Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen
11 films•2005–2020•Comedy · Adventure · Drama
75%average critics70%average audience$114.8Mdomestic average
Films
11
2005–2020
Domestic
$1.26B
lifetime
Worldwide
$3.42B
lifetime
Avg opening
$30.2M
3-day
Avg legs
4.40x
opening → total
Return
3.9x
on $873.5M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 11 films featuring Sacha Baron Cohen, from Madagascar (2005) to The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), together grossing $1.26B domestic and $3.42B worldwide. The biggest hit is Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) at $747.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) at $63.1M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Trial of the Chicago 7 | 2020 | — | — | — | $0.1M | — | 89% | — |
 Les Misérables | 2012 | $18.1M | $149.0M | 8.22x | $442.0M | A | 70% | #18 |
 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | 2012 | $60.3M | $216.0M | 3.59x | $747.0M | A | 78% | #10 |
 The Dictator | 2012 | $17.4M | $59.7M | 3.42x | $179.0M | C | 56% | — |
 Hugo | 2011 | $11.4M | $73.9M | 6.50x | $186.0M | B+ | 93% | #48 |
 Brüno | 2009 | $30.6M | $60.1M | 1.96x | $139.0M | C | 68% | — |
 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | 2008 | $63.1M | $180.0M | 2.85x | $604.0M | A- | 64% | #8 |
 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | 2007 | $9.3M | $52.9M | 5.69x | $153.0M | — | 86% | #48 |
 Borat | 2006 | $28.3M | $129.0M | 4.55x | $263.0M | A | 90% | #16 |
 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | 2006 | $47.0M | $148.0M | 3.15x | $163.0M | B | 72% | #12 |
 Madagascar | 2005 | $47.2M | $194.0M | 4.10x | $542.0M | A- | 55% | #9 |
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 1.5 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.9x
$3.42B worldwide on $873.5M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.26BInternational $2.16B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven14.6x
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.
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.