Get Rich or Die Tryin' (film) drama with power and anger". "Get Rich or Die Tryin" grossed $12,020,807 in its opening weekend. Altogether, the film grossed $46,442,528 in total worldwide. Get Rich or Die Tryin' (film) Get Rich or Die Tryin is a 2005 American biopic crime film starring 50 Cent, in his feature film acting debut. It was released on November 9, 2005, and was known as Locked and Loaded during production. Similar to the 2002 Eminem film "8 Mile", which it used as a template, the film is loosely based on Cent's own life and was directed by Jim Sheridan. The name of the
Eminem Eminem Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (; often stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, record executive, film producer, and actor. He is consistently cited as one of the greatest and most influential artists of all time in any genre, with "Rolling Stone" placing him in its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and labelling him the "King of Hip Hop". After his debut album "Infinite" (1996) and then "Slim Shady EP" (1997), Eminem signed with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and subsequently achieved mainstream popularity in 1999