Barbershop | |
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Directed by |
Tim Story (1) Kevin Rodney Sullivan (2) Malcolm D. Lee (3) Bille Woodruff (Beauty Shop) |
Starring |
Ice Cube Cedric the Entertainer Anthony Anderson Eve Michael Ealy Sean Patrick Thomas ( More) |
Music by |
Terence Blanchard (1) Richard Gibbs (2) Stanley Clarke (3) Christopher Young (Beauty Shop) |
Production companies | |
Distributed by |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Warner Bros. Pictures (3) |
Release date | 2002-present |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | Total (4 films): $87 million |
Box office | Total (4 films): $235,310,741 |
Barbershop is an American comedy media franchise that started in 2002 with Barbershop, directed by Tim Story. Barbershop 2: Back in Business was directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan and released in 2004, while the third film, Barbershop: The Next Cut directed by Malcolm D. Lee, was released in April 2016. A spin-off starring Queen Latifah, Beauty Shop, was released in 2005, along with a television series of the same name debuting in the same year.
The series received generally positive reviews and grossed over $235 million worldwide.
A smart comedy about a day in a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin ( Ice Cube), who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and a waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.[ citation needed]
This sequel to the 2002 film returns to the Chicago barbershop owned by Calvin Palmer Jr. ( Ice Cube). His employees—Isaac ( Troy Garity), Terri ( Eve), Ricky ( Michael Ealy), Dinka (Leonard Earl Howze) and Kenard ( Kenan Thompson)—have their own personal and workplace problems, and a new barbershop called Nappy Cutz has moved in across the street. As Calvin tries to change the character of his business, Nappy Cutz and gentrification become a threat to the surrounding community.
Malcolm D. Lee directs, while Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer are among the cast of the film. [1] The film was released on April 15, 2016.
A spin-off from the first two Barbershop films, Gina Norris ( Queen Latifah) is a widowed hairstylist who has moved from Chicago to Atlanta so her daughter, Vanessa ( Paige Hurd), can attend a private music school. She has made a name for herself as a stylist, but after her self-centered boss, Jorge ( Kevin Bacon), criticizes her decisions, she leaves and sets up her own shop, purchasing a run-down salon by the skin of her teeth by helping out a loan officer.
In April 2023 after previously acquiring MGM, Amazon announced plans to expand the franchise with a new television series in development through Amazon Studios. [2]
Year | Film | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Writer(s) | Composer(s) | Cinematographer(s) | Editor(s) |
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Main series | |||||||
2002 | Barbershop | Tim Story | Mark Brown, Robert Teitel & George Tillman Jr. | Mark Brown, Don D. Scott & Marshall Todd | Terence Blanchard | Tom Priestley, Jr. | John Carter |
2004 | Barbershop 2: Back in Business | Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Alex Gartner, Robert Teitel & George Tillman, Jr. | Don D. Scott | Richard Gibbs | Paul Seydor & Patrick Flannery | |
2016 | Barbershop: The Next Cut | Malcolm D. Lee | Ice Cube, Robert Teitel & George Tillman, Jr. | Kenya Barris & Tracy Oliver | Stanley Clarke | Greg Gardiner | Paul Millspaugh |
Spin-off | |||||||
2005 | Beauty Shop | Bille Woodruff | Robert Teitel, Queen Latifah, David Hoberman, Shakim Compere & George Tillman, Jr. | Kate Lanier, Elizabeth Hunter & Norman Vance, Jr. | Christopher Young | Theo van de Sande | Michael Jablow |
Film | Critical | Public | ||
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Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore [3] | ||
Barbershop | 83% (126 reviews) [4] | 66 (29 reviews) [5] | A− | |
Barbershop 2: Back in Business | 68% (126 reviews) [6] | 59 (34 reviews) [7] | A− | |
Beauty Shop | 38% (119 reviews) [8] | 53 (28 reviews) [9] | A− | |
Barbershop: The Next Cut | 90% (93 reviews) [10] | 67 (30 reviews) [11] | A− |
Film | Release date | Revenue | Budget | Ref. | ||
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U.S. and Canada | Other territories | Worldwide | ||||
Barbershop | September 13, 2002 | $75,782,105 | $1,281,819 | $77,063,924 | $12 million | [12] |
Barbershop 2: Back in Business | February 6, 2004 | $65,111,277 | $860,036 | $65,971,313 | $30 million | [13] |
Beauty Shop | March 30, 2005 | $36,351,350 | $894,103 | $37,245,453 | $25 million [14] | [15] |
Barbershop: The Next Cut | April 15, 2016 | $54,030,051 | $1,000,000 | $55,030,051 | $20 million [16] | [17] |
Total | $231,274,783 | $4,035,958 | $235,310,741 | $87 million | [ citation needed] |