All Eyez on Me (film)

All Eyez on Me
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBenny Boom
Written by
  • Jeremy Haft
  • Eddie Gonzalez
  • Steven Bagatourian
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPeter Menzies Jr.
Edited byJoel Cox
Music byJohn Paesano
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • June 14, 2017 (2017-06-14) (Fox Bruin Theater)
  • June 16, 2017 (2017-06-16) (United States)
Running time
140 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$40–45 million[3][1]
Box office$55.7 million[1]

All Eyez on Me is a 2017 American biographical drama film directed by Benny Boom. Titled after the 1996 studio album, as well as the song of the same name, it is based on the life and death of the American rapper Tupac Shakur. The film stars Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Tupac, with Kat Graham, Lauren Cohan, Hill Harper, and Danai Gurira. Jamal Woolard reprises his role as Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace / The Notorious B.I.G. from Notorious (2009).

Talks of a Tupac biopic began in 2011 by Morgan Creek Entertainment Group. The film languished in development hell for several years with various directors, including Antoine Fuqua and John Singleton, attached at different points before Boom was confirmed in November 2015. That December, Shipp Jr., whose father worked on music videos with Shakur, was cast as the rapper and principal photography began that month. It lasted until April 2016, filming in Atlanta, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles.

All Eyez on Me premiered on June 14, 2017, at the Fox Bruin Theater and was released in the United States on June 16, 2017, on what would have been Shakur's 46th birthday.[4] The film was unsuccessful at the box office, grossing just $55 million worldwide against a budget of about $40 million, and received generally negative reviews from critics.

  1. ^ a b c "All Eyez on Me (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on September 7, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "All Eyez on Me". AMC Theatres. Archived from the original on September 7, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
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  4. ^ "Tupac's Highly-Anticipated Biopic Receives Official Release Date". November 22, 2016. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2017.