Accepted
“When every college turned them down. . . they made one up.”
A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.
Genres
Comedy
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Accepted performed
Budget
$23.0M
Worldwide Gross
$38.5M
Gross Profit
$15.5M
Return
1.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$6M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Bartleby Gaines
Justin Long
Bartleby Gaines
Sherman Schrader
Jonah Hill
Sherman Schrader
Monica Moreland
Blake Lively
Monica Moreland
Glen
Adam Herschman
Glen
Hands
Columbus Short
Hands
Rory
Maria Thayer
Rory
Uncle Ben
Lewis Black
Uncle Ben
Mr. Schrader
Jim O'Heir
Mr. Schrader
Jack Gaines
Mark Derwin
Jack Gaines
Diane Gaines
Ann Cusack
Diane Gaines
Lizzie Gaines
Hannah Marks
Lizzie Gaines
Abernathy
Robin Lord Taylor
Abernathy
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