Director
James GunnFollow
7 films•2006–2025•Comedy · Action · Adventure
Avg critics77%
Avg audience74%
Avg domestic$215.6M
Domestic
$1.509B
Lifetime
Worldwide
$3.317B
Lifetime
Avg opening
$74.2M
3-day
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | 2017 | $146.5M | $389.8M | 2.66x | $869.1M | A | 85% | #5 |
 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | 2023 | $118.4M | $359.0M | 3.00x | $845.6M | A | 92% | #4 |
 Superman | 2025 | $125.0M | $354.2M | 2.83x | $618.7M | A- | 86% | #5 |
 Guardians of the Galaxy | 2014 | $94.3M | $333.7M | 3.54x | $770.9M | A | 92% | #3 |
 The Suicide Squad | 2021 | $26.5M | $55.8M | 2.10x | $168.7M | B+ | 90% | #23 |
 Movie 43 | 2013 | $4.8M | $8.8M | 1.80x | $31.2M | — | 5% | — |
 Slither | 2006 | $3.9M | $7.8M | 2.00x | $12.9M | — | 87% | — |
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
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DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 3.2 years
Profitability
Return on budget
3.1x
$3.317B worldwide on $1.080B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs international split
Domestic $1.509BInternational $1.808B
Return by film
Worldwide ÷ budget0x2.5x breakeven4.5x
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, and streaming releases with no real theatrical run, are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
Records held
All records#2Biggest August openingsGuardians of the Galaxy$94.3M#7Biggest May openingsGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2$146.5M#10Biggest July openingsSuperman$125.0M#13Biggest May openingsGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3$118.4M#18Best second-weekend holds ($100M+ openers)Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3−47.6%#20Biggest superhero filmsGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2$389.8M#36Biggest opening weekendsGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2$146.5M
7 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 scheduleNo upcoming movies announced yet.
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