Ali
“Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.”
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
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Will Smith
Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay
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Michael Mann Director · Eric Roth Screenplay Christopher Wilkinson Screenplay
Director Screenplay
Michael Mann
Screenplay
Eric Roth
Screenplay
Christopher Wilkinson
Story
Gregory Allen Howard
Composer
Lisa Gerrard
Composer
Pieter Bourke
Cinematographer
Emmanuel Lubezki
Editor
Stephen E. Rivkin
Editor
Lynzee Klingman
Editor
William Goldenberg
Production designer
John Myhre
Costume designer
Marlene Stewart
Worldwide gross $88M · Budget $107M · United States release December 10, 2001
Box office
Budget
$107,000,000
Worldwide gross
$87,812,729
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
Initial Entertainment Group
Production
Forward Pass
Production
Overbrook Entertainment
Production
Peters Entertainment
Production
Lee Caplin / Picture Entertainment
Production
United States · Ghana · Mozambique · South Africa
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 10, 2001
Theatrical
United States · June 1, 2004
Physical · Director's Cut DVD
Australia
February 21, 2002 · Theatrical
Austria
August 15, 2002 · Digital
Brazil
December 11, 2001 · Theatrical
France
February 27, 2002 · Theatrical
December 3, 2002 · Physical · DVD
September 22, 2009 · Physical · Blu-Ray
June 7, 2016 · Digital · VOD
June 7, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Germany
December 15, 2001 · Theatrical
Greece
March 1, 2002 · Theatrical
Hungary
February 23, 2005 · Digital
Ireland
February 22, 2002 · Digital
Italy
March 1, 2002 · Theatrical
Japan
May 25, 2002 · Digital
Philippines
February 27, 2002 · Theatrical
May 3, 2015 · TV · ABS-CBN (Sunday's Best)
Poland
May 17, 2004 · Digital
South Korea
March 1, 2002 · Theatrical
Spain
April 26, 2002 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 11, 2001 · Premiere · London
February 22, 2002 · Theatrical
June 24, 2002 · Physical · DVD
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