Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood backdrop
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood movie poster

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

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
$8.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$19.7M
Final
Worldwide Total
$20.5M
$840K international
Domestic Legs2.4x
1996 Rank#84
Compare with other movies

Cast & Crew

Directed byParis Barclay ScreenplayMarlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Phil Beauman Produced byKeenen Ivory Wayans, Eric L. Gold CinematographyRuss Brandt MusicJohn Barnes Prod. DesignAaron Osborne StarringShawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Tracey Cherelle Jones, Chris Spencer, Vivica A. Fox, Lahmard J. Tate StudioIvory Way Productions
Save comparisonsSave your matchups and
revisit them any time
Predict the weekendPredict the top five and
move up the leaderboard
Rate filmsRate movies and pin your
favorites to your profile
One account.
The whole box office.
Save comparisonsSave and track the matchups you create
Predict the weekendPredict this weekend’s top 5, top the leaderboard
Rate filmsRate movies and display favorites on your profile
Create free account

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%

Similar movies

Little Man 2006 · Wayans $58.6M White Chicks 2004 · Wayans $70.8M The Big Lebowski 1998 · Coen $19.1M Half Baked 1998 · Davis $17.4M Raising Arizona 1987 · Coen $22.8M Go 1999 · Liman $16.9M

Box office comparisons

Build your own comparison →

No head-to-head comparisons featuring Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood yet — build one in seconds.

Build your own comparison →