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
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Sep 17-1911$861,531-16-$53,845$1,021,3851
Sep 24-265$5,939,646+589.4%429+413$13,845$7,484,9842
Oct 1-33$8,188,587+37.9%706+277$11,598$18,395,4973
Oct 8-104$9,505,313+16.1%1,226+520$7,753$31,120,6954
Oct 8-11
Indig. Peoples' Day wknd
3$10,669,621-1,226-$8,702$32,285,003-
Oct 15-175$6,608,144-30.5%1,350+124$4,894$41,159,4395
Oct 22-246$5,180,253-21.6%1,459+109$3,550$48,630,4016
Oct 29-314$3,779,747-27%1,528+69$2,473$54,106,0327
Nov 5-77$3,324,526-12%1,553+25$2,140$58,931,0058
Nov 12-1413$2,371,304-28.7%1,264-289$1,876$62,655,0849
Nov 19-2115$1,293,020-45.5%815-449$1,586$64,699,59510
Nov 26-28
Thanksgiving 3-Day
15$1,170,667-9.5%585-230$2,001$66,524,76411
Dec 3-5
Post-Thanksgiving
14$780,219-33.4%694+109$1,124$67,589,14212
Dec 10-1213$603,130-22.7%595-99$1,013$68,500,98413
Dec 17-1914$527,468-12.5%452-143$1,166$69,298,10614
Dec 24-2616$322,143-38.9%293-159$1,099$70,041,83815
Dec 31-Jan 2, 200016$499,030+54.9%293-$1,703$71,017,81516
Jan 7-920$577,310+15.7%289-4$1,997$71,917,10017
Jan 14-17
MLK wknd
22$598,389-276-$2,168$72,753,371-
Jan 21-2326$431,045-267-9$1,614$73,318,17219
Jan 28-3023$704,153+63.4%344+77$2,046$74,328,70820
Feb 4-654$75,233-89.3%10-334$7,523$74,680,98321
Feb 11-1360$64,292-14.5%7-3$9,184$74,773,25422
Feb 18-208$5,592,445+8,598.5%1,287+1,280$4,345$80,410,42923
Feb 18-21
Presidents' Day wknd
9$6,604,951-1,287-$5,132$81,422,935-
Feb 25-279$4,607,709-17.6%1,323+36$3,482$87,525,78924
Mar 3-59$4,030,713-12.5%1,339+16$3,010$93,015,47925
Mar 10-125$3,664,215-9.1%1,522+183$2,407$98,029,00226
Mar 17-197$3,159,322-13.8%1,661+139$1,902$103,007,99127
Mar 24-267$4,024,983+27.4%1,662+1$2,421$108,468,06328
Mar 31-Apr 26$5,407,279+34.3%1,990+328$2,717$116,658,17529
Apr 7-910$3,348,307-38.1%1,934-56$1,731$121,638,56230
Apr 14-1614$1,966,874-41.3%1,467-467$1,340$124,714,41331
Apr 21-2316$1,357,651-31%1,130-337$1,201$126,956,56532
Apr 28-3019$670,739-50.6%791-339$847$128,144,85633
May 5-720$429,026-36%603-188$711$128,840,09134
May 12-1423$307,772-28.3%425-178$724$129,357,88335
May 19-2130$193,216-37.2%302-123$639$129,688,71036
May 26-29
Memorial Day wknd
43$170,293-206-$826$129,948,281-
Jun 2-450$66,113-138-$479$130,058,04738