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Released
1994 · FILM

A Low Down Dirty Shame

“He's armed and dangerously funny.”

Directed by
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Written by
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Runtime
100 min
ActionComedyCrime

Synopsis

A black detective becomes involved in a dangerous situation while searching for a fortune in missing drug money. As he investigates, he runs into various old contacts and eventually faces the criminal responsible for Shame's expulsion from the police force. He also navigates relationships with two women: Angela, a former romantic interest, and Peaches, his lively but bothersome partner.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 17

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by John F LinkShot by Matthew F LeonettiScored by Marcus MillerDesigned by Robb Wilson King

Box Office

1994 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.9× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$29.4M

Budget$10.0M
Worldwide gross$29.4M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $8.0M — 27% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $9.6M — 33% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,379 theaters

Also known as

  • Mister Coolde

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