The American President
“Why can't the most powerful man in the world have the one thing he wants most?”
Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.
Genres
Drama, Romance
Studio
Castle Rock Entertainment
Language
en
Status
Released
How The American President performed
Budget
$62.0M
Worldwide Gross
$107.9M
Gross Profit
$45.9M
Return
1.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$16M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) 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
Andrew Shepherd
Michael Douglas
Andrew Shepherd
Sydney Ellen Wade
Annette Bening
Sydney Ellen Wade
A.J. MacInerney
Martin Sheen
A.J. MacInerney
Lewis Rothschild
Michael J. Fox
Lewis Rothschild
Robin McCall
Anna Deavere Smith
Robin McCall
Janie Basdin
Samantha Mathis
Janie Basdin
Lucy Shepherd
Shawna Waldron
Lucy Shepherd
Leon Kodak
David Paymer
Leon Kodak
Mrs. Chapil
Anne Haney
Mrs. Chapil
Senator Rumson
Richard Dreyfuss
Senator Rumson
Beth Wade
Nina Siemaszko
Beth Wade
Susan Sloan
Wendie Malick
Susan Sloan
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