Actor
Jeff Daniels
11 films•1994–2026•Drama · Comedy · Adventure
70%average critics73%average audience$73.1Mdomestic average
Films
11
1994–2026
Domestic
$804.4M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.81B
lifetime
Avg opening
$16.7M
3-day
Avg legs
5.65x
opening → total
Return
4.6x
on $392.5M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 11 films featuring Jeff Daniels, from Dumb and Dumber (1994) to The Brink of War (2026), together grossing $804.4M domestic and $1.81B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Martian (2015) at $653.6M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $54.3M.
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 Divergent Series: Allegiant | 2016 | $29.3M | $66.2M | 2.26x | $179.2M | B | 41% | #47 |
 Steve Jobs | 2015 | $7.1M | $17.8M | 2.50x | $35.6M | — | 85% | — |
 The Martian | 2015 | $54.3M | $228.4M | 4.21x | $653.6M | A+ | 91% | #9 |
 Dumb and Dumber To | 2014 | $36.1M | $86.2M | 2.39x | $156.6M | B | 26% | #37 |
 RV | 2006 | $16.4M | $71.7M | 4.37x | $87.5M | B+ | 23% | #35 |
 Good Night, and Good Luck | 2005 | $3.1M | $31.5M | 10.3x | $56.6M | — | 93% | — |
 The Squid and the Whale | 2005 | $130K | $7.4M | 56.8x | $11.2M | — | 91% | — |
 The Hours | 2002 | $3.4M | $41.7M | 12.4x | $97.0M | — | 79% | — |
 Dumb and Dumber | 1994 | $16.4M | $127.3M | 7.80x | $246.5M | — | 69% | — |
 Speed | 1994 | $14.5M | $121.2M | 8.40x | $283.2M | — | 95% | — |
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 3.2 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
4.6x
$1.81B worldwide on $392.5M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $799.4MInternational $1.01B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven15.4x
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.
