Save the Last Dance

Released Date
January 12, 2001
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Genre
Drama
Rating
PG-13
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$91,057,006 + $40,649,803 = $131,706,809
47
Kerry Washington

as Chenille Reynolds

45
Bianca Lawson

as Nikki

43
Julia Stiles

as Sara Johnson

53
Fredro Starr

as Malakai

46
Karimah Westbrook

as Alyssa

53
Sean Patrick Thomas

as Derek Reynolds

70
Terry Kinney

as Roy Johnson

About Save the Last Dance

A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.

About

An MTV Films production about a white dancer who falls in love with a black man from the south side of Chicago. It was followed by a 2006 direct-to-video sequel, Save the Last Dance 2.

Trivia

The soundtrack for the film, which featured music from PinkIce Cube and Montell Jordan, amongst others, went 2x Platinum in the U.S.