A brief illustration on how "inclusion films" impact revenue and ROI patronized by women and minorities. This study is supported with statistical data from various resources.

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2. If we were to go back to the 1970’s during the Black Exploitation era, those films were “inclusion” too. “They
Call me Mister Tibbs” with Martin Landau, Anthony Zerbe and Edward Asner. Or “Superfly” with William
Berger and Jacques Sernas. And “Blacula” with Gordon Pinsent, David Westberg and Elisha Cook, Jr. Some
others were “Enter The Dragon” with John Saxon, Robert Wall and Chuck Norris; “Fist of Fury”, with Robert
Baker and “Black Belt Jones” with Vincent DiPaolo, Robert Wall and Mel Novak. These films had budgets way
below Hollywood norm, however made great box‐office hits. (At Raggedy Ends Productions, a number of their
projects fit into these inclusion films budgets; “The Revenge of the Defective Pearl” ($3.5MM), Crowning Glory
($3.5MM), the sequel “Rebirth of Crowning Glory” ($3.5), “crossing over ISO love” ($5MM) and “Hood Food”
($2MM).)
(Music: “It’s a Family Affair” by Sly & Family Stone)
Inclusion Films Production Budget High Gross World‐Wide
Box‐Office
Cast Also include:
The Color Purple (1985) $15MM $93MM Dana Ivey, Leon Rippy
and John Hart
Coming to America
(1988)
$289MM Louie Anderson, Jake
Steinfeld and Don
Ameche
Boomerang (1992) $42MM $131MM Tom Mardirosian and
Olga Merediz
Bad Boys (1995) $23MM $141MM Emmanuel Xuereb,
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Macaulay
A Time to Kill (1996) $40MM $152MM Matthew
McConaughey, Sandra
Bullock, Kevin Spacey
and Donald Sutherland
Big Momma’s House
(2000)
$33MM $174MM Paul Giamatti, Brian
Palrmo and Sarah
Zinsser
(Music: “Gangnam Style” by PSY6)
Inclusion Films Production Budget High Gross World‐Wide
Box‐Office
Cast Also include:
The Joy Luck Club
(1993)
$11MM $33MM Christopher Rich,
Andrew McCarthy and
Jack Ford
The Wedding Banquet
(1993)
$1MM $7MM Mitchell Lichtenstein,
Michael Gaston and
Dion Birney
Shanghai Noon (2000) $55MM $96MM Owen Wilson, Xander
Berkeley and Walton
Goggins
Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon (2000)
$17MM $209MM David Linde and James
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Inclusion Films Production Budget High Gross World‐Wide
Box‐Office
Cast Also include:
Dances With Wolves
(1990)
$22MM $42MM Kevin Costner, Mary
McDonnell and Charles
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The Last Mohicans
(1992)
$40MM $72MM Madeleine Stowe,
Steven Waddington and
Terry Kinney
Thunderheart (1992) $15MM $231MM Val Kilmer, Sam
Shepard and Frank
Ward
Smoke Signals (1998) $2MM $7MM Cynthia Geary, Perrey
Reeves and Tom
Skerritt
(Music: “LaBomba” by Ricky Martin)
Inclusion Films Production Budget High Gross World‐Wide
Box‐Office
Cast Also include:
El Mariachi (1992) $7K $2MM Clara Scott
Desperado (1995) $7MM $58MM Steve Buscemi and
Quentin Tarantino
Selena (1997) $20MM $41MM Gil Glasgow, Joe
Stevens and Richard
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Real Women Have
Curves (2002)
$3MM $6MM Brian Sites and Dale
Turner
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(Music: “Liquor Store Blues” by Bruno Mars)
Inclusion Films Production Budget High Gross World‐Wide
Box‐Office
Cast Also include:
The Help (2011) $25MM $213MM Emma Stone, Bryce
Dallas Howard, Jessica
Chastain and Allison
Janney
Think Like A Man (2012 $12MM $113MM Gary Owen, Arielle
Kebbel and Brent Bailey
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
(2013)
$30MM $177MM Vanessa Redgrave, John
P. Fertitta, Jim Gleason
and Joe Chrest
Ride Along (2014) $25MM $154MM John Leguizamo, Bruce
McGill, Greg Rementer
and Gary Owen
Straight Outta Compton
(2015)
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War Room (2015 $3MM $74MM Alex Kendrick, Dave
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Hidden Figures (2016) $25MM $225MM Kevin Costner, Kirsten
Dunst, Jim Parsons and
Kimberly Quinn
Get Out (2017) $5MM $178MM Allison Williams,
Catherine Keener,
Bradley Whitford and
Caleb Landry Jones
The Lone Ranger (2013) $215MM $255MM Johnny Depp, Armie
Hammer and Ruth
Wilson
Windtalkers (2002) $115MM $41MM Nicolas Cage, Noah
Emmerich and Brian
Van Holt
Machete (2010) $10MM $39MM Lindsey Lohan, Don
Johnson and Jeff Fahey
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Mexico (2003)
$29MM $56MM Johnny Depp, Mickey
Rouke and Willem
Dafoe
Gran Torino (2008) $33MM $262MM Clint Eastwood,
Christopher Carley and
William Hill
Ghost in the Shell
(2017)
$110MM $133MM Scarlett Johansson,
Daniel Hanshall and
Juliette Binoche
These films are patronized by a high percentage of African‐Americans, however according to a BET Networks
report* on average; more than 80 percent of the movies African‐Americans attend do not feature
predominately black casts. (*BET Study: Black Moviegoers Don’t Watch Just Blacks Films). At Raggedy Ends
Productions, a number of their projects fit into these percentage margins that would be patronized by all; “The
Revenge of the Defective Pearl” ($3.5MM), Crowning Glory ($3.5MM), the sequel “Rebirth of Crowning Glory”
($3.5), “crossing over ISO love” ($5MM) and “Hood Food” ($2MM).)
However, we will have to believe 20 percent of the movies that African‐Americans do attend, feature a
predominately black casts and the 80% are “inclusion” casts, like the ones in the tables. Going a step further,
let’s identify the activities of African‐Americans in populated cities that purchase tickets as movie‐goers to
“Inclusion Films”:
 African‐Americans attended the movies on average more often than whites (4.2 times per year
versus 3.4) in 2013. In theory with the influx of “inclusion” films it would be 6.2 times per year
versus 3.9 in 2016, which also credit towards an African‐American President and the backlash
of OscarSoWhite.
 The African‐American audience contributed a high percentage (22%) to the box office earned
from Iron Man 3 (2013), five percentage points above the average (17%) they represent among
all moviegoers. The film gross $1.22B worldwide ($409MM USA).

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6. *Directors, Screenwriters, Producers, Actors, Music Composers, Cinematographers, Editor, Casting Directors,
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Ms. Veronica Page-Leurentop
CEO/Executive Producer
Raggedy Ends Productions, LLC
Los Angeles, CA. 90013
veronicapage@raggedyendsproductions.com
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