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> GENRES

WHEN MUSIC STARS ACT
Big Screen Starring Debuts of Music Stars
1980-Present

Rank

Title (Pop Star)

Total Gross / Theaters 

Opening / Theaters

Release

1

The Bodyguard
(Whitney Houston)

$121,945,720

1,806

$16,611,793

1,717

11/25/92

2

8 Mile
(Eminem)

$116,744,370

2,585

$51,240,555

2,470

11/8/02

3

9 to 5
(Dolly Parton)

$103,290,500

-

$3,966,832

910

12/19/80

4

Purple Rain
(Prince)

$68,392,977

1,022

$7,766,201

917

7/27/84

5

Boyz N the Hood
(Ice Cube)

$57,890,356

917

$10,023,462

829

7/12/91

6

Romeo Must Die
(Aaliyah)

$55,973,336

2,641

$18,014,503

2,641

3/22/00

7

New Jack City
(Ice-T)

$47,624,353

905

$7,039,622

862

3/8/91

8

A Walk to Remember
(Mandy Moore)

$41,239,940

2,420

$12,177,488

2,411

1/25/02

9

Crossroads
(Britney Spears)

$37,191,304

2,381

$14,527,187

2,380

2/15/02

10

Set It Off
(Queen Latifah)

$36,461,139

1,016

$8,812,105

1,014

11/8/96

11

Mad Max Beyond
Thunderdome (Tina Turner)

$36,230,219

1,475

$7,283,714

1,474

7/12/85

12

How High
(Method Man, Redman)

$31,178,740

1,273

$7,102,260

1,266

12/21/01

13

Spice World
(Spice Girls)

$29,259,636

2,339

$10,527,222

2,339

1/26/98

14

Poetic Justice
(Janet Jackson)

$27,515,786

1,285

$11,728,455

1,273

7/23/93

15

Desperately Seeking Susan
(Madonna)

$27,398,584

1,108

$1,526,098

268

3/29/85

16

House Party
(Kid 'n' Play)

$26,385,627

700

$4,611,024

520

3/9/90

17

Fear
(Marky Mark)

$20,831,000

1,615

$6,312,240

1,584

4/12/96

18

People Vs. Larry Flynt
(Courtney Love)

$20,300,385

1,233

$523,295

16

12/27/96

19

Juice
(Tupac Shakur)

$20,146,880

1,100

$8,085,915

1,089

1/17/92

20

Pure Country
(George Strait)

$15,164,458

1,103

$2,739,680

993

10/23/92

21

In Too Deep
(LL Cool J)

$14,011,454

674

$4,220,297

667

8/27/99

22

Hard to Hold
(Rick Springfield)

$11,113,806

1,017

$3,410,001

1,017

4/6/84

23

Light of Day
(Joan Jett)

$10,489,617

1,041

$3,536,309

1,041

2/6/87

24

Disorderlies
(Fat Boys)

$10,348,437

545

$2,707,980

545

8/14/87

25

I Got the Hook Up
(Master P)

$10,317,779

655

$3,310,349

655

5/27/98

26

The Wash
(Dr. Dre)

$10,097,538

749

$2,875,067

749

11/14/01

27

Belly
(DMX, Nas)

$9,639,390

630

$3,454,776

600

11/4/98

28

Bones
(Snoop Dogg)

$7,316,658

847

$2,823,548

847

8/24/01

29

Six Degrees of Separation
(Will Smith)

$6,405,918

201

$53,058

2

12/8/93

30

UHF
('Weird Al' Yankovic)

$6,157,157

1,295

$2,251,831

1,295

7/21/89

31

From Justin to Kelly
(American Idols)

$4,584,583

2,001

$2,715,848

2,001

6/20/03

32

On the Line
(*N Sync)

$4,365,455

901

$2,307,063

900

10/26/01

33

Glitter
(Mariah Carey)

$4,274,407

1,225

$2,414,596

1,202

9/21/01

34

Dancer in the Dark
(Bjork)

$4,184,036

126

$91,612

3

9/22/00

35

Tougher Than Leather
(Run DMC)

$3,582,760

166

$748,193

130

9/16/88

36

The Bride
(Sting)

$3,558,669

955

$1,763,277

955

8/16/85

37

The Allnighter
(Susanna Hoffs)

$2,607,090

977

$1,419,581

977

5/1/87

38

Vibes
(Cyndi Lauper)

$1,883,000

1,003

$916,482

1,003

8/5/88

39

Turn It Up
(Pras, Ja Rule)

$1,247,949

661

$576,820

661

9/6/00

40

Cool as Ice
(Vanilla Ice)

$1,193,000

393

$638,625

393

10/18/91

41

Ride with the Devil
(Jewel)

$635,096

60

$64,159

11

11/26/99

42

Falling from Grace
(John Mellencamp)

$231,826

22

$49,708

22

2/21/92

43

The Leading Man
(Jon Bon Jovi)

$18,012

3

$2,483

2

3/6/98

Total: $1,069,428,947
Average: $24,870,441
(From Justin to Kelly total as of 6/29/03)

While no firm figures are available, Elvis Presley's 1956 debut Love Me Tender and The Beatles' 1964 debut A Hard Day's Night would equal approximately $50 million and $70 million respectively today, adjusted for ticket price inflation.

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