Actor
Viola Davis
8 films•2010–2022•Drama · Action · Comedy
67%average critics71%average audience$75.8Mdomestic average
Films
8
2010–2022
Domestic
$606.5M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.14B
lifetime
Avg opening
$19.1M
3-day
Avg legs
4.29x
opening → total
Return
2.4x
on $472.0M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 8 films featuring Viola Davis, from Eat Pray Love (2010) to The Woman King (2022), together grossing $606.5M domestic and $1.14B worldwide. The biggest hit is Knight and Day (2010) at $259.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Ender's Game (2013) at $27.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Woman King | 2022 | $19.1M | $67.3M | 3.50x | $94.3M | A | 94% | #28 |
 Fences | 2016 | $6.7M | $57.7M | 8.60x | $64.3M | A- | 92% | — |
 Ender's Game | 2013 | $27.0M | $61.7M | 2.30x | $128.0M | — | 63% | — |
 Prisoners | 2013 | $20.8M | $61.0M | 2.90x | $113.3M | — | 81% | — |
 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | 2011 | $10.0M | $31.8M | 3.20x | $55.2M | — | 45% | — |
 The Help | 2011 | $26.0M | $170.0M | 6.52x | $217.0M | A+ | 75% | #13 |
 Eat Pray Love | 2010 | $23.1M | $80.6M | 3.49x | $205.0M | A | 34% | #42 |
 Knight and Day | 2010 | $20.1M | $76.4M | 3.79x | $259.0M | B+ | 51% | #45 |
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 1.7 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.4x
$1.14B worldwide on $472.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $606.5MInternational $529.6M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven8.7x
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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Studios
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.