Actor
Brendan Gleeson
18 films•1995–2024•Drama · Adventure · Action
70%average critics74%average audience$76.5Mdomestic average
Films
18
1995–2024
Domestic
$1.38B
lifetime
Worldwide
$4.22B
lifetime
Avg opening
$25.0M
3-day
Avg legs
4.55x
opening → total
Return
2.6x
on $1.52B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 18 films featuring Brendan Gleeson, from Braveheart (1995) to Joker: Folie à Deux (2024), together grossing $1.38B domestic and $4.22B worldwide. The biggest hit is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) at $896.0M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $103.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Joker: Folie à Deux | 2024 | $37.7M | $58.3M | 1.50x | $207.5M | B | 32% | #36 |
 The Banshees of Inisherin | 2022 | $2.1M | $10.6M | 5.10x | $52.3M | — | 96% | — |
 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | 90% | — |
 Paddington 2 | 2017 | $11.0M | $41.0M | 3.70x | $228.6M | — | 99% | — |
 Edge of Tomorrow | 2014 | $28.8M | $100.2M | 3.48x | $367.0M | A- | 91% | #33 |
 Song of the Sea | 2014 | $18K | $858K | 47.7x | $9.4M | — | 99% | — |
 The Smurfs 2 | 2013 | $17.5M | $71.0M | 4.05x | $348.0M | A- | 14% | #49 |
 Safe House | 2012 | $40.2M | $126.0M | 3.15x | $208.0M | A- | 52% | #25 |
 In Bruges | 2008 | $457K | $7.8M | 17.1x | $34.5M | — | 84% | — |
 Beowulf | 2007 | $27.5M | $82.3M | 2.99x | $196.0M | B- | 71% | #32 |
 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 2005 | $103.0M | $290.0M | 2.82x | $896.0M | A | 88% | #3 |
 Kingdom of Heaven | 2005 | $19.6M | $47.4M | 2.41x | $214.0M | A | 39% | — |
 The Village | 2004 | $50.7M | $114.0M | 2.25x | $258.0M | C | 43% | #20 |
 Troy | 2004 | $46.9M | $133.0M | 2.85x | $497.0M | B | 53% | #13 |
 Cold Mountain | 2003 | $14.6M | $95.6M | 6.60x | $173.0M | B | 69% | #31 |
 28 Days Later | 2002 | $10.1M | $45.1M | 4.50x | $82.8M | — | 87% | — |
 A.I. Artificial Intelligence | 2001 | $29.4M | $78.6M | 2.70x | $235.9M | — | 76% | — |
 Braveheart | 1995 | $9.9M | $75.6M | 7.60x | $213.0M | — | 74% | — |
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
Braveheart1995A.I. Artificial Intelligence200128 Days Later2002Cold Mountain2003The Village2004Troy2004Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2005Kingdom of Heaven2005Beowulf2007In Bruges2008Safe House2012The Smurfs 22013Edge of Tomorrow2014Song of the Sea2014Paddington 22017The Ballad of Buster Scruggs2018The Banshees of Inisherin2022Joker: Folie à Deux2024DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 1.7 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.6x
$3.98B worldwide on $1.52B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.34BInternational $2.65B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven10.3x
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.
Connected
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
