Actor
J.K. Simmons
16 films•2001–2026•Comedy · Action · Adventure
73%average critics77%average audience$71.9Mdomestic average
Films
16
2001–2026
Domestic
$1.15B
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.46B
lifetime
Avg opening
$17.8M
3-day
Avg legs
4.17x
opening → total
Return
2.1x
on $1.14B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 16 films featuring J.K. Simmons, from The Mexican (2001) to The Brink of War (2026), together grossing $1.15B domestic and $2.46B worldwide. The biggest hit is Spider-Man 2 (2004) at $786.0M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $88.2M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Brink of War | 2026 | $2.7M | $5.0M | 1.90x | $5.0M | A | 72% | #75 |
 The Accountant 2 | 2025 | $22.0M | $65.5M | 3.00x | $103.0M | A- | 75% | #34 |
 Juror #2 | 2024 | — | — | — | $27.3M | — | 93% | — |
 Red One | 2024 | $32.1M | $97.0M | 3.00x | $185.9M | A- | 32% | #23 |
 The Tomorrow War | 2021 | — | — | — | $19.2M | — | 51% | — |
 Palm Springs | 2020 | $164K | $164K | — | $1.5M | — | 95% | — |
 Klaus | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | 95% | — |
 Kung Fu Panda 3 | 2016 | $41.3M | $143.5M | 3.47x | $521.0M | A | 87% | #20 |
 The Accountant | 2016 | $24.7M | $86.3M | 3.49x | $155.6M | A | 53% | #36 |
 Whiplash | 2014 | $135K | $13.9M | — | $39.8M | — | 94% | — |
 I Love You, Man | 2009 | $17.8M | $71.4M | 4.01x | $92.3M | B+ | 82% | #47 |
 Jennifer's Body | 2009 | $6.9M | $16.2M | 2.40x | $31.9M | — | 47% | — |
 Juno | 2007 | $10.6M | $143.0M | 13.5x | $232.0M | — | 93% | #15 |
 Hidalgo | 2004 | $18.8M | $67.3M | 3.57x | $108.0M | A- | 46% | #41 |
 Spider-Man 2 | 2004 | $88.2M | $374.0M | 4.24x | $786.0M | A- | 93% | #2 |
 The Mexican | 2001 | $20.1M | $66.8M | 3.32x | $148.0M | C | 54% | #36 |
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 1.7 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.1x
$2.42B worldwide on $1.14B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.14BInternational $1.28B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven30.9x
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 →1 placing across 1 all-time chart. 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.
