Cool School (2007 film)

Cool School (Turkish: Çılgın Dersane) is a 2007 Turkish comedy film, directed by Faruk Aksoy, about a class of teenage students attempting to save their unconventional school from closure. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on 26 January 2007 (2007-01-26), was one of the highest-grossing Turkish films of 2007 and was followed by Cool School Camp (2008).

Cool School
Theatrical poster
Directed byFaruk Aksoy
Written byŞafak Güçlü
İrfan Saruhan
Produced byFaruk Aksoy
Ayşe Germen
StarringCüneyt Arkın
Yagmur Atacan
Duygu Cetinkaya
Tuba Ünsal
Mustafa Topaloglu
Hande Ataizi
CinematographyAdnan İşbilir
Edited byCem Yıldırım
Music byUğurcan Sezen
Oğuz Kaplangı
Production
company
Aksoy Film
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Maxximum Film
Release date
  • 26 January 2007 (2007-01-26)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish
Box officeUS$4,409,042

Plot

A private education institute on the edge of bankruptcy is about to be closed down. An initially reluctant student body, lured to the institute by the promise of learning in a holiday village, join the staff to stop the closure by entering an inter-school contest in the hope of winning first place and the money to save their school.

Production

The film was shot on location in Antalya, Turkey.

Release

The film opened on general release in 149 screens across Turkey on 26 January 2007 (2007-01-26) at number two in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of US$694,626.[1]

Reception

The film was number one at the Turkish box office for two weeks running and was one of the highest grossing Turkish films of 2007 with a total gross of US$4,265,287.[1]

International gross
DateTerritoryScreensRankOpening WeekendTotal Gross
26 January 2007 (2007-01-26) Turkey 149 2 US$694,626 US$4,265,287
15 March 2007 (2007-03-15) Germany 5 - US$1,776 US$116,915
16 March 2007 (2007-03-16) Austria 2 35 US$301 US$26,840

References
  1. "Çilgin dersane". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
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