Shaft
Still the man, any questions?
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr.for a racially motivated slaying.But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland.Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
- Director
- John Singleton
- Worldwide
- $108M
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Cast
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New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
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Box Office & Release
Shaft returned 2.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $46M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $108M
- Release date
- Jun 15, 2000
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
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