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1990 • R • 1h 40m • Comedy, Music • New Line Cinema

If they get caught it's all over. If they don't, it's just the beginning!

🍅 94% 81% MC 76 LB 3.30 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$4.60M
Limited · 520 theaters
Domestic total
$26.40M
Final
Domestic legs5.7x
1990 rank#45
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Cast & crew

Directed byReginald Hudlin ScreenplayReginald Hudlin Produced byWarrington Hudlin CinematographyPeter Deming Music byMarcus Miller, Lenny White StarringChristopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Robin Harris, Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, A.J. Johnson, Paul Anthony, John Witherspoon StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 9-11 3 $4.6M — 520 $8,867 $4.6M
2 Mar 16-18 4 $3.6M −22.6% 550 $6,491 $9.3M
3 Mar 23-25 5 $3.2M −10.4% 700 $4,572 $13.4M
4 Mar 30-Apr 1 8 $2.1M −33.2% 700 $3,056 $16.4M
Weekend grossWk 4 · $2.1M
$4.6M
$3.6M
$3.2M
$2.1M
W1W2W3W4
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 4 · −33.2%
−22.6%
W1→2
−10.4%
W2→3
−33.2%
W3→4
Steepest −33.2%Best hold −10.4%

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