No one expected "Bring It On" to win its opening weekend. The Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union teen cheerleading comedy was facing off against a $60 million Wesley Snipes action film. But on the weekend of August 25, 2000 the $10 million pic about the Rancho Carne Toros and the East Compton Clovers skyrocketed to No. 1 and stayed there for two weeks.

"Bring It On" has been defying expectations since the beginning, when it was still called "Cheer Fever" and getting first-time screenwriter Jessica Bendinger nothing but "no's" from the studios (27 in total).

Not only was it a hit of its time (th...