Actor
John Travolta
13 films•1976–2009•Crime · Action · Drama
61%average critics71%average audience$91.9Mdomestic average
Films
13
1976–2009
Domestic
$1.19B
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.03B
lifetime
Avg opening
$18.4M
3-day
Avg legs
5.57x
opening → total
Return
2.5x
on $712.8M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 13 films featuring John Travolta, from Carrie (1976) to The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), together grossing $1.19B domestic and $2.03B worldwide. The biggest hit is Bolt (2008) at $310.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Wild Hogs (2007) at $39.7M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Taking of Pelham 123 | 2009 | $23.4M | $65.5M | 2.80x | $150.0M | B+ | 51% | — |
 Bolt | 2008 | $26.2M | $114.0M | 4.35x | $310.0M | A- | 90% | #22 |
 Hairspray | 2007 | $27.5M | $119.0M | 4.30x | $204.0M | A | 92% | #24 |
 Wild Hogs | 2007 | $39.7M | $168.0M | 4.24x | $254.0M | B+ | 14% | #13 |
 Be Cool | 2005 | $23.5M | $56.0M | 2.39x | $94.9M | B- | 29% | #49 |
 Ladder 49 | 2004 | $22.1M | $74.5M | 3.37x | $102.0M | A- | 40% | #37 |
 The Punisher | 2004 | $13.8M | $33.7M | 2.40x | $54.5M | — | 30% | — |
 Swordfish | 2001 | $18.1M | $69.8M | 3.85x | $147.0M | B | 27% | #35 |
 Face/Off | 1997 | $23.4M | $112.3M | 4.80x | $241.2M | — | 93% | — |
 Pulp Fiction | 1994 | $9.3M | $102.0M | 10.9x | $214.0M | B+ | 92% | — |
 Grease | 1978 | $8.9M | $160.0M | 17.9x | — | — | 65% | — |
 Saturday Night Fever | 1977 | $3.9M | $94.2M | 24.3x | $237.1M | — | 82% | — |
 Carrie | 1976 | — | $25.9M | — | $25.9M | — | 94% | — |
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 2.8 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.5x
$1.80B worldwide on $712.8M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $940.7MInternational $856.8M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven26.8x
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.