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Metrics

Opening Weekend:	$5,648,486 (40.6% of total gross)
Legs:	2.46 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:	95.7% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:	$16,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:	1,566 opening theaters/1,566 max. theaters, 2.8 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO	$20,535,813

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

Record	Rank	Amount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,401-4,500)	4,457	$13,922,211
All Time International Box Office (Rank 10,401-10,500)	10,429	$631,596
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,901-6,000)	5,972	$14,553,807
All Time Domestic Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 901-1,000)	925	$13,922,211
All Time International Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 1,901-2,000)	1,989	$631,596
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200)	1,170	$14,553,807
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600)	1,529	$13,922,211
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 2,301-2,400)	2,330	$631,596
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 1,801-1,900)	1,834	$14,553,807

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.

Movie Details

Domestic Releases:	May 28th, 2004 (Wide) by MGM
International Releases:	November 19th, 2004 (Wide) (Australia)
MPAA Rating:	R for strong sexual content, language and some drug use
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Keywords:	Travel Industry
Source:	Original Screenplay
Genre:	Comedy
Production Method:	Live Action
Creative Type:	Contemporary Fiction

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

Record	Rank	Amount	Chart Date	Days In Release
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day)	174	$5,648,486	May 28, 2004	3
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted)	188	$8,522,755	May 28, 2004	3
Memorial Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon)	113	$7,008,711	May 28, 2004	3
Memorial Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted)	109	$10,338,132	May 28, 2004	3
Memorial Day (Opening, 3-Day)	78	$5,648,486	May 28, 2004	3
Memorial Day (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted)	85	$8,522,755	May 28, 2004	3
Memorial Day (Opening, 4-Day, Fri-Mon)	42	$7,008,711	May 28, 2004	3
Memorial Day (Opening, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted)	47	$10,338,132	May 28, 2004	3

MPA Rating: for strong sexual content, language and some drug use

Reviewed by: Todd Campbell
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Featuring:	Kevin Hart, Snoop Dogg, Method Man, Gary Anthony Williams, John Witherspoon
Director:	Jessy Terrero
Producer:	David Scott Rubin
Distributor:	MGM

This movie has some funny elements, but for the most part, the movie is little more than a series of comedy sketches, only a few of which actually relate to each other. This movie is an attempt to mesh the humorous elements of the “Airplane” movies, the “Friday” series, and “Dumb and Dumber,” depicting what the movie’s producers, director, and writers apparently feel would be an accurate portrayal of an airline run and staffed completely by African-Americans.

Every possible racial stereotype regarding blacks and whites (and even one brief Muslim stereotype joke) is presented except for the typical white-racist stereotype which is quickly dispelled when Mr. Hunkee’s girlfriend throws away his “Cracker World” trucker hat. Instead, the white family is treated the same as any other family. Interestingly enough, none of the African-American passengers have children, and only a security guard shows any paternal instinct regarding his five daughters whom he rarely gets to see. The Hunkees are the only “family” on the plane. Is the movie trying to say that only white people take responsibility for their families and that African-Americans don’t care about having families? “Soul Plane” depicts blacks as sex-crazed, pot-smoking, ’shroom-eating drunks who love to dance.

Only one black character shows any willingness to be responsible—Nashawn Wade, the owner of the airline. The female flight attendants are very professional and even motherly in their care of the passengers. The others, for the most part, are ready to take care of themselves instead of doing what is right. Again, this character flaw might have been exaggerated for the sake of comedy, but this portrayal does blacks more damage than it helps lift them to dignity. God created all human beings, all in various skin colors, all of various physiques, all of various personalities—to glorify the negative aspects of human nature is not of God. To realize who we are in Christ, to realize the precious treasure we are as children of the living God, to realize our place as princesses and princes in the kingdom of God is difficult, and movies such as “Soul Plane” do not make the process any easier.

As with movies that portray a negative black stereotype, “Soul Plane” has a number of sexual references—lust and desire run amuck in this near-Babylon of the air. One couple actively wants to be members of the “Mile High Club” and tries to have sex in their first-class bench seats, in the bathroom, in the cockpit, and finally on the landing gear. In one scene, the couple uses sado-masochistic techniques to attempt their goal, but like most of their attempts, they fail. Physical intimacy is a part of a married couple’s relationship, but this couple was not married and had no other intimacy. Had they based their relationship on God’s love, had they committed to each other in marriage and total intimacy of spirit and heart and mind, then they would not be forced to such extremes to achieve the “something” they were looking for.

Surprisingly, the movie does not have any nudity, though some of the clothes fit tightly and reveal more than needed, especially when such body parts are given close-

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