Black or White (film)
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| Directed by | Mike Binder |
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Kevin Costner Mike Binder Todd Lewis |
| Written by | Mike Binder |
| Starring | Kevin Costner Octavia Spencer Jillian Estell Bill Burr Jennifer Ehle Andre Holland Gillian Jacobs Anthony Mackie |
| Music by | Terence Blanchard |
| Cinematography | Russ T. Alsobrook |
| Edited by | Roger Nygard |
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Relativity Media IM Global |
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121 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9 million |
| Box office | $21.7 million |
Black or White is a 2014 American drama film directed and written by Mike Binder. The film stars Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, Gillian Jacobs, Jennifer Ehle, Anthony Mackie and Bill Burr. The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in the United States on January 30, 2015.
Elliot Anderson (Kevin Costner) is widowed after a car crash leads to the death of his wife. Elliot raises his granddaughter Eloise as he struggles with his grief by binge-drinking. Elliot's world is turned upside-down when the child's black grandmother, Rowena (Octavia Spencer), demands that Eloise be brought under the care of her father, Rowena's son, Reggie (Andre Holland), a drug addict whom Elliot blames for the negligence that led to the death of his own daughter. Elliot finds himself deeply entrenched in a custody battle and will stop at nothing to keep his granddaughter from coming under the watch of her reckless father.
On September 25, 2014, Open Road Films was in talks to acquire the US distribution rights to the film. On October 17, Relativity Media acquired the US rights to the film.
Principal photography of the film began on July 15, 2013 in New Orleans with the filming lasting for five weeks.
Relativity planned to release the film in time to qualify for the Oscar race, starting with a limited release on December 3, 2014 then opening wide on January 30, 2015. The limited release was scrapped, however, in favor of an immediate wide release.
Black or White was released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 5, 2015.
Black or White grossed $21.6 million in North America against a budget of $9 million.
In its opening weekend of January 30, 2015, the film made a gross of $2.3 million on Friday, $3 million on Saturday, and $986,312 on Sunday for a weekend total of $6.2 million, playing in 1,823 with a per-theater average of $3,408 and ranking #4.
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