Actor
Ben Foster
10 films•2004–2026•Action · Crime · Drama
56%average critics67%average audience$45.9Mdomestic average
Films
10
2004–2026
Domestic
$459.0M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.23B
lifetime
Avg opening
$16.2M
3-day
Avg legs
3.08x
opening → total
Return
2.4x
on $502.5M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 10 films featuring Ben Foster, from The Punisher (2004) to Motor City (2026), together grossing $459.0M domestic and $1.23B worldwide. The biggest hit is Warcraft (2016) at $438.9M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Lone Survivor (2013) at $37.8M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Motor City | 2026 | $1.7M | $2.7M | 1.60x | $2.8M | — | 65% | #88 |
 Hell or High Water | 2016 | $3.6M | $27.0M | 7.60x | $37.6M | A- | 97% | — |
 Inferno | 2016 | $14.9M | $34.3M | 2.30x | $219.5M | — | 23% | — |
| Warcraft | 2016 | $24.2M | $47.4M | 2.00x | $438.9M | — | 29% | — |
| Lone Survivor | 2013 | $37.8M | $125.1M | 3.30x | $149.8M | — | 75% | — |
| Contraband | 2012 | $24.3M | $66.5M | 2.73x | $98.4M | A- | 50% | #43 |
 The Mechanic | 2011 | $11.4M | $29.1M | 2.50x | $76.3M | — | 54% | — |
 30 Days of Night | 2007 | $16.0M | $39.6M | 2.50x | $80.3M | — | 51% | — |
| 3:10 to Yuma | 2007 | $14.0M | $53.6M | 3.82x | $71.2M | B | 89% | #47 |
 The Punisher | 2004 | $13.8M | $33.7M | 2.40x | $54.5M | — | 30% | — |
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
2.4x
$1.23B worldwide on $502.5M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $459.0MInternational $770.3M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven3.9x
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.