American Graffiti
Where were you in '62?
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
- Director
- George Lucas
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $140M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How American Graffiti actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
American Graffiti appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Heist Movies Ranked #45
Placed at #45 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
American Graffiti returned 180.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $777,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $140M
- Release date
- Aug 11, 1973
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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