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Save the Last Dance

2001 PG-13 1h 52m Drama, Music, Romance Paramount Pictures

The only person you need to be is yourself.

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$23.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$91.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$132M
$40.6M international
Domestic Legs3.88x
Budget$13.0M
2001 Rank#25
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jan 12-14 1 $23.4M $23.4M 2,230 $11K 1
Jan 19-21 1 $15.4M -34.5% $46.2M 2,539 $6K 2
Jan 26-28 2 $9.8M -36.4% $59.3M 2,561 $4K 3
Feb 2-4 4 $7.2M -26.6% $68.5M 2,570 $3K 4
Feb 9-11 6 $4.8M -32.9% $74.5M 2,506 $2K 5
Feb 16-19 Presidents' Day 11 $4.0M -17.7% $79.8M 2,052 $2K 6
Feb 23-25 12 $2.3M -42.3% $82.7M 1,728 $1K 7
Mar 2-4 14 $1.4M -38.1% $84.6M 1,210 $1K 8
Mar 9-11 16 $1.1M -24.0% $86.0M 1,023 $1K 9
Mar 16-18 16 $846K -21.4% $87.3M 862 $981 10
Mar 23-25 19 $540K -36.2% $88.0M 615 $878 11
Mar 30-Apr 1 24 $333K -38.4% $88.5M 439 $757 12
Apr 6-8 28 $209K -37.2% $88.8M 220 $949 13
Apr 13-15 61 $12K -94.4% $89.0M 147 $80 14
Apr 20-22 39 $80K +578.8% $89.2M 117 $683 15
May 25-27 16 $363K +353.2% $89.8M 320 $1K 16
Jun 1-3 20 $214K -41.0% $90.2M 272 $787 17
Jun 8-10 17 $181K -15.5% $90.5M 243 $744 18
Jun 15-17 22 $123K -31.8% $90.7M 213 $579 19
Jun 22-24 29 $83K -32.4% $90.9M 172 $484 20
Jun 29-Jul 1 38 $55K -33.6% $91.0M 120 $461 21

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byThomas Carter
ScreenplayDuane Adler, Cheryl Edwards
Produced byRobert W. Cort, David Madden
CinematographyRobbie Greenberg
MusicMark Isham
StarringJulia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington, Fredro Starr, Terry Kinney, Bianca Lawson
StudioParamount Pictures