Dope (2015)

 

Release date: June 19, 2015

Director: Rick Famuyiwa

Writer: Rick Famuyiwa

Starring: Shameik Moore, Kiersey Clemons, Tony Revolori

Estimated budget: $700,000

U.S. Box office: $17.5 million

Foreign: $480,311

Worldwide: $17.9 million

 

High-school senior Malcolm (Shameik Moore) and his friends Jib (Tony Revolori) and Diggy (Kiersey Clemons) bond over '90s hip-hop culture, their studies and playing music in their own punk band. A chance encounter with a drug dealer named Dom lands Malcolm and company at the dealer's nightclub birthday party; when the scene turns violent, they flee -- with the Ecstasy that Dom secretly hid in Malcolm's backpack. A wild adventure ensues as the youths try to evade armed thugs who want the stash.