Actor
Steve Carell
21 films•2004–2024•Comedy · Adventure · Drama
68%average critics71%average audience$145.1Mdomestic average
Films
21
2004–2024
Domestic
$3.05B
lifetime
Worldwide
$6.88B
lifetime
Avg opening
$35.5M
3-day
Avg legs
4.76x
opening → total
Return
5.3x
on $1.29B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 21 films featuring Steve Carell, from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) to Despicable Me 4 (2024), together grossing $3.05B domestic and $6.88B worldwide. The biggest hit is Despicable Me 3 (2017) at $1.03B worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) at $107.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Despicable Me 4 | 2024 | $75.0M | $361.0M | 4.80x | $972.0M | A | 55% | #5 |
 Minions: The Rise of Gru | 2022 | $107.0M | $370.5M | 3.50x | $937.7M | A | 60% | #6 |
 Beautiful Boy | 2018 | $219K | $7.6M | 34.9x | $17.3M | — | 67% | — |
 Vice | 2018 | $7.8M | $47.8M | 6.20x | $70.9M | C+ | 64% | — |
 Despicable Me 3 | 2017 | $72.4M | $264.6M | 3.65x | $1.03B | A- | 67% | #9 |
 The Big Short | 2015 | $6.2M | $70.3M | 11.4x | $132.6M | A- | 88% | #43 |
 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | 2014 | $19.6M | $67.0M | 3.41x | $101.4M | A | 63% | #46 |
 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | 2013 | $26.2M | $125.0M | 4.77x | $171.0M | B | 74% | #23 |
 Despicable Me 2 | 2013 | $83.5M | $368.0M | 4.41x | $971.0M | A | 75% | #4 |
 Hope Springs | 2012 | $14.7M | $63.5M | 4.34x | $133.0M | — | 75% | #50 |
 Crazy, Stupid, Love. | 2011 | $19.1M | $84.4M | 4.42x | $146.0M | B+ | 80% | #35 |
 Date Night | 2010 | $25.2M | $98.7M | 3.92x | $152.0M | B | 67% | #31 |
 Despicable Me | 2010 | $56.4M | $252.0M | 4.46x | $543.0M | A | 80% | #7 |
 Dinner for Schmucks | 2010 | $23.5M | $73.0M | 3.10x | $86.8M | B | 42% | #46 |
 Get Smart | 2008 | $38.7M | $130.0M | 3.37x | $231.0M | B+ | 51% | #19 |
 Horton Hears a Who! | 2008 | $45.0M | $155.0M | 3.43x | $299.0M | A- | 79% | #10 |
 Evan Almighty | 2007 | $31.2M | $100.0M | 3.22x | $174.0M | A- | 24% | #28 |
 Little Miss Sunshine | 2006 | $5.6M | $59.9M | 10.7x | $100.6M | — | 91% | — |
 Over the Hedge | 2006 | $38.5M | $155.0M | 4.03x | $340.0M | A | 75% | #11 |
 The 40-Year-Old Virgin | 2005 | $21.4M | $109.0M | 5.11x | $177.0M | A- | 85% | #19 |
 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | 2004 | $28.4M | $85.3M | 3.00x | $89.5M | B | 66% | #29 |
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
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy2004The 40-Year-Old Virgin2005Little Miss Sunshine2006Over the Hedge2006Evan Almighty2007Get Smart2008Horton Hears a Who!2008Date Night2010Despicable Me2010Dinner for Schmucks2010Crazy, Stupid, Love.2011Hope Springs2012Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues2013Despicable Me 22013Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day2014The Big Short2015Despicable Me 32017Beautiful Boy2018Vice2018Minions: The Rise of Gru2022Despicable Me 42024DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 1.0 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
5.3x
$6.88B worldwide on $1.29B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $3.05BInternational $3.83B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven13.8x
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.
Records held
All records →#14Best multipliersDespicable Me 44.81x#15Biggest animated openingsMinions: The Rise of Gru$107.0M#19Biggest animated openingsDespicable Me 2$83.5M
3 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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