J Anthony Brown, Earthquake, Bruce Bruce, Sommore, D. Mo'Nique, Sommore, Adele Givens, Laura Hayes Tour grossed more than $18 Million in its first year. Steve Harvey, Bernie Mac, Cedric The Entertainer Tour grossed more than $7M opening weekend and is the 4th highest grossing stand-up film in history. Nominated for NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture Soundtrack nominated for a Grammy for the Best Spoken Comedy Album in 2000 It is the 2nd highest grossing comedy stand-up film of all time. Hughleyįilm grossed over $37 million during its run at the box office. Steve Harvey, Bernie Mac, Cedric The Entertainer, D.L. The Original Kings of Comedy eventually grossed a total of $38,168,022 at the box offices. The tour grossed over $18 million in its first year. On its opening weekend, Kings of Comedy grossed a total of $11,053,832 on 847 screens, averaging to about $13,051 per venue. The film was produced on an estimated $3,000,000 budget. The Original Kings of Comedy was directed by Spike Lee and produced by Latham Entertainment and MTV films. Latham decided to capture the experience of the live Kings of Comedy Tour on film. Hughley and the sponsorship of HBO brought the total grosses over $37 million in two years. Steadfastly believing that packaging a number of popular comedians would be wildly successful, Latham mounted a triple-headliner tour starring Steve Harvey, Cedric The Entertainer, and Bernie Mac.
In December 1997, Walter Latham took a group of black comedians who would in time be known as the Kings of Comedy on tour. He went on to produce many highly successful comedy tours across the nation. Latham did not let this setback deter him. His first show failed because the talent he booked failed to show up. Walter started the company with a $4000 loan and the support of his mother. Guided by his own passion for comedy, Latham dropped out of East Carolina University at age 20 to start a promotion company and produce comedy shows. In search of a better life, he moved to North Carolina in his teens but found life there to be equally as difficult. From childhood, he listened to the comedy albums of Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor. An African-American, Walter Latham was born in Brooklyn, New York, where he was raised in a single-parent home with his mother and younger sister.
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