Franchise
Ice Age
5 films•2002–2016•20th Century Fox
55%average critics68%average audience$158.6Mdomestic average
Films
5
2002–2016
Domestic
$793.1M
lifetime
Worldwide
$3.21B
lifetime
Avg opening
$44.8M
3-day
Avg legs
3.57x
opening → total
Return
7.5x
on $429.0M of budget
The Ice Age series runs to 5 films from Ice Age (2002) to Ice Age: Collision Course (2016), together grossing $793.1M domestic and $3.21B worldwide. The biggest hit is Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) at $887.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006) at $68.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ice Age: Collision Course | 2016 | $21.4M | $64.1M | 3.00x | $402.2M | B+ | 59% | #49 |
| Ice Age: Continental Drift | 2012 | $46.6M | $161.0M | 3.46x | $877.0M | A- | 37% | #16 |
| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | 2009 | $41.7M | $197.0M | 4.72x | $887.0M | A- | 46% | #12 |
| Ice Age 2: The Meltdown | 2006 | $68.0M | $195.0M | 2.87x | $661.0M | A | 56% | #8 |
| Ice Age | 2002 | $46.3M | $176.0M | 3.81x | $383.0M | A | 76% | #9 |
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 3.5 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
7.5x
$3.21B worldwide on $429.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $793.1MInternational $2.42B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven9.9x
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.
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