“All Eyez on Me” Opens at No. 3 on the US Box Office Charts with $27.1 Million

The opening turned out better than expected: As Billboard reported on June 18, 2017, All Eyez on Me landed at number three on the North American box office charts in its opening weekend with $27.1 million from 2,471 theaters. Ahead of it were only Cars 3 ($53.5 million) and Wonder Woman ($40.8 million).

Audiences Give It an A

The distributor was Lionsgate together with Codeblack Films. On CinemaScore, audiences gave the film an A. More than half of the audience (52 percent) was African American, 22 percent white, 19 percent Hispanic. The film features over a dozen songs from Tupac’s catalog.

How critics assessed the film in comparison is shown in Theatrical Release and Reviews. The effect on sales is documented in Greatest Hits in the Top 40.