Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis
8 films•1989–2017•Drama · Biography · Crime
89%average critics84%average audience$58.6Mdomestic average
Films
8
1989–2017
Domestic
$468.5M
lifetime
Worldwide
$781.7M
lifetime
Avg opening
$6.5M
3-day
Avg legs
8.73x
opening → total
Return
2.3x
on $299.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 8 films featuring Daniel Day-Lewis, from My Left Foot (1989) to Phantom Thread (2017), together grossing $468.5M domestic and $781.7M worldwide. The biggest hit is Lincoln (2012) at $275.0M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $21.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Phantom Thread | 2017 | $3.2M | $21.2M | 6.50x | $47.5M | — | 91% | — |
 Lincoln | 2012 | $21.0M | $182.0M | 8.66x | $275.0M | A | 89% | #13 |
 There Will Be Blood | 2007 | $4.9M | $40.2M | 8.30x | $77.2M | — | 91% | — |
 Gangs of New York | 2002 | $9.5M | $77.8M | 8.20x | $194.0M | B | 72% | #34 |
 In the Name of the Father | 1993 | $110K | $25.1M | — | $65.8M | — | 94% | — |
 The Age of Innocence | 1993 | $2.3M | $32.0M | 13.8x | $32.0M | — | 88% | — |
 The Last of the Mohicans | 1992 | $11.0M | $75.5M | 6.90x | $75.5M | — | 88% | — |
 My Left Foot | 1989 | $41K | $14.7M | — | $14.7M | — | 98% | — |
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 4.0 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.3x
$701.2M worldwide on $299.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $428.7MInternational $272.5M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven4.2x
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.
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Studios
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.