PHOTOS: “The Butler” brings in $25 million in its opening weekend
August 19, 2013
Oprah Winfrey as Gloria Gaines, left, and Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines in a scene from "Lee Daniels' The Butler." (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Anne Marie Fox, File) ( Box Office )
This film image released by The Weinstein Company shows, from second left, Chloe Barach as Caroline Kennedy, Minka Kelly as Jackie Kennedy, James Marsden as President Kennedy and Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines, third from right, in a scene from "Lee Daniels' The Butler." (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Anne Marie Fox ( Film Review The Butler )
Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan, center left, and Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan in a scene from "Lee Daniels' The Butler." (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Anne Marie Fox) ( Film Review The Butler )
Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines in a scene from "Lee Daniels' The Butler." (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Anne Marie Fox) ( Film Review The Butler )
Clarence Williams, left, and Aml Ameen in a scene from "Lee Daniels' The Butler." (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Anne Marie Fox) ( Film Review The Butler )
Mariah Carey as Hattie Pearl, right, in a scene from "Lee Daniels' The Butler." (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Anne Marie Fox) ( Film Review The Butler )
Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines, left, and Cuba Gooding Jr. as Carter Wilson in a scene from "Lee Daniels' The Butler." (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Anne Marie Fox) ( Film Review The Butler )
Lenny Kravitz as James Holloway in a scene from "Lee Daniels' The Butler." (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Anne Marie Fox) ( Film Review The Butler )
Robin Williams as Dwight Eisenhower, left, and Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines in a scene from "Lee Daniels' The Butler." (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Anne Marie Fox) ( Film Review The Butler )
Liev Schreiber as Lyndon B. Johnson in a scene from "Lee Daniels' The Butler." (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Anne Marie Fox) ( Film Review The Butler )
Terrance Howard and Oprah Winfrey in "Lee Daniel's The Butler." Provided by the Weinstein Company. ( AE16SCBUTLERKENNEDY )
David Oyelowo in a scene from "Lee Daniels' The Butler." (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Anne Marie Fox) ( Film Review The Butler )
Forest Whitater portrays Cecil Gaines, a White House butler who served seven administrations." Provided by the Weinstein Company. ( AE16SCBUTLERKENNEDY )