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American Made

2017 • R • 1h 54m • Action, Comedy, Crime • Universal Pictures

It's not a felony if you're doing it for the good guys.

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$16.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$51.3M
Final
Worldwide Total
$135.6M
$84.2M international
Domestic Legs3.1x
Budget$50M
2017 Rank#53
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Cast & Crew

Full Liman filmography
Doug Liman Doug Liman Director Tom Cruise Tom Cruise Starring Domhnall Gleeson Domhnall Gleeson Starring Jesse Plemons Jesse Plemons Starring Caleb Landry Jones Caleb Landry Jones Starring
Written byGary Spinelli Produced byBrian Grazer, Brian Oliver, Doug Davison, Kim Roth, Tyler Thompson CinematographyCésar Charlone Music byChristophe Beck StudioUniversal Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 29-Oct 1 3 $16.8M — 3,024 $5,548 $16.8M
2 Oct 6-8 6 $8.4M −49.7% 3,031 $2,787 $30.8M
3 Oct 13-15 6 $5.5M −34.9% 3,098 $1,776 $40.2M
4 Oct 20-22 9 $3.1M −43.1% 2,559 $1,224 $45.5M
5 Oct 27-29 12 $1.7M −45.6% 1,558 $1,093 $48.5M
6 Nov 3-5 17 $799.6K −53.0% 663 $1,206 $50.0M
7 Nov 10-12 22 $448.8K −43.9% 419 $1,071 $50.8M
8 Nov 17-19 25 $154.4K −65.6% 222 $695 $51.1M
9 Nov 24-26 35 $68.5K −55.6% 108 $634 $51.2M
10 Dec 1-3 44 $40.8K −40.5% 108 $377 $51.3M
11 Dec 8-10 41 $32.3K −20.7% 73 $442 $51.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$51.3M
Sep 29Oct 16Nov 3Nov 20Dec 7
Weekend grossWk 10 · $40.8K
$16.8M
$8.4M
$5.5M
$3.1M
$1.7M
$799.6K
$448.8K
$154.4K
$68.5K
$40.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 3,098 → 93 −97.0%
3,024 open93 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −40.5%
−49.7%
W1→2
−34.9%
W2→3
−43.1%
W3→4
−45.6%
W4→5
−53.0%
W5→6
−43.9%
W6→7
−65.6%
W7→8
−55.6%
W8→9
−40.5%
W9→10
Steepest −65.6%Best hold −34.9%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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