Idlewild
A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their speakeasy, in the Prohibition-era South, out of the hands of gangsters who want to take it over.
Genres
Crime, Drama, Music
Studio
HBO Films
Language
en
Status
Released
How Idlewild performed
Budget
$15.0M
Worldwide Gross
$12.6M
Gross Profit
−$2.4M
Return
0.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Percival
André 3000
Percival
Rooster
Big Boi
Rooster
Angel
Paula Patton
Angel
Trumpy
Terrence Howard
Trumpy
Ace
Faizon Love
Ace
Zora
Malinda Williams
Zora
Mother Hopkins
Cicely Tyson
Mother Hopkins
Taffy
Macy Gray
Taffy
Percy Senior
Ben Vereen
Percy Senior
Nathan
Bruce Bruce
Nathan
Rose
Paula Jai Parker
Rose
Young Rooster
Bobb'e J. Thompson
Young Rooster
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