Director
Adam McKay
8 films•2004–2021•Comedy · Drama · Sport
69%average critics71%average audience$86.9Mdomestic average
Films
8
2004–2021
Domestic
$695.4M
lifetime
Worldwide
$926.2M
lifetime
Avg opening
$22.8M
3-day
Avg legs
5.01x
opening → total
Return
1.9x
on $476.5M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 8 films directed by Adam McKay, from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) to Don't Look Up (2021), together grossing $695.4M domestic and $926.2M worldwide. The biggest hit is Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) at $171.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) at $47.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Don't Look Up | 2021 | — | — | — | $1.2M | — | 56% | — |
 Vice | 2018 | $7.8M | $47.8M | 6.20x | $70.9M | C+ | 64% | — |
 The Big Short | 2015 | $6.2M | $70.3M | 11.4x | $132.6M | A- | 88% | #43 |
 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | 2013 | $26.2M | $125.0M | 4.77x | $171.0M | B | 74% | #23 |
 The Other Guys | 2010 | $35.5M | $119.0M | 3.35x | $170.0M | B- | 78% | #21 |
 Step Brothers | 2008 | $30.9M | $100.0M | 3.25x | $128.0M | B | 54% | #28 |
 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | 2006 | $47.0M | $148.0M | 3.15x | $163.0M | B | 72% | #12 |
 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | 2004 | $28.4M | $85.3M | 3.00x | $89.5M | B | 66% | #29 |
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 2.4 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
1.9x
$926.2M worldwide on $476.5M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $695.4MInternational $230.8M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven4.7x
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.