Actor
Morgan Freeman
29 films•1989–2019•Drama · Action · Thriller
63%average critics71%average audience$93.3Mdomestic average
Films
29
1989–2019
Domestic
$2.71B
lifetime
Worldwide
$5.87B
lifetime
Avg opening
$23.8M
3-day
Avg legs
5.16x
opening → total
Return
3.8x
on $1.56B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 29 films featuring Morgan Freeman, from Driving Miss Daisy (1989) to Angel Has Fallen (2019), together grossing $2.71B domestic and $5.87B worldwide. The biggest hit is Bruce Almighty (2003) at $485.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to The Lego Movie (2014) at $69.1M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Angel Has Fallen | 2019 | $21.4M | $69.0M | 3.20x | $147.0M | A- | 38% | #41 |
 London Has Fallen | 2016 | $21.6M | $62.5M | 2.90x | $195.2M | — | 28% | — |
 Ted 2 | 2015 | $33.5M | $81.5M | 2.43x | $217.2M | B+ | 46% | #37 |
 Dolphin Tale 2 | 2014 | $16.5M | $42.0M | 2.54x | $57.8M | A | 47% | #49 |
 Lucy | 2014 | $43.9M | $126.7M | 2.89x | $457.5M | A- | 67% | #24 |
 The Lego Movie | 2014 | $69.1M | $257.8M | 3.73x | $467.2M | A | 96% | #5 |
 Transcendence | 2014 | $10.9M | $23.0M | 2.10x | $103.0M | — | 19% | — |
 Oblivion | 2013 | $37.1M | $89.1M | 2.40x | $286.0M | B- | 53% | #41 |
 Olympus Has Fallen | 2013 | $30.4M | $98.9M | 3.26x | $170.0M | A- | 49% | #35 |
 Dolphin Tale | 2011 | $19.2M | $72.3M | 3.77x | $96.1M | A+ | 81% | #50 |
 RED | 2010 | $21.8M | $90.4M | 4.15x | $199.0M | A- | 72% | #38 |
 Invictus | 2009 | $8.6M | $37.5M | 4.35x | $122.0M | A- | 76% | — |
 The Bucket List | 2008 | $19.4M | $93.5M | 4.82x | $175.0M | A- | 40% | #33 |
 Wanted | 2008 | $50.9M | $135.0M | 2.64x | $342.0M | B+ | 71% | #18 |
 Evan Almighty | 2007 | $31.2M | $100.0M | 3.22x | $174.0M | A- | 24% | #28 |
 Gone Baby Gone | 2007 | $5.5M | $20.3M | 3.70x | $34.4M | — | 94% | — |
 Lucky Number Slevin | 2006 | $7.0M | $22.5M | 3.20x | $55.5M | — | 52% | — |
 March of the Penguins | 2005 | $7.1M | $77.4M | 10.9x | $127.0M | — | 94% | #28 |
 Million Dollar Baby | 2005 | $12.3M | $100.0M | 8.19x | $232.0M | — | 90% | #20 |
 Bruce Almighty | 2003 | $68.0M | $243.0M | 3.57x | $485.0M | A | 48% | #5 |
 The Sum of All Fears | 2002 | $31.2M | $119.0M | 3.81x | $194.0M | A- | 58% | #21 |
 Along Came a Spider | 2001 | $16.7M | $74.1M | 4.43x | $105.0M | — | 32% | #30 |
 Deep Impact | 1998 | $41.2M | $140.5M | 3.40x | $349.5M | — | 45% | — |
 Se7en | 1995 | $13.9M | $101.9M | 7.30x | $329.9M | — | 84% | — |
 The Shawshank Redemption | 1994 | $2.4M | $28.3M | 11.8x | $28.8M | — | 89% | — |
 Unforgiven | 1992 | $15.0M | $101.0M | 6.70x | $159.0M | — | 96% | — |
 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | 1991 | $25.6M | $165.5M | 6.50x | $390.5M | — | 53% | — |
 Driving Miss Daisy | 1989 | $5.7M | $107.0M | 18.7x | $146.0M | — | 85% | — |
 Glory | 1989 | $3.0M | $26.8M | 8.90x | $26.8M | — | 95% | — |
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 1.1 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.8x
$5.87B worldwide on $1.56B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $2.71BInternational $3.17B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven19.5x
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 →Top 1 of 4 placings across 4 all-time charts. 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.