Mo' Better Blues
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
Genres
Drama, Music
Studio
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Language
en
Status
Released
How Mo' Better Blues performed
Budget
$10.0M
Worldwide Gross
$16.2M
Gross Profit
$6.2M
Return
1.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
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
Bleek Gilliam
Denzel Washington
Bleek Gilliam
Giant
Spike Lee
Giant
Shadow Henderson (Sax)
Wesley Snipes
Shadow Henderson (Sax)
Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
Giancarlo Esposito
Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
Butterbean Jones
Robin Harris
Butterbean Jones
Indigo
Joie Lee
Indigo
Bottom Hammer
Bill Nunn
Bottom Hammer
Moe Flatbush
John Turturro
Moe Flatbush
Big Stop Williams
Dick Anthony Williams
Big Stop Williams
Clarke Bentancourt
Cynda Williams
Clarke Bentancourt
Josh Flatbush
Nicholas Turturro
Josh Flatbush
Madlock
Samuel L. Jackson
Madlock
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