Actor
Ben Kingsley
13 films•1982–2026•Drama · Biography · Adventure
67%average critics76%average audience$80.9Mdomestic average
Films
13
1982–2026
Domestic
$1.05B
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.64B
lifetime
Avg opening
$19.9M
3-day
Avg legs
3.93x
opening → total
Return
3.1x
on $831.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 13 films featuring Ben Kingsley, from Gandhi (1982) to Young Washington (2026), together grossing $1.05B domestic and $2.64B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Jungle Book (2016) at $966.6M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $103.3M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $2.1M | $4.3M | 2.00x | $4.3M | B | 72% | #79 | |
 Desert Warrior | 2026 | $488K | $666K | 1.40x | — | — | 25% | #112 |
 Young Washington | 2026 | $19.4M | $47.1M | 2.40x | $47.1M | A | 59% | #29 |
 The Jungle Book | 2016 | $103.3M | $364.0M | 3.53x | $966.6M | A | 95% | #5 |
 The Dictator | 2012 | $17.4M | $59.7M | 3.42x | $179.0M | C | 56% | — |
 Hugo | 2011 | $11.4M | $73.9M | 6.50x | $186.0M | B+ | 93% | #48 |
 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | 2010 | $30.1M | $90.8M | 3.02x | $336.0M | B | 37% | #37 |
 Shutter Island | 2010 | $41.1M | $128.0M | 3.12x | $295.0M | C+ | 69% | #20 |
 Lucky Number Slevin | 2006 | $7.0M | $22.5M | 3.20x | $55.5M | — | 52% | — |
 Rules of Engagement | 2000 | $15.0M | $61.3M | 4.09x | $71.7M | A- | 36% | #38 |
 Schindler's List | 1993 | $4.6M | $96.9M | 20.9x | $322.0M | — | 98% | — |
 Bugsy | 1991 | $4.6M | $49.1M | 10.6x | $49.1M | — | 84% | — |
 Gandhi | 1982 | $2.3M | $52.8M | 22.7x | $127.8M | — | 89% | — |
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 3.7 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.1x
$2.59B worldwide on $831.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $997.0MInternational $1.59B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven14.6x
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.
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