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#1,865 All-time worldwide
#32 1995 releases

Movie profile

The American President

1995 · 113 min · Castle Rock Entertainment

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $107.9M
Budget $62.0M
Gross minus budget $45.9M
ROI 1.74x

Domestic gross

$53.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$53.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$9.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The American President 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 #1,865 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1995 releases #32 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1995. Studio / company #7 Castle Rock Entertainment of 48 titles Position inside the mapped Castle Rock Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #573 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 The American President (1995) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The American President (1995) earned a reported $107.9M worldwide against a reported $62.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $45.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.74x. In this database it currently ranks #1,865 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #32 among 1995 releases.

Worldwide gross
$107,879,496
Budget
$62,000,000
Gross minus budget
$45,879,496
ROI
1.74x
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

Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 17, 1995
Production
Castle Rock Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyCastle Rock Entertainment Release year chart1995 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1995, The American President is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Castle Rock Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $107.9M, reported production budget is $62.0M, gross-minus-budget is $45.9M, ROI is 1.74x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,865 all-time in the current chart set and #32 among 1995 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.