American Beauty

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

Grosses

Domestic (36.5%)
$130,096,601
Summary Details
DistributorDreamWorks Distribution
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Opening$861,531
16 theaters
Budget$15,000,000
Release Date (Wide)Sep 15, 1999 (Oct 1, 1999)
MPAAR
Running Time2 hr 2 min
GenresDrama
In Release474 days/67 weeks
Widest Release1,990 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Sep 10-1644$159,854-6-$26,642$159,8541
Sep 17-2311$1,385,484+766.7%16+10$86,592$1,545,3882
Sep 24-304$8,661,572+525.2%429+413$20,190$10,206,9183
Oct 1-73$11,408,472+31.7%706+277$16,159$21,615,3824
Oct 8-144$12,935,913+13.4%1,226+520$10,551$34,551,2955
Oct 15-215$8,898,853-31.2%1,350+124$6,591$43,450,1486
Oct 22-286$6,876,137-22.7%1,459+109$4,712$50,326,2857
Oct 29-Nov 44$5,280,194-23.2%1,528+69$3,455$55,606,4798
Nov 5-118$4,677,301-11.4%1,553+25$3,011$60,283,6809
Nov 12-1812$3,122,795-33.2%1,264-289$2,470$63,406,57510
Nov 19-2516$1,947,522-37.6%815-449$2,389$63,768,57511
Nov 26-Dec 214$1,454,826-25.3%585-230$2,486$66,808,92312
Dec 3-913$1,088,931-25.2%694+109$1,569$67,897,85413
Dec 10-1613$872,784-19.8%595-99$1,466$68,770,53814
Dec 17-2315$949,057+8.7%452-143$2,099$69,719,69515
Dec 24-3015$799,090-15.8%293-159$2,727$70,518,78516
Dec 31-Jan 6, 200016$821,005+2.7%275-18$2,985$71,339,79017
Jan 7-1321$815,192-0.7%289+14$2,820$72,154,98218
Jan 14-2022$732,145-10.2%276-13$2,652$72,887,12719
Jan 21-2724$737,428+0.7%267-9$2,761$73,624,55520
Jan 28-Feb 323$981,195+33.1%344+77$2,852$74,605,74921
Feb 4-1053$103,212-89.5%10-334$10,321$74,708,96222
Feb 11-1749$109,022+5.6%7-3$15,574$74,817,98423
Feb 18-248$8,100,096+7,329.8%1,287+1,280$6,293$82,918,08024
Feb 25-Mar 29$6,066,686-25.1%1,323+36$4,585$88,983,76625
Mar 3-98$5,380,021-11.3%1,339+16$4,017$94,364,78726
Mar 10-165$5,483,882+1.9%1,522+183$3,603$99,848,66927
Mar 17-237$4,594,411-16.2%1,661+139$2,766$104,443,08028
Mar 24-305$6,807,816+48.2%1,662+1$4,096$111,250,89629
Mar 31-Apr 67$7,039,359+3.4%1,990+328$3,537$118,290,25530
Apr 7-1310$4,457,284-36.7%1,934-56$2,304$122,747,53931
Apr 14-2015$2,851,375-36%1,467-467$1,943$125,598,91432
Apr 21-2716$1,875,203-34.2%1,130-337$1,659$127,474,11733
Apr 28-May 418$936,948-50%791-339$1,184$128,411,06534
May 5-1118$639,046-31.8%603-188$1,059$129,050,11135
May 12-1824$445,383-30.3%425-178$1,047$129,495,49436
May 19-2532$282,494-36.6%302-123$935$129,777,98837
May 26-Jun 143$213,946-24.3%206-96$1,038$129,991,93438