Highest 2 Lowest (2025)

Highest 2 Lowest

2025

Highest 2 Lowest

When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.

ReleasedAugust 15, 2025

DirectorSpike Lee

StarringDenzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, Elijah Wright

Thriller Drama Crime

Scores

Letterboxd2.76

IMDb5.5

Rotten Tomatoes84%

Metacritic74

Box Office

Cast

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

David King

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright

Paul Christopher

Ilfenesh Hadera

Ilfenesh Hadera

Pam King

Elijah Wright

Elijah Wright

Kyle Christopher

Aubrey Joseph

Aubrey Joseph

Trey King

A$AP Rocky

A$AP Rocky

Yung Felon

John Douglas Thompson

John Douglas Thompson

Det. Earl Bridges

LaChanze

LaChanze

Sgt. Bell

Dean Winters

Dean Winters

Det. Higgins

Wendell Pierce

Wendell Pierce

Gabe

Michael Potts

Michael Potts

Patrick Bethea

Frederick Weller

Frederick Weller

Alex Cordova

Crew

Spike Lee

Spike Lee

Director

Alan Fox

Alan Fox

Screenplay

Matthew Libatique

Matthew Libatique

Director of Photography

Howard Drossin

Howard Drossin

Original Music Composer

Todd Black

Todd Black

Producer

Jason Michael Berman

Producer

Spike Lee

Spike Lee

Executive Producer

Peter Guber

Peter Guber

Executive Producer

Katia Washington

Executive Producer

Matthew Lindner

Executive Producer

Chris Brigham

Executive Producer

Ko Kurosawa

Executive Producer

Studios & Companies

Distribution

Production

40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

Mandalay Pictures A/Vantage Pictures Kurosawa Production

Opening Weekend$1.5M

Domestic$1.5M

International—

Worldwide$1.5M

Est. Budget$25.0M

Est. Marketing (FD Est.)$13.8M

Est. Loss-$37.3M

Daily Charts Box Office Mojo

Awards

0Nominations

0Wins

Academy Awards0 noms

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Golden Globes0 noms

0 Nominations

Spirit Awards0 noms

0 Nominations

0 Nominations