Director
Mike Mitchell
6 films•2005–2024•Comedy · Adventure · Animation
62%average critics63%average audience$148.2Mdomestic average
Films
6
2005–2024
Domestic
$889.2M
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.26B
lifetime
Avg opening
$41.3M
3-day
Avg legs
3.86x
opening → total
Return
4.2x
on $534.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 6 films directed by Mike Mitchell, from Sky High (2005) to Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024), together grossing $889.2M domestic and $2.26B worldwide. The biggest hit is Shrek Forever After (2010) at $753.0M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $70.8M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kung Fu Panda 4 | 2024 | $58.3M | $193.6M | 3.30x | $547.7M | A- | 71% | #12 |
 The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part | 2019 | $34.4M | $105.8M | 3.10x | $192.3M | A- | 84% | #29 |
| Trolls | 2016 | $46.6M | $153.9M | 3.30x | $345.1M | A | 76% | #18 |
| Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | 2011 | $23.2M | $133.0M | 5.73x | $343.0M | B+ | 10% | #20 |
| Shrek Forever After | 2010 | $70.8M | $239.0M | 3.37x | $753.0M | A | 58% | #8 |
 Sky High | 2005 | $14.6M | $63.9M | 4.37x | $83.1M | A | 74% | #40 |
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 3.8 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
4.2x
$2.26B worldwide on $534.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $889.2MInternational $1.38B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven6.4x
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.
