Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
$107,000,000
$87,812,729
December 10, 2001
Columbia Pictures, Initial Entertainment Group
121 people
Will Smith
Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay
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Jamie Foxx
Drew 'Bundini' Brown
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Jon Voight
Howard Cosell
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Mario Van Peebles
Malcolm X
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Ron Silver
Angelo Dundee
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Jeffrey Wright
Howard Bingham
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Mykelti Williamson
Don King
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Sonji Roi
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Belinda Ali
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Veronica Porche
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Chauncey Eskridge
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