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Higher Learning

 1995
 127 minutes (2 hrs 07 mins)
Higher Learning
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Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

John Singleton

Starring

Omar Epps · Kristy Swanson · Michael Rapaport · Jennifer Connelly · Ice Cube · Jason Wiles

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release
11th January 1995
Australia release date Australia release
13th April 1995
Spain release date Spain release
26th April 1995

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 15th Sep '95
  • Debut position: 3
  • Highest position: 3
  • Debut gross: £1.1 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 10

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 20th Jan '95
  • Debut position: 2
  • Highest position: 2
  • Debut gross: $6.1 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 4

Chart position history

UK box office

15 Sep, 1995
3
22 Sep, 1995
6
29 Sep, 1995
8
6 Oct, 1995
13
13 Oct, 1995
12
20 Oct, 1995
15
27 Oct, 1995
13
3 Nov, 1995
15

US box office

20 Jan, 1995
2
27 Jan, 1995
4
3 Feb, 1995
8
10 Feb, 1995
11

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £2.4 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $38.3 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $41.1 Million

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News from around the web
Higher Learning: Renoir’s India  Film Comment Tue, 5th May 2026

Higher Learning: in praise of John Singleton's forgotten masterwork  The Guardian Sat, 4th May 2019

Higher Learning: A Greater Los Angeles  Film Comment Wed, 6th May 2026

Unlearning racism on a college campus: Lessons from John Singleton’s ‘Higher Learning’  America Magazine Fri, 16th February 2024

What are the best Higher Ed TV programmes?  Wonkhe Tue, 26th September 2017

Higher Learning Review  empireonline.com Sat, 1st January 2000