Director
Zack Snyder
10 films•2004–2021•Action · Adventure · Fantasy
54%average critics71%average audience$132.1Mdomestic average
Films
10
2004–2021
Domestic
$1.32B
lifetime
Worldwide
$3.18B
lifetime
Avg opening
$56.5M
3-day
Avg legs
2.43x
opening → total
Return
2.8x
on $1.15B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 10 films directed by Zack Snyder, from Dawn of the Dead (2004) to Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), together grossing $1.32B domestic and $3.18B worldwide. The biggest hit is Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) at $873.6M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $166.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Army of the Dead | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | 68% | — |
 Zack Snyder's Justice League | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | 71% | — |
 Justice League | 2017 | $93.8M | $229.0M | 2.44x | $661.3M | A- | 40% | #10 |
 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | 2016 | $166.0M | $330.4M | 1.99x | $873.6M | A- | 27% | #8 |
 Man of Steel | 2013 | $117.0M | $291.0M | 2.50x | $670.0M | A- | 56% | #5 |
 Sucker Punch | 2011 | $19.1M | $36.4M | 1.90x | $89.8M | — | 23% | — |
 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | 2010 | $16.1M | $55.7M | 3.46x | $140.0M | A- | 52% | — |
 Watchmen | 2009 | $55.2M | $108.0M | 1.95x | $185.0M | B | 64% | #31 |
 300 | 2007 | $70.9M | $211.0M | 2.97x | $456.0M | A- | 61% | #10 |
 Dawn of the Dead | 2004 | $26.7M | $59.0M | 2.21x | $103.0M | B | 77% | #50 |
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 1.9 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.8x
$3.18B worldwide on $1.15B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.32BInternational $1.86B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven7.0x
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 →#17Biggest single daysBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice$81.6M#17Biggest PG-13 openingsBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice$166.0M#20Biggest R openings300$70.9M#21Biggest opening weekendsBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice$166.0M
4 placings across 4 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.
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