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American History XFollow

1998 • R • 1h 59m • Crime, Drama • New Line Cinema

Some legacies must end.

🍅 84% 96% MC 62 LB 4.17 IMDb 8.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$156K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$6.70M
Final
Worldwide total
$6.70M
Domestic only
Domestic legs43.1x
Budget$10M
1998 rank#158
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Cast & crew

Edward Norton Edward Norton Starring Edward Furlong Edward Furlong Starring Ethan Suplee Ethan Suplee Starring Fairuza Balk Fairuza Balk Starring Stacy Keach Stacy Keach Starring Elliott Gould Elliott Gould Starring
ScreenplayDavid McKenna Produced byJohn Morrissey CinematographyTony Kaye Music byAnne Dudley StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 30-Nov 1 29 $156.1K — 17 $9,181 $185.8K
2 Nov 6-8 32 $153.2K −1.8% 19 $8,064 $433.4K
3 Nov 13-15 24 $232.4K +51.7% 40 $5,809 $748.2K
4 Nov 20-22 12 $1.3M +476.7% 512 $2,618 $2.2M
5 Nov 27-29 16 $989.7K −26.2% 513 $1,929 $4.0M
6 Dec 4-6 16 $532.2K −46.2% 470 $1,132 $4.9M
7 Dec 11-13 22 $307.0K −42.3% 455 $675 $5.5M
8 Dec 18-20 30 $190.1K −38.1% 336 $566 $5.8M
9 Dec 25-27 47 $50.5K −73.5% 72 $701 $6.0M
10 Jan 1-3 43 $69.0K +36.7% 74 $932 $6.1M
11 Jan 8-10 43 $50.4K −27.0% 87 $579 $6.2M
12 Jan 15-17 50 $26.4K −47.6% 56 $471 $6.3M
13 Jan 22-24 57 $16.4K −38.0% 33 $496 $6.3M
14 Jan 29-31 56 $18.2K +11.5% 32 $570 $6.3M
15 Feb 5-7 64 $9.0K −50.6% 22 $410 $6.3M
16 Feb 12-14 48 $68.0K +654.6% 81 $839 $6.4M
17 Feb 19-21 50 $45.2K −33.5% 64 $706 $6.5M
18 Feb 26-28 53 $40.9K −9.4% 63 $650 $6.5M
19 Mar 5-7 65 $25.0K −39.1% 58 $430 $6.6M
20 Mar 12-14 58 $27.1K +8.5% 46 $588 $6.6M
21 Mar 19-21 60 $26.9K −0.7% 29 $926 $6.7M
22 Mar 26-28 72 $11.2K −58.2% 13 $864 $6.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $69.0K
$156.1K
$153.2K
$232.4K
$1.3M
$989.7K
$532.2K
$307.0K
$190.1K
$50.5K
$69.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +36.7%
−1.8%
W1→2
+51.7%
W2→3
+476.7%
W3→4
−26.2%
W4→5
−46.2%
W5→6
−42.3%
W6→7
−38.1%
W7→8
−73.5%
W8→9
+36.7%
W9→10
Steepest −73.5%Biggest gain +476.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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