Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
“Finally, the movie that proves that Justice isn't always Poetic, Jungle Fever isn't always pretty, and Higher Learning can be a waste of time.”
When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Studio
Ivory Way Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood performed
Budget
$3.8M
Worldwide Gross
$20.9M
Gross Profit
$17.1M
Return
5.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$3M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) 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
Ashtray
Shawn Wayans
Ashtray
Loc Dog
Marlon Wayans
Loc Dog
Dashiki
Tracey Cherelle Jones
Dashiki
Preach
Chris Spencer
Preach
Ashtray's Mother
Vivica A. Fox
Ashtray's Mother
Ashtray's Father
Lahmard J. Tate
Ashtray's Father
Sister Williams
Rappin' Granny
Sister Williams
Crazy Legs
Suli McCullough
Crazy Legs
Officer Self Hatred
Bernie Mac
Officer Self Hatred
Rufus
Faizon Love
Rufus
Mailman
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Mailman
Mrs. Johnson
Kim Wayans
Mrs. Johnson
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