Name: Save the Last Dance
Director: Thomas Carter
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Released: 2001
Cast: Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington, Fredro Starr, Terry Kinney

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jan 12	#1	$7.5M		—	$7.5M	2,230	$3K	1
Sat Jan 13	#1	$9.1M	+22%	—	$16.6M	2,230	$4K	2
Sun Jan 14	#1	$6.8M	-25%	—	$23.4M	2,230	$3K	3
Mon Jan 15	#1	$4.1M	-40%	—	$27.5M	2,230	$2K	4
Tue Jan 16	#1	$1.3M	-69%	—	$28.8M	2,230	$560	5
Wed Jan 17	#1	$953K	-24%	—	$29.7M	2,230	$427	6
Thu Jan 18	#1	$1.1M	+20%	—	$30.9M	2,230	$512	7
Fri Jan 19	#1	$4.8M	+322%	-36%	$35.7M	2,230	$2K	8
Sat Jan 20	#1	$6.8M	+41%	-26%	$42.5M	2,539	$3K	9
Sun Jan 21	#1	$3.5M	-49%	-49%	$46.2M	2,539	$1K	10
Mon Jan 22	#1	$806K	-77%	-80%	$47.0M	2,539	$317	11
Tue Jan 23	#2	$888K	+10%	-29%	$47.9M	2,539	$349	12
Wed Jan 24	#2	$735K	-17%	-23%	$48.7M	2,539	$289	13
Thu Jan 25	#1	$879K	+19%	-23%	$49.5M	2,539	$346	14
Fri Jan 26	#2	$3.1M	+254%	-36%	$52.7M	2,561	$1K	15
Sat Jan 27	#2	$4.7M	+50%	-31%	$57.3M	2,561	$2K	16
Sun Jan 28	#2	$1.6M	-66%	-54%	$59.3M	2,561	$625	17
Mon Jan 29	#5	$518K	-68%	-36%	$59.8M	2,561	$202	18
Tue Jan 30	#5	$553K	+7%	-38%	$60.4M	2,561	$216	19
Wed Jan 31	#4	$465K	-16%	-37%	$60.9M	2,561	$181	20
Thu Feb 1	#4	$473K	+2%	-46%	$61.3M	2,561	$184	21
Fri Feb 2	#3	$2.1M	+346%	-32%	$63.4M	2,570	$821	22
Sat Feb 3	#4	$3.2M	+53%	-31%	$66.7M	2,570	$1K	23
Sun Feb 4	#6	$1.6M	-50%	+1%	$68.5M	2,570	$626	24
Mon Feb 5	#7	$278K	-83%	-46%	$68.8M	2,570	$108	25
Tue Feb 6	#7	$354K	+27%	-36%	$69.1M	2,570	$137	26
Wed Feb 7	#8	$268K	-24%	-42%	$69.4M	2,570	$104	27
Thu Feb 8	#6	$292K	+9%	-38%	$69.7M	2,570	$113	28
Fri Feb 9	#5	$1.3M	+343%	-39%	$71.0M	2,570	$503	29
Sat Feb 10	#6	$2.2M	+69%	-32%	$73.2M	2,570	$851	30
Sun Feb 11	#7	$1.2M	-47%	-29%	$74.5M	2,506	$459	31
Mon Feb 12	#7	$272K	-76%	-2%	$74.8M	2,506	$108	32
Tue Feb 13	#9	$225K	-17%	-37%	$75.0M	2,506	$89	33
Wed Feb 14	#9	$531K	+136%	+98%	$75.5M	2,506	$211	34
Thu Feb 15	#8	$274K	-48%	-6%	$75.8M	2,506	$109	35
Mon Feb 19	#11	$560K		+106%	$79.8M	2,052	$273	39
Tue Feb 20	#11	$242K	-57%	+8%	$80.0M	2,052	$118	40
Wed Feb 21	#11	$202K	-17%	-62%	$80.2M	2,052	$98	41
Thu Feb 22	#11	$217K	+8%	-21%	$80.4M	2,052	$105	42
Sun Feb 25	#13	$503K			$82.7M	1,728	$291	45
Mon Feb 26	#14	$118K	-77%	-79%	$82.8M	1,728	$68	46
Tue Feb 27	#14	$126K	+7%	-48%	$83.0M	1,728	$72	47
Wed Feb 28	#14	$107K	-15%	-47%	$83.1M	1,728	$61	48
Thu Mar 1	#13	$132K	+24%	-39%	$83.2M	1,728	$76	49
Sun Mar 4	#15	$306K		-39%	$84.6M	1,210	$252	52
Mon Mar 5	#14	$83K	-73%	-30%	$84.7M	1,210	$68	53
Tue Mar 6	#14	$79K	-5%	-38%	$84.8M	1,210	$64	54
Wed Mar 7	#14	$76K	-4%	-29%	$84.9M	1,210	$62	55
Thu Mar 8	#14	$82K	+9%	-38%	$84.9M	1,210	$67	56
Sun Mar 11	#16	$258K		-16%	$86.0M	1,023	$252	59
Mon Mar 12	#16	$94K	-64%	+13%	$86.1M	1,023	$91	60
Tue Mar 13	#16	$97K	+4%	+24%	$86.2M	1,023	$95	61
Wed Mar 14	#16	$91K	-6%	+21%	$86.3M	1,023	$89	62
Mon Mar 19	#17	$58K		-38%	$87.3M	862	$67	67
Tue Mar 20	#18	$58K	n/c	-41%	$87.4M	862	$67	68
Wed Mar 21	#18	$55K	-5%	-40%	$87.4M	862	$63	69
Thu Mar 22	#17	$65K	+19%		$87.5M	862	$75	70
Sun Mar 25	#19	$115K			$88.0M	615	$186	73
Mon Mar 26	#19	$35K	-70%	-40%	$88.1M	615	$56	74
Tue Mar 27	#20	$38K	+9%	-35%	$88.1M	615	$61	75
Wed Mar 28	#19	$37K	-2%	-33%	$88.1M	615	$59	76
Thu Mar 29	#19	$40K	+8%	-39%	$88.2M	615	$64	77
Mon May 28	#14	$101K			$101K	320	$316	137

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

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

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