The Fighting Temptations
“Don't fight the feeling.”
Darrin Hill, a slick-talking but down-on- his-luck NYC advertising exec, returns to his hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt left him. But before Darrin can collect the money, he must fulfill his aunt's final wish -- to create a local choir.
Genres
Comedy, Music, Romance
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Fighting Temptations performed
Budget
$15.0M
Worldwide Gross
$30.2M
Gross Profit
$15.2M
Return
2.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$4M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) 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
Darrin Hill
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Darrin Hill
Lilly
Beyoncé
Lilly
Lucius
Mike Epps
Lucius
Maryann Hill
Faith Evans
Maryann Hill
Miles Smoke
Steve Harvey
Miles Smoke
Reverend Lewis
Wendell Pierce
Reverend Lewis
Paulina Pritchett
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Paulina Pritchett
Bill
Dave Sheridan
Bill
Alma
Angie Stone
Alma
Nancy Stringer
Rue McClanahan
Nancy Stringer
Bessie Cooley
Melba Moore
Bessie Cooley
Herself
Shirley Caesar
Herself
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