Director
Ridley Scott
19 films•1979–2026•Drama · Adventure · Action
66%average critics75%average audience$95.0Mdomestic average
Films
19
1979–2026
Domestic
$1.81B
lifetime
Worldwide
$4.63B
lifetime
Avg opening
$27.6M
3-day
Avg legs
3.19x
opening → total
Return
2.2x
on $2.06B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 19 films directed by Ridley Scott, from Alien (1979) to The Dog Stars (2026), together grossing $1.81B domestic and $4.63B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Martian (2015) at $653.6M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Hannibal (2001) at $58.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Dog Stars | 2026 | $7.7M | $14.2M | 1.80x | $34.2M | C+ | 40% | #56 |
 Gladiator II | 2024 | $55.5M | $244.0M | 4.40x | $462.2M | B | 70% | — |
 Napoleon | 2023 | $32.8M | $61.5M | 1.88x | $222.4M | A | 57% | #42 |
 House of Gucci | 2021 | $14.4M | $53.8M | 3.74x | $153.3M | B+ | 61% | #25 |
 The Last Duel | 2021 | $4.8M | $10.9M | 2.30x | $30.6M | — | 85% | — |
 Alien: Covenant | 2017 | $36.2M | $74.3M | 2.05x | $238.5M | B | 65% | #42 |
 The Martian | 2015 | $54.3M | $228.4M | 4.21x | $653.6M | A+ | 91% | #9 |
 Exodus: Gods and Kings | 2014 | $24.1M | $65.0M | 2.70x | $268.3M | — | 29% | — |
 Prometheus | 2012 | $51.1M | $126.0M | 2.48x | $403.0M | B | 73% | #24 |
 Robin Hood | 2010 | $36.1M | $105.0M | 2.92x | $322.0M | B- | 43% | #26 |
 Body of Lies | 2008 | $12.9M | $39.4M | 3.06x | $116.0M | B- | 54% | — |
 American Gangster | 2007 | $43.6M | $130.0M | 2.99x | $270.0M | B+ | 81% | #19 |
 Kingdom of Heaven | 2005 | $19.6M | $47.4M | 2.41x | $214.0M | A | 39% | — |
 Black Hawk Down | 2002 | $28.6M | $109.0M | 3.80x | $160.0M | — | 77% | #23 |
 Hannibal | 2001 | $58.0M | $165.0M | 2.80x | $352.0M | C+ | 39% | #12 |
 Gladiator | 2000 | $34.8M | $188.0M | 5.39x | $461.0M | A | 80% | #4 |
 Thelma & Louise | 1991 | — | $45.4M | — | $45.6M | — | 87% | — |
 Blade Runner | 1982 | $6.2M | $32.7M | 5.30x | $39.6M | — | 89% | — |
 Alien | 1979 | $3.5M | $65.4M | — | $188.0M | — | 93% | — |
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
Alien1979Blade Runner1982Thelma & Louise1991Gladiator2000Hannibal2001Black Hawk Down2002Kingdom of Heaven2005American Gangster2007Body of Lies2008Robin Hood2010Prometheus2012Exodus: Gods and Kings2014The Martian2015Alien: Covenant2017House of Gucci2021The Last Duel2021Napoleon2023Gladiator II2024The Dog Stars2026DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 2.6 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.2x
$4.63B worldwide on $2.06B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.81BInternational $2.83B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven17.6x
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 →2 placings across 2 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
Series
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
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