Actor
Ewan McGregor
18 films•1996–2026•Drama · Adventure · Fantasy
71%average critics74%average audience$108.4Mdomestic average
Films
18
1996–2026
Domestic
$1.95B
lifetime
Worldwide
$4.69B
lifetime
Avg opening
$27.4M
3-day
Avg legs
3.91x
opening → total
Return
3.4x
on $1.40B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 18 films featuring Ewan McGregor, from Emma (1996) to The End of Oak Street (2026), together grossing $1.95B domestic and $4.69B worldwide. The biggest hit is Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) at $1.05B worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) at $108.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The End of Oak Street | 2026 | $21.0M | $52.0M | 2.50x | $115.8M | B | 86% | #25 |
 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | 2022 | — | — | — | $0.1M | — | 96% | — |
 Doctor Sleep | 2019 | $14.1M | $31.6M | 2.20x | $72.4M | — | 79% | — |
 Christopher Robin | 2018 | $24.6M | $99.2M | 4.03x | $197.7M | A | 66% | #38 |
 Jack the Giant Slayer | 2013 | $27.2M | $65.2M | 2.40x | $198.0M | B+ | 52% | — |
 Beginners | 2011 | $141K | $5.8M | — | $14.3M | — | 86% | — |
 The Ghost Writer | 2010 | $2.1M | $15.5M | 7.50x | $65.5M | — | 84% | — |
 Angels & Demons | 2009 | $46.2M | $133.0M | 2.89x | $486.0M | B+ | 36% | #22 |
 Robots | 2005 | $36.0M | $128.0M | 3.56x | $263.0M | A | 64% | #15 |
 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | 2005 | $108.0M | $380.0M | 3.51x | $850.0M | — | 79% | #1 |
 The Island | 2005 | $12.4M | $35.8M | 2.89x | $163.0M | B | 39% | — |
 Big Fish | 2003 | $13.8M | $66.8M | 4.84x | $123.0M | B+ | 76% | #44 |
 Black Hawk Down | 2002 | $28.6M | $109.0M | 3.80x | $160.0M | — | 77% | #23 |
 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | 2002 | $80.0M | $302.0M | 3.78x | $645.0M | — | 62% | #3 |
 Moulin Rouge! | 2001 | $13.7M | $57.4M | 4.18x | $179.0M | B+ | 75% | #43 |
 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | 1999 | $64.8M | $431.0M | 6.65x | $1.05B | A- | 54% | — |
 Emma | 1996 | $241K | $22.2M | — | $37.8M | — | 84% | — |
 Trainspotting | 1996 | $263K | $16.5M | 62.8x | $71.5M | — | 90% | — |
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
Emma1996Trainspotting1996Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace1999Moulin Rouge!2001Black Hawk Down2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2002Big Fish2003Robots2005Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith2005The Island2005Angels & Demons2009The Ghost Writer2010Beginners2011Jack the Giant Slayer2013Christopher Robin2018Doctor Sleep2019Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio2022The End of Oak Street2026DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 1.8 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.4x
$4.69B worldwide on $1.40B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.95BInternational $2.74B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven23.1x
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 →#2Best multipliersStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace6.65x#6All-time PG domesticStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace$487.6M#20Biggest 4th weekendsBlack Hawk Down$28.6M#25Biggest domestic runsStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace$487.6M
4 placings across 4 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.
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