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Jun 8, 2016 7:28 PM UTC _Ali_, the 2001 [Muhammad Ali](http://time.com/3646214/muhammad-ali-dead-obituary/) biopic starring Will Smith in its title role, will return to theaters this weekend for a limited run following the [death](http://time.com/muhammad-ali/) of the boxing great, [reports](http://variety.com/2016/film/news/will-smith-ali-movie-release-1201791453/) _Variety_. The film, released when Ali was 59, grossed $87 million worldwide and garnered two Oscar nominations, one for Smith as lead actor and another for Jon Voight, who played sports journalist Howard Cosell, as supporting actor. “With the passing of Muhammad Ali, we have received many requests for this film to return to theaters, in celebration of his life,” said Sony’s president of worldwide distribution, Rory Bruer. “The film truly honors everything that made Ali one of the central figures of our time, a man who commanded his sport but whose personal faith and principles made him mean so much more.” Smith, who [considered](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/will-smith-remembers-muhammad-ali-899764) Ali a mentor and a friend, will be a pallbearer at the heavyweight champion’s [funeral](http://time.com/4357853/muhammad-ali-body-louisville-funeral/) on Friday in Louisville, Ky. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4361894/muhammad-ali-biopic-theaters-will-smith/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4361894/muhammad-ali-biopic-theaters-will-smith/"},"headline":"Muhammad Ali Biopic Ali Will Return to Theaters for a Limited Run","datePublished":"2016-06-08T19:28:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:28:45.554Z","description":"The 2001 movie stars Will Smith as Ali","url":"https://time.com/4361894/muhammad-ali-biopic-theaters-will-smith/","keywords":["movies","Muhammad Ali"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd19243f5b7b84802/69889702cf40a86b2ec438d3/muhammad-ali-will-smith.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd19243f5b7b84802/69889702cf40a86b2ec438d3/muhammad-ali-will-smith.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Muhammad Ali accepting his Humanitarian Award from presenter Will Smith during the 2nd annual BET Awards in Los Angeles on June 25, 2002.","caption":"Muhammad Ali accepting his Humanitarian Award from presenter Will Smith during the 2nd annual BET Awards in Los Angeles on June 25, 2002.","creditText":"Michael Caulfield Archive—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4361894/muhammad-ali-biopic-theaters-will-smith/","name":"Muhammad Ali Biopic Ali Will Return to Theaters for a Limited Run"}}]}] ```