One year ago, the movie “Hustlers” was released. This marked Cardi B’s first ever movie appearance! Hustlers was an R-Rated crime drama film that GROSSED over $157 MILLION dollars GLOBALLY, and a $104 MILLION and an international gross of over $52.6 MILLION)!

Celebrating the 1 year anniversary of Hustlers and all the badass women out there! Keep hustlin’ 😉 pic.twitter.com/uss2h0Pq5c

— STXfilms (@STXfilms) September 13, 2020

It went #1 in 6 countries, including the U.S. (according to Daily Charts), it went Top 10 in the countries in which it was released, it grossed over $33 MILLION in its opening weekend ($13.1 MILLION on the Friday it was released), marking it as the BIGGEST opening weekend for a movie starring women of color!

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It also grossed $100 MILLION at the worldwide box office in 20 days, in which Cardi and Lizzo join Queen Latifah and Lil Kim as the ONLY female rappers to have a non-animated film reach $100 MILLION or more at the global box office!

It was named one of the BEST movies released in 2019 by Time Magazine, HuffPost and NPR! It was also critically acclaimed by Rolling Stone, Slant Magazine, The Guardian, Variety, Time Magazine, it was certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a 87% critical approval and it had a 79% critical approval on Metacritic and more!

Cardi B would also get her first acting nomination for ‘Best Performance in a Movie’ at the 2019 National Television and Film Awards, in which it marked Cardi’s first ever action nomination.