Name: Cruel Intentions
Director: Roger Kumble
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1999
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Louise Fletcher

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Mar 5	#2	$5.00M		—	$5.00M	2,312	$2.2K	1
Sat Mar 6	#2	$4.83M	-3%	—	$9.83M	2,312	$2.1K	2
Sun Mar 7	#2	$2.95M	-39%	—	$13.02M	2,312	$1.3K	3
Mon Mar 8	#2	$843K	-71%	—	$13.86M	2,312	$365	4
Tue Mar 9	#2	$1.02M	+21%	—	$14.89M	2,312	$442	5
Wed Mar 10	#2	$717K	-30%	—	$15.60M	2,312	$310	6
Thu Mar 11	#2	$782K	+9%	—	$16.38M	2,312	$338	7
Fri Mar 12	#2	$2.56M	+228%	-49%	$18.94M	2,312	$1.1K	8
Sat Mar 13	#2	$2.79M	+9%	-42%	$21.73M	2,312	$1.2K	9
Sun Mar 14	#3	$1.70M	-39%	-42%	$23.39M	2,312	$736	10
Mon Mar 15	#2	$675K	-60%	-20%	$24.07M	2,312	$292	11
Tue Mar 16	#2	$737K	+9%	-28%	$24.80M	2,312	$319	12
Wed Mar 17	#2	$478K	-35%	-33%	$25.28M	2,312	$207	13
Thu Mar 18	#2	$581K	+22%	-26%	$25.86M	2,312	$251	14
Fri Mar 19	#4	$1.39M	+138%	-46%	$27.25M	2,235	$620	15
Sat Mar 20	#6	$1.74M	+25%	-38%	$28.98M	2,235	$776	16
Sun Mar 21	#7	$885K	-49%	-48%	$29.87M	2,235	$396	17
Mon Mar 22	#6	$291K	-67%	-57%	$30.16M	2,235	$130	18
Tue Mar 23	#6	$351K	+21%	-52%	$30.51M	2,235	$157	19
Wed Mar 24	#6	$288K	-18%	-40%	$30.80M	2,235	$129	20
Thu Mar 25	#6	$305K	+6%	-47%	$31.11M	2,235	$137	21
Fri Mar 26	#9	$800K	+162%	-42%	$31.91M	1,951	$410	22
Sat Mar 27	#10	$970K	+21%	-44%	$32.88M	1,951	$497	23
Sun Mar 28	#11	$558K	-42%	-37%	$33.38M	1,951	$286	24
Mon Mar 29	#10	$209K	-63%	-28%	$33.59M	1,951	$107	25
Tue Mar 30	#9	$266K	+27%	-24%	$33.86M	1,951	$136	26
Wed Mar 31	#13	$172K	-35%	-41%	$34.03M	1,405	$122	27
Thu Apr 1	#13	$240K	+40%	-21%	$34.27M	1,405	$171	28
Sun Apr 4	#14	$283K		-49%	$35.42M	1,405	$201	31
Mon Apr 5	#14	$144K	-49%	-31%	$35.57M	1,405	$102	32
Tue Apr 6	#14	$145K	+1%	-45%	$35.71M	1,405	$103	33
Wed Apr 7	#14	$117K	-19%	-32%	$35.83M	1,405	$83	34
Thu Apr 8	#14	$122K	+4%	-49%	$35.95M	1,405	$87	35

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Mar 5-7	2	$13.02M	—	$13.02M	2,312	$5.6K	1
Mar 12-14	3	$7.01M	-46.2%	$23.39M	2,312	$3.0K	2
Mar 19-21	5	$4.01M	-42.8%	$29.87M	2,235	$1.8K	3
Mar 26-28	10	$2.27M	-43.3%	$33.38M	1,951	$1.2K	4
Apr 2-4	13	$1.16M	-48.9%	$35.42M	1,405	$827	5
Apr 9-11	21	$438K	-62.3%	$36.39M	809	$541	6
Apr 16-18	27	$254K	-42.1%	$36.72M	537	$472	7
Apr 23-25	31	$169K	-33.4%	$36.94M	348	$485	8
Apr 30-May 2	39	$102K	-39.5%	$37.07M	250	$409	9
May 7-9	49	$58K	-43.5%	$37.15M	191	$302	10
May 14-16	34	$161K	+179.4%	$37.32M	38	$4.2K	11
May 21-23	33	$127K	-21.0%	$37.49M	427	$298	12
May 28-30	39	$111K	-12.6%	$37.62M	264	$421	13
Jun 4-6	42	$87K	-22.0%	$37.74M	253	$343	14
Jun 11-13	44	$78K	-9.6%	$37.89M	153	$513	15
Jun 18-20	57	$35K	-55.6%	$37.93M	94	$370	16
Jun 25-27	48	$45K	+28.1%	$37.98M	64	$697	17
Jul 2-4	54	$44K	-1.9%	$38.04M	41	$1.1K	18
Jul 9-11	64	$24K	-45.4%	$38.08M	29	$824	19
Jul 16-18	62	$30K	+27.5%	$38.13M	36	$846	20
Jul 23-25	64	$25K	-17.8%	$38.17M	33	$759	21
Jul 30-Aug 1	63	$24K	-3.3%	$38.20M	30	$807	22

Performance Charts

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

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRoger Kumble

ScreenplayRoger Kumble

Produced byNeal H. Moritz

CinematographyTheo van de Sande

Music byEdward Shearmur

StarringSarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Louise Fletcher

StudioSony Pictures

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