Akeelah and the Bee

"Changing the world... one word at a time."

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Ratings & Reviews

7.0/10

346 votes

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Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$8.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$18.9M

Global Box Office

Profit

+$10.9M

ROI: +137%

Budget Recovery237% of budget

$0|Budget: $8.0M|Revenue: $18.9M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

26.4K

Daily Avg

439

7-Day Trend

+49%

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Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Los Angeles

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Story Setting

Set In

Los Angeles

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

M. David Mullen

Film Editing

Glenn Farr

Music / Score

Aaron Zigman

Production Companies

Starz Entertainment2929 Entertainment

Distributors

NetflixLionsgate Films

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Aspect Ratio

2.35:1

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch Akeelah and the Bee

Available in 45 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaPG	—	Hoopla	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United Kingdom	—	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Canada	Crave, Starz Amazon Channel	CTV	Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, Amazon Video
Australia	—	—	Amazon Video	Amazon Video

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesPG

Germany6

JapanR18+

HU6

Ireland12

Netherlands9

Production

Director

Doug Atchison

Writer

Doug Atchison

Production Companies

Lions Gate Films2929 ProductionsOut of the Blue... EntertainmentStarbucks EntertainmentCinema Gypsy Productions

Cast

Keke Palmer

Akeelah Anderson

Laurence Fishburne

Dr. Larabee

Angela Bassett

Tanya Anderson

Curtis Armstrong

Mr. Welch

J.R. Villarreal

Javier

Sean Michael Afable

Dylan Chiu

Sahara Garey

Georgia

Lee Thompson Young

Devon

Julito McCullum

Terrence

Erica Hubbard

Kiana

Eddie Steeples

Derrick-T

Dalia Phillips

Ms. Cross

Tags & Keywords

spellingspelling beefamily dramasingle mothercommunity spiritpre-teenparental abusesouth central los angelesblack communityindependent film

External Links

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