Box office / business for
American Beauty (1999) More at IMDbPro »

Budget

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend

$861,531 (USA) (19 September 1999) (16 Screens)
£425,558 (UK) (30 January 2000) (23 Screens)

Gross

$130,058,047 (USA) (4 June 2000)
$129,948,281 (USA) (28 May 2000)
$129,688,710 (USA) (21 May 2000)
$129,357,883 (USA) (14 May 2000)
$128,840,091 (USA) (7 May 2000)
$128,144,856 (USA) (30 April 2000)
$126,956,565 (USA) (23 April 2000)
$124,714,413 (USA) (16 April 2000)
$121,638,562 (USA) (9 April 2000)
$116,658,175 (USA) (2 April 2000)
$108,468,063 (USA) (26 March 2000)
$103,007,991 (USA) (19 March 2000)
$98,027,002 (USA) (12 March 2000)
$93,014,479 (USA) (5 March 2000)
$87,525,789 (USA) (27 February 2000)
$81,422,935 (USA) (20 February 2000)
$74,773,254 (USA) (13 February 2000)
$74,680,983 (USA) (6 February 2000)
$74,328,708 (USA) (30 January 2000)
$73,318,172 (USA) (23 January 2000)
$72,753,371 (USA) (16 January 2000)
$71,917,100 (USA) (9 January 2000)
$71,017,815 (USA) (2 January 2000)
$70,041,838 (USA) (26 December 1999)
$69,298,106 (USA) (19 December 1999)
$68,500,984 (USA) (12 December 1999)
$67,589,142 (USA) (5 December 1999)
$66,524,764 (USA) (28 November 1999)
$64,699,595 (USA) (21 November 1999)
$62,655,084 (USA) (14 November 1999)
$58,931,005 (USA) (7 November 1999)
$54,106,032 (USA) (31 October 1999)
$48,630,401 (USA) (24 October 1999)
$41,159,439 (USA) (17 October 1999)
$31,120,695 (USA) (10 October 1999)
$18,395,497 (USA) (3 October 1999)
$7,484,984 (USA) (26 September 1999)
$1,021,385 (USA) (19 September 1999)
$130,096,601 (USA)
£21,261,601 (UK) (14 May 2000)
£21,158,595 (UK) (7 May 2000)
£20,961,192 (UK) (30 April 2000)
£20,484,103 (UK) (23 April 2000)
£19,813,669 (UK) (16 April 2000)
£18,861,325 (UK) (9 April 2000)
£17,873,566 (UK) (2 April 2000)
£16,483,157 (UK) (26 March 2000)
£15,480,332 (UK) (19 March 2000)
£14,499,983 (UK) (12 March 2000)
£13,310,763 (UK) (5 March 2000)
£11,774,698 (UK) (27 February 2000)
£9,504,037 (UK) (20 February 2000)
£6,767,888 (UK) (13 February 2000)
£3,555,235 (UK) (6 February 2000)
£425,558 (UK) (30 January 2000)
$356,296,601 (Worldwide)
$226,200,000 (Worldwide) (except USA)
$4,975,587 (Argentina)
AUD 11,029,726 (Australia) (14 December 2000)
DKK 18,425,276 (Denmark)
€24,113,592 (Germany) (16 November 2003)
€15,263,641 (Italy)
€16,423,545 (Spain)
ESP 2,665,000,000 (Spain)

Weekend Gross

$66,113 (USA) (4 June 2000) (138 Screens)
$170,293 (USA) (28 May 2000) (206 Screens)
$193,216 (USA) (21 May 2000) (302 Screens)
$307,772 (USA) (14 May 2000) (425 Screens)
$429,026 (USA) (7 May 2000) (603 Screens)
$670,739 (USA) (30 April 2000) (791 Screens)
$1,357,651 (USA) (23 April 2000) (1,130 Screens)
$1,966,874 (USA) (16 April 2000) (1,467 Screens)
$3,348,307 (USA) (9 April 2000) (1,934 Screens)
$5,407,279 (USA) (2 April 2000) (1,990 Screens)
$4,024,983 (USA) (26 March 2000) (1,662 Screens)
$3,159,322 (USA) (19 March 2000) (1,661 Screens)
$3,664,215 (USA) (12 March 2000) (1,522 Screens)
$4,030,713 (USA) (5 March 2000) (1,339 Screens)
$4,607,709 (USA) (27 February 2000) (1,323 Screens)
$6,604,951 (USA) (20 February 2000) (1,287 Screens)
$64,292 (USA) (13 February 2000) (7 Screens)
$75,233 (USA) (6 February 2000) (10 Screens)
$704,153 (USA) (30 January 2000) (344 Screens)
$431,045 (USA) (23 January 2000) (267 Screens)
$780,219 (USA) (5 December 1999) (694 Screens)
$1,170,667 (USA) (28 November 1999) (585 Screens)
$1,293,020 (USA) (21 November 1999) (815 Screens)
$2,371,304 (USA) (14 November 1999)
$3,324,526 (USA) (7 November 1999) (1,553 Screens)
$3,779,747 (USA) (31 October 1999) (1,528 Screens)
$5,180,253 (USA) (24 October 1999) (1,459 Screens)
$6,608,144 (USA) (17 October 1999) (1,350 Screens)
$9,505,313 (USA) (10 October 1999) (1,226 Screens)
$8,188,587 (USA) (3 October 1999) (706 Screens)
$5,939,646 (USA) (26 September 1999) (429 Screens)
$861,531 (USA) (19 September 1999) (16 Screens)
£46,961 (UK) (14 May 2000) (82 Screens)
£96,033 (UK) (7 May 2000) (127 Screens)
£199,123 (UK) (30 April 2000) (177 Screens)
£324,988 (UK) (23 April 2000) (242 Screens)
£533,822 (UK) (16 April 2000) (286 Screens)
£526,403 (UK) (9 April 2000) (316 Screens)
£815,741 (UK) (2 April 2000) (329 Screens)
£644,353 (UK) (26 March 2000) (322 Screens)
£565,476 (UK) (19 March 2000) (311 Screens)
£713,228 (UK) (12 March 2000) (319 Screens)
£863,439 (UK) (5 March 2000) (302 Screens)
£1,178,047 (UK) (27 February 2000) (311 Screens)
£1,523,175 (UK) (20 February 2000) (311 Screens)
£1,654,745 (UK) (13 February 2000) (310 Screens)
£2,836,678 (UK) (6 February 2000) (311 Screens)
£425,558 (UK) (30 January 2000) (23 Screens)

Admissions

340,965 (Denmark)
4,010,034 (Germany) (16 November 2003)
3,990,820 (Germany) (31 December 2000)
636,477 (Netherlands) (31 December 2001)
634,772 (Netherlands) (31 December 2000)
4,105,424 (Spain)
625,917 (Switzerland)

Rentals

$211,000,000 (Worldwide)

Filming Dates

14 December 1998 - 25 February 1999

Copyright Holder

1999 Dreamworks LLC (onprint)

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