Next Friday
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Next Friday, the 2000 sequel to the low-budget movie which brutally depicts the neighborhood of South Los Angeles, in a comedic sense. The hero, Craig Jones (Ice Cube), moves in with his lottery winning and sex-crazed uncle (Don D.C. Curry) in the suburbs. With so much trouble in the suburbs, he wishes he was back in the tame streets of L.A.. Craig's cousin, Day-Day (Mike Epps) has a serious problem with his pregnant ex-girlfriend. Craig and Day-Day have beef with The Joker Family, while Craig's also wooing their hot sister Karla (Lisa Rodriguez) , the neighborhood bully from the first Friday, Debo (Tiny Lister) wants to exact revenge on Craig, and Uncle Elroy's house might be auctioned and sold.
Box office
US Gross Domestic Takings: US$ 57,328,603- + Other International Takings: $2,498,725
Gross Worldwide Takings: $59,827,328
- This is the first movie produced by Cubevision Production Company, Ice Cube's own Film production company.
- Chris Tucker did not reprise his role as Smokey because he became a born again Christian after Money Talks and chose to star in the Rush Hour films instead. Craig explains his absence when he said Smokey went to rehab about a month ago and showed no signs of coming back soon.
- It is revealed by Uncle Elroy that Mr. Jones's first name is Willie.
- The only characters that appear from the first film are: Craig, Mr. (Willie) Jones, Deebo, and Stanley ( who only appears at a gas station and tells Mr. Jones he's looking for a new home because the crime in the nieghborhood is too much for him).
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