10 More Huge Box Office Hits NOBODY Saw Coming
6. Hustlers
2019 was a year full of box office surprises.
Along with the likes of the star-studded Cats and X-Men: Dark Phoenix unexpectedly flopping spectacularly, there were a few other pictures that eventually stunned the world and turned out to be shockingly hot tickets.
The first one that will be covered in this list came in the form of the Jennifer Lopez-starring dramedy known as Hustlers.
Telling the tale of a collection of New York City strippers who go on to rob a bunch of their Wall Street clients, this enthralling picture - based on the real-life New York Magazine article "The Hustlers at Scores" - didn't just boast a performance from J-Lo which left many feeling an Oscar nomination could be on the horizon, it was also a huge hit at the box office, too.
Making more than seven times its $20 million budget by the time its theatrical run had reached its end, Lorene Scafaria's uncompromising, empowering, and routinely entertaining STX picture - one also showing off a hell of an ensemble cast, including the superb Constance Wu, Cardi B, Lizzo, Lili Reinhart, and Keke Palmer also smashing it alongside Lopez's mesmerising Ramona Vega - produced a performance nobody honestly saw coming.