These summaries provide information on 7 popular coming-of-age films focused on teenagers, including their plots, budgets, box office grosses, and rating information: Ferris Buller's Day Off follows a rebellious teenager skipping school for adventures and was rated PG-13. It had a $6M budget and $70M gross. The Breakfast Club is about 5 detention students who bond and was rated R. It had a $1M budget and $38M gross. Juno is about a pregnant teenager and her decisions, rated PG-13 to be accessible to teenager audiences dealing with its serious topic. It had a $7.5M budget and $145M gross.

2. Ferris Buller’s Day Off (1986)
• This film is about a high-school teenager
in the USA who doesn’t like to follow the
rules, taking the audience through his
journey on a school day where he gets
up to all kinds of non-school activities
and adventures.
• The film was released in 1986, and was
made with a budget of $6,000,000 whilst
returning a gross profit of $70,000,000.
• The comedy was officially rated PG-13,
because of some cases of profanity.
This means it’s target audience were
teenagers and younger adults, who like
a funny/immature style of comedy.

3. The Breakfast Club (1985)
• Breakfast Club is a popular coming of
age film about five high school students
who meet in Saturday detention and
discover how they have a lot more in
common than they thought.
• The film was released in 1985, and was
made with a budget of $1,000,000 whilst
returning a gross profit of $38,000,000.
• The movie was officially rated R for 17.
The target audience was late/mature
teenagers, and was aimed at both
genders and the film featured a mix of
boys and girls.

4. Juno (2007)
• Juno is a coming of age film about a
teenage girl who suddenly realises she
is pregnant from one of her friends. The
narrative follows her journey and the
decisions she must make about her new
profound child.
• Juno was released in the USA on the
25th December 2007, and was produced
with a budget of $7,500,000 whilst
returning a huge gross profit of
$145,000,000.
• The movie was officially rated PG-13 for
mature thematic material, sexual content
and language. This meant that the film
was accessible to all teenagers, which is
important because the film deals with a
serious issue that could occur in real life
situations.

5. American Pie (1999)
• Four high school students - Jim, Oz,
Finch and Kevin are four friends who
make a pact that before they graduate
they will all lose their virginity.
• American Pie was released in the USA
on the 9th July 1999, and was made with
a budget of $11,000,000 whilst returning
a large gross profit of $101,000,000 in
the same year.
• The movie was officially rated R-17 for
strong sexuality, crude sexual dialogue,
language and drinking, all involving
teens. This movie was clearly aimed at
teens and young adults, considering the
films large party and sex based concept.

6. Mean Girls (2004)
• Mean Girls revolves around the life of a
teenage girl who joins the top group in
high school ‘the plastics’ – until she falls
for the ex boyfriend of the alpha of the
group, Regina .
• Mean Girls was released in the USA on
the 30th April 2004. The film was made
with a budget of $17,000,000 which
returned for them a gross profit of
$86,000,000.
• The movie was rated PG-13 for ‘sexual
content, language and some teen
partying’. The target audience for this
film was teenage girls, as the film is
heavily based around a group of several
female high school students.

7. Boyz N The Hood (1991)
• Boyz N The Hood follows the lives of
three young males living in the
Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles,
dissecting questions of race,
relationships, violence and future
prospects.
• This film was released in the USA on the
12th July 1991. The film was made with
a budget of just $6,500,000 which
returned for them a gross profit of
$57,500,000.
• The movie was rated R (17) for
language, violence and sensuality that
the film possesses. This film is aimed at
older teenagers who may learn some
important lessons from the meanings
and content of the narrative.

8. Superbad (2007)
• Superbad revolves around two co-
dependent high school seniors are
forced to deal with separation anxiety
after their plan to stage a large party
goes terribly wrong.
• This film was released in the USA on the
17th August 2007 and it was produced
with a budget of $20,000,000 which
returned for them a very large gross
profit of $120,500,000.
• The movie was rated R (17) for
‘pervasive crude and sexual content,
strong language, drinking, some drug
use and a fantasy/comic violent image
all involving teens’. This film clearly
targeted older teenagers.