Waiting to Exhale was released in 1995. The romantic film was directed by Forest Whitaker and starred Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett. The film was adapted from the 1992 novel of the same name by Terry McMillan. Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon, Dennis Haysbert, Michael Beach, Gregory Hines, Donald Faison, Wendell Pierce and Mykelti Williamson rounded out the rest of the cast. Worldwide it grossed $81.45 million and was the 26th highest-grossing film of 1995.
