Actor
Jack Nicholson
14 films•1969–2008•Drama · Comedy · Adventure
77%average critics81%average audience$97.6Mdomestic average
Films
14
1969–2008
Domestic
$1.37B
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.38B
lifetime
Avg opening
$13.7M
3-day
Avg legs
6.60x
opening → total
Return
4.3x
on $555.8M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 14 films featuring Jack Nicholson, from Easy Rider (1969) to The Bucket List (2008), together grossing $1.37B domestic and $2.38B worldwide. The biggest hit is Batman (1989) at $411.3M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Anger Management (2003) at $42.2M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Bucket List | 2008 | $19.4M | $93.5M | 4.82x | $175.0M | A- | 40% | #33 |
 The Departed | 2006 | $26.9M | $132.0M | 4.92x | $291.0M | A- | 91% | #15 |
 About Schmidt | 2003 | $8.5M | $65.0M | 7.60x | $107.0M | — | 86% | #47 |
 Anger Management | 2003 | $42.2M | $136.0M | 3.21x | $196.0M | C+ | 42% | #13 |
 Something's Gotta Give | 2003 | $16.1M | $125.0M | 7.76x | $265.0M | A- | 72% | #17 |
 As Good as It Gets | 1997 | $12.6M | $148.5M | 11.8x | $314.1M | — | 86% | — |
 Mars Attacks! | 1996 | $9.4M | $37.8M | 4.00x | $101.4M | — | 56% | — |
 A Few Good Men | 1992 | $15.5M | $141.0M | 9.10x | $243.0M | — | 85% | — |
 Batman | 1989 | $40.5M | $251.2M | 6.20x | $411.3M | — | 77% | — |
 The Shining | 1980 | $622K | $45.1M | — | $46.2M | — | 84% | — |
 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 1975 | $100K | $109.0M | 1092.4x | $163.3M | — | 92% | — |
 Chinatown | 1974 | — | $23.2M | — | $23.2M | — | 98% | — |
 Five Easy Pieces | 1970 | — | $18.1M | — | — | — | 89% | — |
 Easy Rider | 1969 | — | $41.7M | — | $41.7M | — | 84% | — |
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 3.0 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
4.3x
$2.38B worldwide on $555.8M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.35BInternational $1.03B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven115.8x
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
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
Connected
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
