Actor
Laurence Fishburne
15 films•1979–2023•Action · Drama · Sci-Fi
68%average critics74%average audience$130.7Mdomestic average
Films
15
1979–2023
Domestic
$1.96B
lifetime
Worldwide
$4.38B
lifetime
Avg opening
$38.9M
3-day
Avg legs
4.11x
opening → total
Return
3.4x
on $1.28B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 15 films featuring Laurence Fishburne, from Apocalypse Now (1979) to John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), together grossing $1.96B domestic and $4.38B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Matrix Reloaded (2003) at $739.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Man of Steel (2013) at $117.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 John Wick: Chapter 4 | 2023 | $73.8M | $187.1M | 2.50x | $447.3M | A | 87% | #10 |
 John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum | 2019 | $56.8M | $171.0M | 3.00x | $327.8M | A- | 89% | #14 |
 The Mule | 2018 | $17.5M | $103.8M | 5.88x | $102.2M | A− | 70% | #32 |
 Passengers | 2016 | $14.9M | $100.0M | 6.73x | $302.2M | B+ | 31% | #30 |
 Man of Steel | 2013 | $117.0M | $291.0M | 2.50x | $670.0M | A- | 56% | #5 |
 Contagion | 2011 | $22.4M | $75.7M | 3.38x | $137.0M | B- | 85% | #44 |
 Predators | 2010 | $24.8M | $52.0M | 2.10x | $127.2M | — | 66% | — |
 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | 2007 | $58.1M | $132.0M | 2.27x | $302.0M | B | 38% | #18 |
 Mystic River | 2003 | $10.4M | $90.1M | 8.63x | $157.0M | B+ | 89% | #34 |
 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% | — |
 Event Horizon | 1997 | $9.5M | $26.7M | 2.80x | $26.7M | — | 36% | — |
 Boyz n the Hood | 1991 | $10.0M | $56.2M | 5.60x | $56.2M | — | 96% | — |
 Apocalypse Now | 1979 | $119K | $83.6M | — | $86.0M | — | 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
Apocalypse Now1979Boyz n the Hood1991Event Horizon1997The Matrix1999Mystic River2003The Matrix Reloaded2003The Matrix Revolutions2003Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer2007Predators2010Contagion2011Man of Steel2013Passengers2016The Mule2018John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum2019John Wick: Chapter 42023DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 3.1 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.4x
$4.38B worldwide on $1.28B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.96BInternational $2.41B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven8.6x
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 →#7Biggest R openingsThe Matrix Reloaded$91.8M#10All-time R domesticThe Matrix Reloaded$281.6M#18Biggest R openingsJohn Wick: Chapter 4$73.8M
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
Series
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.