Actor
Cary Elwes
8 films•1987–2011•Comedy · Adventure · Horror
64%average critics69%average audience$101.6Mdomestic average
Films
8
1987–2011
Domestic
$813.0M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.69B
lifetime
Avg opening
$22.3M
3-day
Avg legs
4.77x
opening → total
Return
3.7x
on $455.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 8 films featuring Cary Elwes, from The Princess Bride (1987) to No Strings Attached (2011), together grossing $813.0M domestic and $1.69B worldwide. The biggest hit is Twister (1996) at $499.0M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $41.1M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 No Strings Attached | 2011 | $19.7M | $70.7M | 3.60x | $149.2M | — | 47% | — |
 Saw 3D | 2010 | $22.5M | $45.7M | 2.03x | $136.0M | B- | 9% | — |
 A Christmas Carol | 2009 | $30.1M | $138.0M | 4.59x | $325.0M | B+ | 52% | #21 |
 Liar Liar | 1997 | $31.4M | $181.4M | 5.80x | $302.7M | — | 83% | — |
 Twister | 1996 | $41.1M | $237.0M | 5.78x | $499.0M | A- | 68% | — |
 Dracula | 1992 | $30.5M | $82.5M | 2.70x | $215.9M | — | 69% | — |
 Glory | 1989 | $3.0M | $26.8M | 8.90x | $26.8M | — | 95% | — |
 The Princess Bride | 1987 | $206K | $30.9M | 149.6x | $31.1M | — | 93% | — |
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 3.4 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.7x
$1.69B worldwide on $455.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $813.0MInternational $872.7M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven6.8x
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.
What’s next
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