Ali
“Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.”
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Ali performed
Budget
$107.0M
Worldwide Gross
$87.8M
Gross Profit
−$19.2M
Return
0.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$13M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay
Will Smith
Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay
Drew 'Bundini' Brown
Jamie Foxx
Drew 'Bundini' Brown
Howard Cosell
Jon Voight
Howard Cosell
Malcolm X
Mario Van Peebles
Malcolm X
Angelo Dundee
Ron Silver
Angelo Dundee
Howard Bingham
Jeffrey Wright
Howard Bingham
Don King
Mykelti Williamson
Don King
Sonji Roi
Jada Pinkett Smith
Sonji Roi
Belinda Ali
Nona Gaye
Belinda Ali
Veronica Porche
Michael Michele
Veronica Porche
Chauncey Eskridge
Joe Morton
Chauncey Eskridge
Dr. Ferdie Pacheco
Paul Rodríguez
Dr. Ferdie Pacheco
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