Actor
Danny DeVito
11 films•1 as director•1975–2023•Comedy · Adventure · Fantasy
70%average critics72%average audience$119.1Mdomestic average
Films
11
1975–2023
Domestic
$1.31B
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.80B
lifetime
Avg opening
$28.8M
3-day
Avg legs
4.56x
opening → total
Return
3.1x
on $900.4M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 11 films credited to Danny DeVito, 1 as director and 11 in the cast, from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) to Haunted Mansion (2023), together grossing $1.31B domestic and $2.80B worldwide. The biggest hit is Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) at $792.5M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to The Lorax (2012) at $70.2M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Haunted Mansion | 2023 | $24.1M | $67.7M | 2.80x | $117.5M | A | 47% | #36 |
 Dumbo | 2019 | $46.0M | $114.8M | 2.50x | $353.2M | A- | 46% | #23 |
 Jumanji: The Next Level | 2019 | $59.3M | $316.8M | 5.35x | $792.5M | A- | 72% | #10 |
 The Lorax | 2012 | $70.2M | $214.0M | 3.05x | $349.0M | A | 54% | #11 |
 Hercules | 1997 | $21.5M | $99.1M | 4.60x | $250.7M | — | 83% | — |
 L.A. Confidential | 1997 | $5.2M | $64.6M | 12.4x | $126.2M | — | 99% | — |
 Mars Attacks! | 1996 | $9.4M | $37.8M | 4.00x | $101.4M | — | 56% | — |
 Matilda | 1996 | $8.2M | $33.1M | 4.00x | $33.1M | — | 89% | — |
 Space Jam | 1996 | $27.5M | $90.5M | 3.30x | $250.2M | — | 46% | — |
 Batman Returns | 1992 | $45.7M | $163.0M | 3.60x | $267.0M | — | 81% | — |
 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 1975 | $100K | $109.0M | 1092.4x | $163.3M | — | 92% | — |
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 4.8 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.1x
$2.80B worldwide on $900.4M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.31BInternational $1.49B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven37.1x
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 →1 placing across 1 all-time chart. 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.
Connected
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.