Several deaths have occurred in the вЂњ8 MileвЂќ family over the years. Thursday night at Saint AndrewвЂ™s Hall in Detroit, an вЂњ8 MileвЂќ-style rap battle will be held, also in accordance with the filmвЂ™s 15th anniversary. Ticket sales from the screenings benefited the Verses Project, a music literacy program through DetroitвЂ™s Commnity Music School and Michigan State University. The Bel Air cinema had вЂњ8 MileвЂќ showing in multiple auditoriums on Wednesday. It earned $116 million at the North American box office and scored a huge $51 million opening weekend, at the time the second highest opening weekend gross for an R-rated film. вЂњItвЂ™s still weird to watch it, but I think it means a lot, and it transcended the whole world. вЂњItвЂ™s kind of like watching your life on the screen,вЂќ said Porter, who said he last watched вЂњ8 MileвЂќ a couple of months ago when he was in a hotel room and it was playing on cable.

Rapper T3 of Slum Village and EminemвЂ™s D12 bandmate, producer and on-stage hypeman Denaun Porter were also in attendance. Among them was Omar Miller, who played Sol George, and Detroit rapper Miz Korona, who shared a memorable scene with rapper Xzibit in the film.

вЂњ8 MileвЂќ celebrated its 15th anniversary Wednesday night at the Bel Air Luxury Cinema on 8 Mile Road, the same theater that held the filmвЂ™s premiere in 2002.Д®minem, caught in rehearsals for his performance on SundayвЂ™s MTV Europe Music Awards, was a no-show on Wednesday, but several other stars from the film walked the red carpet set up inside the theaterвЂ™s lobby prior to the scheduled 7 p.m.

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