| Budget: $39m | Financed by: Paramount; Filmbeteiligungs-Fonds II |
| Domestic Gross: $5,884,190 | Domestic Distributor: Paramount |
| Overseas Gross: $730,090 |
Paramount backed this $39m Meg Ryan vehicle and received some financial assistance from the German tax shelter Filmbeteiligungs-Fonds II. Against The Ropes was scheduled to open in 2003, but Paramount pushed the film back a year due to the extensive Iraq war coverage on television that would make their marketing efforts difficult to attract attention. The film finally opened and was dead on arrival with a dismal $3,038,546 and Against The Ropes showed terrible legs, dropping 56.1% the following weekend to $1,333,157 and sank 86.3% in its third weekend to $182,476. The film closed its poor box office run with $5,884,190. Paramount released the film overseas through UIP (joint distribution between Paramount and Universal) and dumped the film. Against The Ropes grossed only $730,090 and was given only a limited release in overseas markets. The film was essentially the end of designing big budget projects around the once bankable Meg Ryan.