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In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.

Grosses

Domestic (97.5%)
$95,020,213
Summary Details
DistributorWarner Bros.
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Opening$27,487,144
3,003 theaters
Budget$40,000,000
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 8 min
GenresBiography Drama Sport
In Release264 days/37 weeks
Widest Release3,405 theaters
DateDOW RankDaily %± YD %± LW TheatersAvgTo DateDay
Apr 12Friday1$9,061,823--3,003$3,017$9,061,8231
Apr 13Saturday1$11,340,057+25.1%-3,003$3,776$20,401,8802
Apr 14Sunday1$7,085,264-37.5%-3,003$2,359$27,487,1443
Apr 15Monday1$2,231,810-68.5%-3,003$743$29,718,9544
Apr 16Tuesday1$2,521,371+13%-3,003$839$32,240,3255
Apr 17Wednesday1$1,855,391-26.4%-3,003$617$34,095,7166
Apr 18Thursday1$1,936,385+4.4%-3,003$644$36,032,1017
Apr 19Friday2$5,217,573+169.4%-42.4%3,250$1,605$41,249,6748
Apr 20Saturday2$8,001,513+53.4%-29.4%3,250$2,462$49,251,1879
Apr 21Sunday2$4,502,324-43.7%-36.5%3,250$1,385$53,753,51110
Apr 22Monday2$1,073,424-76.2%-51.9%3,250$330$54,826,93511
Apr 23Tuesday2$1,392,207+29.7%-44.8%3,250$428$56,219,14212
Apr 24Wednesday2$1,091,046-21.6%-41.2%3,250$335$57,310,18813
Apr 25Thursday2$1,044,184-4.3%-46.1%3,250$321$58,354,37214
Apr 26Friday3$2,951,561+182.7%-43.4%3,405$866$61,305,93315
Apr 27Saturday3$4,837,284+63.9%-39.5%3,405$1,420$66,143,21716
Apr 28Sunday3$2,868,598-40.7%-36.3%3,405$842$69,011,81517
Apr 29Monday3$808,128-71.8%-24.7%3,405$237$69,819,94318
Apr 30Tuesday4$904,228+11.9%-35.1%3,405$265$70,724,17119
May 1Wednesday3$688,192-23.9%-36.9%3,405$202$71,412,36320
May 2Thursday3$713,407+3.7%-31.7%3,405$209$72,125,77021
May 3Friday3$1,781,277+149.7%-39.6%3,345$532$73,907,04722
May 4Saturday3$2,747,803+54.3%-43.2%3,345$821$76,654,85023
May 5Sunday3$1,526,247-44.5%-46.8%3,345$456$78,181,09724
May 6Monday4$434,140-71.6%-46.3%3,345$129$78,615,23725
May 7Tuesday4$528,053+21.6%-41.6%3,345$157$79,143,29026
May 8Wednesday4$461,117-12.7%-33%3,345$137$79,604,40727
May 9Thursday4$477,472+3.5%-33.1%3,345$142$80,081,87928
May 10Friday5$1,117,386+134%-37.3%2,930$381$81,199,26529
May 11Saturday4$1,967,960+76.1%-28.4%2,930$671$83,167,22530
May 12Sunday5$1,502,863-23.6%-1.5%2,930$512$84,670,08831
May 13Monday5$327,267-78.2%-24.6%2,930$111$84,997,35532
May 14Tuesday5$384,788+17.6%-27.1%2,930$131$85,382,14333
May 15Wednesday6$333,208-13.4%-27.7%2,930$113$85,715,35134
May 16Thursday5$289,161-13.2%-39.4%2,545$113$86,004,51235
May 17Friday5$768,784+165.9%-31.2%2,380$323$86,773,29636
May 18Saturday6$1,229,167+59.9%-37.5%2,380$516$88,002,46337
May 19Sunday6$814,164-33.8%-45.8%2,380$342$88,816,62738
May 20Monday7$251,293-69.1%-23.2%2,380$105$89,067,92039
May 21Tuesday5$267,016+6.3%-30.6%2,380$112$89,334,93640
May 22Wednesday5$255,364-4.4%-23.4%2,380$107$89,590,30041
May 23Thursday7$214,150-16.1%-25.9%2,380$89$89,804,45042
May 24Friday8$300,679+40.4%-60.9%915$328$90,105,12943
May 25Saturday8$508,114+69%-58.7%915$555$90,613,24344
May 26Sunday8$449,874-11.5%-44.7%915$491$91,063,11745
May 27
Memorial Day
Monday8$450,649+0.2%+79.3%915$492$91,513,76646
May 28Tuesday8$116,281-74.2%-56.5%915$127$91,630,04747
May 29Wednesday8$98,213-15.5%-61.5%915$107$91,728,26048
May 30Thursday8$91,194-7.1%-57.4%915$99$91,819,45449
May 31Friday11$142,354+56.1%-52.7%501$284$91,961,80850
Jun 1Saturday11$218,942+53.8%-56.9%501$437$92,180,75051
Jun 2Sunday11$150,935-31.1%-66.4%501$301$92,331,68552
Jun 3Monday11$51,194-66.1%-88.6%501$102$92,382,87953
Jun 4Tuesday11$58,186+13.7%-50%501$116$92,441,06554
Jun 5Wednesday11$54,222-6.8%-44.8%501$108$92,495,28755
Jun 6Thursday11$65,492+20.8%-28.2%501$130$92,560,77956
Jun 7Friday13$104,674+59.8%-26.5%370$282$92,665,45357
Jun 8Saturday13$159,939+52.8%-26.9%370$432$92,825,39258
Jun 9Sunday13$99,562-37.8%-34%370$269$92,924,95459
Jun 10Monday13$48,343-51.4%-5.6%370$130$92,973,29760
Jun 11Tuesday13$42,475-12.1%-27%370$114$93,015,77261
Jun 12Wednesday14$40,174-5.4%-25.9%370$108$93,055,94662
Jun 13Thursday15$39,422-1.9%-39.8%370$106$93,095,36863
Jun 14Friday13$192,641+388.7%+84%444$433$93,288,00964
Jun 15Saturday13$250,297+29.9%+56.5%444$563$93,538,30665
Jun 16Sunday15$163,183-34.8%+63.9%444$367$93,701,48966
Jun 17Monday15$63,041-61.4%+30.4%444$141$93,764,53067
Jun 18Tuesday15$69,142+9.7%+62.8%444$155$93,833,67268
Jun 19Wednesday15$61,184-11.5%+52.3%444$137$93,894,85669
Jun 20Thursday15$51,450-15.9%+30.5%444$115$93,946,30670
Jun 21Friday20$81,699+58.8%-57.6%325$251$94,028,00571
Jun 22Saturday20$101,523+24.3%-59.4%325$312$94,129,52872
Jun 23Sunday20$75,911-25.2%-53.5%325$233$94,205,43973
Jun 24Monday19$39,189-48.4%-37.8%325$120$94,244,62874
Jun 25Tuesday19$46,355+18.3%-33%325$142$94,290,98375
Jun 26Wednesday19$43,237-6.7%-29.3%325$133$94,334,22076
Jun 27Thursday18$46,208+6.9%-10.2%325$142$94,380,42877
Jun 28Friday21$55,363+19.8%-32.2%252$219$94,435,79178
Jun 29Saturday22$76,921+38.9%-24.2%252$305$94,512,71279
Jun 30Sunday23$53,046-31%-30.1%252$210$94,565,75880
Jul 1Monday22$29,536-44.3%-24.6%252$117$94,595,29481
Jul 2Tuesday20$33,380+13%-28%252$132$94,628,67482
Jul 3Wednesday25$24,809-25.7%-42.6%182$136$94,653,48383
Jul 4
Independence Day
Thursday25$38,176+53.9%-17.4%182$209$94,691,65984
Jul 5Friday27$40,811+6.9%-26.3%182$224$94,732,47085
Jul 6Saturday27$47,899+17.4%-37.7%182$263$94,780,36986
Jul 7Sunday28$30,764-35.8%-42%182$169$94,811,13387
Jul 8Monday29$11,966-61.1%-59.5%182$65$94,823,09988
Jul 9Tuesday28$14,478+21%-56.6%182$79$94,837,57789
Jul 10Wednesday28$14,454-0.2%-41.7%182$79$94,852,03190
Jul 11Thursday28$15,010+3.8%-60.7%182$82$94,867,04191
Jul 12Friday33$18,475+23.1%-54.7%105$175$94,885,51692
Jul 13Saturday33$25,388+37.4%-47%105$241$94,910,90493
Jul 14Sunday34$16,946-33.3%-44.9%105$161$94,927,85094
Jul 15Monday33$9,220-45.6%-22.9%105$87$94,937,07095
Jul 16Tuesday33$10,248+11.1%-29.2%105$97$94,947,31896
Jul 17Wednesday33$10,150-1%-29.8%105$96$94,957,46897
Jul 18Thursday34$10,559+4%-29.7%105$100$94,968,02798
Jul 19Friday34$11,032+4.5%-40.3%85$129$94,979,05999
Jul 20Saturday35$13,042+18.2%-48.6%85$153$94,992,101100
Jul 21Sunday36$9,242-29.1%-45.5%85$108$95,001,343101
Jul 22Monday33$4,607-50.2%-50%85$54$95,005,950102
Jul 23Tuesday34$4,821+4.6%-53%85$56$95,010,771103
Jul 24Wednesday35$4,331-10.2%-57.3%85$50$95,015,102104
Jul 25Thursday33$5,111+18%-51.6%85$60$95,020,213105