Eminem’s “8 Mile” Turns 18.
On this day in 2002, Eminem released his rap movie ‘8 Mile‘ which was a critical and box office success. The movie opened at No. 1 in the US with $51.3 million grossed in its opening weekend and it achieved a grand total of $242.9 million worldwide.
The film “8 Mile” was released in theatres on November 8, 2002, and it was a box office success. Eminem is best known as a rapper, but in 2002, he proved that he could also act when he featured in “8 Mile,” a film partially based on his life.
The film went on to become a box office success and even win an Academy Award. Since then, the cast of the film has had varying degrees of success in their careers. Eminem made his acting debut in the film “8 Mile,” in which he played Jimmy “B-Rabbit” Smith, a fictionalized version of himself. The 48-year-old rapper has released many albums and EPs since the film’s premiere.
The film 8 Mile was a critical and commercial blockbuster. It debuted at No. 1 in the United States, grossing $51.3 million in its first weekend and a total of $242.9 million worldwide. The album’s soundtrack was likewise a financial triumph, earning the Recording Industry Association of America’s quadruple platinum certification (RIAA). The film received multiple nominations and awards, including an Academy Award for Best Original Song for Eminem, Luis Resto, and Jeff Bass for “Lose Yourself” at the 75th Academy Awards. Several media chose 8 Mile as one of the greatest films of 2002.
The music for the film, “Lose Yourself,” was also a hit, and Eminem received an Oscar for it. In February, seventeen years after winning the trophy, he finally sang the song at the Academy Awards in 2020. Eminem received the Academy Award nomination Original Song for his single “Lose Yourself” from the soundtrack of 8 Mile in 2003, becoming the first hip hop artist to do so. Although he was unable to attend the ceremony, co-writer Luis Resto collected the medal on his behalf. The film was nominated for 32 awards and won 11 of them. Eminem sang the song in a surprise cameo at the 2020 Academy Awards, 17 years later.
18 years ago, Eminem released the acclaimed “8 mile” movie as main artist.
— 76% approval on Rotten Tomatoes;
— Oscar winner with “Lose Yourself”;
— Ascap winner with “Lose Yourself”;
— BMI Film Music winner as “Eminem”
— Box office $242.8M Worldwide. pic.twitter.com/akDBc9ZWqX— Eminem Charts (@eminemchart) November 8, 2020
Eminem attending the premiere of “8 Mile” in LA. November 6, 2002. pic.twitter.com/q4YdSM3X8k
— Eminem Detroit (@EminemDetroit88) November 7, 2020
Along with the film, the soundtrack was also a commercial success as it’s certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA. Eminem appears on five of the album’s tracks. It was released on the Shady/Interscope label and produced Eminem’s first number one song in the United States, “Lose Yourself.” The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart in the United States that year, with over 702,000 copies sold, and a further 507,000 copies were sold in the second week, finishing the year as the fifth-best-selling album in 2002, with US sales of 3.2 million despite being on the market for only two months. The movie won many awards, along with the famous Academy Award for Best Original Song for ‘Lose Yourself‘, which also topped Billboard Hot 100 on the same day.
Today in 2002, @Eminem‘s “Lose Yourself” reached #1 on the Hot 100. It’s certified Diamond and the first 2000’s hip-hop song to reach 1 billion on Spotify.
— chart data (@chartdata) November 9, 2020
