Actor
Sam Neill
8 films•1981–2018•Adventure · Drama · Action
67%average critics70%average audience$120.9Mdomestic average
Films
8
1981–2018
Domestic
$967.0M
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.25B
lifetime
Avg opening
$24.0M
3-day
Avg legs
4.80x
opening → total
Return
6.8x
on $333.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 8 films featuring Sam Neill, from Possession (1981) to Peter Rabbit (2018), together grossing $967.0M domestic and $2.25B worldwide. The biggest hit is Jurassic Park (1993) at $1.06B worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Jurassic Park III (2001) at $50.8M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Peter Rabbit | 2018 | $25.0M | $115.2M | 4.60x | $358.1M | A- | 64% | #31 |
 The Vow | 2012 | $41.2M | $125.0M | 3.03x | $196.0M | — | 30% | #26 |
 Jurassic Park III | 2001 | $50.8M | $181.0M | 3.57x | $369.0M | B- | 49% | #9 |
 Event Horizon | 1997 | $9.5M | $26.7M | 2.80x | $26.7M | — | 36% | — |
 Jurassic Park | 1993 | $47.0M | $357.0M | 7.59x | $1.06B | A | 91% | — |
 The Piano | 1993 | $1.3M | $40.3M | 31.0x | $40.4M | — | 90% | — |
 The Hunt for Red October | 1990 | $17.2M | $120.7M | 7.00x | $200.5M | — | 88% | — |
 Possession | 1981 | $224K | $1.1M | 5.00x | $1.1M | — | 87% | — |
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 5.3 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
6.8x
$2.25B worldwide on $333.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $965.9MInternational $1.28B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven16.8x
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.