Cooley High
“Where the Student Body Was a Chick Named Veronica... The Senior Prom was a 'belly rub' and the Class of '64 ran a Permanent crap game in the Men's Room!”
In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a Cadillac. We follow their lives through to the dramatic end of high school.
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Studio
American International Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Cooley High performed
Budget
$750,000
Worldwide Gross
$13.0M
Gross Profit
$12.3M
Return
17.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
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.
Where to Watch
Cast
Leroy "Preach" Jackson
Glynn Turman
Leroy "Preach" Jackson
Richard "Cochise" Morris
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Richard "Cochise" Morris
Mr. Mason
Garrett Morris
Mr. Mason
Brenda
Cynthia Davis
Brenda
Pooter
Corin Rogers
Pooter
Willie
Maurice Leon Havis
Willie
Tyrone
Joseph Carter Wilson
Tyrone
Stone
Sherman Smith
Stone
Robert
Norman Gibson
Robert
Damon
Maurice Marshall
Damon
Jimmy Lee
Steven Williams
Jimmy Lee
Basketball Player in Gym Class
Robert Townsend
Basketball Player in Gym Class
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