The School of Rock
“He just landed the gig of his life: 5th grade.”
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his straight-A students the finer points of rock 'n' roll and the power of sticking it to the man. But as the school’s stern principal closes in and the Battle of the Bands looms, Dewey must risk everything to prove that rock 'n' roll can change lives.
Genres
Comedy, Family, Music
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The School of Rock performed
Budget
$35.0M
Worldwide Gross
$131.1M
Gross Profit
$96.1M
Return
3.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$19M
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
Dewey Finn
Jack Black
Dewey Finn
Rosalie Mullins
Joan Cusack
Rosalie Mullins
Ned Schneebly
Mike White
Ned Schneebly
Patty Di Marco
Sarah Silverman
Patty Di Marco
Summer Hathaway
Miranda Cosgrove
Summer Hathaway
Zack
Joey Gaydos Jr.
Zack
Freddy Jones
Kevin Alexander Clark
Freddy Jones
Katie
Rivkah Reyes
Katie
Lawrence
Robert Tsai
Lawrence
Tomika
Maryam Hassan
Tomika
Alicia
Aleisha Allen
Alicia
Marta
Caitlin Hale
Marta
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