Director
Joe Johnston
6 films•1989–2011•Adventure · Sci-Fi · Action
56%average critics54%average audience$119.8Mdomestic average
Films
6
1989–2011
Domestic
$718.5M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.47B
lifetime
Avg opening
$31.9M
3-day
Avg legs
5.02x
opening → total
Return
2.3x
on $548.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 6 films directed by Joe Johnston, from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) to Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), together grossing $718.5M domestic and $1.47B worldwide. The biggest hit is Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) at $371.0M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $65.1M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Captain America: The First Avenger | 2011 | $65.1M | $177.0M | 2.72x | $371.0M | A- | 80% | #12 |
 The Wolfman | 2010 | $31.5M | $62.0M | 1.97x | $140.0M | C+ | 32% | — |
 Hidalgo | 2004 | $18.8M | $67.3M | 3.57x | $108.0M | A- | 46% | #41 |
 Jurassic Park III | 2001 | $50.8M | $181.0M | 3.57x | $369.0M | B- | 49% | #9 |
 Jumanji | 1995 | $11.1M | $100.5M | 9.10x | $262.8M | — | 56% | — |
 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | 1989 | $14.3M | $130.7M | 9.20x | $222.7M | — | 76% | — |
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 4.4 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.3x
$1.25B worldwide on $548.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $587.8MInternational $663.0M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven4.0x
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
Series
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.