Director
David Yates
8 films•2007–2022•Adventure · Family · Fantasy
68%average critics74%average audience$235.9Mdomestic average
Films
8
2007–2022
Domestic
$1.89B
lifetime
Worldwide
$6.41B
lifetime
Avg opening
$83.2M
3-day
Avg legs
2.95x
opening → total
Return
3.9x
on $1.66B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 8 films directed by David Yates, from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) to Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), together grossing $1.89B domestic and $6.41B worldwide. The biggest hit is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) at $1.34B worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $169.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | 2022 | $42.2M | $95.9M | 2.30x | $407.2M | A- | 64% | #20 |
 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | 2018 | $62.2M | $159.6M | 2.57x | $655.8M | B+ | 36% | #21 |
 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | 2016 | $74.4M | $234.0M | 3.14x | $814.0M | A | 74% | #12 |
 The Legend of Tarzan | 2016 | $38.1M | $126.6M | 3.32x | $356.8M | B+ | 36% | #23 |
 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | 2011 | $169.0M | $381.0M | 2.25x | $1.34B | A | 96% | #1 |
 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | 2010 | $125.0M | $296.0M | 2.37x | $960.0M | A | 76% | #5 |
 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | 2009 | $77.8M | $302.0M | 3.88x | $934.0M | A- | 83% | #3 |
 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | 2007 | $77.1M | $292.0M | 3.79x | $942.0M | A- | 78% | #5 |
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
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2007Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2009Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 12010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 22011Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them2016The Legend of Tarzan2016Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald2018Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore2022DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 2.1 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.9x
$6.41B worldwide on $1.66B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.89BInternational $4.52B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven6.3x
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 →#9Biggest single daysHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2$91.1M#16Fastest to $1B worldwideHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 219 days#16Biggest PG-13 openingsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2$169.2M
Top 3 of 5 placings across 5 all-time charts. 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.
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Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
