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American Beauty

1999 R 2h 2m Drama DreamWorks Pictures

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American Beauty Box Office

Opening Weekend
$8.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$130.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$356.3M
$226.2M international
Domestic Legs15.9x
Budget$15.0M
1999 Rank#27
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Sep 17-19 11 $862K $1.02M 16 $53.8K 1
Sep 24-26 5 $5.94M +589.4% $7.48M 429 $13.8K 2
Oct 1-3 3 $8.19M +37.9% $18.40M 706 $11.6K 3
Oct 8-10 4 $9.51M +16.1% $31.12M 1,226 $7.8K 4
Oct 15-17 5 $6.61M -30.5% $41.16M 1,350 $4.9K 5
Oct 22-24 6 $5.18M -21.6% $48.63M 1,459 $3.5K 6
Oct 29-31 4 $3.78M -27.0% $54.11M 1,528 $2.5K 7
Nov 5-7 7 $3.32M -12.0% $58.93M 1,553 $2.1K 8
Nov 12-14 13 $2.37M -28.7% $62.66M 1,264 $1.9K 9
Nov 19-21 15 $1.29M -45.5% $64.70M 815 $1.6K 10
Nov 26-28 15 $1.17M -9.5% $66.52M 585 $2.0K 11
Dec 3-5 14 $780K -33.4% $67.59M 694 $1.1K 12
Dec 10-12 13 $603K -22.7% $68.50M 595 $1.0K 13
Dec 17-19 14 $527K -12.5% $69.30M 452 $1.2K 14
Dec 24-26 16 $322K -38.9% $70.04M 293 $1.1K 15
Dec 31-Jan 2 16 $499K +54.9% $71.02M 293 $1.7K 16
Jan 7-9 20 $577K +15.7% $71.92M 289 $2.0K 17
Jan 14-17 MLK Day 22 $598K +3.7% $72.75M 276 $2.2K 18
Jan 21-23 26 $431K -28.0% $73.32M 267 $1.6K 19
Jan 28-30 23 $704K +63.4% $74.33M 344 $2.0K 20
Feb 4-6 54 $75K -89.3% $74.68M 10 $7.5K 21
Feb 11-13 60 $64K -14.5% $74.77M 7 $9.2K 22
Feb 18-20 8 $5.59M +8,598.5% $80.41M 1,287 $4.3K 23
Feb 25-27 9 $4.61M -17.6% $87.53M 1,323 $3.5K 24
Mar 3-5 9 $4.03M -12.5% $93.02M 1,339 $3.0K 25
Mar 10-12 5 $3.66M -9.1% $98.03M 1,522 $2.4K 26
Mar 17-19 7 $3.16M -13.8% $103.01M 1,661 $1.9K 27
Mar 24-26 7 $4.02M +27.4% $108.47M 1,662 $2.4K 28
Mar 31-Apr 2 6 $5.41M +34.3% $116.66M 1,990 $2.7K 29
Apr 7-9 10 $3.35M -38.1% $121.64M 1,934 $1.7K 30
Apr 14-16 14 $1.97M -41.3% $124.71M 1,467 $1.3K 31
Apr 21-23 16 $1.36M -31.0% $126.96M 1,130 $1.2K 32
Apr 28-30 19 $671K -50.6% $128.14M 791 $847 33
May 5-7 20 $429K -36.0% $128.84M 603 $711 34
May 12-14 23 $308K -28.3% $129.36M 425 $724 35
May 19-21 30 $193K -37.2% $129.69M 302 $639 36
May 26-29 Memorial Day 43 $170K -11.9% $129.95M 206 $826 37
Jun 2-4 50 $66K -61.2% $130.06M 138 $479 38

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed bySam Mendes
ScreenplayAlan Ball
Produced byBruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
CinematographyConrad L. Hall
Music byThomas Newman
StarringKevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Peter Gallagher
StudioDreamWorks Pictures

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