Actor
Ethan Hawke
16 films•1989–2026•Drama · Thriller · Crime
79%average critics76%average audience$31.9Mdomestic average
Films
16
1989–2026
Domestic
$509.9M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.11B
lifetime
Avg opening
$8.4M
3-day
Avg legs
4.66x
opening → total
Return
2.9x
on $381.9M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 16 films featuring Ethan Hawke, from Dead Poets Society (1989) to The Weight (2026), together grossing $509.9M domestic and $1.11B worldwide. The biggest hit is Dead Poets Society (1989) at $236.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Black Phone 2 (2025) at $27.3M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Weight | 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | 0% | — |
 Black Phone 2 | 2025 | $27.3M | $77.4M | 2.80x | $132.0M | B | 72% | #28 |
 Leave the World Behind | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | 73% | — |
 The Black Phone | 2022 | $23.6M | $90.1M | 3.80x | $161.4M | B+ | 84% | #23 |
 The Guilty | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | 73% | — |
 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | 2017 | $17.0M | $40.5M | 2.40x | $215.1M | — | 47% | — |
 Boyhood | 2014 | $2.0M | $25.4M | 12.7x | $57.3M | — | 97% | — |
 Predestination | 2014 | $44K | $68K | 1.60x | $4.9M | — | 84% | — |
 Before Midnight | 2013 | $247K | $8.1M | 32.8x | $23.2M | — | 98% | — |
 Sinister | 2012 | $18.0M | $48.1M | 2.70x | $87.7M | — | 64% | — |
 Lord of War | 2005 | $9.4M | $24.1M | 2.60x | $60.4M | — | 62% | — |
 Before Sunset | 2004 | $219K | $5.8M | 26.4x | $11.2M | — | 94% | — |
 Training Day | 2001 | $22.6M | $76.6M | 3.40x | $105.0M | B+ | 74% | #29 |
 Gattaca | 1997 | $4.3M | $12.5M | 2.90x | $12.6M | — | 82% | — |
 Before Sunrise | 1995 | $1.4M | $5.3M | 3.70x | $5.9M | — | 100% | — |
 Dead Poets Society | 1989 | $7.5M | $95.9M | 12.7x | $236.0M | — | 85% | — |
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Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 2.5 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.9x
$1.11B worldwide on $381.9M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $509.8MInternational $598.0M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven29.2x
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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