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1996 • R • 1h 29m • Comedy, Crime • Ivory Way Productions

Finally, the movie that proves that Justice isn't always Poetic, Jungle Fever isn't always pretty, and Higher Learning can be a waste of time.

🍅 32% 80% LB 3.27 IMDb 6.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$8.10M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$19.70M
Final
Worldwide total
$20.50M
$840K international
Domestic legs2.4x
1996 rank#84
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Cast & crew

Shawn Wayans Shawn Wayans Starring Marlon Wayans Marlon Wayans Starring Vivica A. Fox Vivica A. Fox Starring
ScreenplayMarlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Phil Beauman Produced byKeenen Ivory Wayans, Eric L. Gold CinematographyRuss Brandt MusicJohn Barnes Prod. DesignAaron Osborne StudioIvory Way Productions

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jan 12-15 2 $9.6M — 1,010 $9,537 $9.6M
2 Jan 19-21 9 $3.6M −62.5% 1,010 $3,574 $14.1M
3 Jan 26-28 13 $1.8M −49.0% 1,010 $1,822 $16.6M
4 Feb 2-4 21 $767.3K −58.3% 600 $1,279 $17.8M
5 Feb 9-11 23 $520.1K −32.2% 450 $1,156 $18.5M
6 Feb 16-19 33 $337.8K −35.1% 256 $1,319 $19.0M
7 Feb 23-25 41 $141.3K −58.2% 151 $936 $19.2M
8 Mar 1-3 39 $131.0K −7.2% 128 $1,024 $19.4M
9 Mar 8-10 50 $63.1K −51.8% 107 $590 $19.5M
10 Mar 15-17 48 $55.9K −11.5% 83 $674 $19.5M
12 Mar 29-31 45 $78.8K — 136 $579 $19.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $55.9K
$9.6M
$3.6M
$1.8M
$767.3K
$520.1K
$337.8K
$141.3K
$131.0K
$63.1K
$55.9K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −11.5%
−62.5%
W1→2
−49.0%
W2→3
−58.3%
W3→4
−32.2%
W4→5
−35.1%
W5→6
−58.2%
W6→7
−7.2%
W7→8
−51.8%
W8→9
−11.5%
W9→10
Steepest −62.5%Best hold −7.2%

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