The film Dope was produced by Forest Whitaker's Significant Productions, IamOTHER Entertainment, and Revolt Films. It was distributed theatrically in North America by Open Road Films in 2015, grossing $18 million against a $7 million budget. Domestically, it earned $17.5 million at the box office and $1.85 million in home video sales. Internationally it took in $684,361. The film is a coming-of-age comedy/drama that follows a geek named Malcolm and his friends as they have an adventure in Los Angeles filled with offbeat characters and bad choices.

1. Production, Distribution and
Exhibition
By Samuel James Hooper

3. 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.

5. The Production company for DOPE
• Forest Whitaker's Significant Productions
• IamOTHER Entertainment
• Revolt Films
• That's Dope

7. 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)

8. • 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)

10. Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box
Office
$17,506,470 Details
International Box
Office
$684,361 Details
Worldwide Box
Office
$18,190,831

11. Home Market Performance
Domestic DVD
Sales
$895,754 Details
Domestic Blu-ray
Sales
$963,149 Details
Total Domestic
Video Sales
$1,858,903

13. 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.

14. Movie details
Production Budget: $7,000,000
Domestic 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)

15. 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 Screenplay
Genre: Comedy
Production Method: Live Action
Creative Type: Contemporary Fiction
Production Companies:
Significant Productions, I Am Other Entertainment,
Revolt Films
Production Countries: United States

16. 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