Actor
Billy Bob Thornton
8 films•1 as director•1996–2022•Drama · Action · Adventure
70%average critics78%average audience$71.5Mdomestic average
Films
8
1996–2022
Domestic
$572.2M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.37B
lifetime
Avg opening
$15.1M
3-day
Avg legs
6.16x
opening → total
Return
2.4x
on $577.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 8 films credited to Billy Bob Thornton, 1 as director and 8 in the cast, from Sling Blade (1996) to The Gray Man (2022), together grossing $572.2M domestic and $1.37B worldwide. The biggest hit is Puss in Boots (2011) at $555.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Armageddon (1998) at $36.1M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Gray Man | 2022 | — | — | — | $0.5M | — | 45% | — |
 The Judge | 2014 | $13.1M | $47.1M | 3.60x | $76.1M | — | 49% | — |
 Puss in Boots | 2011 | $34.1M | $149.0M | 4.38x | $555.0M | A- | 85% | #16 |
 Friday Night Lights | 2004 | $20.3M | $61.3M | 3.02x | $62.0M | B+ | 82% | #47 |
 Bad Santa | 2003 | $11.9M | $60.1M | 5.00x | $77.1M | B | 78% | #50 |
 Monster's Ball | 2001 | $2.3M | $31.3M | 13.5x | $45.0M | — | 85% | — |
 Armageddon | 1998 | $36.1M | $199.0M | 5.51x | $554.0M | A- | 42% | — |
 Sling Blade | 1996 | $3.0M | $24.4M | 8.10x | — | — | 96% | — |
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
2.4x
$1.37B worldwide on $577.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $547.8MInternational $821.9M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven11.2x
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.
What’s next
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.