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Released
2008 · FILM

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

A self‑made TV star returns home for his parents’ anniversary, determined to prove he’s still on top—only his overbearing Southern family forces him to confront the chaotic truth about love, loyalty, and where he really belongs.

“Roscoe Jenkins aims for the heartstrings and funny bones, a raucous helping of family soul food.”

Directed by
Malcolm D Lee
Written by
Malcolm D Lee
Runtime
114 min
ComedyRomance
Streaming on
  • Netflix

Synopsis

When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 28

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Shot by Greg GardinerScored by David NewmanDesigned by William A Elliott

Box Office

2008 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.2× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$43.7M

Budget$35.0M
Worldwide gross$43.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $42.4M — 97% of worldwide · International: $1.2M (3%)

Opening weekend: $16.2M — 38% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $20.2M — 48% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,387 theaters

Also known as

  • Willkommen zu Hause, Roscoe Jenkinsde
  • Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkinsen
  • Le Retour de Roscoe Jenkinsfr
  • A casa con i mieiit

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