Director
Tony Scott
8 films•1986–2010•Action · Crime · Thriller
65%average critics77%average audience$82.0Mdomestic average
Films
8
1986–2010
Domestic
$655.7M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.39B
lifetime
Avg opening
$17.9M
3-day
Avg legs
3.50x
opening → total
Return
2.4x
on $572.5M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 8 films directed by Tony Scott, from Top Gun (1986) to Unstoppable (2010), together grossing $655.7M domestic and $1.39B worldwide. The biggest hit is Top Gun (1986) at $357.5M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) at $23.4M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Unstoppable | 2010 | $22.7M | $81.6M | 3.59x | $168.0M | A- | 87% | #41 |
 The Taking of Pelham 123 | 2009 | $23.4M | $65.5M | 2.80x | $150.0M | B+ | 51% | — |
 Deja Vu | 2006 | $20.6M | $64.0M | 3.11x | $181.0M | — | 55% | #42 |
 Man on Fire | 2004 | $22.8M | $77.9M | 3.42x | $131.0M | A- | 39% | #33 |
 Spy Game | 2001 | $21.7M | $62.4M | 2.88x | $143.0M | B+ | 64% | #38 |
 Enemy of the State | 1998 | $20.0M | $111.5M | 5.60x | $250.6M | — | 71% | — |
 True Romance | 1993 | $4.0M | $12.3M | 3.10x | $12.6M | — | 93% | — |
 Top Gun | 1986 | $8.2M | $180.5M | — | $357.5M | — | 57% | — |
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 3.4 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.4x
$1.39B worldwide on $572.5M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $655.7MInternational $738.0M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven23.8x
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.
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