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American Psycho
Released
2000 · FILM

American Psycho

A successful yet psychopathic Wall Street banker in 1980s New York meticulously crafts a perfect social image while indulging in violent outbursts, his sanity unraveling as he battles obsessions with status, beauty, and the men he envies most.

“Killer looks.”

Directed by
Mary Harron, Cassandra Cronenberg
Written by
Bret Easton Ellis, Mary Harron
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
102 min
CrimeDramaHorror

Synopsis

A wealthy New York investment‑banking executive conceals his alternate psychopathic ego from co‑workers and friends as he descends deeper into illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 384+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Andrew MarcusShot by Andrzej SekulaScored by John CaleDesigned by Gideon PonteSound by Benjamin CheahCostumes by Isis MussendenStunts by Matt Birman

Box Office

2000 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.9× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$34.3M

Budget$7.0M
Worldwide gross$34.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $15.1M — 44% of worldwide · International: $19.2M (56%)

Opening weekend: $5.0M — 33% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $7.0M — 47% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,236 theaters

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Also known as

  • American Psychode

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