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Outlaw Posse (2024)
The Opening Act (2020)
First Reformed (2018)
Dying Laughing (2017)
Top Five (2014)
Larry Crowne (2011)
Street Kings (2008)
Madagascar (2005)
Be Cool (2005)
Barbershop (2002)

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Lee doesn't think "Kings' was red-lined

Was Spike Lee's "The Original Kings of Comedy" red-lined? Lee doesn't think so. His concert film starring four black comedians opened last Aug. 18 to astonishingly good business, and some believed it was prevented from winning the number one spot at the nation's box office because it was released on only 847 screens, grossing $11 million. The weekend's winner, "The Cell," was on 2,411 screens, grossing $17.5 million.