Baby Boy
“Just a Baby Boy.”
The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different women-Yvette and Peanut but still lives with his own mother. He can't seem to strike a balance or find direction in his chaotic life.
Genres
Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Studio
New Deal Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Baby Boy performed
Budget
$16.0M
Worldwide Gross
$29.4M
Gross Profit
$13.4M
Return
1.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$5M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Joseph Summers
Tyrese Gibson
Joseph Summers
Yvette
Taraji P. Henson
Yvette
Sweetpea
Omar Gooding
Sweetpea
Melvin 'Mel'
Ving Rhames
Melvin 'Mel'
Rodney
Snoop Dogg
Rodney
Juanita
A.J. Johnson
Juanita
Kim
Angell Conwell
Kim
Do Dirty
Kareem J. Grimes
Do Dirty
Sharika
Tracey Cherelle Jones
Sharika
Patrice
Mo'Nique
Patrice
Man Selling Bootleg Movies (uncredited)
John Singleton
Man Selling Bootleg Movies (uncredited)
Peanut
Tamara LaSeon Bass
Peanut
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