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.
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Cast
56 people
Jeffrey Wright
Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
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John Ortiz
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Erika Alexander
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Leslie Uggams
Agnes Ellison
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Sterling K. Brown
Clifford Ellison
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Skyler Wright
Brittany
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John Ales
Leo
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Euphoria
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Patrick Fischler
Mandel
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Carmen Cusack
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Joseph Marrella
Matthew Wilson
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Stephen Burrell
Jordan Phillips
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Issa Rae
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Cord Jefferson Director · Percival Everett Author Laura Karpman Composer
Worldwide gross $22M · Budget $16M · United States release December 15, 2023
Box office
Budget
$16,000,000
Worldwide gross
$22,483,370
Gross vs. budget
1.4×
Production
MRC
Production
T-Street
Production
3 Arts Entertainment
Production
Almost Infinite
Production
Orion Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 8, 2023
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · December 15, 2023
Limited theatrical
United States · February 6, 2024
Digital
United States
October 11, 2023 · Premiere · Mill Valley Film Festival
October 27, 2023 · Premiere · Austin Film Festival
December 22, 2023 · Limited theatrical · limited expansion
January 12, 2024 · Theatrical
March 8, 2024 · Digital · MGM+
March 9, 2024 · TV · MGM+
May 13, 2024 · Digital · Prime Video
June 18, 2024 · Physical
American Samoa
February 5, 2024 · Digital
Australia
January 9, 2024 · Theatrical
Canada
November 10, 2023 · Theatrical
France
February 26, 2024 · Digital · Prime Video
Germany
February 27, 2024 · Digital · Prime Video
Guam
February 6, 2024 · Digital
Indonesia
February 27, 2024 · Digital · Prime Video
Ireland
February 2, 2024 · Theatrical
Israel
February 22, 2024 · Theatrical
Italy
February 26, 2024 · Digital · Prime Video
Mexico
February 27, 2024 · Digital · Prime Video
Netherlands
February 26, 2024 · Digital
New Zealand
January 9, 2024 · Theatrical
March 15, 2024 · Digital
Northern Mariana Islands
February 6, 2024 · Digital
Poland
February 27, 2024 · Digital · Prime Video
Puerto Rico
January 11, 2024 · Limited theatrical · Fine Arts
February 6, 2024 · Digital
March 8, 2024 · Digital · MGM+
March 9, 2024 · TV · MGM+
May 13, 2024 · Digital · Prime Video
Romania
November 10, 2023 · Limited theatrical
Singapore
February 27, 2024 · Digital · Prime Video
Spain
February 27, 2024 · Digital · Prime Video
Türkiye
February 26, 2024 · Digital · Prime Video
U.S. Virgin Islands
February 6, 2024 · Digital
March 8, 2024 · Digital · MGM+
March 9, 2024 · TV · MGM+
May 13, 2024 · Digital · Prime Video
United Kingdom
February 2, 2024 · Theatrical
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