
Director
Edward Zwick
6 films•1989–2016•Drama · War · Romance
62%average critics75%average audience$58.8Mdomestic average
Films
6
1989–2016
Domestic
$352.8M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.08B
lifetime
Avg opening
$11.4M
3-day
Avg legs
5.20x
opening → total
Return
2.9x
on $378.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 6 films directed by Edward Zwick, from Glory (1989) to Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016), together grossing $352.8M domestic and $1.08B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Last Samurai (2003) at $455.0M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $24.3M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | 2016 | $22.9M | $58.7M | 2.60x | $159.9M | — | 37% | — |
Love & Other Drugs | 2010 | $9.7M | $32.4M | 3.30x | $102.7M | — | 49% | — |
Blood Diamond | 2006 | $8.6M | $57.4M | 6.63x | $172.0M | A | 64% | — |
The Last Samurai | 2003 | $24.3M | $111.0M | 4.58x | $455.0M | A | 65% | #21 |
Legends of the Fall | 1994 | — | $66.5M | — | $161.0M | — | 61% | — |
Glory | 1989 | $3.0M | $26.8M | 8.90x | $26.8M | — | 95% | — |
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 5.4 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.9x
$1.08B worldwide on $378.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $352.8MInternational $724.6M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven5.4x
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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Connected
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.





