Actor
Gary Oldman
21 films•1991–2020•Drama · Action · Crime
74%average critics77%average audience$137.2Mdomestic average
Films
21
1991–2020
Domestic
$2.88B
lifetime
Worldwide
$7.22B
lifetime
Avg opening
$41.1M
3-day
Avg legs
3.96x
opening → total
Return
3.7x
on $1.96B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 21 films featuring Gary Oldman, from JFK (1991) to Mank (2020), together grossing $2.88B domestic and $7.22B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Dark Knight Rises (2012) at $1.08B worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $161.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mank | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | 83% | — |
 Darkest Hour | 2017 | $2.8M | $56.5M | 20.2x | $149.0M | A- | 85% | #50 |
 The Hitman's Bodyguard | 2017 | $21.5M | $75.5M | 3.51x | $176.6M | B+ | 40% | #41 |
 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | 2014 | $72.6M | $208.5M | 2.87x | $710.6M | A | 91% | #11 |
 RoboCop | 2014 | $21.7M | $58.6M | 2.70x | $243.0M | B+ | 50% | — |
 Lawless | 2012 | $10.0M | $37.4M | 3.70x | $54.4M | — | 67% | — |
 The Dark Knight Rises | 2012 | $161.0M | $448.0M | 2.79x | $1.08B | A | 87% | #2 |
 Kung Fu Panda 2 | 2011 | $47.7M | $165.0M | 3.47x | $666.0M | A | 82% | #15 |
 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | 2011 | $5.5M | $24.1M | 4.40x | $81.4M | — | 84% | — |
 The Book of Eli | 2010 | $32.8M | $94.8M | 2.89x | $157.0M | B+ | 46% | #34 |
 A Christmas Carol | 2009 | $30.1M | $138.0M | 4.59x | $325.0M | B+ | 52% | #21 |
 The Dark Knight | 2008 | $158.0M | $533.0M | 3.37x | $1.00B | A | 94% | #1 |
 Batman Begins | 2005 | $48.7M | $205.0M | 4.21x | $373.0M | A | 85% | #8 |
 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | 2004 | $93.7M | $250.0M | 2.66x | $796.0M | A | 90% | #6 |
 Hannibal | 2001 | $58.0M | $165.0M | 2.80x | $352.0M | C+ | 39% | #12 |
 Air Force One | 1997 | $37.1M | $173.0M | 4.70x | $315.3M | — | 78% | — |
 The Fifth Element | 1997 | $17.0M | $63.6M | 3.70x | $263.9M | — | 70% | — |
 Leon: The Professional | 1994 | $5.3M | $19.3M | 3.60x | $45.3M | — | 76% | — |
 True Romance | 1993 | $4.0M | $12.3M | 3.10x | $12.6M | — | 93% | — |
 Dracula | 1992 | $30.5M | $82.5M | 2.70x | $215.9M | — | 69% | — |
 JFK | 1991 | $5.2M | $70.4M | 13.5x | $205.4M | — | 85% | — |
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
JFK1991Dracula1992True Romance1993Leon: The Professional1994Air Force One1997The Fifth Element1997Hannibal2001Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban2004Batman Begins2005The Dark Knight2008A Christmas Carol2009The Book of Eli2010Kung Fu Panda 22011Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy2011Lawless2012The Dark Knight Rises2012Dawn of the Planet of the Apes2014RoboCop2014Darkest Hour2017The Hitman's Bodyguard2017Mank2020DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 1.4 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.7x
$7.22B worldwide on $1.96B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $2.88BInternational $4.34B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven6.1x
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 →#12Biggest horror openingsHannibal$58.0M#15All-time PG-13 domesticThe Dark Knight$533.3M#19Biggest PG-13 openingsThe Dark Knight Rises$160.9M#20Biggest PG-13 openingsThe Dark Knight$158.4M#20All-time PG-13 domesticThe Dark Knight Rises$448.1M#21Biggest domestic runsThe Dark Knight$533.3M#24Biggest opening weekendsThe Dark Knight Rises$160.9M
Top 7 of 10 placings across 6 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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