American Splendor
“Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff”
An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Studio
HBO Films
Language
en
Status
Released
How American Splendor performed
Budget
$2.0M
Worldwide Gross
$6.0M
Gross Profit
$4.0M
Return
3.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$865K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Harvey Pekar
Paul Giamatti
Harvey Pekar
Joyce Brabner
Hope Davis
Joyce Brabner
Toby Radloff
Judah Friedlander
Toby Radloff
Robert Crumb
James Urbaniak
Robert Crumb
Mr. Boats
Earl Billings
Mr. Boats
Fred
James McCaffrey
Fred
Alice Quinn
Maggie Moore
Alice Quinn
Lana
Vivienne Benesch
Lana
Young Harvey
Daniel Tay
Young Harvey
Real Harvey
Harvey Pekar
Real Harvey
Stage Actor Harvey
Donal Logue
Stage Actor Harvey
Robin
Josh Hutcherson
Robin
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