Production, Distribution and

ExhibitionBy Samuel James Hooper

DOPE• Dope is a 2015 American comedy-drama coming-of-age film written

and directed by Rick Famuyiwa and produced by Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi.• It stars Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Blake

Anderson, Zoë Kravitz, A$AP Rocky, and Chanel Iman. • The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on January 24,

2015 in Park City, Utah.• Was released in North America on June 19 by Open Road Films.• Grossing $18 million over a $7 million budget, but received positive

reviews from critics.

The Production company for DOPE

• Forest Whitaker's Significant Productions • IamOTHER Entertainment • Revolt Films • That's Dope

Distributers• B's International (2016) (Japan) (theatrical) • Happiness Distribution (2015) (France) (theatrical) • Open Road Films (II) (2015) (USA) (theatrical) • Sony Pictures Releasing (2015) (Australia) (theatrical) • Sony Pictures Releasing (2016) (Germany) (theatrical) • United International Pictures (UIP) (2016) (Poland) (theatrical) • Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2015) (Netherlands) (theatrical) • HBO Polska (2016) (Poland) (TV) • Home Box Office (HBO) (2016) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited) • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2015) (Argentina) (DVD)

• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2016) (Germany) (DVD) • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2016) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (DVD) • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2016) (UK) (DVD) • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2015) (Netherlands) (DVD) • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2015) (Netherlands) (Blu-ray) (DVD) • Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2015) (USA) (DVD) • Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2015) (USA) (Blu-ray)

(DVD) • Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2015) (Australia) (DVD)

Theatrical PerformanceDomestic Box Office $17,506,470 Details

International Box Office $684,361 Details

Worldwide Box Office $18,190,831

Home Market Performance

Domestic DVD Sales $895,754 Details

Domestic Blu-ray Sales $963,149 Details

Total Domestic Video Sales $1,858,903

Synopsis• A coming of age comedy/drama for the post hip hop generation.

Malcolm is a geek, carefully surviving life in The Bottoms, a tough neighborhood in Inglewood, CA filled with gangsters and drug dealers, while juggling his senior year of college applications, interviews and the SAT. His dream is to attend Harvard. A chance invitation to a big underground party leads Malcolm and his friends into an "only in Los Angeles" gritty adventure filled with offbeat characters and bad choices. If Malcolm can persevere, he'll go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.

Movie detailsProduction Budget: $7,000,000Domestic Releases: June 19th, 2015 (Wide) by Open Road

International Releases:

July 16th, 2015 (Wide) (New Zealand) August 6th, 2015 (Wide) (Netherlands) August 20th, 2015 (Limited) (Australia) September 4th, 2015 (Wide) (United Kingdom) September 24th, 2015 (Wide) (Denmark)

Video Release: September 29th, 2015 by Universal Home Entertainment

MPAA Rating: R for language, drug content, sexuality/nudity, and some violence - all involving teens.

Keywords: Narcotics, Los Angeles, Gangs, Graduation, African-American, Fugitive / On the Run

Source: Original ScreenplayGenre: ComedyProduction Method: Live ActionCreative Type: Contemporary Fiction

Production Companies: Significant Productions, I Am Other Entertainment, Revolt Films

Production Countries: United States

Dope Trailers• Dope- red band trailer- https://youtu.be/XUBpnslcHVA- Published on

May 21, 2015- 574,156 views• Dope- official trailer #1- https://youtu.be/3ViVPRWRRmk- Published

on Apr 17, 2015- 3,250,882 views• Dope- official trailer #2- https://youtu.be/DzKdy14NnWM- Published

on May 8, 2015- 289,594 views