Pootie Tang
“Too cool for words.”
Pootie Tang, the musician/actor/folk hero of the ghetto, is chronicled from his early childhood to his battles against the evil Corporate America, who try to steal his magic belt and make him sell out by endorsing addictive products to his people. Pootie must learn to find himself and defeat the evil corporation for all the young Black children of America, supatime.
Genres
Action, Comedy
Studio
MTV Films
Language
en
Status
Released
How Pootie Tang performed
Budget
$7.0M
Worldwide Gross
$3.3M
Gross Profit
−$3.7M
Return
0.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$439K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Pootie Tang
Lance Crouther
Pootie Tang
Trucky
JB Smoove
Trucky
Ireenie
Jennifer Coolidge
Ireenie
Dirty Dee
Reg E. Cathey
Dirty Dee
Dick Lecter
Robert Vaughn
Dick Lecter
Biggie Shorty
Wanda Sykes
Biggie Shorty
JB / Radio DJ / Pootie's Father
Chris Rock
JB / Radio DJ / Pootie's Father
Lacey
Mario Joyner
Lacey
Stacy
Cathy Trien
Stacy
Frank
Dave Attell
Frank
Anchor Woman
Laura Kightlinger
Anchor Woman
Sheriff
Christopher Wynkoop
Sheriff
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