Actor
Matthew McConaughey
18 films•1996–2026•Comedy · Drama · Adventure
61%average critics72%average audience$92.4Mdomestic average
Films
18
1996–2026
Domestic
$1.66B
lifetime
Worldwide
$3.61B
lifetime
Avg opening
$20.7M
3-day
Avg legs
4.96x
opening → total
Return
3.4x
on $1.06B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 18 films featuring Matthew McConaughey, from A Time to Kill (1996) to The Rivals of Amziah King (2026), together grossing $1.66B domestic and $3.61B worldwide. The biggest hit is Interstellar (2014) at $642.5M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Sing (2016) at $55.9M.
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 |
 Sing 2 | 2021 | $22.0M | $163.0M | 7.40x | $408.0M | A | 72% | #7 |
 The Gentlemen | 2020 | $11.0M | $36.5M | 3.30x | $115.2M | B+ | 75% | #11 |
 Sing | 2016 | $55.9M | $270.4M | 4.83x | $634.4M | A | 71% | #10 |
 Interstellar | 2014 | $47.5M | $188.0M | 3.96x | $642.5M | A- | 73% | #16 |
 Dallas Buyers Club | 2013 | $2.7M | $27.3M | 10.2x | $60.6M | — | 92% | — |
 The Wolf of Wall Street | 2013 | $18.4M | $117.0M | 6.37x | $392.0M | C | 79% | #27 |
 Magic Mike | 2012 | $39.1M | $114.0M | 2.91x | $167.0M | B | 78% | #28 |
 Mud | 2012 | $2.2M | $21.6M | 9.70x | $31.6M | — | 97% | — |
 Fool's Gold | 2008 | $21.6M | $70.2M | 3.25x | $109.0M | B- | 11% | #46 |
 Failure to Launch | 2006 | $24.4M | $88.7M | 3.63x | $130.0M | A- | 23% | #21 |
 Sahara | 2005 | $18.1M | $68.7M | 3.80x | $119.0M | B+ | 37% | #36 |
 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | 2003 | $23.8M | $106.0M | 4.45x | $178.0M | A | 42% | #25 |
 Reign of Fire | 2002 | $15.6M | $43.1M | 2.75x | $82.2M | — | 42% | — |
 The Wedding Planner | 2001 | $13.5M | $60.4M | 4.47x | $94.7M | — | 17% | #39 |
 U-571 | 2000 | $19.6M | $77.1M | 3.94x | $128.0M | B+ | 67% | #27 |
 Contact | 1997 | $20.6M | $100.9M | 4.90x | $165.9M | — | 69% | — |
 A Time to Kill | 1996 | $14.8M | $108.8M | 7.30x | $152.3M | — | 66% | — |
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
A Time to Kill1996Contact1997U-5712000The Wedding Planner2001Reign of Fire2002How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days2003Sahara2005Failure to Launch2006Fool's Gold2008Magic Mike2012Mud2012Dallas Buyers Club2013The Wolf of Wall Street2013Interstellar2014Sing2016The Gentlemen2020Sing 22021The Rivals of Amziah King2026DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 1.8 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.4x
$3.61B worldwide on $1.06B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.66BInternational $1.95B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven23.9x
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.
