The same week the album opened atop the "Billboard" 200, Lopez's feature film "The Wedding Planner" debuted at number one at the United States box office after grossing $13.5 million during its opening weekend. This made Lopez the first entertainer in history to have a number one film and album simultaneously in the same weekend. Writing for MTV News on the twentieth anniversary of the album's release, Yasmine Shemesh stated: "She’s an icon — an important one. And "J.Lo", with the reverberating impact it made, was a vital stepping stone in that path: Because of that album, those three letters are forever embedded in the vernacular of contemporary pop culture." Cole Delbyck, writing for "HuffPost", also regards the album as "cementing her as a musical force to be reckoned with", describing it as a turning point in her career and personal life.