Actor
Guy Pearce
14 films•1997–2026•Drama · Thriller · Adventure
70%average critics74%average audience$81.1Mdomestic average
Films
14
1997–2026
Domestic
$1.14B
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.89B
lifetime
Avg opening
$24.2M
3-day
Avg legs
5.36x
opening → total
Return
3.5x
on $816.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 14 films featuring Guy Pearce, from L.A. Confidential (1997) to The Dog Stars (2026), together grossing $1.14B domestic and $2.89B worldwide. The biggest hit is Iron Man 3 (2013) at $1.21B worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $174.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Dog Stars | 2026 | $7.7M | $14.2M | 1.80x | $34.2M | C+ | 40% | #56 |
 The Brutalist | 2024 | $2.7M | $16.2M | 6.10x | $51.3M | — | 93% | — |
 Iron Man 3 | 2013 | $174.0M | $409.0M | 2.35x | $1.21B | A | 79% | #2 |
 Lawless | 2012 | $10.0M | $37.4M | 3.70x | $54.4M | — | 67% | — |
 Prometheus | 2012 | $51.1M | $126.0M | 2.48x | $403.0M | B | 73% | #24 |
 The King's Speech | 2010 | $9.2M | $135.0M | 14.7x | $411.0M | A+ | 94% | #18 |
 The Hurt Locker | 2009 | $145K | $17.0M | — | $49.9M | — | 96% | — |
 The Road | 2009 | $1.5M | $8.1M | 5.40x | $29.2M | — | 74% | — |
 Bedtime Stories | 2008 | $27.5M | $110.0M | 4.01x | $213.0M | A | 27% | #24 |
 The Count of Monte Cristo | 2002 | $11.4M | $54.2M | 4.77x | $75.4M | A | 74% | #46 |
 The Time Machine | 2002 | $22.6M | $56.8M | 2.51x | $124.0M | C+ | 28% | #44 |
 Memento | 2000 | $235K | $25.5M | 108.5x | $39.7M | — | 94% | — |
 Rules of Engagement | 2000 | $15.0M | $61.3M | 4.09x | $71.7M | A- | 36% | #38 |
 L.A. Confidential | 1997 | $5.2M | $64.6M | 12.4x | $126.2M | — | 99% | — |
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 2.2 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.5x
$2.84B worldwide on $816.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.12BInternational $1.72B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven27.4x
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.
Records held
All records →#3Biggest 10th weekendsThe King's Speech$11.1M#15Biggest PG-13 openingsIron Man 3$174.1M#19Biggest opening weekendsIron Man 3$174.1M#31Biggest worldwide runsIron Man 3$1.21B
Top 4 of 7 placings across 7 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.
