Alan Ball

Best known as a Screenwriter based on credits in that role in 2 films, with $356,258,047 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #784)

Best-known technical roles: American Beauty (Screenwriter)

Most productive collaborators: Sam Mendes, Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Bruce Cohen

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Career Summary

		Movies	Domestic Box Office	International Box Office	Worldwide Box Office
In Technical Roles	Screenwriter	2	$130,058,047	$226,200,000	$356,258,047
	Director	1	$0	$0	$0
	Producer	1	$0	$0	$0

Latest Ranking on Selected Box Office Record Lists

Record	Rank	Amount
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 901-1,000)	964	$130,058,047
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 701-800)	704	$226,200,000
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 701-800)	784	$356,258,047

See the Acting Credits tab for all Acting Box Office Records and the Technical Credits tab for all Technical Box Office Records.

Uncle Frank trailer

October 16th, 2020

Comedy drama starring Paul Bettany and Sophia Lillis, written and directed by Alan Ball comes to Amazon Prime on November 25 ... Full Movie Details.

In 1973, teenaged Beth Bledsoe leaves her rural Southern hometown to study at New York University where her beloved Uncle Frank is a revered literature professor. She soon discovers that Frank is gay, and living with his longtime partner Walid “Wally” Nadeem—an arrangement that he has kept secret for years. After the sudden death of Frank’s father—Beth’s grandfather—Frank is forced to reluctantly return home for the funeral with Beth in tow, and to finally face a long-buried trauma that he has spent his entire adult life running away from. More...

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All Technical Credits

Release Date	Title	Role	Domestic Box Office	International Box Office	Worldwide Box Office
Nov 25, 2020	Uncle Frank	Director Screenwriter Producer
Sep 15, 1999	American Beauty	Screenwriter	$130,058,047	$226,200,000	$356,258,047

Averages			$130,058,047	$226,200,000	$356,258,047
Totals	2		$130,058,047	$226,200,000	$356,258,047

Director Credits

Release Date	Title	Opening Weekend	Maximum Theaters	Domestic Box Office	Worldwide Box Office	Domestic Share
Nov 25, 2020	Uncle Frank

Averages		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0.0%
Totals	1			n/a	n/a

Producer Credits

Release Date	Title	Opening Weekend	Maximum Theaters	Domestic Box Office	Worldwide Box Office	Domestic Share
Nov 25, 2020	Uncle Frank

Averages		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0.0%
Totals	1			n/a	n/a

Writer Credits

Release Date	Title	Opening Weekend	Maximum Theaters	Domestic Box Office	Worldwide Box Office	Domestic Share
Nov 25, 2020	Uncle Frank
Sep 15, 1999	American Beauty	$861,531	1,990	$130,058,047	$356,258,047	36.5%

Averages		$861,531	1,990	$130,058,047	$356,258,047	36.5%
Totals	2			$130,058,047	$356,258,047

Latest Ranking on All Technical Box Office Record Lists

Record	Rank	Amount
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 901-1,000)	964	$130,058,047
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 701-800)	704	$226,200,000
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 701-800)	784	$356,258,047