Actor
Peter Sarsgaard
10 films•1999–2023•Drama · Comedy · Romance
65%average critics67%average audience$53.3Mdomestic average
Films
10
1999–2023
Domestic
$533.2M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.30B
lifetime
Avg opening
$17.6M
3-day
Avg legs
5.23x
opening → total
Return
1.9x
on $694.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 10 films featuring Peter Sarsgaard, from Boys Don't Cry (1999) to Napoleon (2023), together grossing $533.2M domestic and $1.30B worldwide. The biggest hit is Knight and Day (2010) at $259.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Green Lantern (2011) at $53.2M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Napoleon | 2023 | $32.8M | $61.5M | 1.88x | $222.4M | A | 57% | #42 |
 Blue Jasmine | 2013 | $4.0M | $33.4M | 8.40x | $102.9M | — | 90% | — |
 Green Lantern | 2011 | $53.2M | $117.0M | 2.19x | $237.0M | B | 25% | #24 |
 Knight and Day | 2010 | $20.1M | $76.4M | 3.79x | $259.0M | B+ | 51% | #45 |
 An Education | 2009 | $763K | $12.6M | 16.5x | $29.7M | — | 94% | — |
 Orphan | 2009 | $12.9M | $41.6M | 3.20x | $78.8M | — | 60% | — |
 Flightplan | 2005 | $24.6M | $89.7M | 3.64x | $223.0M | A | 36% | #21 |
 Jarhead | 2005 | $27.7M | $62.7M | 2.26x | $96.9M | B | 60% | #42 |
 Garden State | 2004 | $201K | $26.8M | 133.2x | $36.0M | — | 86% | — |
 Boys Don't Cry | 1999 | $74K | $11.5M | — | $11.5M | — | 90% | — |
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 2.7 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
1.9x
$1.30B worldwide on $694.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $533.2MInternational $764.0M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven14.4x
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.