| Title |
Release |
First Weekend |
Theaters |
Adjusted* |
Adj. Avg.** |
|
| Precious | 2009 Nov 6 | $1,872,458 | 18 | $1,872,458 | $104,025 |
| Hustle & Flow |
2005 Jul 22 |
$8,017,808 |
1013 |
$9,068,504 |
$8,952 |
| Baby Boy |
2001 Jun 29 |
$8,606,403 |
1533 |
$11,043,614 |
$7,204 |
| Freedom Writers |
2007 Jan 5 |
$9,405,582 |
1360 |
$9,911,405 |
$7,288 |
| Boyz N the Hood |
1991 Jul 12 |
$10,023,462 |
829 |
$17,261,306 |
$20,822 |
| Daddy's Little Girls |
2007 Feb 14 |
$11,210,854 |
2111 |
$11,813,763 |
$5,596 |
| How Stella Got... |
1998 Aug 14 |
$11,319,518 |
1393 |
$17,498,189 |
$12,562 |
| ATL |
2006 Mar 31 |
$11,554,000 |
1602 |
$12,788,779 |
$7,983 |
| Poetic Justice |
1993 Jul 23 |
$11,728,455 |
1273 |
$20,538,961 |
$16,134 |
| Dangerous Minds |
1995 Aug 11 |
$14,931,796 |
1348 |
$24,886,327 |
$18,462 |
| Notorious B.I.G. |
2009 Jan 16 |
$21,500,000 |
1638 |
$21,500,000 |
$13,126 |
| Mad Black Woman |
2005 Feb 25 |
$21,905,000 |
1483 |
$24,775,546 |
$16,706 |
| I Can Do Bad... |
2009 Sep 11 |
$23,446,785 |
2255 |
$23,446,785 |
$10,398 |
* adjusted for ticket prices (calculated in 2009 dollars) ** adjusted per theater gross ("crowdedness")
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