Actor
Kurt Russell
14 films•1981–2026•Action · Drama · Adventure
71%average critics76%average audience$70.7Mdomestic average
Films
14
1981–2026
Domestic
$990.2M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.97B
lifetime
Avg opening
$21.1M
3-day
Avg legs
4.62x
opening → total
Return
2.4x
on $817.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 14 films featuring Kurt Russell, from Escape from New York (1981) to The Rivals of Amziah King (2026), together grossing $990.2M domestic and $1.97B worldwide. The biggest hit is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) at $869.1M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $146.5M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Rivals of Amziah King | 2026 | $1.0M | $2.1M | 2.10x | $2.5M | — | 89% | #94 |
 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | 2017 | $146.5M | $389.8M | 2.66x | $869.1M | A | 85% | #5 |
 Deepwater Horizon | 2016 | $20.2M | $61.4M | 3.00x | $122.3M | — | 82% | — |
 The Hateful Eight | 2015 | $4.6M | $54.1M | 11.9x | $151.8M | B | 74% | #48 |
 Death Proof | 2007 | — | — | — | $31.1M | — | 66% | — |
 Grindhouse | 2007 | $11.6M | $25.0M | 2.20x | $50.2M | — | 84% | — |
 Poseidon | 2006 | $22.2M | $60.7M | 2.74x | $182.0M | B | 33% | #49 |
 Sky High | 2005 | $14.6M | $63.9M | 4.37x | $83.1M | A | 74% | #40 |
 Miracle | 2004 | $19.4M | $64.4M | 3.32x | $64.5M | A | 80% | #46 |
 Vanilla Sky | 2001 | $25.0M | $101.0M | 4.02x | $203.0M | D- | 41% | #20 |
 Stargate | 1994 | $16.7M | $71.6M | 4.30x | $196.6M | — | 53% | — |
 Tombstone | 1993 | $6.5M | $56.5M | 8.80x | — | — | 76% | — |
 The Thing | 1982 | $3.1M | $14.5M | 4.60x | $15.2M | — | 85% | — |
 Escape from New York | 1981 | $4.2M | $25.2M | 6.10x | — | — | 70% | — |
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 3.5 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.4x
$1.92B worldwide on $817.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $891.9MInternational $1.03B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven4.3x
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 →1 placing across 1 all-time chart. 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.
