Waiting to Exhale
“Friends are the people who let you be yourself... and never let you forget it.”
Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.
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Cast
47 people
Whitney Houston
Savannah
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Angela Bassett
Bernadine
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Loretta Devine
Gloria
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Lela Rochon
Robin
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Kenneth
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Wendell Pierce
Michael
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Jeffrey D. Sams
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Big Shot
Forest Whitaker Director · Ronald Bass Screenplay Terry McMillan Screenplay
Worldwide gross $81M · Budget $16M · United States release December 22, 1995
Box office
Budget
$16,000,000
Worldwide gross
$81,452,156
Gross vs. budget
5.1×
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 22, 1995
Theatrical
Australia
January 18, 1996 · Theatrical
Czechia
February 8, 1996 · Theatrical
France
January 31, 1996 · Theatrical
February 23, 2021 · Digital · Disney+
Germany
January 18, 1996 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 1, 1996 · Theatrical
Portugal
February 23, 1996 · Theatrical
South Korea
April 5, 1996 · Theatrical
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