Actor
Christian Bale
22 films•1995–2022•Drama · Action · Crime
69%average critics75%average audience$122.7Mdomestic average
Films
22
1995–2022
Domestic
$2.70B
lifetime
Worldwide
$5.68B
lifetime
Avg opening
$36.0M
3-day
Avg legs
4.71x
opening → total
Return
2.9x
on $1.98B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 22 films featuring Christian Bale, from Pocahontas (1995) to Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), together grossing $2.70B domestic and $5.68B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Dark Knight Rises (2012) at $1.08B worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $161.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Amsterdam | 2022 | $6.4M | $14.9M | 2.30x | $29.4M | B | 60% | #49 |
 Thor: Love and Thunder | 2022 | $144.2M | $343.3M | 2.40x | $760.9M | A | 64% | #8 |
 Ford v Ferrari | 2019 | $31.5M | $117.6M | 3.73x | $226.3M | A+ | 92% | #22 |
 Vice | 2018 | $7.8M | $47.8M | 6.20x | $70.9M | C+ | 64% | — |
 The Promise | 2016 | $4.1M | $8.2M | 2.00x | $10.6M | — | 51% | — |
 The Big Short | 2015 | $6.2M | $70.3M | 11.4x | $132.6M | A- | 88% | #43 |
 Exodus: Gods and Kings | 2014 | $24.1M | $65.0M | 2.70x | $268.3M | — | 29% | — |
 American Hustle | 2013 | $19.1M | $150.0M | 7.86x | $251.0M | B+ | 92% | #17 |
 The Dark Knight Rises | 2012 | $161.0M | $448.0M | 2.79x | $1.08B | A | 87% | #2 |
 The Fighter | 2010 | $12.1M | $93.6M | 7.71x | $129.0M | A- | 91% | #35 |
 Public Enemies | 2009 | $25.3M | $97.1M | 3.84x | $214.0M | B | 68% | #33 |
 Terminator Salvation | 2009 | $42.6M | $125.0M | 2.94x | $371.0M | A | 33% | #23 |
 The Dark Knight | 2008 | $158.0M | $533.0M | 3.37x | $1.00B | A | 94% | #1 |
 3:10 to Yuma | 2007 | $14.0M | $53.6M | 3.82x | $71.2M | B | 89% | #47 |
 The Prestige | 2006 | $14.8M | $53.1M | 3.60x | $104.4M | — | 76% | — |
 Batman Begins | 2005 | $48.7M | $205.0M | 4.21x | $373.0M | A | 85% | #8 |
 The Machinist | 2004 | $65K | $1.1M | 16.7x | $8.7M | — | 77% | — |
 Equilibrium | 2002 | $542K | $1.2M | 2.20x | $5.3M | — | 40% | — |
 Reign of Fire | 2002 | $15.6M | $43.1M | 2.75x | $82.2M | — | 42% | — |
 American Psycho | 2000 | $5.0M | $15.1M | 3.00x | $34.3M | — | 69% | — |
 Shaft | 2000 | $21.7M | $70.3M | 3.24x | $107.0M | A- | 67% | #32 |
 Pocahontas | 1995 | $29.5M | $142.0M | 4.80x | $347.0M | — | 59% | — |
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
Pocahontas1995American Psycho2000Shaft2000Equilibrium2002Reign of Fire2002The Machinist2004Batman Begins2005The Prestige20063:10 to Yuma2007The Dark Knight2008Public Enemies2009Terminator Salvation2009The Fighter2010The Dark Knight Rises2012American Hustle2013Exodus: Gods and Kings2014The Big Short2015The Promise2016Vice2018Ford v Ferrari2019Amsterdam2022Thor: Love and Thunder2022DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 1.3 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.9x
$5.68B worldwide on $1.98B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $2.70BInternational $2.98B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven6.3x
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.
Records held
All records →#15All-time PG-13 domesticThe Dark Knight$533.3M#19Biggest PG-13 openingsThe Dark Knight Rises$160.9M#20Biggest PG-13 openingsThe Dark Knight$158.4M#20All-time PG-13 domesticThe Dark Knight Rises$448.1M#21Biggest domestic runsThe Dark Knight$533.3M#24Biggest opening weekendsThe Dark Knight Rises$160.9M#41Biggest opening weekendsThor: Love and Thunder$144.2M
Top 7 of 10 placings across 5 all-time charts. Where a film places on the same chart in consecutive weekends, only its best placing is shown.
What’s next
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
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