Actor
Ben Stiller
23 films•4 as director•1996–2026•Comedy · Adventure · Romance
58%average critics62%average audience$120.9Mdomestic average
Films
23
1996–2026
Domestic
$2.78B
lifetime
Worldwide
$6.51B
lifetime
Avg opening
$28.0M
3-day
Avg legs
4.68x
opening → total
Return
3.9x
on $1.68B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 23 films credited to Ben Stiller, 4 as director and 22 in the cast, from The Cable Guy (1996) to Focker-in-Law (2026), together grossing $2.78B domestic and $6.51B worldwide. The biggest hit is Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) at $747.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) at $63.1M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Focker-in-Law | 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | 0% | — |
 Happy Gilmore 2 | 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | 61% | — |
 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | 2014 | $17.1M | $113.7M | 6.66x | $353.8M | A | 49% | #27 |
 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | 2013 | $12.8M | $58.2M | 4.56x | $188.0M | B+ | 52% | — |
 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | 2012 | $60.3M | $216.0M | 3.59x | $747.0M | A | 78% | #10 |
 Tower Heist | 2011 | $24.0M | $78.0M | 3.25x | $153.0M | B | 67% | #42 |
 Little Fockers | 2010 | $30.8M | $148.0M | 4.81x | $311.0M | B- | 10% | #16 |
 Megamind | 2010 | $46.0M | $148.0M | 3.23x | $322.0M | A- | 73% | #17 |
 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | 2009 | $54.2M | $177.0M | 3.27x | $413.0M | B+ | 43% | #14 |
 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | 2008 | $63.1M | $180.0M | 2.85x | $604.0M | A- | 64% | #8 |
 Tropic Thunder | 2008 | $25.8M | $111.0M | 4.28x | $196.0M | B | 82% | #23 |
 The Heartbreak Kid | 2007 | $14.0M | $36.8M | 2.62x | $128.0M | C- | 29% | — |
 Night at the Museum | 2006 | $30.4M | $251.0M | 8.24x | $574.0M | A- | 42% | #2 |
 Madagascar | 2005 | $47.2M | $194.0M | 4.10x | $542.0M | A- | 55% | #9 |
 Along Came Polly | 2004 | $27.7M | $88.1M | 3.18x | $178.0M | B | 27% | #26 |
 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | 2004 | $30.1M | $114.0M | 3.80x | $168.0M | B+ | 72% | #19 |
 Meet the Fockers | 2004 | $46.1M | $279.0M | 6.05x | $523.0M | B+ | 38% | #4 |
 Starsky & Hutch | 2004 | $28.1M | $88.2M | 3.14x | $170.0M | A | 63% | #25 |
 The Royal Tenenbaums | 2001 | $8.5M | $52.4M | 6.15x | $71.4M | A | 81% | #48 |
 Zoolander | 2001 | $15.5M | $45.2M | 2.90x | $60.8M | — | 64% | — |
 Meet the Parents | 2000 | $28.6M | $166.0M | 5.81x | $330.0M | A- | 85% | #7 |
 There's Something About Mary | 1998 | $13.7M | $176.5M | 12.8x | $369.9M | — | 84% | — |
 The Cable Guy | 1996 | $19.8M | $60.2M | 3.00x | $102.8M | — | 56% | — |
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 1.4 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.9x
$6.51B worldwide on $1.68B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $2.78BInternational $3.72B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven16.8x
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 →1 placing across 1 all-time chart. 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
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.