Director
Destin Daniel Cretton
4 films•2013–2026•Drama · Action · Adventure
91%average critics97%average audience$299.2Mdomestic average
Films
4
2013–2026
Domestic
$1.20B
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.94B
lifetime
Avg opening
$110.3M
3-day
Avg legs
6.85x
opening → total
Return
7.4x
on $400.4M of budget
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spider-Man: Brand New Day | 2026 | $360.1M | $935.2M | 2.60x | $2.46B | A | 90% | #1 |
 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | 2021 | $71.4M | $224.5M | 3.10x | $432.2M | A | 92% | #2 |
 Just Mercy | 2020 | $9.7M | $36.0M | 3.71x | $50.4M | A+ | 85% | #12 |
 Short Term 12 | 2013 | $56K | $1.0M | 18.0x | $2.3M | — | 98% | — |
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
0$1B$2B
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 4.3 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
7.4x
$2.94B worldwide on $400.4M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.20BInternational $1.75B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven10.9x
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 →#1Biggest opening weekendsSpider-Man: Brand New Day$360.1M#1Biggest single daysSpider-Man: Brand New Day$169.8M#1Biggest PG-13 openingsSpider-Man: Brand New Day$360.1M#1Biggest Labor Day openingsShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings$94.7M#5Biggest September openingsShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings$75.4M
Top 5 of 16 placings across 16 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.
Connected
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
Related news
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Long-Range · August 2026August 2026 preview: Spiders, Sequels and a Long TailJuly 20, 2026
Week 31 · RecapBrand New Day takes the all-time record with $360M; The Odyssey holds at $51MJuly 31–August 2, 2026Week 32 · RecapBrand New Day’s $145M second weekend is third-biggest ever; Odyssey clears $1.1BAugust 7–9, 2026Comparisons
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Chasing The CrownBrand New Day vs the top 3 all-timeA $360M opening against the three biggest domestic runs ever — The Force Awakens’ $936.7M, Endgame’s $858.4M and No Way Home’s $804.8M.Battle for the All-Time CrownBrand New Day vs The Force AwakensThe biggest opening weekend ever against the biggest domestic run ever — Brand New Day’s $360.1M debut measured against The Force Awakens’ $936.7M final, day by day.
The Holland EraHomecoming vs Far From Home vs No Way Home vs Brand New DayAll four Holland launches — $117.0M, $92.6M and No Way Home’s $260.0M, now Brand New Day’s record $168.0M opening day.