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Released
2011 · FILM

Bad Teacher

A disillusioned middle‑school teacher schemes to reinvent herself and win over a wealthy substitute, risking her career and reputation in a desperate bid for love and financial security.

She doesn't give an "F."

Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
92 min
ComedyRomance
Streaming on
  • Starz

Synopsis

A middle school teacher who is lazy and incompetent, and who harbors a strong dislike for both her job and her students, is compelled to return to work in order to earn enough money for a breast augmentation after her wealthy fiancé ends their engagement.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 345+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Tara TimponeShot by Alar KiviloScored by Michael AndrewsDesigned by Jefferson SageSound by Robert GrieveCostumes by Debra McguireStunts by Malosi LeonardVFX by Jamie Dixon

Box Office

2011 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 11× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$216.2M

Budget$20.0M
Worldwide gross$216.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $100.3M 46% of worldwide · International: $115.9M (54%)

Opening weekend: $31.6M 32% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $45.4M45% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,049 theaters

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Also known as

  • Bad Teacherde
  • Bad Teacher - Una cattiva maestrait

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