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1987 | DIRECTED BY ROBERT TOWNSEND

Hollywood Shuffle

Movie Stats
Year
1987
Runtime
 78 minutes (1 hr 18 mins)
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First viewed:
9th Nov 2025
Last viewed:
14th Jan 2026
Total views:
60
Release Dates
US release date
 US release
20th March 1987
39 years 7 months 25 days ago
Sweden release date
 Sweden
17th July 1987
39 years 3 months 28 days ago
Finland release date
 Finland
7th August 1987
39 years 3 months 7 days ago
Denmark release date
 Denmark
4th December 1987
38 years 11 months 10 days ago
Australia release date
 Australia
9th June 1988
38 years 5 months 5 days ago
Netherlands release date
 Netherlands
1st September 1988
38 years 2 months 13 days ago
Total Grosses
United States Flag
US total gross
  $95.7 Thousand
Cinema Tickets Sold
United States Flag
US tickets sold
24,467 aprox.
Box Office Breakdown
UK Box Office
  • Release: No UK cinema release.
US Box Office
  • Release: 20th Mar '87
  • Debut position: 18
  • Highest position: 18
  • Debut gross: $95.7 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 1
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.
Directed by
robert townsend
Starring
Bobby Taylor / Jasper / Speed / Sam Ace / Rambro
Stevie Taylor
Bobby's Grandmother
Bobby's Mother
Sitcom Father / Client #2
Sitcom Girlfriend / Rehearsing Actress
Sitcom Boyfriend
Batty Boy
Uncle Ray
Donald / Jheri Curl
Tiny
Lydia / Willie Mae / Hooker #5
Maurice
Customer in Chair
Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type
Hooker #1 / Beautiful Girl #2
Hooker #2 / Reporter
Receptionist / Missy Ann / Woman on Cliff
Casting Director
Writer
Director / Teacher / Amadeus / Chicago Jones / Dirty Larry
Jesse Wilson / Slave #2 / Zombie
Audition Actor / Student #1 / Punk
Audition Actor / Basketball Player
Audition Actor / Bessie / Hostage
Audition Actor / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type
Audition Actor / Slave #1 / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type
Audition Actor / Zombie Pimp
Audition Actor / Basketball Player
Actor in Audition
Audition Actor / Hooker
Audition Actor / Harriet / Hooker
Audition Actor / Eddie Murphy-Type
Mandingo / Ricky Taylor / Hood #5
Slave #3 / Hood #1 / Theater Usher
Student #2 / Zombie Pimp
Teacher #2 / Police Detective #1
Advanced Student / Basketball Player / Tyrone
Body Guard #1
Body Guard #2 / Willie
Body Guard #3
Basketball Player / Eddie Murphy Type
Punk #1
Eddie Murphy-Type
Beautiful Girl #1
Chauffeur / TV Commercial Crew
Cookie's Mother / Wardrobe
Mr. Jones
Hood #2
Hood #3
Cookie's Father
Rudy
Rehearsing Actor
Snake Killer
Agent #1
Agent #2
Wardrobe Man
President of NAACP
Reporter
Reporter
Reporter
Reporter
Reporter
Picketer #1
Picketer #2
Cordella
Award Presenter
Model with Award
1st A. D.
Commercial Director
Client #1
TV Commercial Crew
Postal Worker
Dancer
Dancer
Make-Up Woman
Dancer
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UK Box Office Chart History
We have no infomation on the UK box office for this movie.

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

North American Box Office Info
Highest Place
18
Weeks top 15
0
Total Weeks
1
Total US Gross:
$95,667
North American Box Office Chart History
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Global Box Office Chart History
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News from around the web
"I'm a true hyphen": An Interview with Robert Townsend  Screen Slate Mon, 3rd August 2026

Robert Townsend on making biting satire Hollywood Shuffle: ‘It was hard back then to make a movie’  The Guardian Tue, 29th November 2022

Hollywood Shuffle: Against Type  The Criterion Collection Tue, 28th February 2023

Seriously Funny  Alta Journal Thu, 10th August 2023

He put $40,000 on credit cards to make his first film. Now ‘Hollywood Shuffle’ is a classic  Los Angeles Times Wed, 1st March 2023

30 Years Later, the Searing Critiques of Hollywood Shuffle Still Sting  Vanity Fair Mon, 20th March 2017

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