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Cruel Intentions

1999 • R • 1h 37m • Drama, Romance • Sony Pictures

In the game of seduction, there is only one rule: Never fall in love.

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56

3.25

6.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$13M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$38.7M

Incl. 2019 re-release

Worldwide Total

$76.2M

$37.6M international

Domestic Legs3.0x

Budget$11M

1999 Rank#52

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Cast & Crew

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Gellar Starring

Ryan Phillippe Starring

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon Starring

Selma Blair Starring

Louise Fletcher

Louise Fletcher Starring

ScreenplayRoger Kumble Produced byNeal H. Moritz CinematographyTheo van de Sande Music byEdward Shearmur StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 5-7 2 $13.0M — 2,312 $5,632 $13.0M

2 Mar 12-14 3 $7.0M −46.2% 2,312 $3,031 $23.4M

3 Mar 19-21 5 $4.0M −42.8% 2,235 $1,794 $29.9M

4 Mar 26-28 10 $2.3M −43.3% 1,951 $1,166 $33.4M

5 Apr 2-4 13 $1.2M −48.9% 1,405 $827 $35.4M

6 Apr 9-11 21 $437.7K −62.3% 809 $541 $36.4M

7 Apr 16-18 27 $253.6K −42.1% 537 $472 $36.7M

8 Apr 23-25 31 $168.9K −33.4% 348 $485 $36.9M

9 Apr 30-May 2 39 $102.2K −39.5% 250 $409 $37.1M

10 May 7-9 49 $57.7K −43.5% 191 $302 $37.1M

11 May 14-16 34 $161.2K +179.4% 38 $4,241 $37.3M

12 May 21-23 33 $127.2K −21.0% 427 $298 $37.5M

13 May 28-30 39 $111.2K −12.6% 264 $421 $37.6M

14 Jun 4-6 42 $86.7K −22.0% 253 $343 $37.7M

15 Jun 11-13 44 $78.4K −9.6% 153 $513 $37.9M

16 Jun 18-20 57 $34.8K −55.6% 94 $370 $37.9M

17 Jun 25-27 48 $44.6K +28.1% 64 $697 $38.0M

18 Jul 2-4 54 $43.7K −1.9% 41 $1,067 $38.0M

19 Jul 9-11 64 $23.9K −45.4% 29 $824 $38.1M

20 Jul 16-18 62 $30.5K +27.5% 36 $846 $38.1M

21 Jul 23-25 64 $25.0K −17.8% 33 $759 $38.2M

22 Jul 30-Aug 1 63 $24.2K −3.3% 30 $807 $38.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 5 #2 $5.0M — $5.0M 2,312 $2,160 1

Sat Mar 6 #2 $4.8M −3% $9.8M 2,312 $2,091 2

Sun Mar 7 #2 $3.0M −39% $13.0M 2,312 $1,278 3

Mon Mar 8 #2 $843.5K −71% $13.9M 2,312 $365 4

Tue Mar 9 #2 $1.0M +21% $14.9M 2,312 $442 5

Wed Mar 10 #2 $717.5K −30% $15.6M 2,312 $310 6

Thu Mar 11 #2 $781.6K +9% $16.4M 2,312 $338 7

Fri Mar 12 #2 $2.6M +228% −49% $18.9M 2,312 $1,107 8

Sat Mar 13 #2 $2.8M +9% −42% $21.7M 2,312 $1,205 9

Sun Mar 14 #3 $1.7M −39% −42% $23.4M 2,312 $736 10

Mon Mar 15 #2 $674.9K −60% −20% $24.1M 2,312 $292 11

Tue Mar 16 #2 $736.9K +9% −28% $24.8M 2,312 $319 12

Wed Mar 17 #2 $478.2K −35% −33% $25.3M 2,312 $207 13

Thu Mar 18 #2 $581.2K +22% −26% $25.9M 2,312 $251 14

Fri Mar 19 #4 $1.4M +138% −46% $27.2M 2,235 $620 15

Sat Mar 20 #6 $1.7M +25% −38% $29.0M 2,235 $776 16

Sun Mar 21 #7 $885.0K −49% −48% $29.9M 2,235 $396 17

Mon Mar 22 #6 $291.1K −67% −57% $30.2M 2,235 $130 18

Tue Mar 23 #6 $351.3K +21% −52% $30.5M 2,235 $157 19

Wed Mar 24 #6 $288.3K −18% −40% $30.8M 2,235 $129 20

Thu Mar 25 #6 $305.3K +6% −47% $31.1M 2,235 $137 21

Fri Mar 26 #9 $800.0K +162% −42% $31.9M 1,951 $410 22

Sat Mar 27 #10 $970.0K +21% −44% $32.9M 1,951 $497 23

Sun Mar 28 #11 $558.0K −42% −37% $33.4M 1,951 $286 24

Mon Mar 29 #10 $209.0K −63% −28% $33.6M 1,951 $107 25

Tue Mar 30 #9 $265.8K +27% −24% $33.9M 1,951 $136 26

Wed Mar 31 #13 $171.5K −35% −41% $34.0M 1,405 $122 27

Thu Apr 1 #13 $240.0K +40% −21% $34.3M 1,405 $171 28

Sun Apr 4 #14 $283.0K — −49% $35.4M 1,405 $201 31

Mon Apr 5 #14 $143.7K −49% −31% $35.6M 1,405 $102 32

Tue Apr 6 #14 $144.9K +1% −45% $35.7M 1,405 $103 33

Wed Apr 7 #14 $117.2K −19% −32% $35.8M 1,405 $83 34

Thu Apr 8 #14 $122.3K +4% −49% $36.0M 1,405 $87 35

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$36.0M

Mar 5Mar 13Mar 21Mar 29Apr 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $57.7K

$13.0M

$7.0M

$4.0M

$2.3M

$1.2M

$437.7K

$253.6K

$168.9K

$102.2K

$57.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,312 → 1,405 −39.2%

2,312 open1,405 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −43.5%

−46.2%

W1→2

−42.8%

W2→3

−43.3%

W3→4

−48.9%

W4→5

−62.3%

W5→6

−42.1%

W6→7

−33.4%

W7→8

−39.5%

W8→9

−43.5%

W9→10

Steepest −62.3%Best hold −33.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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