Actor
Edward Norton
18 films•1996–2026•Drama · Crime · Thriller
79%average critics83%average audience$52.2Mdomestic average
Films
18
1996–2026
Domestic
$940.5M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.85B
lifetime
Avg opening
$13.1M
3-day
Avg legs
6.58x
opening → total
Return
2.3x
on $705.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 18 films featuring Edward Norton, from Primal Fear (1996) to The Invite (2026), together grossing $940.5M domestic and $1.85B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Bourne Legacy (2012) at $276.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to The Incredible Hulk (2008) at $55.4M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Invite | 2026 | $5.9M | $25.9M | 4.40x | $40.6M | — | 96% | #36 |
 A Complete Unknown | 2024 | $11.7M | $75.0M | 6.40x | $140.5M | A | 79% | #28 |
 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | 2022 | $9.2M | — | — | — | A | 92% | — |
 Isle of Dogs | 2018 | $1.6M | $32.0M | 19.8x | $58.7M | — | 90% | — |
 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | 2014 | $2.5M | $42.3M | 17.1x | $102.5M | — | 91% | — |
 Moonrise Kingdom | 2012 | $523K | $45.5M | 87.0x | $68.8M | — | 93% | — |
 The Bourne Legacy | 2012 | $38.1M | $113.0M | 2.97x | $276.0M | B | 56% | #29 |
 The Incredible Hulk | 2008 | $55.4M | $135.0M | 2.43x | $265.0M | A- | 68% | #17 |
 The Illusionist | 2006 | $928K | $39.9M | 43.0x | $83.8M | — | 74% | — |
 The Italian Job | 2003 | $19.5M | $106.0M | 5.45x | $176.0M | B+ | 72% | #24 |
 25th Hour | 2002 | $2.8M | $13.1M | 4.60x | $25.3M | — | 79% | — |
 Frida | 2002 | $2.4M | $25.9M | 10.9x | $56.1M | — | 77% | — |
 Red Dragon | 2002 | $36.5M | $93.1M | 2.55x | $209.0M | A- | 68% | #28 |
 The Score | 2001 | $19.0M | $71.1M | 3.74x | $114.0M | B | 74% | #33 |
 Fight Club | 1999 | $11.0M | $37.0M | 3.40x | $100.8M | — | 81% | — |
 American History X | 1998 | $156K | $6.7M | 43.1x | $6.7M | — | 84% | — |
 Rounders | 1998 | $8.5M | $22.9M | 2.70x | $22.9M | — | 63% | — |
 Primal Fear | 1996 | $9.9M | $56.1M | 5.70x | $102.6M | — | 77% | — |
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
Primal Fear1996American History X1998Rounders1998Fight Club1999The Score200125th Hour2002Frida2002Red Dragon2002The Italian Job2003The Illusionist2006The Incredible Hulk2008Moonrise Kingdom2012The Bourne Legacy2012Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)2014Isle of Dogs2018Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2022A Complete Unknown2024The Invite2026DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 1.8 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.3x
$1.65B worldwide on $705.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $826.5MInternational $820.9M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven5.7x
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.
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Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
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