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The American PresidentFollow

1995 • PG-13 • 1h 53m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Columbia Pictures

Why can't the most powerful man in the world have the one thing he wants most?

🍅 90% 77% MC 68 LB 3.38 IMDb 6.9
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Box office summary

Opening weekend
$10.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$60.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$107.80M
$47.80M international
Domestic legs6.0x
Budget$62M
1995 rank#31
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Cast & crew

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Rob Reiner Rob Reiner Director Michael Douglas Michael Douglas Starring Annette Bening Annette Bening Starring Martin Sheen Martin Sheen Starring Michael J. Fox Michael J. Fox Starring Samantha Mathis Samantha Mathis Starring
ScreenplayAaron Sorkin Produced byRob Reiner CinematographyJohn Seale Music byMarc Shaiman StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 17-19 3 $10.0M — 1,508 $6,641 $10.0M
2 Nov 24-26 6 $9.7M −3.0% 1,508 $6,441 $26.0M
3 Dec 1-3 6 $5.3M −45.4% 1,508 $3,520 $33.5M
4 Dec 8-10 7 $3.0M −43.2% 1,508 $2,001 $38.0M
5 Dec 15-17 7 $2.1M −29.4% 1,508 $1,412 $41.1M
6 Dec 22-24 12 $2.3M +8.2% 1,310 $1,758 $44.5M
7 Dec 29-31 10 $4.1M +78.2% 1,310 $3,133 $51.1M
8 Jan 5-7 10 $2.3M −45.1% 1,181 $1,908 $54.2M
9 Jan 12-14 17 $1.7M −24.4% 820 $2,076 $56.5M
10 Jan 19-21 21 $650.6K −61.8% 566 $1,150 $57.4M
11 Jan 26-28 25 $402.3K −38.2% 402 $1,001 $57.9M
12 Feb 2-4 34 $205.0K −49.0% 352 $582 $58.2M
13 Feb 9-11 35 $171.3K −16.5% 254 $674 $58.4M
14 Feb 16-18 58 $53.1K −69.0% 157 $338 $58.5M
18 Mar 15-17 21 $433.1K — 550 $787 $59.0M
19 Mar 22-24 27 $307.5K −29.0% 455 $676 $59.5M
20 Mar 29-31 34 $186.4K −39.4% 236 $790 $59.8M
21 Apr 5-7 40 $84.8K −54.5% 125 $678 $59.9M
22 Apr 12-14 51 $46.0K −45.8% 82 $561 $60.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $650.6K
$10.0M
$9.7M
$5.3M
$3.0M
$2.1M
$2.3M
$4.1M
$2.3M
$1.7M
$650.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −61.8%
−3.0%
W1→2
−45.4%
W2→3
−43.2%
W3→4
−29.4%
W4→5
+8.2%
W5→6
+78.2%
W6→7
−45.1%
W7→8
−24.4%
W8→9
−61.8%
W9→10
Steepest −61.8%Biggest gain +78.2%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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