The Steve Harvey comedy made $18 million, according to studio estimates from box-office tracking firm Hollywood.com. The encore weekend lifted the $12 million film's overall revenue to $60.9 million, more than twice what analysts anticipated. So, what does that mean for Black Hollywood overall? Souleo of Black Enterprise had the chance to talk to the film's director Datari Turner, and here are some of his thoughts:
"I think it definitely helps Black Hollywood and Black films continue to get made. Now in Hollywood 70-80% of profits come from overseas. One thing Hollywood tells you is that Black films don’t translate well overseas. So when it can do that domestically it shows that we have an audience if the quality is there ..."
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Source: USA Today
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