Director
Richard Linklater
7 films•1993–2023•Comedy · Drama · Romance
96%average critics84%average audience$19.2Mdomestic average
Films
7
1993–2023
Domestic
$134.3M
lifetime
Worldwide
$241.0M
lifetime
Avg opening
$3.5M
3-day
Avg legs
7.41x
opening → total
Return
4.4x
on $53.4M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 7 films directed by Richard Linklater, from Dazed and Confused (1993) to Hit Man (2023), together grossing $134.3M domestic and $241.0M worldwide. The biggest hit is School of Rock (2003) at $131.0M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $19.6M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hit Man | 2023 | — | — | — | $4.0M | — | 95% | — |
 Boyhood | 2014 | $2.0M | $25.4M | 12.7x | $57.3M | — | 97% | — |
 Before Midnight | 2013 | $247K | $8.1M | 32.8x | $23.2M | — | 98% | — |
 Before Sunset | 2004 | $219K | $5.8M | 26.4x | $11.2M | — | 94% | — |
 School of Rock | 2003 | $19.6M | $81.3M | 4.14x | $131.0M | A- | 92% | #37 |
 Before Sunrise | 1995 | $1.4M | $5.3M | 3.70x | $5.9M | — | 100% | — |
 Dazed and Confused | 1993 | $918K | $8.4M | 9.10x | $8.4M | — | 94% | — |
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 5.0 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
4.4x
$237.0M worldwide on $53.4M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $134.3MInternational $102.7M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven14.3x
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
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