Franchise
Shrek
6 films•2001–2022•DreamWorks, DreamWorks Distribution
75%average critics71%average audience$268.2Mdomestic average
Films
6
2001–2022
Domestic
$1.61B
lifetime
Worldwide
$4.01B
lifetime
Avg opening
$64.9M
3-day
Avg legs
5.98x
opening → total
Return
5.2x
on $775.0M of budget
The Shrek series runs to 6 films from Shrek (2001) to Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), together grossing $1.61B domestic and $4.01B worldwide. The biggest hit is Shrek 2 (2004) at $929.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Shrek the Third (2007) at $122.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shrek 2 | 2004 | $108.0M | $442.0M | 4.09x | $929.0M | A | 89% | #1 |
| Shrek the Third | 2007 | $122.0M | $323.0M | 2.65x | $808.0M | B+ | 41% | #2 |
| Shrek | 2001 | $42.3M | $270.1M | 6.40x | $485.0M | A | 88% | #3 |
| Shrek Forever After | 2010 | $70.8M | $239.0M | 3.37x | $753.0M | A | 58% | #8 |
 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish | 2022 | $12.4M | $186.1M | 15.0x | $484.3M | A | 91% | #10 |
 Puss in Boots | 2011 | $34.1M | $149.0M | 4.38x | $555.0M | A- | 85% | #16 |
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 4.2 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
5.2x
$4.01B worldwide on $775.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.61BInternational $2.41B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven8.1x
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 →#9Biggest animated openingsShrek the Third$121.6M#13All-time PG domesticShrek 2$441.6M#14Biggest PG openingsShrek the Third$121.6M#14Biggest animated openingsShrek 2$108.0M#20Biggest PG openingsShrek 2$108.0M
Top 5 of 6 placings across 4 all-time charts. 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
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
