Actor
Aaron Eckhart
10 films•2000–2026•Action · Drama · Thriller
62%average critics72%average audience$116.9Mdomestic average
Films
10
2000–2026
Domestic
$1.17B
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.25B
lifetime
Avg opening
$34.7M
3-day
Avg legs
3.46x
opening → total
Return
3.4x
on $664.5M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 10 films featuring Aaron Eckhart, from Erin Brockovich (2000) to Deep Water (2026), together grossing $1.17B domestic and $2.25B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Dark Knight (2008) at $1.00B worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $158.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $2.1M | $4.3M | 2.00x | $4.3M | B | 72% | #79 | |
 Midway | 2019 | $17.9M | $56.8M | 3.17x | $126.8M | A- | 57% | #50 |
 London Has Fallen | 2016 | $21.6M | $62.5M | 2.90x | $195.2M | — | 28% | — |
 Sully | 2016 | $35.0M | $125.1M | 3.57x | $243.9M | A | 85% | #24 |
 Olympus Has Fallen | 2013 | $30.4M | $98.9M | 3.26x | $170.0M | A- | 49% | #35 |
 Battle Los Angeles | 2011 | $35.6M | $83.6M | 2.35x | $212.0M | B | 37% | #36 |
 The Dark Knight | 2008 | $158.0M | $533.0M | 3.37x | $1.00B | A | 94% | #1 |
 Thank You for Smoking | 2005 | $4.5M | $24.8M | 5.50x | $40.0M | — | 86% | — |
 Paycheck | 2003 | $13.5M | $53.8M | 4.00x | $117.0M | A | 27% | — |
 Erin Brockovich | 2000 | $28.1M | $126.0M | 4.46x | $137.0M | A | 87% | #13 |
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 2.9 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.4x
$2.24B worldwide on $664.5M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.16BInternational $1.08B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven5.4x
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 →#15All-time PG-13 domesticThe Dark Knight$533.3M#20Biggest PG-13 openingsThe Dark Knight$158.4M#21Biggest domestic runsThe Dark Knight$533.3M
Top 3 of 4 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
Studios
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
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