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#5,170 All-time worldwide
#91 1998 releases

Movie profile

American History X

1998 · 119 min · New Line Cinema

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $23.9M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget $3.9M
ROI 1.20x

Domestic gross

$12.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$12.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where American History X ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #5,170 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #91 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Studio / company #112 New Line Cinema of 178 titles Position inside the mapped New Line Cinema movie set. Primary genre #2,031 Drama of 5,859 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.

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Quick answer

How did American History X (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

American History X (1998) earned a reported $23.9M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.20x. In this database it currently ranks #5,170 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #91 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$23,900,000
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
$3,900,000
ROI
1.20x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 1, 1998
Production
New Line Cinema, Savoy Pictures, The Turman-Morrissey Company
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyNew Line Cinema Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, American History X is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from New Line Cinema. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $23.9M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is $3.9M, ROI is 1.20x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,170 all-time in the current chart set and #91 among 1998 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.