Actor
Arnold Schwarzenegger
17 films•1982–2019•Action · Sci-Fi · Adventure
58%average critics62%average audience$78.0Mdomestic average
Films
17
1982–2019
Domestic
$1.33B
lifetime
Worldwide
$3.38B
lifetime
Avg opening
$19.5M
3-day
Avg legs
4.42x
opening → total
Return
2.6x
on $1.32B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 17 films featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger, from Conan the Barbarian (1982) to Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), together grossing $1.33B domestic and $3.38B 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 Genisys | 2015 | $27.0M | $89.8M | 3.32x | $432.2M | B+ | 27% | #32 |
 Escape Plan | 2013 | $9.9M | $25.1M | 2.50x | $103.7M | — | 50% | — |
 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | 2003 | $44.0M | $150.0M | 3.41x | $433.0M | B+ | 70% | #9 |
 Collateral Damage | 2002 | $15.1M | $40.1M | 2.66x | $78.4M | B | 19% | — |
 The 6th Day | 2000 | $13.0M | $34.6M | 2.66x | $96.1M | C | 40% | — |
 Batman & Robin | 1997 | $42.9M | $107.3M | 2.50x | $238.3M | — | 11% | — |
 True Lies | 1994 | $25.9M | $146.3M | 5.70x | $365.3M | — | 77% | — |
 Last Action Hero | 1993 | $15.3M | $50.0M | 3.30x | $137.3M | — | 42% | — |
 Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991 | $31.8M | $201.0M | 6.33x | $520.0M | A+ | 90% | — |
 Kindergarten Cop | 1990 | $11.3M | $91.5M | 8.10x | $202.0M | — | 54% | — |
 Total Recall | 1990 | $25.5M | $119.4M | 4.70x | $261.4M | — | 80% | — |
 Predator | 1987 | $12.0M | $59.7M | 5.00x | $98.3M | — | 65% | — |
 The Running Man | 1987 | $8.1M | $38.1M | 4.70x | — | — | 59% | — |
 Commando | 1985 | $7.7M | $35.1M | 4.60x | — | — | 70% | — |
 The Terminator | 1984 | $4.0M | $38.0M | 9.50x | $78.0M | — | 90% | — |
 Conan the Barbarian | 1982 | $9.5M | $38.3M | 4.00x | $79.1M | — | 68% | — |
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
Conan the Barbarian1982The Terminator1984Commando1985Predator1987The Running Man1987Kindergarten Cop1990Total Recall1990Terminator 2: Judgment Day1991Last Action Hero1993True Lies1994Batman & Robin1997The 6th Day2000Collateral Damage2002Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines2003Escape Plan2013Terminator Genisys2015Terminator: Dark Fate2019DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 2.3 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.6x
$3.38B worldwide on $1.32B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.25BInternational $2.13B
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
Series
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.