Franchise
Back to the Future
3 films•1985–1990•Universal Pictures
78%average critics86%average audience$143.9Mdomestic average
Films
3
1985–1990
Domestic
$431.6M
lifetime
Worldwide
$974.3M
lifetime
Avg opening
$20.9M
3-day
Avg legs
4.00x
opening → total
Return
9.8x
on $99.0M of budget
The Back to the Future series runs to 3 films from Back to the Future (1985) to Back to the Future Part III (1990), together grossing $431.6M domestic and $974.3M worldwide. The biggest hit is Back to the Future (1985) at $398.2M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Back to the Future Part II (1989) at $27.8M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back to the Future Part III | 1990 | $23.7M | $88.1M | 3.70x | $244.1M | — | 79% | — |
| Back to the Future Part II | 1989 | $27.8M | $118.5M | 4.30x | $332.0M | — | 63% | — |
| Back to the Future | 1985 | $11.3M | $225.0M | — | $398.2M | — | 93% | — |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 2.5 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
9.8x
$974.3M worldwide on $99.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $431.6MInternational $542.7M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven21.0x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
Records held
All records →1 placing across 1 all-time chart. Where a film places on the same chart in consecutive weekends, only its best placing is shown.
What’s next
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
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Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.