Actor
John Goodman
21 films•1987–2026•Comedy · Drama · Adventure
64%average critics72%average audience$78.0Mdomestic average
Films
21
1987–2026
Domestic
$1.64B
lifetime
Worldwide
$3.64B
lifetime
Avg opening
$19.9M
3-day
Avg legs
4.87x
opening → total
Return
3.2x
on $1.12B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 21 films featuring John Goodman, from Raising Arizona (1987) to Digger (2026), together grossing $1.64B domestic and $3.64B worldwide. The biggest hit is Monsters University (2013) at $744.0M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $82.4M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Digger | 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | 0% | — |
 Smurfs | 2025 | $11.1M | $31.1M | 2.80x | $120.6M | B+ | 21% | — |
 Atomic Blonde | 2017 | $18.3M | $51.6M | 2.80x | $98.3M | — | 79% | — |
 10 Cloverfield Lane | 2016 | $24.7M | $72.1M | 2.92x | $108.3M | B- | 90% | #44 |
 The Monuments Men | 2014 | $22.0M | $78.0M | 3.54x | $158.7M | B+ | 32% | #44 |
 Monsters University | 2013 | $82.4M | $268.0M | 3.26x | $744.0M | A | 80% | #7 |
 The Hangover Part III | 2013 | $41.7M | $112.0M | 2.69x | $362.0M | B | 21% | #29 |
 Argo | 2012 | $19.5M | $136.0M | 6.99x | $232.0M | A+ | 96% | #22 |
 Flight | 2012 | $24.9M | $93.8M | 3.77x | $162.0M | A- | 77% | #32 |
 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | 2011 | $10.0M | $31.8M | 3.20x | $55.2M | — | 45% | — |
 The Artist | 2011 | $2.4M | $44.7M | 18.8x | $128.1M | — | 95% | — |
 Confessions of a Shopaholic | 2009 | $15.1M | $44.3M | 2.94x | $108.0M | B | 26% | — |
 Bee Movie | 2007 | $38.0M | $127.0M | 3.33x | $294.0M | B+ | 49% | #21 |
 The Jungle Book 2 | 2003 | $11.4M | $47.9M | 4.19x | $136.0M | A- | 19% | — |
 Monsters, Inc. | 2001 | $62.6M | $256.0M | 4.09x | $529.0M | A+ | 96% | #4 |
 Coyote Ugly | 2000 | $17.3M | $60.8M | 3.51x | $114.0M | A- | 23% | #41 |
 O Brother, Where Art Thou? | 2000 | $195K | $45.5M | 233.2x | $75.8M | — | 78% | — |
 The Emperor's New Groove | 2000 | $9.8M | $89.3M | 9.10x | $169.0M | A | 86% | #25 |
 The Big Lebowski | 1998 | $5.5M | $19.1M | — | $47.8M | — | 79% | — |
 Barton Fink | 1991 | $269K | $6.2M | 22.9x | — | — | 90% | — |
 Raising Arizona | 1987 | $36K | $22.8M | 630.4x | — | — | 91% | — |
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
Raising Arizona1987Barton Fink1991The Big Lebowski1998Coyote Ugly2000O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000The Emperor's New Groove2000Monsters, Inc.2001The Jungle Book 22003Bee Movie2007Confessions of a Shopaholic2009Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close2011The Artist2011Argo2012Flight2012Monsters University2013The Hangover Part III2013The Monuments Men201410 Cloverfield Lane2016Atomic Blonde2017Smurfs2025Digger2026DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 1.9 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.2x
$3.64B worldwide on $1.12B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.61BInternational $2.03B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven8.0x
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.
Records held
All records →#5All-time G domesticMonsters University$268.5M#6All-time G domesticMonsters, Inc.$255.9M#20Biggest animated openingsMonsters University$82.4M
3 placings across 2 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.
Connected
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.