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| budget = $25 million<ref>{{cite web|last=Goldrich|first=Robert|title=Fall 2016 Director's Profile: Ted Melfi|url=https://www.shootonline.com/news/fall-2016-directors-profile-ted-melfi|website=[[Shoot (advertising magazine)|Shoot]]|date=October 25, 2016 |access-date=December 22, 2016}}</ref>
| gross = $236.2 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hiddenfigures.htm|title=Hidden Figures (2016)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=January 6, 2018}}</ref>
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'''''Hidden Figures''''' is a 2016 American [[biographical drama]] film directed by [[Theodore Melfi]] and written by Melfi and [[Allison Schroeder]]. It is loosely based on the 2016 [[non-fiction]] [[Hidden Figures (book)|book of the same name]] by [[Margot Lee Shetterly]] about three female African-American [[mathematician]]s: [[Katherine Johnson|Katherine Goble Johnson]] ([[Taraji P. Henson]]), [[Dorothy Vaughan]] ([[Octavia Spencer]]), and [[Mary Jackson (engineer)|Mary Jackson]] ([[Janelle Monáe]]), who worked at [[NASA]] during the [[Space Race]]. Other stars include [[Kevin Costner]], [[Kirsten Dunst]], [[Jim Parsons]], [[Mahershala Ali]], [[Aldis Hodge]], and [[Glen Powell]].
Principal photography began in March 2016 in [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]], and wrapped up in May 2016. Other filming locations included several other locations in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], including [[East Point, Georgia|East Point]], [[Canton, Georgia|Canton]], [[Monroe, Georgia|Monroe]], [[Columbus, Georgia|Columbus]], and [[Madison, Georgia|Madison]].
''Hidden Figures'' had a limited release on December 25, 2016, by [[20th Century Fox]], before going wide in on January 6, 2017. The film received positive reviews, with praise for the performances (particularly Henson, Spencer and Monáe), the writing, direction, cinematography, emotional tone, and historical accuracy, although some argued it featured a [[White savior narrative in film|white savior narrative]]. The film was a commercial success, grossing $236 million worldwide against its $25 million production budget. ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'' noted it as one of the most profitable releases of 2016, and estimated that it made a net profit of $95.5 million.<ref name="profit" />
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* [[Olek Krupa]] as Karl Zielinski, engineer (a fictionalized version of [[Kazimierz Czarnecki (engineer)|Kazimierz Czarnecki]], who encourages Mary Jackson)
* [[Saniyya Sidney]] as Constance Johnson
* Lidya Jewett as young Katherine Coleman ([[Katherine Johnson|Katherine Goble Johnson]])
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