<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $625,000 or $600,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $42,432,803 or $22 million </Td> </Tr> <P> To Sir, with Love is a 1967 British drama film that deals with social and racial issues in an inner city school . It stars Sidney Poitier and features Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall and singer Lulu making her film debut . James Clavell (who had written The Children's Story three years prior) directed from his own screenplay, which was based on E.R. Braithwaite's 1959 autobiographical novel of the same name . </P> <P> The film's title song "To Sir with Love", sung by Lulu, reached number one on the U.S. pop charts for five weeks in the autumn of 1967 and ultimately was Billboard magazine's No. 1 pop single for that year . The movie ranked number 27 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies . </P>

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