Director
David Fincher
12 films•1992–2023•Drama · Crime · Thriller
80%average critics80%average audience$72.2Mdomestic average
Films
12
1992–2023
Domestic
$866.9M
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.12B
lifetime
Avg opening
$16.8M
3-day
Avg legs
4.42x
opening → total
Return
3.1x
on $674.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 12 films directed by David Fincher, from Alien³ (1992) to The Killer (2023), together grossing $866.9M domestic and $2.12B worldwide. The biggest hit is Gone Girl (2014) at $367.1M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $37.5M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Killer | 2023 | — | — | — | $0.5M | — | 85% | — |
 Mank | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | 83% | — |
 Gone Girl | 2014 | $37.5M | $167.8M | 4.47x | $367.1M | A- | 87% | #18 |
 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 2011 | $12.8M | $102.5M | 8.00x | $239.4M | — | 86% | — |
 The Social Network | 2010 | $22.4M | $97.0M | 4.32x | $225.0M | B+ | 96% | #32 |
 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | 2008 | $26.9M | $128.0M | 4.75x | $336.0M | A | 71% | #20 |
 Zodiac | 2007 | $13.4M | $33.1M | 2.50x | $83.0M | — | 90% | — |
 Panic Room | 2002 | $30.1M | $96.4M | 3.21x | $196.0M | B | 76% | #25 |
 Fight Club | 1999 | $11.0M | $37.0M | 3.40x | $100.8M | — | 81% | — |
 The Game | 1997 | $14.3M | $48.3M | 3.40x | $80.4M | — | 77% | — |
 Se7en | 1995 | $13.9M | $101.9M | 7.30x | $329.9M | — | 84% | — |
 Alien³ | 1992 | $19.4M | $54.9M | 2.80x | $158.5M | — | 43% | — |
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 2.8 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.1x
$2.12B worldwide on $674.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $866.9MInternational $1.25B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven11.0x
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.