Menace II Society
“This is the truth. This is what's real.”
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
Genres
Drama, Crime, Thriller
Studio
New Line Cinema
Language
en
Status
Released
How Menace II Society performed
Budget
$3.5M
Worldwide Gross
$27.9M
Gross Profit
$24.4M
Return
8.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$4M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) 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
Caine 'Kaydee' Lawson
Tyrin Turner
Caine 'Kaydee' Lawson
Kevin 'O-Dog'
Larenz Tate
Kevin 'O-Dog'
Pernell
Glenn Plummer
Pernell
Ronnie
Jada Pinkett Smith
Ronnie
Tat Lawson
Samuel L. Jackson
Tat Lawson
Grocery Store Woman
June Kyoto Lu
Grocery Store Woman
Grocery Store Man
Toshi Toda
Grocery Store Man
Clyde
Reginald Ballard
Clyde
Karen Lawson
Khandi Alexander
Karen Lawson
Anthony
Jullian Roy Doster
Anthony
Five Year Old Caine
Brandon Hammond
Five Year Old Caine
Man #1
Eugene Lee
Man #1
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