Barbershop (franchise)

The Barbershop franchise is a series of American comedy installments set around the social lives of the people who work in and visit a barbershop on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It began with the 2002 film Barbershop, in which Calvin, who inherits the struggling shop from his late father, first sees it as a burden and then comes to value his father's vision. The line grew to four theatrical movies, among them the sequel Barbershop 2: Back in Business in 2004 and Barbershop: The Next Cut in 2016, plus the spin-off Beauty Shop in 2005 that follows a hairstylist who moves from Chicago to Atlanta. It also includes television programs, and a new series ordered by Amazon was scheduled to premiere in February 2027. The articles describe the series as drawing generally positive reviews and grossing more than 235 million dollars worldwide. The plot is based on an original story by Mark Brown.