Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch
13 films•2011–2022•Drama · Action · Adventure
81%average critics80%average audience$206.1Mdomestic average
Films
13
2011–2022
Domestic
$2.68B
lifetime
Worldwide
$6.83B
lifetime
Avg opening
$65.1M
3-day
Avg legs
4.60x
opening → total
Return
4.9x
on $1.40B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 13 films featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, from Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), together grossing $2.68B domestic and $6.83B worldwide. The biggest hit is Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) at $1.92B worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $260.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | 2022 | $187.4M | $411.3M | 2.20x | $952.2M | A | 74% | #4 |
 Spider-Man: No Way Home | 2021 | $260.0M | $804.8M | 3.10x | $1.92B | A+ | 93% | #1 |
 The Power of the Dog | 2021 | — | — | — | $0.3M | — | 94% | — |
 1917 | 2019 | $36.5M | $159.2M | 4.36x | $384.7M | A- | 88% | #17 |
 The Grinch | 2018 | $66.1M | $266.3M | 4.03x | $501.8M | A− | 49% | #7 |
 Doctor Strange | 2016 | $85.1M | $232.6M | 2.73x | $677.5M | A | 89% | #13 |
 Black Mass | 2015 | $22.6M | $62.6M | 2.76x | $100.0M | A- | 73% | #46 |
 Penguins of Madagascar | 2014 | $25.4M | $83.4M | 3.28x | $366.9M | A- | 73% | #42 |
 The Imitation Game | 2014 | $6.9M | $91.1M | 13.1x | $227.3M | A+ | 89% | #36 |
 12 Years a Slave | 2013 | $6.7M | $56.7M | 8.49x | $188.0M | A | 95% | — |
 Star Trek Into Darkness | 2013 | $70.2M | $229.0M | 3.26x | $467.0M | A | 84% | #11 |
 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | 2013 | $73.6M | $258.0M | 3.51x | $958.0M | A- | 74% | #8 |
 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | 2011 | $5.5M | $24.1M | 4.40x | $81.4M | — | 84% | — |
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
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy201112 Years a Slave2013Star Trek Into Darkness2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug2013Penguins of Madagascar2014The Imitation Game2014Black Mass2015Doctor Strange2016The Grinch201819172019Spider-Man: No Way Home2021The Power of the Dog2021Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness2022DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 0.9 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
4.9x
$6.82B worldwide on $1.40B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $2.68BInternational $4.15B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven15.2x
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.
Records held
All records →#3Biggest opening weekendsSpider-Man: No Way Home$260.1M#3Biggest single daysSpider-Man: No Way Home$122.0M#3Biggest PG-13 openingsSpider-Man: No Way Home$260.2M#10Biggest single daysDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness$90.7M#11Biggest PG-13 openingsDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness$187.4M#13Biggest opening weekendsDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness$187.4M
Top 6 of 20 placings across 16 all-time charts. 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.
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Chasing The CrownBrand New Day vs the top 3 all-timeA $360M opening against the three biggest domestic runs ever — The Force Awakens’ $936.7M, Endgame’s $858.4M and No Way Home’s $804.8M.
The Holland EraHomecoming vs Far From Home vs No Way Home vs Brand New DayAll four Holland launches — $117.0M, $92.6M and No Way Home’s $260.0M, now Brand New Day’s record $168.0M opening day.
All-Time RecordsThe Force Awakens vs Endgame vs No Way Home vs AvatarThe four biggest domestic runs ever — $936.7M, $858.4M, $814.8M and $785.2M — raced day by day.
Complete TrilogyThe Hobbit TrilogyMiddle-earth’s second run, with An Unexpected Journey out in front.