<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $40 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $54.9 million </Td> </Tr> <P> All Eyez on Me is a 2017 American biographical drama film about hip - hop artist Tupac Shakur, directed by Benny Boom and written by Jeremy Haft, Eddie Gonzalez and Steven Bagatourian . Titled after Shakur's 1996 fourth studio album of the same name, the film stars Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Shakur with Kat Graham, Lauren Cohan, Hill Harper and Danai Gurira in supporting roles . </P> <P> Principal photography began in mid-December 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia . All Eyez on Me premiered on June 14, 2017, in Los Angeles and was released in the United States on June 16, 2017, on what would have been Shakur's 46th birthday . The film received negative reviews from critics but a positive response from audiences, and grossed $54 million worldwide . </P>

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