#473 All-time worldwide

#9 1999 releases

Movie profile

American Beauty

Name: American Beauty
Genre: Drama
Released: 1999-09-15
Duration: 122 min

1999 · 122 min · Dream Works Pictures

Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $356.3M

Budget $15.0M

Gross minus budget $341.3M

ROI 23.75x

Domestic gross

$178.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$178.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$32.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where American Beauty ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #473 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #9 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Studio / company #5 Dream Works Pictures of 56 titles Position inside the mapped Dream Works Pictures movie set. Primary genre #89 Drama of 6,006 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#470 Minority Report 2002 · $358.4M #471 Top Gun 1986 · $356.8M #472 The Legend of Tarzan 2016 · $356.7M #474 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 2012 · $355.7M #475 Apollo 13 1995 · $355.2M #476 Rain Man 1988 · $354.8M

Quick answer

How did American Beauty (1999) perform at the box office?

High confidence

American Beauty (1999) earned a reported $356.3M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $341.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 23.75x. In this database it currently ranks #473 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #9 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross: $356,296,601
Budget: $15,000,000
Gross minus budget: $341,296,601
ROI: 23.75x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

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

Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Sep 15, 1999
Production: DreamWorks Pictures, Jinks/Cohen Company
Director: Sam Mendes
Writers: Alan Ball
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyDream Works Pictures Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, American Beauty is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from DreamWorks Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $356.3M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is $341.3M, ROI is 23.75x. For comparison, it currently sits #473 all-time in the current chart set and #9 among 1999 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.