Actor
John Cleese
8 films•1975–2008•Comedy · Adventure · Family
71%average critics66%average audience$139.8Mdomestic average
Films
8
1975–2008
Domestic
$1.12B
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.32B
lifetime
Avg opening
$36.1M
3-day
Avg legs
4.59x
opening → total
Return
4.3x
on $534.4M of budget
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shrek 2 | 2004 | $108.0M | $439.8M | 4.07x | $933.8M | A | 89% | #1 |
 Shrek the Third | 2007 | $122.0M | $322.7M | 2.65x | $807.3M | B+ | 41% | #2 |
 George of the Jungle | 1997 | $16.5M | $105.3M | 6.40x | $174.5M | B+ | 56% | — |
 Charlotte's Web | 2006 | $11.5M | $83.0M | 7.24x | $149.0M | A | 79% | #25 |
 The Day the Earth Stood Still | 2008 | $30.5M | $79.4M | 2.60x | $233.0M | C- | 21% | #41 |
 A Fish Called Wanda | 1988 | $115K | $63.5M | 550.1x | — | A | 96% | — |
 Life of Brian | 1979 | $140K | $20.2M | — | $20.5M | — | 96% | — |
 Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 | — | $4.2M | — | $5.8M | — | 92% | — |
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 4.7 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
4.3x
$2.32B worldwide on $534.4M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.05BInternational $1.27B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven12.5x
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 are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
Records held
All records →#9Biggest animated openingsShrek the Third$121.6M#13All-time PG domesticShrek 2$441.6M#14Biggest PG openingsShrek the Third$121.6M#14Biggest animated openingsShrek 2$108.0M#20Biggest PG openingsShrek 2$108.0M
Top 5 of 6 placings across 4 all-time charts. Where a film places on the same chart in consecutive weekends, only its best placing is shown.
What’s next
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
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Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
