Director
Roland Emmerich
10 films•1994–2019•Action · Adventure · Sci-Fi
44%average critics60%average audience$130.8Mdomestic average
Films
10
1994–2019
Domestic
$1.31B
lifetime
Worldwide
$3.91B
lifetime
Avg opening
$38.7M
3-day
Avg legs
3.51x
opening → total
Return
3.2x
on $1.21B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 10 films directed by Roland Emmerich, from Stargate (1994) to Midway (2019), together grossing $1.31B domestic and $3.91B worldwide. The biggest hit is Independence Day (1996) at $817.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to The Day After Tomorrow (2004) at $68.7M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Midway | 2019 | $17.9M | $56.8M | 3.17x | $126.8M | A- | 57% | #50 |
 Independence Day: Resurgence | 2016 | $41.0M | $103.1M | 2.51x | $384.2M | B | 29% | #27 |
 White House Down | 2013 | $24.9M | $73.1M | 2.94x | $205.0M | A- | 52% | #46 |
 2012 | 2009 | $65.2M | $166.0M | 2.55x | $770.0M | B+ | 40% | #15 |
 10,000 BC | 2008 | $35.9M | $94.8M | 2.64x | $270.0M | C | 10% | #31 |
 The Day After Tomorrow | 2004 | $68.7M | $187.0M | 2.72x | $553.0M | B | 45% | #7 |
 The Patriot | 2000 | $22.4M | $113.0M | 5.06x | $215.0M | A | 62% | #18 |
 Godzilla | 1998 | $44.0M | $136.3M | 3.10x | $376.0M | — | 20% | — |
 Independence Day | 1996 | $50.2M | $306.0M | 6.10x | $817.0M | A | 69% | — |
 Stargate | 1994 | $16.7M | $71.6M | 4.30x | $196.6M | — | 53% | — |
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 2.8 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.2x
$3.91B worldwide on $1.21B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.31BInternational $2.61B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven10.9x
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 →1 placing across 1 all-time chart. 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.