The former raked in nearly $205 million domestically, while Singleton’s film only made around $58 million.
In the fight for box office dollars, there was no competition between Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Boyz N the Hood in 1991. IT WAS TECHNICALLY A BIGGER HIT THAN TERMINATOR 2. Columbia’s response was to give Singleton the green light and $6 million to make the movie. This is the movie I was born to make,'" Singleton recalled in the documentary Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend. “I said, ‘Well, we’ll have to end this meeting right now, because I’m doing this movie. Columbia Pictures expressed interest in buying the film, and during a meeting Singleton was offered $100,000 to let a more experienced director take over the project. While pitching the script to different companies, Singleton refused to give out copies unless someone was willing to make a deal where he would get to direct the film, even though he had no prior feature film directing experience. SINGLETON WAS OFFERED $100,000 TO WALK AWAY. "This movie was my way of kind of getting out of the ghetto as a person.” 2. “It was kind of cathartic," Singleton said. He has stated in interviews and in DVD commentary that several elements from his real life made it into the script and film, from the blocks where he used to live to the elementary school that he attended and even a few specific events, including the time his father shot at a fleeing burglar. The main character, Tre (played by Cuba Gooding Jr.), is sent to live with his father across town while his mother works and goes to school, which is the situation Singleton found himself in as a child. When writing the script, John Singleton (then 21 years old) pulled from his own life growing up in Los Angeles.
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