Director
Lana Wachowski
6 films•1999–2021•Sci-Fi · Action · Drama
58%average critics66%average audience$117.4Mdomestic average
Films
6
1999–2021
Domestic
$704.3M
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.11B
lifetime
Avg opening
$34.5M
3-day
Avg legs
3.51x
opening → total
Return
2.5x
on $834.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 6 films directed by Lana Wachowski, from The Matrix (1999) to The Matrix Resurrections (2021), together grossing $704.3M domestic and $2.11B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Matrix Reloaded (2003) at $739.0M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $91.8M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Matrix Resurrections | 2021 | $10.7M | $37.7M | 3.52x | $157.4M | B | 63% | #35 |
| Jupiter Ascending | 2015 | $18.4M | $47.5M | 2.60x | $184.4M | — | 28% | — |
 Cloud Atlas | 2012 | $9.6M | $27.1M | 2.80x | $130.7M | — | 65% | — |
| The Matrix Reloaded | 2003 | $91.8M | $282.0M | 3.07x | $739.0M | B+ | 74% | #4 |
| The Matrix Revolutions | 2003 | $48.5M | $139.0M | 2.87x | $427.0M | — | 33% | #10 |
| The Matrix | 1999 | $27.8M | $171.0M | 6.17x | $468.0M | A- | 83% | — |
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 4.4 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.5x
$2.11B worldwide on $834.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $704.3MInternational $1.40B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven7.4x
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 →2 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
Studios
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.