Actor
Melissa McCarthy
8 films•2011–2023•Comedy · Action · Crime
58%average critics61%average audience$143.6Mdomestic average
Films
8
2011–2023
Domestic
$1.15B
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.94B
lifetime
Avg opening
$39.4M
3-day
Avg legs
3.84x
opening → total
Return
3.2x
on $611.5M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 8 films featuring Melissa McCarthy, from Bridesmaids (2011) to The Little Mermaid (2023), together grossing $1.15B domestic and $1.94B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Little Mermaid (2023) at $569.6M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $95.6M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Little Mermaid | 2023 | $95.6M | $298.2M | 3.10x | $569.6M | A | 71% | #6 |
 Ghostbusters | 2016 | $46.0M | $128.4M | 2.79x | $229.3M | B | 73% | #21 |
 The Boss | 2016 | $23.4M | $63.3M | 2.71x | $117.4M | C+ | 29% | #50 |
 Spy | 2015 | $29.1M | $110.8M | 3.80x | $233.8M | — | 94% | — |
 Tammy | 2014 | $21.5M | $84.5M | 3.93x | $96.4M | B- | 24% | #40 |
 Identity Thief | 2013 | $34.6M | $135.0M | 3.89x | $174.0M | B | 20% | #20 |
 The Heat | 2013 | $39.1M | $160.0M | 4.08x | $230.0M | A- | 66% | #15 |
 Bridesmaids | 2011 | $26.2M | $169.0M | 6.45x | $289.0M | B+ | 89% | #14 |
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 1.7 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.2x
$1.94B worldwide on $611.5M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.15BInternational $790.3M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven8.9x
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.