Franchise
Guardians of the Galaxy
3 films•2014–2023•Walt Disney Studios, Marvel / Disney
90%average critics87%average audience$360.6Mdomestic average
Films
3
2014–2023
Domestic
$1.08B
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.49B
lifetime
Avg opening
$119.7M
3-day
Avg legs
3.06x
opening → total
Return
4.0x
on $620.0M of budget
The Guardians of the Galaxy series runs to 3 films from Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), together grossing $1.08B domestic and $2.49B worldwide. The biggest hit is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) at $869.1M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $146.5M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | 2017 | $146.5M | $389.8M | 2.66x | $869.1M | A | 85% | #5 |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | 2023 | $118.4M | $358.9M | 3.00x | $845.6M | A | 92% | #4 |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 2014 | $94.3M | $333.2M | 3.53x | $770.9M | A | 92% | #3 |
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 4.5 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
4.0x
$2.49B worldwide on $620.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.08BInternational $1.40B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven4.5x
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.
Connected
Directors
Studios
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.