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American Beauty

Domestic Total Gross: $130,096,601
Distributor: DreamWorksRelease Date: September 15, 1999
Genre: DramaRuntime: 2 hrs. 2 min.
MPAA Rating: RProduction Budget: $15 million

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
The Players
Director:Sam Mendes
Writer:Alan Ball
Actors:Kevin Spacey
Annette Bening
Thora Birch
Wes Bentley
Mena Suvari
Peter Gallagher
Allison Janney
Chris Cooper
Scott Bakula
Cinematographer:Conrad Hall
Composer:Thomas Newman
1999 Academy Awards®
Nominated for Eight Oscars, Including Five Wins.
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Charts
Chart Rank
All Time Domestic 464
All Time Worldwide 353
Yearly 1999 13
Yearly Opening Weekends 1999 137
Yearly R Rated 1999 4
Worldwide Yearly 1999 9
Opening Weeks 2,371
Movies That Never Hit #1 61
Theater Averages - All Time Adjusted 140
Theater Averages - Opening Weekends 117
Opening Weekends 2,379
Opening Weekends - October 182
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive) 58
President's Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends 189
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases 111
Rated R 77
Slowest to $100 million 5
Best Picture Nomination Effect 94
BOM Users' Grades 213
BOM Users' Grades (1999 Releases) 15
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on May 29, 2000) 104
Yearly (Wide) 1999 13
Yearly Opening Weekends (Limited) 1999 6
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 1999 69
Opening Weeks Adjusted 2,177
Movies That Never #1 Adjusted 35
Theater Averages - All Time Adjusted 97
Theater Averages - Opening Weekends Adjusted 75
Opening Weekends Adjusted - October 161
Opening Weekends Adjusted 2,201
Rated R Adjusted 80
 
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