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#10,109 All-time worldwide
#184 2000 releases

Movie profile

But I'm a Cheerleader

2000 · 85 min · Ignite Entertainment

Comedy Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.6M
Budget $1.2M
Gross minus budget $1.4M
ROI 2.17x

Domestic gross

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$291,200

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where But I'm a Cheerleader ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #10,109 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2000 releases #184 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2000. Studio / company #2 Ignite Entertainment of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Ignite Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #3,912 Comedy of 4,840 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

How did But I'm a Cheerleader (2000) perform at the box office?

High confidence

But I'm a Cheerleader (2000) earned a reported $2.6M worldwide against a reported $1.2M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.17x. In this database it currently ranks #10,109 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #184 among 2000 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,600,000
Budget
$1,200,000
Gross minus budget
$1,400,000
ROI
2.17x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, where she must, with other lesbians and gays learn how to be straight.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 7, 2000
Production
Ignite Entertainment, The Kushner-Locke Company, HKM Films
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyIgnite Entertainment Release year chart2000 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2000, But I'm a Cheerleader is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Romance title from Ignite Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.6M, reported production budget is $1.2M, gross-minus-budget is $1.4M, ROI is 2.17x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,109 all-time in the current chart set and #184 among 2000 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.