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Intolerable Cruelty

2003 100 min English PG-13

“Engage the enemy.”

A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.

Cast

45 people

Joel Coen Director · Ethan Coen Screenplay

Worldwide gross $120M · Budget $60M · United States release October 10, 2003

Box office

Budget

$60,000,000

Worldwide gross

$119,940,815

Gross vs. budget

2.0×

Production

U

Universal Pictures

Production · Studio

I

Imagine Entertainment

Production

A

Alphaville Films

Production

M

Mike Zoss Productions

Production

A

Alphaville Productions

Production

United States

Produced in

Languages

Original language

English

Spoken on screen

English · French

Release dates

Italy · September 2, 2003

Premiere · Venice Film Festival

United States · October 10, 2003

Theatrical

Austria

October 18, 2003 · Digital

Czechia

January 1, 2004 · Theatrical

Denmark

October 24, 2003 · Theatrical

France

November 19, 2003 · Theatrical

Germany

October 23, 2003 · Theatrical

Greece

January 2, 2004 · Theatrical

Hungary

October 23, 2003 · Theatrical

Indonesia

November 12, 2003 · Theatrical

Ireland

October 24, 2003 · Digital

Italy

October 17, 2003 · Theatrical

Japan

April 10, 2004 · Digital

Poland

October 24, 2003 · Digital

Portugal

October 24, 2003 · Theatrical

South Korea

October 31, 2003 · Theatrical

Spain

October 22, 2003 · Theatrical

April 2, 2004 · Physical

Switzerland

October 16, 2003 · Digital

United Kingdom

October 24, 2003 · Theatrical

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