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Cocaine Bear grossed $64.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $25.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $90 million. [4] [5] In the United States and Canada, Cocaine Bear was released alongside Jesus Revolution and was initially projected to gross $15–20 million from 3,534 theaters in its opening weekend. [3]
Cocaine Bear, also known as Pablo Eskobear (sometimes spelled Escobear) [2] [3] or Cokey the Bear, [4] was a 175-pound (79-kilogram) female American black bear that fatally overdosed on cocaine in 1985. The cocaine had been dropped by a group of drug smugglers in the wilderness in Tennessee, United States.
The story of “Cocaine Bear” starts with a drug smuggling mission gone awry. At the time, NBC Nightly News’ Tom Brokaw reported on the incident noting that “millions of dollars of cocaine ...
Cocaine Bear will be Banks’ third feature after last directing Charlie’s Angels in 2019 and Pitch Perfect 3 in 2015. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. Holiday Shopping Guides.
Cocaine Bear starred Keri Russell, Alden Ehrenreich, Margo Martindale, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Jesse Tyler Ferguson and the late Ray Liotta. It sensationalized the 1985 true story of a black bear that ...
Cocaine Bear: 1985: A 175-kilogram (386 lb) American black bear died in Georgia in 1985 after overdosing on cocaine. The cocaine had been dumped from an airplane piloted by Andrew C. Thornton II, a former narcotics officer turned convicted drug smuggler. [13] It inspired the 2023 film Cocaine Bear. [14] Deer 14 August 1987
Rumors have long circulated that the bear ate all 40 containers worth of cocaine, which would be about 35 pounds. That’s about as far as the story of the Cocaine Bear goes in real life.
Yes, “Cocaine Bear” is a real movie. Since the trailer first debuted for Elizabeth Banks’ very, very loosely based-on-a-true-story R-rated comedy has stoked a rabid zeitgeist. At a time when ...