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Craig Brewer

1971 (55 years old)Writing

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Statistics

Total Movies
7
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Total Box Office
$743.5M
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Domestic Gross
58%
$432.3M
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International Gross
42%
$311.1M
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Average per Movie
$53.1M
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Total Budget
$466.0M
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Profitability Gap
$-132.3M
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Avg ROI
1.6x
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Opening Weekends
$122.3M
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Highest Grossing
$357.2M
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Biography

Craig Houston Brewer (born December 6, 1971) is an American filmmaker. His 2005 movie Hustle & Flow won the Audience Award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and achieved commercial success, along with an Academy Award for Best Original Song, "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp". He is also known for directing the 2011 remake of Footloose, the 2019 film Dolemite Is My Name and the 2021 film Coming 2 America, the latter two films starring Academy Award nominee Eddie Murphy.

Personal Information

BirthdayDecember 6, 1971
Place of BirthRichmond, Virginia, USA
Known ForWriting