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American Pie

1999 R 1h 35m Comedy Universal Pictures

There's nothing like your first piece.

American Pie Box Office

Opening Weekend
$18.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$101.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$234.7M
$132.9M international
Domestic Legs5.4x
Budget$12M
1999 Rank#17
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 9-11 1 $18.71M $18.71M 2,507 $7.5K 1
Jul 16-18 2 $13.56M -27.5% $45.52M 2,518 $5.4K 2
Jul 23-25 3 $10.11M -25.4% $64.51M 2,540 $4.0K 3
Jul 30-Aug 1 6 $6.78M -32.9% $77.16M 2,436 $2.8K 4
Aug 6-8 10 $4.15M -38.9% $85.51M 1,770 $2.3K 5
Aug 13-15 12 $2.66M -35.8% $90.62M 1,382 $1.9K 6
Aug 20-22 13 $2.01M -24.6% $94.13M 1,118 $1.8K 7
Aug 27-29 16 $1.40M -30.4% $96.67M 895 $1.6K 8
Sep 3-5 16 $1.59M +13.7% $98.96M 1,095 $1.4K 9
Sep 10-12 18 $690K -56.6% $99.93M 775 $890 10
Sep 17-19 19 $501K -27.3% $100.71M 604 $830 11
Sep 24-26 24 $242K -51.8% $101.11M 488 $495 12
Oct 1-3 30 $142K -41.1% $101.33M 390 $365 13
Oct 8-10 36 $100K -29.7% $101.49M 308 $325 14
Oct 15-17 45 $79K -21.1% $101.62M 310 $255 15
Oct 22-24 47 $74K -6.0% $101.74M 252 $295 16

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byPaul Weitz
ScreenplayAdam Herz
Produced byWarren Zide, Craig Perry, Chris Moore, Chris Weitz
CinematographyRichard Crudo
Music byDavid Lawrence
StarringJason Biggs, Chris Klein, Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid, Mena Suvari
StudioUniversal Pictures

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