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AMERICAN BEAUTY

Domestic Total Gross: $130,096,601
Distributor: DreamWorksRelease Date: September 15, 1999
Genre: DramaRunning Time: 2 hrs. 2 min.
MPAA Rating: RProduction Budget: $15 million
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TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES
Domestic:  $130,096,601    36.5%
+ Foreign:  $226,200,000    63.5%
= Worldwide:  $356,296,601  

DOMESTIC SUMMARY
Release Dates:  September 15, 1999 (limited)
 October 1, 1999 (wide)
Limited Opening Weekend: $861,531
(#11 rank, 16 theaters, $53,845 average)
Wide Opening Weekend: $8,188,587
(#3 rank, 706 theaters, $11,598 average)
% of Total Gross: 6.3%
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Widest Release:  1,990 theaters


CHARTS (click to view) Rank
All Time Domestic 256
All Time Worldwide 151
Yearly 1999 13
Yearly Opening Weekends 1999 137
Yearly R Rated 1999 4
Worldwide Yearly 1999 9
Opening Weeks 1,465
Movies That Never Hit #1 29
Theater Averages - All Time Adjusted 56
Theater Averages - Opening Weekends 47
Saturday Share of Opening Weekends 177
Opening Weekends 1,469
Opening Weekends - October 114
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive) 57
President's Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends 120
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases 76
Top Ranking Limited Release Debuts 162
Rated R 49
Slowest to $100 million 5
Best Picture Nomination Effect 59
BOM Users' Grades 188
BOM Users' Grades (1999 Releases) 13
CHARTS (Premier Pass Users Only)Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on May 29, 2000) 104
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1999 ACADEMY AWARDS®
Nominated for 8 Oscars, including 5 wins. CLICK TO VIEW FULL BREAKDOWN...
THE PLAYERS (click name to view)
Director:Sam Mendes
Writer:Alan Ball
Actors:Kevin Spacey
Annette Bening
Composer:Thomas Newman
GRADE THIS MOVIE
Readers B  (3128 votes)
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GRADE BREAKDOWN
As: 1,547 49.5%
Bs: 971 31.0%
Cs: 287 9.2%
Ds: 171 5.5%
Fs: 152 4.9%

MERCHANDISE LINKS
• DVD: American Beauty, Best Picture Collection (Paramount / DreamWorks)
• Original Score (Thomas Newman)
• Soundtrack

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