Director
Mark Waters
5 films•2003–2011•Comedy · Fantasy · Family
71%average critics63%average audience$76.8Mdomestic average
Films
5
2003–2011
Domestic
$383.8M
lifetime
Worldwide
$745.0M
lifetime
Avg opening
$20.1M
3-day
Avg legs
3.77x
opening → total
Return
3.1x
on $240.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 5 films directed by Mark Waters, from Freaky Friday (2003) to Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011), together grossing $383.8M domestic and $745.0M worldwide. The biggest hit is Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011) at $187.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Mean Girls (2004) at $24.4M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Popper's Penguins | 2011 | $18.4M | $68.2M | 3.70x | $187.0M | A- | 47% | — |
| The Spiderwick Chronicles | 2008 | $19.0M | $71.2M | 3.75x | $164.0M | A- | 81% | #45 |
 Just Like Heaven | 2005 | $16.4M | $48.3M | 2.94x | $103.0M | — | 54% | — |
| Mean Girls | 2004 | $24.4M | $86.1M | 3.52x | $130.0M | A- | 84% | #27 |
| Freaky Friday | 2003 | $22.2M | $110.0M | 4.96x | $161.0M | A- | 88% | #22 |
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 2.0 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.1x
$745.0M worldwide on $240.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $383.8MInternational $361.2M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven8.1x
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.
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.