Intolerable Cruelty
“Engage the enemy.”
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
Genres
Comedy, Romance, Crime
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Intolerable Cruelty performed
Budget
$60.0M
Worldwide Gross
$119.9M
Gross Profit
$59.9M
Return
2.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$17M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Miles
George Clooney
Miles
Marilyn
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Marilyn
Donovan Donaly
Geoffrey Rush
Donovan Donaly
Gus Petch
Cedric the Entertainer
Gus Petch
Rex Rexroth
Edward Herrmann
Rex Rexroth
Wrigley
Paul Adelstein
Wrigley
Freddy Bender
Richard Jenkins
Freddy Bender
Howard D. Doyle
Billy Bob Thornton
Howard D. Doyle
Sarah Sorkin
Julia Duffy
Sarah Sorkin
Heinz, the Baron Krauss von Espy
Jonathan Hadary
Heinz, the Baron Krauss von Espy
Herb Myerson
Tom Aldredge
Herb Myerson
Bonnie Donaly
Stacey Travis
Bonnie Donaly
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