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Synopsis

Akeelah and the Bee is the story of Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer), a precocious eleven-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite the objections of her mother Tanya (Angela Bassett), Akeelah enters various spelling contests, for which she is tutored by the forthright Dr. Larabee (Laurence Fishburne); her principal Mr. Welch (Curtis Armstrong) and the proud residents of her neighborhood. Akeelah's aptitude earns her an opportunity to compete for a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee and in turn unites her neighborhood who witness the courage and inspiration of one amazing little girl.

Cast

Keke Palmer		Akeelah Anderson
Laurence Fishburne		Dr. Joshua Larabee
Angela Bassett		Tanya
Curtis Armstrong		Mr. Welch

Production and Technical Credits

Composer

Aaron Zigman

Weekend Chart Record

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
2006/04/28	8	$6,011,585		2,195	$2,739	$6,011,585	3
2006/05/05	9	$3,369,630	-44%	2,195	$1,535	$10,632,413	10
2006/05/12	9	$2,403,420	-29%	1,176	$2,044	$14,008,069	17
2006/05/19	10	$1,006,653	-58%	751	$1,340	$15,728,889	24
2006/05/26	13	$653,433	-35%	487	$1,342	$16,871,296	31
2006/06/02	14	$438,052	-33%	405	$1,082	$17,799,322	38
2006/06/09	22	$209,226	-52%	266	$787	$18,205,122	45
2006/06/16	39	$54,230	-74%	106	$512	$18,385,773	52
2006/06/23	51	$33,232	-39%	71	$468	$18,459,730	59
2006/06/30	32	$66,827	+101%	160	$418	$18,548,251	66
2006/07/07	32	$72,595	+9%	152	$478	$18,699,268	73
2006/07/14	41	$49,516	-32%	90	$550	$18,811,135	80

Daily Chart Record

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
2006/04/28	8	$1,692,744		2,195	$771	$1,692,744	1
2006/04/29	8	$2,668,413	+58%	2,195	$1,216	$4,361,157	2
2006/04/30	8	$1,650,428	-38%	2,195	$752	$6,011,585	3
2006/05/01	8	$323,079	-80%	2,195	$147	$6,334,664	4
2006/05/02	8	$316,188	-2%	2,195	$144	$6,650,852	5
2006/05/03	8	$302,977	-4%	2,195	$138	$6,953,829	6
2006/05/04	8	$308,954	+2%	2,195	$141	$7,262,783	7
2006/05/05	10	$884,120	+186%	2,195	$403	$8,146,903	8
2006/05/06	9	$1,531,793	+73%	2,195	$698	$9,678,696	9
2006/05/07	9	$953,717	-38%	2,195	$434	$10,632,413	10
2006/05/08	9	$219,847	-77%	2,195	$100	$10,852,260	11
2006/05/09	9	$237,122	+8%	2,195	$108	$11,089,382	12
2006/05/10	8	$244,634	+3%	2,195	$111	$11,334,016	13
2006/05/11	7	$270,633	+11%	2,195	$123	$11,604,649	14
2006/05/12	12	$548,740	+103%	2,195	$250	$12,153,389	15
2006/05/13	10	$919,422	+68%	1,176	$782	$13,072,811	16
2006/05/14	7	$935,258	+2%	1,176	$795	$14,008,069	17
2006/05/18	8	$197,600		1,176	$168	$14,722,236	21
2006/05/19	11	$271,675	+37%	1,176	$231	$14,993,911	22
2006/05/20	10	$435,127	+60%	751	$579	$15,429,038	23
2006/05/21	11	$299,851	-31%	751	$399	$15,728,889	24
2006/05/29	9	$249,054		487	$511	$17,120,350	32
2006/05/30	9	$76,303	-69%	487	$157	$17,196,653	33
2006/05/31	9	$79,800	+5%	487	$164	$17,276,453	34
2006/06/01	10	$84,817	+6%	487	$174	$17,361,270	35

Worldwide Weekly Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross
2006-05-04	11		$7,262,783		2,195	$3,309	$7,262,783
2006-05-11	15		$4,341,866	-40.22%	2,195	$1,978	$11,604,649
2006-05-18	12		$3,117,587	-28.20%	1,176	$2,651	$14,722,236
2006-05-25	16		$1,495,627	-52.03%	751	$1,992	$16,217,863
2006-06-01	17		$1,143,407	-23.55%	487	$2,348	$17,361,270
2006-06-08	23		$634,626	-44.50%	405	$1,567	$17,995,896
2006-06-15	29		$335,647	-47.11%	266	$1,262	$18,331,543
2006-06-22	39		$94,955	-71.71%	106	$896	$18,426,498
2006-06-29	63		$54,926	-42.16%	71	$774	$18,481,424
2006-07-06	54		$145,249	+164.44%	160	$908	$18,626,673
2006-07-13	40		$134,946	-7.09%	152	$888	$18,761,619
2006-07-20	51		$86,811	-35.67%	90	$965	$18,848,430

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