Akeelah and the Bee
Changing the world... one word at a time.
11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words.After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya.Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr.Larabee, she reaches the finals.As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.
- Worldwide
- $19M
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Cast
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What It's About
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11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finals. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.
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Box Office & Release
Akeelah and the Bee returned 2.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $8M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $19M
- Release date
- Apr 28, 2006
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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