Actor
Michael Shannon
8 films•2003–2026•Drama · Action · Adventure
68%average critics71%average audience$93.2Mdomestic average
Films
8
2003–2026
Domestic
$745.7M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.67B
lifetime
Avg opening
$28.7M
3-day
Avg legs
5.92x
opening → total
Return
2.7x
on $612.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 8 films featuring Michael Shannon, from Kangaroo Jack (2003) to Buddy (2026), together grossing $745.7M domestic and $1.67B worldwide. The biggest hit is Man of Steel (2013) at $670.0M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $117.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Buddy | 2026 | $5.5M | $16.7M | 3.00x | $16.7M | — | 88% | #52 |
 The Flash | 2023 | $55.0M | $108.1M | 2.00x | $271.4M | A- | 56% | #24 |
 Knives Out | 2019 | $26.8M | $165.4M | 6.17x | $312.9M | A- | 97% | #15 |
 The Shape of Water | 2017 | $3.3M | $63.9M | 19.4x | $195.2M | e | 93% | #46 |
 Nocturnal Animals | 2016 | $493K | $10.7M | 21.6x | $32.4M | — | 74% | — |
 Man of Steel | 2013 | $117.0M | $291.0M | 2.50x | $670.0M | A- | 56% | #5 |
 Revolutionary Road | 2008 | $5.2M | $23.0M | 4.40x | $79.6M | — | 67% | — |
 Kangaroo Jack | 2003 | $16.6M | $66.9M | 4.04x | $90.6M | A- | 9% | #43 |
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 3.3 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.7x
$1.65B worldwide on $612.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $729.0MInternational $923.1M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven10.0x
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.
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Studios
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.