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Teacher - Other Movies with Teachers as Main Roles Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 The Karate Kid Sony $176,591,618 3,740 $55,665,805 3,663 6/11/10 2 Bad Teacher Sony $100,292,856 3,049 $31,603,106 3,049 6/24/11 3 Dead Poets Society BV $95,860,116 1,109 $340,456 8 6/2/89 4 The Karate Kid Col. $90,815,558 1,111 $5,031,753 931 6/22/84 5 Mr. Holland's Opus BV $82,569,971 1,659 $14,466 1 12/29/95 6 In & Out Par. $63,856,929 2,452 $15,019,821 1,992 9/19/97 7 Finding Forrester Sony $51,804,714 2,002 $701,207 200 12/22/00 8 Here Comes the Boom Sony $45,290,318 3,014 $11,816,596 3,014 10/12/12 9 The Faculty Mira. $40,283,321 2,365 $11,633,495 2,365 12/25/98 10 Anna and the King Fox $39,263,420 2,132 $5,223,416 2,132 12/17/99 11 That's My Boy Sony $36,931,089 3,030 $13,453,714 3,030 6/15/12 12 Freedom Writers Par. $36,605,602 2,286 $9,405,582 1,360 1/5/07 13 Summer School Par. $35,659,098 1,366 $6,012,274 1,366 7/24/87 14 Pay It Forward WB $33,519,628 2,130 $9,631,359 2,130 10/20/00 15 October Sky Uni. $32,547,800 1,702 $5,905,250 1,495 2/19/99 16 Fist Fight WB (NL) $32,187,017 3,185 $12,201,873 3,185 2/17/17 17 Children of a Lesser God Par. $31,853,080 544 $1,909,084 215 10/3/86 18 The Great Debaters MGM/W $30,236,407 1,290 $6,005,180 1,171 12/25/07 19 Major Payne Uni. $29,412,050 1,991 $7,011,225 1,895 3/24/95 20 Teachers MGM $27,774,237 1,721 $7,013,366 1,721 10/5/84 21 Billy Elliot Focus $21,995,263 510 $215,681 10 10/13/00 22 High School High Sony $21,302,121 2,146 $6,311,786 2,146 10/25/96 23 The Principal TriS $19,734,940 1,196 $4,297,710 1,196 9/18/87 24 Wonder Boys Par. $19,393,557 1,509 $5,808,919 1,253 2/23/00 25 Election Par. $14,902,041 827 $119,080 6 4/23/99 26 The Substitute Orion $14,818,176 1,762 $6,096,833 1,742 4/19/96 27 Educating Rita Col. $14,648,076 407 $73,518 3 9/23/83 28 Stand and Deliver WB $13,994,920 472 $411,884 30 3/11/88 29 Whiplash SPC $13,092,000 567 $135,388 6 10/10/14 30 An Education SPC $12,574,914 763 $159,017 4 10/9/09 31 Teaching Mrs. Tingle Mira. $8,951,935 1,710 $3,326,870 1,710 8/20/99 32 187 WB $5,727,130 1,121 $2,222,984 1,121 7/30/97 33 Hamlet 2 Focus $4,886,216 1,597 $439,925 103 8/22/08 34 Class of 1999 Tau $2,459,895 320 $767,620 320 5/11/90 35 Words and Pictures RAtt. $2,171,257 216 $87,879 10 5/23/14 36 Footnote SPC $2,007,758 101 $47,528 2 3/9/12 37 The Hunt Magn. $613,308 47 $43,045 4 7/12/13 38 The Browning Version Par. $487,391 24 $48,719 12 10/12/94 39 Blue Car Mira. $465,310 28 $30,087 6 5/2/03 40 Beloved (2012) IFC $137,515 7 $25,825 5 8/17/12 41 The English Teacher Cdgm. $104,810 7 $6,001 2 5/17/13 42 Breathe In Cohen $89,661 41 $15,324 18 3/28/14 43 American Teacher FRun $33,144 2 $6,036 2 9/30/11 44 Sophomore N/A $18,945 1 $13,097 1 1/13/12 45 A Teacher Osci. $8,348 7 $4,684 2 9/6/13 46 Aliyah FM $8,253 2 $1,627 1 6/14/13 47 Miss Stevens Orch. $4,611 2 $2,451 2 9/16/16 - Blackboard Jungle MGM n/a - n/a - 3/19/55 - The Miracle Worker UA n/a - n/a - 7/28/62 TOTAL (All Movies): $1,307,986,324 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $27,829,496 1,219 $5,240,820 950 - TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): $1,203,792,779 - - - - AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): $42,992,599 1,927 $10,940,860 1,985 - Total Grosses Opening Weekends If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com.