Director
Jay Roach
7 films•1997–2012•Comedy · Adventure · Action
58%average critics60%average audience$154.0Mdomestic average
Films
7
1997–2012
Domestic
$1.08B
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.72B
lifetime
Avg opening
$37.5M
3-day
Avg legs
4.36x
opening → total
Return
4.1x
on $415.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 7 films directed by Jay Roach, from Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) to The Campaign (2012), together grossing $1.08B domestic and $1.72B worldwide. The biggest hit is Meet the Fockers (2004) at $523.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) at $73.1M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Campaign | 2012 | $26.6M | $86.9M | 3.27x | $105.0M | B- | 66% | #34 |
 Dinner for Schmucks | 2010 | $23.5M | $73.0M | 3.10x | $86.8M | B | 42% | #46 |
 Meet the Fockers | 2004 | $46.1M | $279.0M | 6.05x | $523.0M | B+ | 38% | #4 |
 Austin Powers in Goldmember | 2002 | $73.1M | $213.0M | 2.92x | $297.0M | B+ | 52% | #7 |
 Meet the Parents | 2000 | $28.6M | $166.0M | 5.81x | $330.0M | A- | 85% | #7 |
 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | 1999 | $54.9M | $206.0M | 3.80x | $312.4M | — | 54% | — |
 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | 1997 | $9.5M | $53.9M | 5.60x | $67.7M | — | 72% | — |
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 2.5 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
4.1x
$1.72B worldwide on $415.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.08BInternational $644.1M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven8.9x
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.
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.