Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor
17 films•2005–2026•Drama · Action · Adventure
70%average critics77%average audience$148.6Mdomestic average
Films
17
2005–2026
Domestic
$2.53B
lifetime
Worldwide
$7.19B
lifetime
Avg opening
$52.1M
3-day
Avg legs
3.21x
opening → total
Return
4.3x
on $1.68B of budget
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Lion King | 2019 | $191.8M | $543.6M | 2.83x | $1.66B | A | 52% | #2 |
 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | 2022 | $187.4M | $411.3M | 2.20x | $955.8M | A | 74% | #4 |
 Doctor Strange | 2016 | $85.1M | $232.6M | 2.73x | $676.3M | A | 89% | #13 |
 The Martian | 2015 | $54.3M | $228.4M | 4.21x | $653.6M | A+ | 91% | #9 |
 Backrooms | 2026 | $81.4M | $197.5M | 2.40x | $393.1M | B- | 89% | #9 |
 2012 | 2009 | $65.2M | $166.0M | 2.55x | $770.0M | B+ | 40% | #15 |
 Venom: The Last Dance | 2024 | $51.1M | $139.8M | 2.70x | $474.5M | A- | 37% | #18 |
 American Gangster | 2007 | $43.6M | $130.0M | 2.99x | $270.0M | B+ | 81% | #19 |
 Salt | 2010 | $36.0M | $118.0M | 3.29x | $294.0M | B+ | 62% | #22 |
 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | 2019 | $36.0M | $113.3M | 3.15x | $491.0M | A | 40% | #24 |
 Inside Man | 2006 | $29.0M | $88.5M | 3.06x | $186.0M | B+ | 86% | #22 |
 12 Years a Slave | 2013 | $924K | $56.7M | 8.50x | $188.0M | A | 95% | — |
 Children of Men | 2006 | $501K | $35.6M | 3.50x | $69.8M | — | 92% | — |
 Serenity | 2005 | $10.1M | $25.5M | 2.50x | $40.3M | — | 82% | — |
 Secret in Their Eyes | 2015 | $6.7M | $20.2M | 3.00x | $32.6M | — | 39% | — |
 Triple 9 | 2016 | $6.1M | $12.6M | 2.10x | $25.9M | — | 54% | — |
 The Life of Chuck | 2025 | $225K | $6.7M | 2.90x | $11.5M | — | 80% | — |
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
0$500M$1B$1.5B
Serenity2005Children of Men2006Inside Man2006American Gangster200720122009Salt201012 Years a Slave2013Secret in Their Eyes2015The Martian2015Doctor Strange2016Triple 92016Maleficent: Mistress of Evil2019The Lion King2019Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness2022Venom: The Last Dance2024The Life of Chuck2025Backrooms2026DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 1.3 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
4.3x
$7.18B worldwide on $1.68B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $2.52BInternational $4.66B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven18.8x
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, and streaming releases with no real theatrical run, are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
Records held
All records →#1Biggest PG openingsThe Lion King$191.8M#2All-time G domesticThe Lion King$422.8M#3Biggest May openingsDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness$187.4M#3Biggest July openingsThe Lion King$191.8M#4Biggest horror openingsBackrooms$81.4M#7Biggest horror filmsBackrooms$197.5M#10Biggest single daysDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness$90.7M#10Biggest October openingsThe Martian$54.3M#11Biggest PG-13 openingsDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness$187.4M#12Biggest October openingsVenom: The Last Dance$51.0M
Top 10 of 24 placings across 19 all-time charts. Where a film places on the same chart in consecutive weekends, only its best placing is shown.
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Connected
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