American: The Bill Hicks Story

Name: American: The Bill Hicks Story
Director: Matt Harlock
Genre: Comedy, Documentary
Released: 2010-04-10
Duration: 1 h 42 min
Rating: 7.419
Cast: Bill Hicks, Kevin Booth, John Farneti, Lynn Hicks

“The greatest comic of his generation. Kicked ass. Took names. Changed the game.”

April 10, 2010NR1h 42mTMDB ★ 7.4

MoviesRankd

5.75/10

Solid

Letterboxd

3.72/5

2647 reviews

IMDb

7.7/10

5,071 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

84%

Metacritic

55/100

3.72/5 Trailer

American: The Bill Hicks Story is a biographical documentary film on the life of comedian Bill Hicks.

Genres

Comedy, Documentary

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Language

Status

Released

Box Office

How American: The Bill Hicks Story performed

Budget

N/A

Worldwide Gross

$90,275

Gross Profit

N/A

Return

N/A

Opening Wknd (est.)

$13K

Domestic (est.)

International (est.)

$41K$50K

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.