Director
Jon Favreau
15 films•8 as cast•2003–2026•Action · Adventure · Drama
62%average critics70%average audience$227.5Mdomestic average
Films
15
2003–2026
Domestic
$3.41B
lifetime
Worldwide
$8.05B
lifetime
Avg opening
$73.1M
3-day
Avg legs
4.15x
opening → total
Return
4.2x
on $1.91B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 15 films credited to Jon Favreau, 8 as director and 8 in the cast, from Daredevil (2003) to The Mandalorian & Grogu (2026), together grossing $3.41B domestic and $8.05B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Lion King (2019) at $1.66B worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $191.8M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Mandalorian & Grogu | 2026 | $81.7M | $177.7M | 2.20x | $345.7M | A- | 63% | #11 |
 Spider-Man: Far from Home | 2019 | $92.6M | $391.4M | 4.22x | $1.13B | A | 91% | #7 |
 The Lion King | 2019 | $191.8M | $543.6M | 2.83x | $1.66B | A | 52% | #2 |
 The Jungle Book | 2016 | $103.3M | $364.0M | 3.53x | $966.6M | A | 95% | #5 |
 Chef | 2014 | $2.6M | $31.4M | 12.0x | $46.8M | — | 87% | — |
 Identity Thief | 2013 | $34.6M | $135.0M | 3.89x | $174.0M | B | 20% | #20 |
 Iron Man 3 | 2013 | $174.0M | $409.0M | 2.35x | $1.21B | A | 79% | #2 |
 Cowboys & Aliens | 2011 | $36.4M | $100.0M | 2.75x | $175.0M | B | 44% | #29 |
 Iron Man 2 | 2010 | $128.0M | $312.0M | 2.44x | $624.0M | A | 72% | #3 |
 Couples Retreat | 2009 | $34.3M | $109.0M | 3.19x | $172.0M | B | 10% | #29 |
 G-Force | 2009 | $31.7M | $119.0M | 3.77x | $293.0M | B+ | 22% | #26 |
 Iron Man | 2008 | $98.6M | $319.0M | 3.23x | $585.0M | A | 94% | #2 |
 Daredevil | 2003 | $40.3M | $103.0M | 2.54x | $179.0M | B | 42% | #28 |
 Elf | 2003 | $31.1M | $173.0M | 5.60x | $220.0M | A- | 85% | #7 |
 Something's Gotta Give | 2003 | $16.1M | $125.0M | 7.76x | $265.0M | A- | 72% | #17 |
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 1.6 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
4.2x
$8.00B worldwide on $1.91B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $3.38BInternational $4.62B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven7.1x
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 →#1Biggest PG openingsThe Lion King$191.8M#2All-time G domesticThe Lion King$422.8M#4All-time PG domesticThe Lion King$543.6M#15Biggest PG-13 openingsIron Man 3$174.1M#19Biggest opening weekendsIron Man 3$174.1M#31Biggest worldwide runsIron Man 3$1.21B#37Biggest worldwide runsSpider-Man: Far from Home$1.13B
Top 7 of 14 placings across 9 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
Series
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
