Director
David Lynch
9 films•1977–2006•Drama · Thriller · Mystery
74%average critics82%average audience$11.2Mdomestic average
Films
9
1977–2006
Domestic
$101.0M
lifetime
Worldwide
$75.1M
lifetime
Avg opening
$1.4M
3-day
Avg legs
7.02x
opening → total
Return
2.4x
on $26.1M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 9 films directed by David Lynch, from Eraserhead (1977) to Inland Empire (2006), together grossing $101.0M domestic and $75.1M worldwide. The biggest hit is The Elephant Man (1980) at $26.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Dune (1984) at $6.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Inland Empire | 2006 | $28K | $1.2M | — | $4.4M | — | 72% | — |
 Mulholland Drive | 2001 | $588K | $7.2M | 12.3x | $20.8M | — | 83% | — |
 Lost Highway | 1997 | $213K | $3.8M | — | $3.9M | — | 70% | — |
 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | 1992 | $1.8M | $4.2M | 2.30x | $4.2M | — | 67% | — |
 Wild at Heart | 1990 | $2.9M | $14.6M | 5.00x | — | — | 66% | — |
 Blue Velvet | 1986 | $789K | $8.6M | 10.8x | $8.7M | — | 91% | — |
 Dune | 1984 | $6.0M | $28.4M | 4.70x | — | — | 36% | — |
 The Elephant Man | 1980 | — | $26.0M | — | $26.0M | — | 91% | — |
 Eraserhead | 1977 | — | $7.0M | — | $7.1M | — | 87% | — |
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 3.6 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.4x
$62.6M worldwide on $26.1M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $48.8MInternational $13.8M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven71.0x
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
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