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2008 | DIRECTED BY BARRY JENKINS

Medicine For Melancholy

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Movie Stats
Year
2008
Runtime
 88 minutes (1 hr 28 mins)
Certificates

Not Rated

13
Select Cast
Wyatt Cenac
Tracey Heggins
John Thurgood
Brent Weinbach
Viktor Mikshansky
Emily Taplin
Full cast and crew
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First viewed:
2nd Sep 2025
Last viewed:
2nd Sep 2025
Total views:
6
Total Grosses
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US total gross
  $99.2 Thousand
Cinema Tickets Sold
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US tickets sold
13,819 aprox.
Box Office Breakdown
UK Box Office
  • Release: No UK cinema release.
US Box Office
  • Debut weekend: 30th Jan '09
  • Debut position: 59
  • Highest position: 59
  • Debut gross: $12.6 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 8
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.
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Directed by
barry jenkins Barry Jenkins
Starring
Wyatt CenacMicah
Tracey HegginsJo'
John ThurgoodLoft Dude
Brent WeinbachWaiter
Viktor MikshanskyCabby
Emily TaplinGallery Receptionist
Erin KlenowGallery Attendant
Melissa BisagniSierra Orneilias
Paul PaulDJ 1
Pink PanzerDJ 2
Phrengren OswaldDJ 3
SalvadorTaco Man
Chida EmekaHydration Hustler 1
Kenyatta SheppardHydration Hustler 2
Tommi Avicolli MeccaTommi Avicolli Mecca - Housing Rights Meeting Attendee
John FriedbergJohn Friedberg - Housing Rights Meeting Attendee
Ondine KilkerOndine Kilcher - Housing Rights Meeting Attendee
Elizabeth AckerElizabeth Acker - Housing Rights Meeting Attendee
Powell DeGangePowell DeGange - Housing Rights Meeting Attendee
Adam MoskowitzAdam Moskowitz - Housing Rights Meeting Attendee
Dana JuliusDana Julius - Housing Rights Meeting Attendee
Jennifer SanchezJennifer Sanchez - Housing Rights Meeting Attendee
Lizzie AckerLizzie Acker - Housing Rights Meeting Attendee
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UK Box Office Chart History
No UK box office info

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

North American Box Office Info
Highest Place
59
Weeks top 15
0
Total Weeks
8
Total US Gross:
$99,221
North American Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
30 Jan 2009
59N
$12,625
$12,625
6 Feb 2009
69▼
$6,177
$22,764
13 Feb 2009
67▲
$8,275
$35,799
22 Feb 2009
68▼
$8,697
$46,377
27 Feb 2009
90▼
$1,863
$50,545
13 Mar 2009
68N
$11,331
$82,907
20 Mar 2009
83▼
$5,973
$92,904
27 Mar 2009
85▼
$4,338
$99,221

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Chart History
No US box office info

* Box office information befroe 2018 for global figures is continually being researched and hence is not complete and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Release Breakdown
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Genres
Drama
Drama
Romance
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  • Uruguay Uruguay
News from around the web
Medicine for Melancholy: Love in a Hopeless Place  The Criterion Collection Tue, 20th June 2023

How a $15,000 Movie Rallied a New Generation of Black Auteurs (Published 2018)  The New York Times Wed, 21st November 2018

‘Medicine for Melancholy’ is the beginning of a director’s on-screen journey with Black love.  Baltimore Beat Tue, 7th February 2023

Getting to know you, butnot quite all about you movie review (2009)  Roger Ebert Wed, 4th March 2009

Barry Jenkins’s 2008 debut, Medicine for Melancholy, shows all of his pre-Moonlight promise  vox.com Sat, 4th March 2017

‘Medicine for Melancholy’: Barry Jenkins Reflects On His Lo-Fi Debut & Why He Didn’t Think It Was Criterion Collection Worthy At First [Interview] - Page 2 of 3  theplaylist.net Wed, 21st June 2023

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