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An American TailFollow

1986 • G • 1h 20m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Universal Pictures

Meet Fievel. In his search to find his family, he discovered America.

🍅 76% 71% MC 38 IMDb 6.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$5.23M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$47.48M
Final
Domestic legs9.1x
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Cast & crew

Directed byDon Bluth ScreenplayJudy Freudberg, Tony Geiss Produced byDon Bluth, Gary Goldman, John Pomeroy, Tony Geiss MusicJames Horner Prod. DesignDon Bluth StarringPhillip Glasser, Erica Yohn, Nehemiah Persoff, Amy Green, Christopher Plummer, John Finnegan StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 21-23 2 $5.2M — 1,246 $4,201 $5.2M
2 Nov 28-30 2 $7.4M +41.6% 1,249 $5,935 $15.0M
3 Dec 5-7 3 $4.0M −45.8% 1,249 $3,218 $20.2M
4 Dec 12-14 5 $2.6M −35.0% 1,196 $2,185 $23.7M
5 Dec 19-21 9 $1.9M −26.0% 1,126 $1,716 $26.3M
6 Dec 26-28 9 $3.0M +55.7% 1,157 $2,600 $31.2M
7 Jan 2-4 9 $2.7M −10.3% 1,160 $2,327 $37.2M
8 Jan 9-11 14 $1.2M −56.7% 992 $1,177 $38.7M
9 Jan 16-18 16 $1.0M −13.5% 969 $1,043 $39.9M
10 Jan 23-25 14 $698.3K −30.9% 913 $765 $41.0M
11 Jan 30-Feb 1 17 $666.8K −4.5% 808 $825 $41.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $698.3K
$5.2M
$7.4M
$4.0M
$2.6M
$1.9M
$3.0M
$2.7M
$1.2M
$1.0M
$698.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.9%
+41.6%
W1→2
−45.8%
W2→3
−35.0%
W3→4
−26.0%
W4→5
+55.7%
W5→6
−10.3%
W6→7
−56.7%
W7→8
−13.5%
W8→9
−30.9%
W9→10
Steepest −56.7%Biggest gain +55.7%

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All Dogs Go to Heaven 1989 · Bluth $26.2M An American Tail: Fievel Goes West 1991 · Wells $20.2M The Land Before Time 1988 · Bluth $48.6M The Rescuers 1977 · Stevens $48.8M Pete's Dragon 1977 · Chaffey $36M Beavis and Butt-Head Do America 1996 · Judge $63.1M

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