United States on service planes returning from the Vietnam War Denzel Washington plays the role of Lucas in the 2007 film that was initially based on a New York Magazine story about the crime boss titled The Return of Superfly
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American Gangster was released on November 2, 2007 and came in at the number one spot at the U.S. box office
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By the time the film finished its box office run, it had earned over $130 million domestically
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It went on to earn $266 million worldwide. So for the number two spot, we have two films that technically should have been in the number two and number three spot
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But we put them together because they are Bad Boys for Life and Bad Boys 2
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And when you thought they were done, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence came back again to show they were the kings of the box office with their hit Bad Boys for Life, which earned over $200 million domestically and $425 million internationally
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Those numbers beat out their previous hit Bad Boys 2, which earned $139 million in the U.S. and $273 million worldwide
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Talks of a third Bad Boys movie have been in the news since 2008 but the film finally landed in theaters in 2020 Bad Boys for Life was initially estimated to earn between and million in its
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opening weekend, but it went on to earn $37.4 million over the four-day weekend
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It remained at the number one spot at the US box office for three weeks
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And number one, you guessed it, Black Panther. It was a cultural phenomenon like no other when Black Panther hit theaters in 2018
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The 18th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe told the story of T'Challa, the new king of
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Wakanda who is challenged by Killamonger who wants to take the country on a whole new path
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Black Panther was released on February 16th to massive critical and audience praise
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It earned $700 million domestically and over $1.3 billion internationally. It became the highest grossing film by a black director, the 9th highest grossing film of
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all time, and the 2nd highest grossing film of 2018. Are you surprised by this list
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Let us know in the comments and if we left out your favorite black movie, list it below
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That's it for this episode of the 5. We'll be back with another episode in black culture and society
