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Jennifer Hudson Movies

Want to know the best Jennifer Hudson movies?  How about the worst Jennifer Hudson movies?  Curious about Jennifer Hudson box office grosses or which Jennifer Hudson movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Jennifer Hudson movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Jennifer Hudson (1981-) is an Oscar® winning American actress and singer.  Hudson rose to fame in 2004 as a finalist on the third season of American Idol, placing seventh. Hudson made her film debut in Dreamgirls (2006), for which she received an Academy Award®, a Golden Globe® Award, a BAFTA® Award, and a Screen Actors Guild® Award for Best Supporting Actress.   Her IMDb page shows over 30 acting credits since 2006.  This page will rank Jennifer Hudson movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.  To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences and get some award recognition.

2006’s Dreamgirls

Jennifer Hudson Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Year Movie (Year) Rating S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
2006 Dreamgirls (2006)
AA Best Supp Actress Win
2016 Sing (2016)
Voice Only
2008 Sex and the City (2008)
2008 The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
2021 Respect (2021)
2022 Tell It Like A Woman (2022)
2012 The Three Stooges (2012)
2015 Chi-Raq (2015)
2013 The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013)
2014 Lullaby (2014)
2011 Winnie Mandela (2011)
2008 Fragments/Winged Creatures (2007)
Film Festival Circuit Only
2013 Black Nativity (2013)
2018 All Rise (2018)
2017 Sandy Wexler (2017)
Netflix
2019 Cats (2019)
2008’s Sex And The City

Jennifer Hudson Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Jennifer Hudson movies by her co-stars
  • Sort Jennifer Hudson movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Jennifer Hudson movies by yearly domestic box office rank.
  • Sort Jennifer Hudson movies by how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Jennifer Hudson movie received.
  • Sort Jennifer Hudson movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score
R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) B.O. Rank by Year Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score S
2 Dreamgirls (2006)
AA Best Supp Actress Win
Eddie Murphy &
Danny Glover &
Jami
103.40 196.4 294.40 20 76 08 / 02 97.7
1 Sing (2016)
Voice Only
Matthew McConaughey &
Scarlett Johansson
270.30 390.6 916.70 10 69 00 / 00 94.4
3 Sex and the City (2008) Sarah Jessica Parker &
Kim Cattrall
152.60 265.8 722.90 11 57 00 / 00 90.2
4 The Secret Life of Bees (2008) Dakota Fanning &
Jennifer Hudson
37.80 65.8 65.80 77 69 00 / 00 75.6
5 Respect (2021) Aretha Franklin 24.30 29.8 39.10 43 73 00 / 00 68.9
6 Tell It Like A Woman (2022) Marcia Gay Harden 0.10 0.1 0.10 195 78 01 / 00 64.9
8 The Three Stooges (2012) Sean Hayes &
Larry David
44.30 69.6 86.10 74 56 00 / 00 63.3
7 Chi-Raq (2015) John Cusack &
Directed by Spike Lee
2.70 3.9 3.90 157 74 00 / 00 59.8
9 The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013) Skylan Brooks 0.50 0.8 0.80 194 72 00 / 00 54.0
10 Lullaby (2014) Amy Adams 0.10 0.1 0.10 340 59 00 / 00 27.2
11 Winnie Mandela (2011) Terrence Howard 0.10 0.1 0.10 246 56 00 / 00 21.4
12 Fragments/Winged Creatures (2007)
Film Festival Circuit Only
Forest Whitaker &
Kate Beckinsale
0.10 0.1 0.20 326 55 00 / 00 19.9
13 Black Nativity (2013) Forest Whitaker &
Angela Bassett
7.00 10.8 11.50 141 48 00 / 00 15.6
14 All Rise (2018) Jeffrey Wright 0.10 0.1 0.10 337 47 00 / 00 9.5
15 Sandy Wexler (2017)
Netflix
Adam Sandler 0.10 0.1 0.10 356 46 00 / 00 8.8
16 Cats (2019) Judi Dench &
Idris Elba
27.20 37.1 103.00 86 34 00 / 00 8.6

Jennifer Hudson Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses
Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
Sing (2016)
Voice Only
Matthew McConaughey &
Scarlett Johansson
916.70
Sex and the City (2008) Sarah Jessica Parker &
Kim Cattrall
722.90
Dreamgirls (2006)
AA Best Supp Actress Win
Eddie Murphy &
Danny Glover &
Jami
294.40
Cats (2019) Judi Dench &
Idris Elba
103.00
The Three Stooges (2012) Sean Hayes &
Larry David
86.10
Respect (2021) Aretha Franklin 39.10
Black Nativity (2013) Forest Whitaker &
Angela Bassett
11.50
Fragments/Winged Creatures (2007)
Film Festival Circuit Only
Forest Whitaker &
Kate Beckinsale
0.20

Jennifer Hudson plays Aretha Frankilin in 2020’s Respect……I forecast an Oscar nomination and possible Oscar win for Hudson’s performance

Best IMDb Trivia On Jennifer Hudson

1. Jennifer Kate Hudson was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1981.

2. Jennifer Hudson beat out 782 actresses for her role as Effie White in Dreamgirls (2006).

3. Jennifer Hudson is the first contestant from American Idol (2002) to be nominated and receive an Academy Award®.

4.  Jennifer Hudson  is one of 7 African-American actresses to win an Oscar® in a competitive category. In chronological order the others are: Hattie McDaniel for Gone with the Wind (1939), Whoopi Goldberg for Ghost (1990), Halle Berry for Monster’s Ball (2001),  Mo’Nique  for Precious (2009), Octavia Spencer forThe Help (2011) andViola Davis for Fences (2016).

5. Jennifer Hudson is one of 8 actresses to have won an Academy Award® for their performance in a musical. The others in chronological order are; Rita Moreno, Julie Andrews, Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Anne Hathaway and Emma Stone.

Check out Jennifer Hudson’s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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8 thoughts on “Jennifer Hudson Movies”

  1. Dan says:
    February 27, 2020 at 5:34 pm

    Jennifer was in Dreamgirls with John Lithgow who was in Interstellar with Michael Caine.

    Jennifer was in Sex and The City or Miss Cogeniality with Candice Bergen who was in The Magus with Michael Caine.

    Jennifer was with Kristin Davis in Sex and the City who was in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island with Michael Caine.

    Jennifer was in Sex and the City with Sarah Jessica Parker who was with Bruce Willis in Striking Distance.

    Jennifer was in Sex and the City with Kim Cattrall who was in Bonfire of the Vanities with Bruce Willis.

    Jennifer was in Cats with Ian McKellen who was in Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers/The Golden Compass/The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies with Christopher Lee (#1 on the Oracle).

    Jennifer was in Sex and the City with Kim Catrall who was in The Return of the Musketeers with Christopher Lee.

    Reply
    1. Cogerson says:
      February 28, 2020 at 12:53 am

      Hey Dan….thanks for sharing these facts….I appreciate the connections to two of my favorite actors…I am sure Bob and Steve will appreciate the connections to Christopher Lee. Good stuff as always.

      Reply
  2. Steve Lensman says:
    February 27, 2020 at 7:56 am

    Hi Bob, unless I’m mistaken Sing is an animated film featuring singing animals.
    [Bob winces]

    I’ve seen 3 Jennifer Hudson films – Sing (if it’s the animation), Sex and the City and Dreamgirls.

    I’m curious to see Cats when it pops up on cable TV, is it as terrible as they say it is?

    Vote Up!

    Reply
    1. Bob to STEVE reply says:
      February 27, 2020 at 10:37 am

      HI STEVE

      Thanks for educating me about Sing. So now there is NO Jennifer Hudson film that I want to see including Cats, and I appreciate you heading me off at the pass.

      That’s no reflection on Jen who seems a very talented actress well deserving her Cogerson page: it’s just that I feel that the films she has made so far hold no appeal for me. However I WOULD like to see her in a movie at some stage.

      Reply
      1. Cogerson says:
        February 28, 2020 at 12:57 am

        Hey Bob…I suspect Respect might be one you might want to see.

        Reply
    2. Cogerson says:
      February 28, 2020 at 12:56 am

      Hey Steve….thanks for stopping by. I have seen 4 of the movies…so I am just a tick ahead of you. I think Bob might enjoy a movie about singing animals. I own that on DVD…but my little girls never watch it. I am also curious about Cats….but I will easily wait until I can see it for free. Good stuff!

      Reply
  3. Bobbyroy says:
    February 26, 2020 at 7:24 am

    Jennifer has a current net worth of 20 million dollars and IMDb credits her with 45 awards and 39 noms.

    Her recents Cats has been a box office disaster with the studio estimating that it will suffer a loss of 71-100 million dollars.

    I have seen none of her movies and my impression is that only Sing would appeal to me because of Matthew.

    Mary Steenburgen gets a plug at the end of IMDB Trivia above.

    Reply
    1. Cogerson says:
      February 28, 2020 at 12:52 am

      Hey Bob….thanks for checking out our Jennifer Hudson page….that knocks another Oscar winner off my list of people to write about. She has had a very good career so far. Over here, her recent tribute to Kobi Bryant has put here back in the spotlight. A light that will continue to get brighter as this year progresses. If I had to pick the next Best Actress winner right now…I would pick her for her upcoming Respect movie. I have fixed my Mary issue…good stuff as always.

      Reply

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