All Eyez on Me (film)

All Eyez on Me
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Benny Boom
Written by	Jeremy Haft Eddie Gonzalez Steven Bagatourian
Produced by	David Robinson L.T. Hutton James G. Robinson
Starring	Demetrius Shipp Jr. Kat Graham Lauren Cohan Hill Harper Danai Gurira
Cinematography	Peter Menzies Jr.
Edited by	Joel Cox
Music by	John Paesano
Production companies	Morgan Creek Entertainment The Program Pictures Codeblack Films
Distributed by	Lionsgate Films (under Summit Entertainment; United States/United Kingdom)[1] Voltage Pictures (International)
Release dates	June 14, 2017 (2017-06-14) (Fox Bruin Theater) June 16, 2017 (2017-06-16) (United States)
Running time	140 minutes[2]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$40–45 million[3][1]
Box office	$55.7 million[1]

All Eyez on Me is a 2017 American biographical drama film directed by Benny Boom. Titled after the 1996 studio album, as well as the song of the same name, it is based on the life and death of the titular American rapper Tupac Shakur. The film stars Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Tupac, with Kat Graham, Lauren Cohan, Hill Harper, and Danai Gurira. Jamal Woolard reprises his role as Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace / The Notorious B.I.G. from Notorious (2009).

Talks of a Tupac biopic began in 2011 by Morgan Creek Entertainment Group. The film languished in development hell for several years with various directors, including Antoine Fuqua and John Singleton, attached at different points before Boom was confirmed in November 2015. That December, Shipp Jr., whose father worked on music videos with Shakur, was cast as the rapper and principal photography began that month. It lasted until April 2016, filming in Atlanta, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles.

All Eyez on Me premiered on June 14, 2017, at the Fox Bruin Theater and was released in the United States on June 16, 2017, on what would have been Shakur's 46th birthday.^[4] The film was unsuccessful at the box office, grossing just $55 million worldwide against a budget of about $40 million, and received generally negative reviews from critics.