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

Box Office Performance

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

StarringJulia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington, Fredro Starr, Terry Kinney, Bianca Lawson

StudioParamount Pictures