<Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $31.6 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Can't Buy Me Love is a 1987 American teen romantic comedy feature film starring Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson in a story about a nerd at a high school in Tucson, Arizona who gives a cheerleader $1,000 to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month . The film was directed by Steve Rash and takes its title from a Beatles song with the same title . </P> <P> Ronald Miller is a typical high school nerd living in suburban Tucson, Arizona . He has spent all summer mowing lawns to save up for a telescope . At an opportune moment, he makes a deal with next - door neighbor and popular cheerleader Cynthia "Cindy" Mancini . Cindy had borrowed her mother's expensive suede outfit without permission, to wear to a party, only to have Quint accidentally spill red wine on it . Cindy reluctantly agrees to help Ronald look "cool" by pretending to be his girlfriend for a month for $1000, even though she already has a boyfriend named Bobby who is attending the University of Iowa . </P>

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