Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
“For precious girls everywhere.”
In Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father, and at home she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret – she can't read.
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Cast
48 people
Gabourey Sidibe
Precious
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American Horror Story
Empire
Mo'Nique
Mary
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Domino
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Paula Patton
Ms. Rain
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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
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Mariah Carey
Ms. Weiss
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The Butler
Glitter
Sherri Shepherd
Cornrows
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STRAW
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Lenny Kravitz
Nurse John
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The Hunger Games
Shotgun Wedding
Stephanie Andujar
Rita
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Marjorie Prime
Chyna Layne
Rhonda
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Amina Robinson
Jermaine
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Nurse Jackie
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Xosha Roquemore
Joann
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The Mindy Project
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Angelic Zambrana
Consuelo
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Bushwick
Fighting
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Toosie
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Lee Daniels Director · Geoffrey S. Fletcher Screenplay Sapphire Author
Worldwide gross $48M · Budget $10M · United States release November 6, 2009
Box office
Budget
$10,000,000
Worldwide gross
$47,536,959
Gross vs. budget
4.8×
Production
Smokewood Entertainment Group
Production
Lee Daniels Entertainment
Production
Lionsgate
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
United States · January 16, 2009
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · November 6, 2009
Limited theatrical
United States
October 3, 2009 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
November 20, 2009 · Theatrical
Australia
February 4, 2010 · Theatrical
Austria
March 26, 2010 · Digital
Brazil
November 6, 2009 · Theatrical
Canada
September 13, 2009 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
November 6, 2009 · Limited theatrical
Czechia
May 27, 2010 · Theatrical
March 24, 2011 · Physical · DVD
February 21, 2013 · Physical · DVD
Denmark
February 4, 2010 · Theatrical
France
May 15, 2009 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
March 3, 2010 · Theatrical
Germany
March 25, 2010 · Theatrical
Greece
February 18, 2010 · Theatrical
Hungary
February 24, 2011 · Digital
Ireland
January 29, 2010 · Theatrical
Italy
November 26, 2010 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 14, 2009 · Premiere · Film by the Sea Film Festival
December 3, 2009 · Theatrical
May 21, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray
June 10, 2010 · Physical · DVD
May 11, 2013 · TV · Nederland 3
Poland
November 5, 2010 · Digital
Portugal
February 11, 2010 · Theatrical
South Korea
January 10, 2013 · Theatrical
Spain
September 20, 2009 · Premiere · San Sebastián Film Festival
February 2, 2010 · Theatrical
Switzerland
March 10, 2010 · Digital
United Kingdom
October 23, 2009 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
January 29, 2010 · Theatrical
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