First Sunday

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First Sunday
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David E. Talbert
Produced by	David E. Talbert
Written by	David E. Talbert
Starring	Ice Cube Tracy Morgan Katt Williams
Music by	Stanley Clarke
Cinematography	Alan Caso
Editing by	Jeffrey Wolf
Distributed by	Screen Gems
Release date(s)	January 11, 2008 (USA)
Country	United States
Language	English
Gross revenue	$38,608,838
Preceded by	Naser Koko
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First Sunday is a 2008 American comedy film from Screen Gems, directed, written, and produced by David E. Talbert, and is his first feature film.^[1]

The film follows Durell (Ice Cube) and LeeJohn (Tracy Morgan), who are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When they are told they have one week to pay a $17,000 debt or Durell will lose his son, they come up with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church. Instead, they are forced to deal with much more than they bargained for.

It was released January 11, 2008 in the United States and Canada and was released throughout Europe in April 2008.^[2]

1 Cast
2 Critical reception
3 Box office
4 DVD Release
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Cast

Ice Cube as Durell
Katt Williams as Rickey
Tracy Morgan as LeeJohn
Loretta Devine as Sister Doris
Michael Beach as the Deacon
Keith David as Judge B. Bennet Galloway
Regina Hall as Omunique
Malinda Williams as Tianna
Chi McBride as Pastor Arthur Mitchell
Clifton Powell as Officer Eddie King
Nicholas Turturro as Officer D'Agostino
Olivia Cole as Momma T
C. J. Sanders as Durell Jr.
Rickey Smiley as Bernice Jenkins
Arjay Smith as Preston
P. J. Byrne as Assistant D.A.
Paul Campbell as Blahka
Tiffany Pollard as Omunique's Client
Martell Robinson as Mordecai
Dominique Williams as Unknown woman

[edit] Critical reception

The film received mostly negative reviews from critics. As of February 19, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that the film has received 14% positive reviews, based on 69 reviews.^[3] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 41 out of 100, based on 21 reviews.^[4]

[edit] Box office

The film opened at #2 at the box office, behind The Bucket List, with $17,714,821 with an average of $8,004 from 2,213 theaters. As of February 24, 2008, the film has grossed $37.9 million from the North American box ofice and $676,969 in the foreign box office adding to $38,608,838 worldwide.