Franchise
Terminator
4 films•1984–2019•Orion Pictures, TriStar Pictures
80%average critics82%average audience$112.8Mdomestic average
Films
4
1984–2019
Domestic
$451.3M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.29B
lifetime
Avg opening
$27.2M
3-day
Avg legs
5.35x
opening → total
Return
2.6x
on $493.4M of budget
The Terminator series runs to 4 films from The Terminator (1984) to Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), together grossing $451.3M domestic and $1.29B worldwide. The biggest hit is Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) at $520.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) at $44.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminator: Dark Fate | 2019 | $29.0M | $62.3M | 2.14x | $261.0M | B+ | 70% | #45 |
| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | 2003 | $44.0M | $150.0M | 3.41x | $433.0M | B+ | 70% | #9 |
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991 | $31.8M | $201.0M | 6.33x | $520.0M | A+ | 90% | — |
| The Terminator | 1984 | $4.0M | $38.0M | 9.50x | $78.0M | — | 90% | — |
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 11.7 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.6x
$1.29B worldwide on $493.4M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $451.3MInternational $840.7M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven12.2x
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.
What’s next
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
Connected
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.