Actor
Bill Nighy
17 films•2003–2024•Action · Adventure · Fantasy
58%average critics71%average audience$111.3Mdomestic average
Films
17
2003–2024
Domestic
$1.89B
lifetime
Worldwide
$4.76B
lifetime
Avg opening
$34.9M
3-day
Avg legs
4.14x
opening → total
Return
2.7x
on $1.74B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 17 films featuring Bill Nighy, from Underworld (2003) to The Wild Robot (2024), together grossing $1.89B domestic and $4.76B worldwide. The biggest hit is Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) at $1.07B worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $136.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Wild Robot | 2024 | $35.0M | $268.0M | 7.66x | $334.5M | A | 97% | — |
 Pokémon Detective Pikachu | 2019 | $54.4M | $144.1M | 2.65x | $433.1M | A- | 68% | #19 |
 About Time | 2013 | $1.1M | $15.3M | 14.2x | $84.4M | — | 70% | — |
 Jack the Giant Slayer | 2013 | $27.2M | $65.2M | 2.40x | $198.0M | B+ | 52% | — |
 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | 2012 | $6.4M | $46.4M | 7.27x | $137.0M | — | 77% | — |
 Total Recall | 2012 | $25.6M | $58.9M | 2.30x | $198.0M | C+ | 30% | — |
 Wrath of the Titans | 2012 | $33.5M | $83.7M | 2.50x | $302.0M | B+ | 26% | #36 |
 Rango | 2011 | $38.1M | $123.0M | 3.24x | $246.0M | C+ | 88% | #22 |
 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | 2009 | $20.8M | $45.8M | 2.20x | $92.1M | — | 30% | — |
 Valkyrie | 2008 | $21.0M | $83.1M | 3.95x | $202.0M | — | 62% | #36 |
 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | 2007 | $115.0M | $309.0M | 2.70x | $961.0M | A- | 43% | #4 |
 Flushed Away | 2006 | $18.8M | $64.7M | 3.44x | $178.0M | B+ | 72% | #41 |
 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | 2006 | $136.0M | $423.0M | 3.12x | $1.07B | A- | 53% | #1 |
 Underworld: Evolution | 2006 | $26.9M | $62.3M | 2.32x | $113.0M | B+ | 17% | #47 |
 The Constant Gardener | 2005 | $8.7M | $33.6M | 3.90x | $86.3M | — | 83% | — |
 Shaun of the Dead | 2004 | $3.3M | $14.6M | — | $30.0M | — | 92% | — |
 Underworld | 2003 | $21.8M | $52.0M | 2.40x | $95.7M | — | 31% | — |
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
Underworld2003Shaun of the Dead2004The Constant Gardener2005Flushed Away2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest2006Underworld: Evolution2006Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End2007Valkyrie2008Underworld: Rise of the Lycans2009Rango2011The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel2012Total Recall2012Wrath of the Titans2012About Time2013Jack the Giant Slayer2013Pokémon Detective Pikachu2019The Wild Robot2024DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 1.3 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.7x
$4.76B worldwide on $1.74B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.89BInternational $2.87B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven13.7x
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 →#44Biggest domestic runsPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest$423.3M#46Biggest opening weekendsPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest$135.6M#48Biggest worldwide runsPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest$1.07B
3 placings across 3 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.
