Actor
Chris Cooper
12 films•1999–2019•Drama · Comedy · Action
76%average critics77%average audience$74.4Mdomestic average
Films
12
1999–2019
Domestic
$892.8M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.59B
lifetime
Avg opening
$15.9M
3-day
Avg legs
6.00x
opening → total
Return
2.9x
on $541.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 12 films featuring Chris Cooper, from American Beauty (1999) to A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019), together grossing $892.8M domestic and $1.59B worldwide. The biggest hit is American Beauty (1999) at $356.3M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to The Muppets (2011) at $29.2M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | 2019 | $13.3M | $61.7M | 4.64x | $68.4M | A | 95% | #46 |
 Demolition | 2015 | $1.1M | $2.0M | 1.80x | $4.3M | — | 53% | — |
 The Muppets | 2011 | $29.2M | $88.6M | 3.03x | $165.0M | A | 95% | #33 |
 Capote | 2005 | $2.3M | $28.8M | 12.5x | $49.9M | — | 89% | — |
 Jarhead | 2005 | $27.7M | $62.7M | 2.26x | $96.9M | B | 60% | #42 |
 Syriana | 2005 | $11.7M | $50.8M | 4.30x | $92.7M | — | 73% | — |
 Seabiscuit | 2003 | $20.9M | $120.0M | 5.77x | $148.0M | A | 77% | #18 |
 Adaptation | 2002 | $2.6M | $22.5M | 8.50x | $32.8M | — | 90% | — |
 The Bourne Identity | 2002 | $27.1M | $122.0M | 4.49x | $214.0M | A- | 84% | #20 |
 Me, Myself & Irene | 2000 | $24.2M | $90.6M | 3.74x | $149.0M | B- | 47% | #23 |
 The Patriot | 2000 | $22.4M | $113.0M | 5.06x | $215.0M | A | 62% | #18 |
 American Beauty | 1999 | $8.2M | $130.1M | 15.9x | $356.3M | — | 87% | — |
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 1.8 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.9x
$1.59B worldwide on $541.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $890.8MInternational $697.2M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven23.8x
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
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
Connected
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.