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#11,080 All-time worldwide
#203 1999 releases

Movie profile

American Movie

1999 · 104 min · Civilian Pictures

Documentary Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.2M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$466,318

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$699,477

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$130,569

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where American Movie 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 #11,080 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #203 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Primary genre #139 Documentary of 204 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 Movie (1999) perform at the box office?

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American Movie (1999) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $1.2M. In this database it currently ranks #11,080 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #203 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,165,795
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

American Movie documents the story of filmmaker Mark Borchardt, his mission, and his dream. Spanning over two years of intense struggle with his film, his family, financial decline, and spiritual crisis, American Movie is a portrayal of ambition, obsession, excess, and one man's quest for the American Dream.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 5, 1999
Production
Civilian Pictures, Bluemark Productions, C-Hundred Film Corporation
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyCivilian Pictures Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartDocumentary Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, American Movie is positioned in this dataset as a Documentary, Comedy title from Civilian Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.2M. For comparison, it currently sits #11,080 all-time in the current chart set and #203 among 1999 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
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.