Pop Star Debuts
Big Screen, Leading Role Debuts of Music Stars
Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 Austin Powers in Goldmember NL $213,307,889 3,613 $73,071,188 3,613 7/26/02 2 The Bodyguard WB $122,006,740 1,806 $16,611,793 1,717 11/25/92 3 8 Mile Uni. $116,750,901 2,585 $51,240,555 2,470 11/8/02 4 Dreamgirls P/DW $103,365,956 2,797 $378,950 3 12/15/06 5 9 to 5 Fox $103,290,500 - $3,966,832 910 12/19/80 6 The Dukes of Hazzard WB $80,270,227 3,785 $30,675,314 3,785 8/5/05 7 Purple Rain WB $68,392,977 1,022 $7,766,201 917 7/27/84 8 Battleship Uni. $65,422,625 3,702 $25,534,825 3,690 5/18/12 9 Boyz N the Hood Col. $57,504,069 931 $10,023,462 829 7/12/91 10 Romeo Must Die WB $55,973,336 2,641 $18,014,503 2,641 3/22/00 11 Crash Lions $54,580,300 1,905 $9,107,071 1,864 5/6/05 12 Like Mike Fox $51,432,760 2,436 $12,179,420 2,410 7/3/02 13 New Jack City WB $47,624,353 905 $7,039,622 862 3/8/91 14 Soul Surfer TriS $43,853,424 2,240 $10,601,862 2,214 4/8/11 15 A Walk to Remember WB $41,281,092 2,420 $12,177,488 2,411 1/25/02 16 Burlesque SGem $39,440,655 3,037 $11,947,744 3,037 11/24/10 17 Crossroads Par. $37,191,304 2,713 $14,527,187 2,380 2/15/02 18 Set It Off NL $36,461,139 1,016 $8,812,105 1,014 11/8/96 19 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome WB $36,230,219 1,475 $7,283,714 1,474 7/12/85 20 How High Uni. $31,178,740 1,273 $7,102,260 1,266 12/21/01 21 Get Rich or Die Tryin' Par. $30,985,352 1,666 $12,020,807 1,652 11/9/05 22 Spice World Sony $29,342,592 2,339 $10,527,222 2,339 1/23/98 23 Poetic Justice Col. $27,515,786 1,285 $11,728,455 1,273 7/23/93 24 Desperately Seeking Susan Orion $27,398,584 1,108 $1,526,098 268 3/29/85 25 House Party NL $26,385,627 700 $4,611,024 520 3/9/90 26 Sparkle (2012) TriS $24,397,469 2,244 $11,643,342 2,244 8/17/12 27 ATL WB $21,170,563 1,602 $11,554,404 1,602 3/31/06 28 Fear Uni. $20,831,000 1,615 $6,312,240 1,584 4/12/96 29 The People Vs. Larry Flynt Sony $20,300,385 1,233 $523,295 16 12/27/96 30 Juice Par. $20,146,880 1,100 $8,085,915 1,089 1/17/92 31 Pure Country WB $15,164,458 1,103 $2,739,680 993 10/23/92 32 In Too Deep Mira. $14,011,454 674 $4,220,297 667 8/27/99 33 Hard to Hold Uni. $11,113,806 1,017 $3,410,001 1,017 4/6/84 34 Light of Day TriS $10,489,617 1,041 $3,536,309 1,041 2/6/87 35 Disorderlies WB $10,348,437 544 $2,707,980 544 8/14/87 36 I Got the Hook-Up! Mira. $10,317,779 655 $3,310,349 655 5/29/98 37 The Wash Lions $10,097,538 749 $2,875,067 749 11/16/01 38 Belly Art. $9,639,390 630 $3,454,776 600 11/6/98 39 Bones NL $7,316,658 847 $2,823,548 847 10/26/01 40 Six Degrees of Separation MGM $6,405,918 201 $53,058 2 12/10/93 41 UHF Orion $6,157,157 1,295 $2,251,831 1,295 7/21/89 42 From Justin to Kelly Fox $4,928,883 2,001 $2,715,848 2,001 6/20/03 43 On the Line Mira. $4,365,455 901 $2,307,063 900 10/26/01 44 Glitter Fox $4,274,407 1,225 $2,414,596 1,202 9/21/01 45 Dancer in the Dark FL $4,184,036 126 $91,612 3 9/22/00 46 Tougher Than Leather NL $3,582,760 130 $748,193 130 9/16/88 47 The Bride Col. $3,558,669 980 $1,763,277 955 8/16/85 48 The Allnighter Uni. $2,700,000 977 $1,419,581 977 5/1/87 49 Vibes Col. $1,883,811 1,003 $916,482 1,003 8/5/88 50 Turn It Up NL $1,247,949 661 $576,820 661 9/8/00 51 Cool as Ice Uni. $1,193,062 393 $638,625 393 10/18/91 52 Undiscovered Lions $1,069,318 1,304 $676,048 1,304 8/26/05 53 My Blueberry Nights Wein. $867,275 69 $74,146 6 4/4/08 54 Ride with the Devil USA $635,096 60 $64,159 11 11/26/99 55 Broken Bridges Par. $252,539 84 $133,784 84 9/8/06 56 Falling from Grace Col. $231,826 22 $49,708 22 2/21/92 57 The Leading Man N.Arts $18,012 3 $2,483 2 3/6/98 TOTAL (All Movies): $1,800,088,754 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $31,580,504 1,331 $8,115,267 1,231 - TOTAL $1,669,079,293 - - - - AVERAGE $36,284,332 1,614 $10,487,607 1,585 -
NOTE: While no firm figures are available, Elvis Presley's 1956 debut Love Me Tender and The Beatles' 1964 debut A Hard Day's Night would equal approximately $50 million and $70 million respectively today, adjusted for ticket price inflation. If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com .
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