Tyree Dillihay’s Goat crosses $100M domestically, 19th Black Director to do so
The animated film GOAT has now crossed over the $100M mark domestically at the box office, with $$103M in total since its Feb. 13 release. That makes its director Tyree Dillihay the 19th Black Filmmaker to achieve that mark.
The film stars Caleb McLaughlin as Will Harris, an anthropomorphic goat who aspires to become the greatest of all time at a basketball-like sport known as roarball. Gabrielle Union, Aaron Pierre, Nicola Coughlan, David Harbour, Nick Kroll, Jenifer Lewis, Patton Oswalt, Jelly Roll, Wayne Knight, Jennifer Hudson, Sherry Cola, Eduardo Franco, Andrew Santino and Bobby Lee also star, alongside basketball player Stephen Curry (who also produced) in his film debut.
Here are the other Black directors whose films grossed $100M domestically and the amount of days it took.
Ryan Coogler’s 2018 Black Panther (2 Days, $700M total domestic cume)
Ryan Coogler’s 2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2 Days, $453M)
Kemp Powers’ 2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (3 Days, $381M) - Shared with Joaquim Dos Santos & Justin K. Thompson
Julius Onah’s 2025 Captain America: Brave New World (4 Days, $200.5M)
F. Gary Gray’s 2017 The Fate of the Furious (4 Days, $225M)
Jordan Peele’s 2019 Us (8 days, $175M)
F. Gary Gray’s 2015 Straight Outta Compton (9 days, $161M)
Barry Jenkins’ 2024 Mufasa: The Lion King (9 days, $113M and still going)
Michael B. Jordan’s 2023 Creed III (10 days, $156M)
Tim Story’s 2005 Fantastic Four (10 days, $154M)
Tim Story’s 2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (12 days, $131M)
Keenan Ivory Wayans’ 2000 Scary Movie (14 days, $157M)
Jordan Peele’s 2017 Get Out (16 days, $176M)
John Singleton’s 2003 2 Fast 2 Furious (17 days, $127M)
Peter Ramsey’s 2018 Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (17 days, $190M) - Shared with Bob Persichetti & Rodney Rothman
Jordan Peele's 2022 Nope (20 days, $100.3 and still going)
Tim Story’s 2014 Ride Along (23 days, $134M)
Steven Caple Jr’s 2018 Creed II (23 days, $115.7M)
Clark Johnson’s 2003 S.W.A.T (24 days, ($116M)
Malcolm D. Lee’s 2017 Girl Trip (28 days, $140M)
Ryan Coogler’s 2015 Creed (38 Days, $109M)
Tyree Dillihay’s 2026 Goat (44 Days, $103M)
Antoine Fuqua’s 2018 The Equalizer 2 (45 days, $102M)
Lee Daniels’ 2013 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (46 days, $116M)
Antoine Fuqua’s 2014 The Equalizer (66 days, $101M)
Peter Ramsey’s 2012 Rise of the Guardians (67 days, $103M)
F. Gary Gray’s 2003 The Italian Job (95 days, $106.1M)
Ava DuVernay’s 2018 A Wrinkle In Time (102 days, $100.4M)
Sidney Poitier’s 1980 Stir Crazy took in a domestic total $101.3M but there are no records that show how many days it took to reach that mark.