| Rank
| Title
| Lifetime Gross | Max Theaters | Opening | Open Th | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Dead Poets Society | $95,860,116 | 1,109 | $340,456 | 8 | Jun 2, 1989 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | Dangerous Minds | $84,919,401 | 1,783 | $14,931,503 | 1,348 | Aug 11, 1995 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | Mr. Holland's Opus | $82,569,971 | 1,659 | $14,466 | 1 | Dec 29, 1995 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | School of Rock | $81,261,177 | 2,951 | $19,622,714 | 2,614 | Oct 3, 2003 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | Coach Carter | $67,264,877 | 2,574 | $24,182,961 | 2,524 | Jan 14, 2005 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | Mona Lisa Smile | $63,860,942 | 2,714 | $11,528,498 | 2,677 | Dec 19, 2003 | Revolution Studios |
| 7 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | $57,319,029 | 2,178 | $7,569,219 | 2,132 | Dec 10, 1993 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | Here Comes the Boom | $45,290,318 | 3,014 | $11,816,596 | 3,014 | Oct 12, 2012 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | Freedom Writers | $36,605,602 | 2,286 | $9,405,582 | 1,360 | Jan 5, 2007 | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | Take the Lead | $34,742,066 | 3,009 | $12,775,000 | 3,009 | Apr 7, 2006 | New Line Cinema |
| 11 | Lean on Me | $31,906,454 | 1,107 | $5,032,605 | 894 | Mar 3, 1989 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | The Great Debaters | $30,236,407 | 1,290 | $6,005,180 | 1,171 | Dec 25, 2007 | - |
| 13 | The Man Without a Face | $24,760,338 | 1,332 | $4,026,775 | 865 | Aug 27, 1993 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | Renaissance Man | $24,332,324 | 1,788 | $5,557,590 | 1,764 | Jun 3, 1994 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 15 | Akeelah and the Bee | $18,848,430 | 2,195 | $6,011,585 | 2,195 | Apr 28, 2006 | Lionsgate Films |
| 16 | Music of the Heart | $14,859,394 | 1,353 | $3,653,281 | 1,349 | Oct 29, 1999 | Miramax |
| 17 | The Emperor's Club | $14,118,751 | 811 | $3,846,780 | 809 | Nov 22, 2002 | Universal Pictures |
| 18 | Stand and Deliver | $13,994,920 | 472 | $411,884 | 30 | Mar 11, 1988 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | Won't Back Down | $5,310,554 | 2,517 | $2,603,370 | 2,515 | Sep 28, 2012 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | Madame Sousatzka | $3,548,238 | 123 | $172,740 | 20 | Oct 14, 1988 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | Only the Strong | $3,283,371 | 668 | $1,286,889 | 668 | Aug 27, 1993 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 22 | Half Nelson | $2,697,938 | 106 | $53,983 | 2 | Aug 11, 2006 | THINKFilm |
| 23 | Mga munting tinig | $69,739 | 6 | $15,166 | 6 | Oct 10, 2003 | Small Island Films |
| 24 | Hunky Dory | $20,296 | 11 | $7,443 | 11 | Mar 22, 2013 | Variance Films |
