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Released
1995 · FILM

Dangerous Minds

A tough‑as‑nails former Marine becomes a high‑school teacher and battles entrenched apathy and hostility to inspire her at‑risk students to believe in themselves.

“She broke the rules... and changed their lives.”

Directed by
John N Smith, Martha Diaz
Written by
Louanne Johnson, Ron Bass
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
99 min
BiographyDrama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Louanne Johnson, a former Marine, begins teaching in a pilot program at a high school in a troubled inner-city area, designed for bright but underachieving students. After a difficult first day, she decides to abandon traditional methods. Returning to the classroom, Johnson adopts a no-nonsense approach shaped by her military experience, determined to make a positive impact on her students' lives, regardless of the challenges involved.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 188+ 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 Tom RolfShot by Pierre LetarteScored by Lisa ColemanDesigned by Donald Graham BurtSound by Michael HerbickCostumes by Bobbie ReadStunts by Bernie Pock

Box Office

1995 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 7.8× 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

$179.5M

Budget$23.0M
Worldwide gross$179.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $84.9M — 47% of worldwide · International: $94.6M (53%)

Opening weekend: $14.9M — 18% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $23.0M — 27% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,348 theaters

Also known as

  • (English)Dangerous Minds
  • Dangerous Minds – Wilde Gedankende
  • Esprits rebellesfr
  • Pensieri pericolosiit
  • (Bulgarian)Опасен ум
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesAug 7, 1995
  • AustraliaSep 28, 1995
  • South KoreaSep 30, 1995
  • ArgentinaOct 12, 1995

Companies

ProductionHollywood Pictures, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Via Rosa Productions
DistributionBuena Vista Pictures Distribution, Buena Vista International, Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF)
Other companiesFlair Communications, Multicom Entertainment Group, Cinema Research, Digital DTS Sound, Eastman Film, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), MCA Soundtracks

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