Director
Robert Rodriguez
11 films•1995–2019•Action · Crime · Adventure
68%average critics63%average audience$58.5Mdomestic average
Films
11
1995–2019
Domestic
$643.5M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.31B
lifetime
Avg opening
$18.6M
3-day
Avg legs
3.01x
opening → total
Return
2.6x
on $507.5M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 11 films directed by Robert Rodriguez, from Desperado (1995) to Alita: Battle Angel (2019), together grossing $643.5M domestic and $1.31B worldwide. The biggest hit is Alita: Battle Angel (2019) at $401.9M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003) at $33.4M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alita: Battle Angel | 2019 | $28.5M | $85.7M | 3.00x | $401.9M | A- | 61% | #34 |
 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | 2014 | $6.3M | $13.8M | 2.20x | $40.7M | — | 43% | — |
 Machete | 2010 | $11.4M | $26.6M | 2.30x | $46.4M | — | 70% | — |
 Grindhouse | 2007 | $11.6M | $25.0M | 2.20x | $50.2M | — | 84% | — |
 Sin City | 2005 | $29.1M | $74.1M | 2.50x | $159.0M | B | 76% | #33 |
 Once Upon a Time in Mexico | 2003 | $23.4M | $56.3M | 2.40x | $97.4M | — | 66% | — |
 Spy Kids 3: Game Over | 2003 | $33.4M | $112.0M | 3.40x | $197.0M | B+ | 45% | #20 |
 Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams | 2002 | $16.7M | $85.8M | 5.14x | $120.0M | A- | 75% | #30 |
 Spy Kids | 2001 | $26.5M | $113.0M | 4.25x | $148.0M | A | 92% | #18 |
 From Dusk Till Dawn | 1996 | $10.2M | $25.7M | 2.50x | $25.7M | — | 65% | — |
 Desperado | 1995 | $7.9M | $25.5M | 3.20x | $25.5M | — | 71% | — |
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 2.4 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.6x
$1.31B worldwide on $507.5M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $643.5MInternational $668.3M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven5.2x
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.