Actor
James Caan
8 films•1972–2017•Comedy · Adventure · Drama
71%average critics73%average audience$104.0Mdomestic average
Films
8
1972–2017
Domestic
$832.3M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.52B
lifetime
Avg opening
$21.1M
3-day
Avg legs
4.22x
opening → total
Return
4.1x
on $353.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 8 films featuring James Caan, from The Godfather (1972) to The Emoji Movie (2017), together grossing $832.3M domestic and $1.52B worldwide. The biggest hit is Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) at $274.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Get Smart (2008) at $38.7M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Emoji Movie | 2017 | $24.5M | $86.1M | 3.51x | $217.9M | D- | 7% | #36 |
 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | 2013 | $34.0M | $120.0M | 3.52x | $274.0M | A- | 71% | #25 |
 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | 2009 | $30.3M | $125.0M | 4.12x | $243.0M | A- | 85% | #24 |
 Get Smart | 2008 | $38.7M | $130.0M | 3.37x | $231.0M | B+ | 51% | #19 |
 Elf | 2003 | $31.1M | $173.0M | 5.60x | $220.0M | A- | 85% | #7 |
 Bottle Rocket | 1996 | $124K | $408K | 3.30x | $0.4M | — | 86% | — |
 Misery | 1990 | $10.1M | $61.3M | 6.10x | $61.3M | — | 86% | — |
 The Godfather | 1972 | $302K | $136.5M | 451.3x | $270.0M | — | 97% | — |
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 6.4 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
4.1x
$1.46B worldwide on $353.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $771.0MInternational $685.3M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven38.6x
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.