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#19: [link]tt1398426[/link]
[link]]nm0316079[/link] has the market cornered when it comes to portraying controversial real-life figures in musical biographical dramas. In addition to playing Eugene Landy in the Brian Wilson biopic [link]tt0903657[/link], he's also NWA's manager Jerry Heller in [link]tt1398426[/link]. But while [link]tt0903657[/link] was a limited release and grossed $12 million, [link]tt1398426[/link] was a box office hit, making $161 million and generating substantial award buzz for the film and its director [link]nm0336620[/link]
US Gross: $161,197,785
[link]]nm0316079[/link] has the market cornered when it comes to portraying controversial real-life figures in musical biographical dramas. In addition to playing Eugene Landy in the Brian Wilson biopic [link]tt0903657[/link], he's also NWA's manager Jerry Heller in [link]tt1398426[/link]. But while [link]tt0903657[/link] was a limited release and grossed $12 million, [link]tt1398426[/link] was a box office hit, making $161 million and generating substantial award buzz for the film and its director [link]nm0336620[/link]
US Gross: $161,197,785
PeopleO'Shea Jackson Jr.
TitlesStraight Outta Compton
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