Actor
Will Ferrell
16 films•2001–2017•Comedy · Adventure · Family
65%average critics68%average audience$111.3Mdomestic average
Films
16
2001–2017
Domestic
$1.78B
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.61B
lifetime
Avg opening
$31.5M
3-day
Avg legs
3.53x
opening → total
Return
2.7x
on $969.5M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 16 films featuring Will Ferrell, from Zoolander (2001) to Daddy's Home 2 (2017), together grossing $1.78B domestic and $2.61B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Lego Movie (2014) at $467.2M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $69.1M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Daddy's Home 2 | 2017 | $29.7M | $104.0M | 3.51x | $180.8M | A | 52% | #30 |
 Get Hard | 2015 | $33.8M | $90.4M | 2.67x | $111.8M | B+ | 29% | #31 |
 The Lego Movie | 2014 | $69.1M | $257.8M | 3.73x | $467.2M | A | 96% | #5 |
 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | 2013 | $26.2M | $125.0M | 4.77x | $171.0M | B | 74% | #23 |
 The Campaign | 2012 | $26.6M | $86.9M | 3.27x | $105.0M | B- | 66% | #34 |
 Megamind | 2010 | $46.0M | $148.0M | 3.23x | $322.0M | A- | 73% | #17 |
 The Other Guys | 2010 | $35.5M | $119.0M | 3.35x | $170.0M | B- | 78% | #21 |
 Step Brothers | 2008 | $30.9M | $100.0M | 3.25x | $128.0M | B | 54% | #28 |
 Blades of Glory | 2007 | $33.0M | $119.0M | 3.59x | $146.0M | B | 70% | #25 |
 Stranger Than Fiction | 2006 | $13.4M | $40.4M | 3.00x | $53.6M | — | 73% | — |
 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | 2006 | $47.0M | $148.0M | 3.15x | $163.0M | B | 72% | #12 |
 Bewitched | 2005 | $20.1M | $63.3M | 3.15x | $131.0M | C+ | 23% | #41 |
 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | 2004 | $28.4M | $85.3M | 3.00x | $89.5M | B | 66% | #29 |
 Elf | 2003 | $31.1M | $173.0M | 5.60x | $220.0M | A- | 85% | #7 |
 Old School | 2003 | $17.5M | $75.6M | 4.33x | $86.7M | A | 60% | #40 |
 Zoolander | 2001 | $15.5M | $45.2M | 2.90x | $60.8M | — | 64% | — |
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
Zoolander2001Elf2003Old School2003Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy2004Bewitched2005Stranger Than Fiction2006Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby2006Blades of Glory2007Step Brothers2008Megamind2010The Other Guys2010The Campaign2012Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues2013The Lego Movie2014Get Hard2015Daddy's Home 22017DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 1.1 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.7x
$2.61B worldwide on $969.5M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.78BInternational $825.5M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven7.8x
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.