In it's opening weekend(March 5-7,1999),Cruel Intentions placed second at box offices nation wide.Grossing $13,020,565 , the movie was beat out by Analyze This,starring Robert De Niro.'Cruel' made back it's budget in this weekend alone,showing in 2312 theaters.

The next weekend(March 12-14,1999),it dropped down to number three,Analyze This still at number one and new horror flick The Rage:Carrie 2 at two.However,the film,still in 2312 theaters,pulled in a solid seven million.