Actor
David Strathairn
8 films•2005–2026•Drama · Thriller · History
82%average critics78%average audience$72.0Mdomestic average
Films
8
2005–2026
Domestic
$575.8M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.12B
lifetime
Avg opening
$16.8M
3-day
Avg legs
5.28x
opening → total
Return
2.8x
on $367.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 8 films featuring David Strathairn, from Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) to By Any Means (2026), together grossing $575.8M domestic and $1.12B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) at $443.0M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $69.3M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 By Any Means | 2026 | $7.5M | $10.1M | 1.35x | $10.1M | B+ | 55% | #62 |
 Nightmare Alley | 2021 | $2.8M | $11.3M | 4.00x | $39.6M | B | 80% | — |
 Nomadland | 2020 | $503K | $3.7M | 7.40x | $39.5M | — | 93% | — |
 Lincoln | 2012 | $21.0M | $182.0M | 8.66x | $275.0M | A | 89% | #13 |
 The Spiderwick Chronicles | 2008 | $19.0M | $71.2M | 3.75x | $164.0M | A- | 81% | #45 |
 Fracture | 2007 | $11.0M | $39.0M | 3.50x | $89.2M | — | 72% | — |
 The Bourne Ultimatum | 2007 | $69.3M | $227.0M | 3.28x | $443.0M | A | 92% | #7 |
 Good Night, and Good Luck | 2005 | $3.1M | $31.5M | 10.3x | $56.6M | — | 93% | — |
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
$1.03B worldwide on $367.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $536.8MInternational $491.0M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven8.1x
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.
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.
