Actor
Meryl Streep
19 films•1978–2026•Drama · Comedy · Romance
74%average critics73%average audience$82.4Mdomestic average
Films
19
1978–2026
Domestic
$1.57B
lifetime
Worldwide
$3.73B
lifetime
Avg opening
$17.5M
3-day
Avg legs
5.35x
opening → total
Return
3.8x
on $984.2M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 19 films featuring Meryl Streep, from The Deer Hunter (1978) to The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026), together grossing $1.57B domestic and $3.73B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) at $692.9M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $76.7M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Devil Wears Prada 2 | 2026 | $76.7M | $220.6M | 2.90x | $692.9M | A- | 78% | #8 |
 Don't Look Up | 2021 | — | — | — | $1.2M | — | 56% | — |
 Little Women | 2019 | $16.8M | $108.1M | 6.45x | $218.8M | A- | 95% | #28 |
 The Post | 2017 | $18.6M | $81.9M | 4.40x | $179.8M | A | 88% | #39 |
 Into the Woods | 2014 | $31.1M | $128.0M | 4.12x | $212.4M | B | 71% | #23 |
 Hope Springs | 2012 | $14.7M | $63.5M | 4.34x | $133.0M | — | 75% | #50 |
 The Iron Lady | 2011 | $5.4M | $30.0M | 5.50x | $115.6M | — | 51% | — |
 Fantastic Mr. Fox | 2009 | $266K | $21.0M | 79.0x | $45.9M | — | 93% | — |
 It's Complicated | 2009 | $22.1M | $113.0M | 5.10x | $219.0M | A | 58% | #28 |
 Julie & Julia | 2009 | $20.0M | $94.1M | 4.70x | $130.0M | — | 76% | #34 |
 Mamma Mia! | 2008 | $27.8M | $144.0M | 5.20x | $610.0M | A- | 55% | #13 |
 The Devil Wears Prada | 2006 | $27.5M | $125.0M | 4.53x | $327.0M | B | 75% | #17 |
 A Series of Unfortunate Events | 2004 | $30.1M | $119.0M | 3.95x | $211.0M | B+ | 72% | #18 |
 The Manchurian Candidate | 2004 | $20.0M | $66.0M | 3.29x | $96.1M | B+ | 79% | #44 |
 Adaptation | 2002 | $2.6M | $22.5M | 8.50x | $32.8M | — | 90% | — |
 The Hours | 2002 | $3.4M | $41.7M | 12.4x | $97.0M | — | 79% | — |
 Death Becomes Her | 1992 | $12.1M | $58.4M | 4.80x | $149.0M | — | 58% | — |
 Out of Africa | 1985 | $3.6M | $79.1M | 21.7x | $258.2M | — | 62% | — |
 The Deer Hunter | 1978 | — | $50.0M | — | — | — | 86% | — |
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
The Deer Hunter1978Out of Africa1985Death Becomes Her1992Adaptation2002The Hours2002A Series of Unfortunate Events2004The Manchurian Candidate2004The Devil Wears Prada2006Mamma Mia!2008Fantastic Mr. Fox2009It's Complicated2009Julie & Julia2009The Iron Lady2011Hope Springs2012Into the Woods2014The Post2017Little Women2019Don't Look Up2021The Devil Wears Prada 22026DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 2.7 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.8x
$3.73B worldwide on $984.2M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.52BInternational $2.21B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven11.7x
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.
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