Actor
Christopher Walken
13 films•1978–2014•Drama · Comedy · Crime
61%average critics69%average audience$93.4Mdomestic average
Films
13
1978–2014
Domestic
$1.21B
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.98B
lifetime
Avg opening
$22.0M
3-day
Avg legs
3.98x
opening → total
Return
2.8x
on $717.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 13 films featuring Christopher Walken, from The Deer Hunter (1978) to Jersey Boys (2014), together grossing $1.21B domestic and $1.98B worldwide. The biggest hit is Catch Me If You Can (2002) at $352.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Batman Returns (1992) at $45.7M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jersey Boys | 2014 | $13.4M | $47.4M | 3.55x | $65.3M | A | 51% | #48 |
 Seven Psychopaths | 2012 | $4.2M | $15.0M | 3.60x | $33.0M | — | 82% | — |
 Hairspray | 2007 | $27.5M | $119.0M | 4.30x | $204.0M | A | 92% | #24 |
 Click | 2006 | $40.0M | $137.0M | 3.43x | $241.0M | B+ | 34% | #13 |
 Wedding Crashers | 2005 | $33.9M | $209.0M | 6.20x | $288.0M | — | 75% | #6 |
 Man on Fire | 2004 | $22.8M | $77.9M | 3.42x | $131.0M | A- | 39% | #33 |
 The Stepford Wives | 2004 | $21.4M | $59.5M | 2.78x | $96.2M | C+ | 25% | #49 |
 Kangaroo Jack | 2003 | $16.6M | $66.9M | 4.04x | $90.6M | A- | 9% | #43 |
 Catch Me If You Can | 2002 | $30.1M | $165.0M | 5.48x | $352.0M | A- | 96% | #10 |
 Sleepy Hollow | 1999 | $30.1M | $101.1M | 3.40x | $207.1M | — | 71% | — |
 Batman Returns | 1992 | $45.7M | $163.0M | 3.60x | $267.0M | — | 81% | — |
 Heaven's Gate | 1980 | — | $3.5M | — | $3.5M | — | 57% | — |
 The Deer Hunter | 1978 | — | $50.0M | — | — | — | 86% | — |
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 3.0 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.8x
$1.98B worldwide on $717.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.16BInternational $814.4M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven7.2x
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.