: Opened at #1 in North America, eventually grossing approximately $81.45 million worldwide on a $16 million budget.
: Starred Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, and Lela Rochon.
: It is credited with introducing the interior worlds of professional, 30-something Black women to a mainstream audience, paving the way for future series like Sex in the City and Insecure . The Film Adaptation (1995)
: The Rotten Tomatoes consensus notes it as an underseen perspective often held back by uneven pacing, though it is widely celebrated by audiences as a "social phenomenon". The Iconic Soundtrack
: Pocket Books purchased the paperback rights for $2.64 million , which at the time was the second-largest paperback deal in publishing history.
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: Opened at #1 in North America, eventually grossing approximately $81.45 million worldwide on a $16 million budget.
: Starred Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, and Lela Rochon. Waiting to Exhale
: It is credited with introducing the interior worlds of professional, 30-something Black women to a mainstream audience, paving the way for future series like Sex in the City and Insecure . The Film Adaptation (1995) : Opened at #1 in North America, eventually
: The Rotten Tomatoes consensus notes it as an underseen perspective often held back by uneven pacing, though it is widely celebrated by audiences as a "social phenomenon". The Iconic Soundtrack Waiting to Exhale
: Pocket Books purchased the paperback rights for $2.64 million , which at the time was the second-largest paperback deal in publishing history.