Pinkett Smith starred with actor and comedian Eddie Murphy in the 1996 remake of "The Nutty Professor", portraying the love interest of a kind-hearted university professor who is morbidly obese. The film was a commercial success, earning $25 million in its first weekend in North America; it eventually made $274 million worldwide. She also had a role in "Set It Off" (1996), a crime drama about four women who rob banks to escape from poverty, opposite Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, and Kimberly Elise. Her acting in the film was noted in the "San Francisco Chronicle", where they said she was "the one to watch". Budgeted at $9 million, "Set It Off" made $41 million globally.