American Fiction
Once you go full black, you ain't never going back!
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
- Director
- Cord Jefferson
- Worldwide
- $22M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
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Box Office & Release
American Fiction returned 1.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $16M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $22M
- Release date
- Nov 10, 2023
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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