| Barbershop | |
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| Studio: | New Line Cinema (3) Cube Vision |
| Distributor: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1-3) Warner Bros. Pictures (4) |
| Released: | 2002–present |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | Total (4 films): $87 million |
| Gross: | Total (4 films): $235,310,741 |
The Barbershop franchise consists of American comedy installments including four theatrical movies, and a spin-off TV series. Based on an original story by Mark Brown, the plot centers around the social lives of and the events that employees of a barbershop on social life in a barbershop on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois encounter.
The series received generally positive reviews and grossed over $235 million worldwide.
| Film | U.S. release date | Director | Screenwriter(s) | Story by | Producers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbershop | Tim Story | Mark Brown and Don D. Scott and Marshall Todd | Mark Brown | George Tillman Jr., Robert Teitel and Mark Brown | ||
| Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Don D. Scott | George Tillman Jr., Robert Teitel and Alex Gartner | ||||
| Beauty Shop | Bille Woodruff | Kate Lanier and Norman Vance Jr. | Elizabeth Hunter | George Tillman Jr., Robert Teitel, David Hoberman, Queen Latifah and Shakim Compere | ||
| Malcolm D. Lee | Kenya Barris & Tracy Oliver | George Tillman Jr., Robert Teitel and Ice Cube | ||||
See main article: Barbershop (film). A smart comedy about a day in a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin (Ice Cube), who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and a waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.
See main article: Barbershop 2: Back in Business. This sequel to the 2002 film returns to the Chicago barbershop owned by Calvin Palmer Jr. (Ice Cube). His employees—Isaac (Troy Garity), Terri (Eve), Ricky (Michael Ealy), Dinka (Leonard Earl Howze) and Kenard (Kenan Thompson)—have their own personal and workplace problems, and a new barbershop called Nappy Cutz has moved in across the street. As Calvin tries to change the character of his business, Nappy Cutz and gentrification become a threat to the surrounding community.
See main article: Beauty Shop. A spin-off from the first two Barbershop films, Gina Norris (Queen Latifah) is a widowed hairstylist who has moved from Chicago to Atlanta so her daughter, Vanessa (Paige Hurd), can attend a private music school. She has made a name for herself as a stylist, but after her self-centered boss, Jorge (Kevin Bacon), criticizes her decisions, she leaves and sets up her own shop, purchasing a run-down salon by the skin of her teeth by helping out a loan officer.
See main article: Barbershop: The Next Cut. Malcolm D. Lee directs, while Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer are among the cast of the film.[1] The film was released on April 15, 2016.
See main article: Barbershop (TV series).
In April 2023 after previously acquiring MGM, Amazon announced plans to expand the franchise with a new television series in development through Amazon Studios.[2]
| Character | Films | Television series | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbershop | Beauty Shop | Barbershop | ||||
| Calvin Palmer, Jr. | Ice Cube | Omar Gooding | ||||
| Eddie Walker | Cedric the Entertainer | Barry Shabaka Henley | ||||
| Terri Jones | Eve | Toni Trucks | ||||
| Jimmy James | Sean Patrick Thomas | Leslie Elliard | ||||
| Isaac Rosenberg | Troy Garity | Wes Chatham | ||||
| Jennifer Palmer | Jazsmin Lewis | Anna Brown | ||||
| Ricky Nash | Michael Ealy | |||||
| Dinka | Leonard Earl Howze | Gbenga Akinnagbe | ||||
| Rayford | DeRay Davis | |||||
| Detective Williams | Tom Wright | |||||
| Customer Dante | Deon Cole | |||||
| J.D. | Anthony Anderson | Anthony Anderson | ||||
| Billy | Lahmard Tate | |||||
| Lester Wallace | Keith David | |||||
| Monk | Kevyn Morrow | |||||
| Kevin | Jason George | |||||
| Gina Norris | Queen Latifah | Queen Latifah | ||||
| Quentin Leroux | Harry J. Lennix | |||||
| Kenard | Kenan Thompson | |||||
| Lalowe Brown | Robert Wisdom | |||||
| Loretta | Garcelle Beauvais | |||||
| Gina's niece | Keke Palmer | |||||
| Angie | Regina Hall | |||||
| Draya | Nicki Minaj | |||||
| Rashad | Common | |||||
| Bree | Margot Bingham | |||||
| Jerrod | Lamorne Morris | |||||
| Raja | Utkarsh Ambudkar | |||||
| One Stop | J. B. Smoove | |||||
| Lynn | Alicia Silverstone | |||||
| Terri | Andie MacDowell | |||||
| Ms. Josephine | Alfre Woodard | |||||
| Joanne Marcus | Mena Suvari | |||||
| Jorge | Kevin Bacon | |||||
| Joe | Djimon Hounsou | |||||
| Romadal Dupree | Dan White | |||||
Note: A light grey cell indicates the character who did not appear in that film.
| Film | Crew/Detail | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composer(s) | Cinematographer | Editor(s) | Production companies | Distributing company | Running time | ||
| Barbershop | Terence Blanchard | Tom Priestley Jr. | John Carter | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, State Street Pictures, Cube Vision | MGM Distribution Co. | 1 hr 42 mins | |
| Barbershop 2: | Richard Gibbs | Tom Priestley | Patrick Flannery & Paul Seydor | 1 hr 46 mins | |||
| Beauty Shop | Christopher Young | Theo van de Sande | Michael Jablow | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, State Street Pictures, Mandeville Films, Flavor Unit Entertainment | 1 hr 45 mins | ||
| Barbershop | John Adair, Ryan Elder, Steve Hampton, and David Korkis | Geary McLeod | Brad Durante, Stuart Bass, Steve Edwards, and John Murray | MGM Television, State Street Pictures, Cube Vision, International Famous Players, Radio Pictures Corporation | Showtime | 5 hrs | |
| Barbershop: | Stanley Clarke | Greg Gardiner | Paul Millspaugh | New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, State Street Pictures, Cube Vision | Warner Bros. Pictures | 1 hr 52 mins | |
| Film | Critical | Public | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore[3] | ||
| Barbershop | [4] | 66 (29 reviews)[5] | A− | |
| [6] | 59 (34 reviews)[7] | A− | ||
| Beauty Shop | [8] | 53 (28 reviews)[9] | A− | |
| [10] | 67 (30 reviews)[11] | A− | ||
| Film | Release date | Revenue | Budget | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. and Canada | Other territories | Worldwide | |||||
| Barbershop | $75,782,105 | $1,281,819 | $77,063,924 | $12 million | [12] | ||
| Barbershop 2: Back in Business | $65,111,277 | $860,036 | $65,971,313 | $30 million | [13] | ||
| Beauty Shop | $36,351,350 | $894,103 | $37,245,453 | $25 million[14] | [15] | ||
| Barbershop: The Next Cut | $54,030,051 | $1,000,000 | $55,030,051 | $20 million[16] | [17] | ||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | $87 million | |||