New Jack City

Name: New Jack City
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Released: 1991
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Mario Van Peebles

1991 • R • 1h 37m • Action, Crime, Drama • Warner Bros.

They're a new breed of gangster. The new public enemy. The new family of crime.

🍅 81% 80%

3.42

6.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$7.0M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$47.6M

Final

Domestic Legs6.8x

1991 Rank#26

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Cast & Crew

Directed byMario Van Peebles ScreenplayThomas Lee Wright, Barry Michael Cooper Produced byDoug McHenry, George Jackson CinematographyFrancis Kenny StarringWesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Michele StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 8-10 2 $7.0M — 862 $8,167 $7.0M

2 Mar 15-17 2 $5.8M −17.0% 887 $6,584 $15.9M

3 Mar 22-24 3 $4.4M −23.8% 905 $4,915 $22.3M

4 Mar 29-31 5 $3.7M −16.4% 905 $4,108 $27.9M

5 Apr 5-7 6 $2.9M −23.3% 872 $3,270 $32.5M

6 Apr 12-14 8 $2.1M −27.9% 865 $2,378 $35.4M

7 Apr 19-21 8 $1.8M −13.0% 845 $2,117 $38.0M

8 Apr 26-28 11 $1.3M −28.6% 739 $1,728 $39.9M

9 May 3-5 12 $1.0M −18.5% 631 $1,650 $41.4M

10 May 10-12 15 $750.6K −27.9% 568 $1,322 $42.5M

11 May 17-19 18 $606.6K −19.2% 428 $1,417 $43.4M

12 May 24-27 20 $442.2K −27.1% 217 $2,038 $44.1M

13 May 31-Jun 2 19 $336.6K −23.9% 205 $1,642 $44.5M

16 Jun 21-23 19 $334.7K — 246 $1,361 $45.6M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $750.6K

$7.0M

$5.8M

$4.4M

$3.7M

$2.9M

$2.1M

$1.8M

$1.3M

$1.0M

$750.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.9%

−17.0%

W1→2

−23.8%

W2→3

−16.4%

W3→4

−23.3%

W4→5

−27.9%

W5→6

−13.0%

W6→7

−28.6%

W7→8

−18.5%

W8→9

−27.9%

W9→10

Steepest −28.6%Best hold −13.0%

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