Franchise
The Matrix
4 films•1999–2021•Warner Bros.
63%average critics73%average audience$157.4Mdomestic average
Films
4
1999–2021
Domestic
$629.7M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.79B
lifetime
Avg opening
$44.7M
3-day
Avg legs
3.91x
opening → total
Return
3.2x
on $553.0M of budget
The Matrix series runs to 4 films from The Matrix (1999) to The Matrix Resurrections (2021), together grossing $629.7M domestic and $1.79B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Matrix Reloaded (2003) at $739.0M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $91.8M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Matrix Reloaded | 2003 | $91.8M | $282.0M | 3.07x | $739.0M | B+ | 74% | #4 |
| The Matrix | 1999 | $27.8M | $171.0M | 6.17x | $468.0M | A- | 83% | — |
| The Matrix Revolutions | 2003 | $48.5M | $139.0M | 2.87x | $427.0M | — | 33% | #10 |
| The Matrix Resurrections | 2021 | $10.7M | $37.7M | 3.52x | $157.4M | B | 63% | #35 |
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 7.3 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.2x
$1.79B worldwide on $553.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $629.7MInternational $1.16B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven7.4x
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 →2 placings across 2 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
Studios
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.