Fences (2016)

 

Release date: December 25, 2016

Director: Denzel Washington

Writer: August Wilson

Starring: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis

Estimated budget: $24 million

U.S. Box Office: $57,682,904

Foreign: $6,731,857

Worldwide: $64,414,761

 

​Troy Maxson (Denzel Washington) makes his living as a sanitation worker in 1950s Pittsburgh. Maxson once dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player, but was deemed too old when the major leagues began admitting black athletes. Bitter over his missed opportunity, Troy creates further tension in his family when he squashes his son's (Jovan Adepo) chance to meet a college football recruiter.