<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $5 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $23.3 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Players Club is a 1998 American comedy / drama film written and directed by Ice Cube making his directorial debut . The film stars Bernie Mac, Monica Calhoun, Jamie Foxx, John Amos, A.J. Johnson, Alex Thomas, Charlie Murphy, Terrence Howard, Faizon Love and LisaRaye in her first starring role . </P> <P> The movie takes place as a flashback of Diana Armstrong (LisaRaye), sparked by her arrival at the scene of the raunchy, dysfunctional Players Club . She narrates that she used to work at the club; she begun working there after getting pregnant with her son and getting into a heated argument with her father, prompting her to move out of her parents' home . Initially, Diana ends up working at a shoe store . There she meets Ronnie (Chrystale Wilson) and Tricks (Adele Givens), who work for Dollar Bill (Bernie Mac) at The Players Club . They convince Diana she would make better money stripping, saying, "Use what you got to get what you want ." </P>

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