Deliver Us from Eva

Release Date: February 7, 2003

If you've seen Two Can Play that Game you know she's not this sweet.

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Deliver Us from Eva is a comedy directed by Gary Hardwick, who previously helmed The Brothers. Starring Gabrielle Union (Bring it On) and LL Cool J, Eva tells the story of a group of men who pay LL Cool J $5,000 to romance the meddling sister of their girlfriends, played by Union.

This film, with its African-American cast and director, will obviously be compared to, and marketed similarly to, other movies starring and directed by African-Americans. Using these types of films as a comparison in terms of box office may be a useful gauge. Hardwick's previous film, The Brothers, earned $10.3 million in his debut weekend. Soul Food made $11.2 million ($13.5 million, adjusted to 2002 dollars) in its bow. Waiting to Exhale earned strikingly similar money in its initial weekend: $11.32 million ($13.01 million adjusted). Waiting to Exhale, benefiting from its Christmas debut, bowed at $14.13 million ($17.15 million adjusted).

Deliver Us From Eva has a chance to be as successful as these films. While Union is not the household name Whitney Houston or Angela Bassett is, she's still an appealing actress, and her performance in Bring it On was met with essentially favorable reviews. However, what may be the key to its box office success is the lack of light comedies aimed at African-American women. Just as this audience flocked to see Soul Food and Waiting to Exhale, don't be surprised if they make Eva a similar success. (Calvin Trager/BOP)

June 21, 2002
After being scheduled for an initial September 13, 2002 release, Delive Us from Eva was moved up a week, but the studio has now decided to push it all the way back to February of 2003. (Kim Hollis/BOP)




Vital statistics for Deliver Us from Eva
Main Cast Gabrielle Union, LL Cool J
Supporting Cast Essence Atkins, Jazsmin Lewis, Yuri Brown, Johnny Gill
Director Gary Hardwick
Screenwriter James Iver Mattson, B.E. Brauner
Distributor Focus Features
Trailer Click Here for Trailer
Official Site http://www.deliverusfromeva.com/
Rating R
Running Time 105 minutes
Screen Count 1,139
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Comparison films for Deliver Us from Eva
Title
Date
Opening
Adjusted Opening
Screens
PSA
Adj PSA
Total BO
Adjusted Total
Mult
Waiting to Exhale * 12/22/9514.13 19.58 1253 11277.00 15036.0 67.01 92.88 4.74
How Stella Got Her Groove Back 8/14/9811.32 14.55 1395 8115.00 10035.6 37.65 48.40 3.33
Soul Food 9/26/9711.20 14.71 1339 8364.00 10568.9 43.49 57.13 3.88
Brown Sugar 10/11/0210.74 11.16 1372 7827.00 7827.0 27.36 28.44 2.55
Brothers, The 3/23/0110.30 10.99 1378 7477.00 7675.5 27.46 29.30 2.67
Best Man, The 10/22/999.03 10.76 1345 6714.00 7665.6 33.29 39.67 3.69
Two Can Play That Game 9/7/017.72 8.23 1297 5953.00 6111.0 22.24 23.73 2.87


     


 
 

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