Actor
Zooey Deschanel
11 films•2000–2023•Comedy · Adventure · Drama
67%average critics69%average audience$85.3Mdomestic average
Films
11
2000–2023
Domestic
$938.3M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.77B
lifetime
Avg opening
$22.7M
3-day
Avg legs
3.75x
opening → total
Return
2.9x
on $605.5M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 11 films featuring Zooey Deschanel, from Almost Famous (2000) to Trolls Band Together (2023), together grossing $938.3M domestic and $1.77B worldwide. The biggest hit is Trolls (2016) at $345.1M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $46.6M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trolls Band Together | 2023 | $30.0M | $103.3M | 3.40x | $209.5M | A | 88% | #25 |
 Trolls | 2016 | $46.6M | $153.9M | 3.30x | $345.1M | A | 76% | #18 |
 (500) Days of Summer | 2009 | $835K | $32.4M | 38.9x | $34.5M | — | 86% | — |
 The Happening | 2008 | $30.5M | $64.5M | 2.11x | $163.0M | D | 17% | #50 |
 Yes Man | 2008 | $18.3M | $97.7M | 5.35x | $223.0M | A- | 44% | #30 |
 Bridge to Terabithia | 2007 | $22.6M | $82.3M | 3.65x | $138.0M | A | 85% | #33 |
 Surf's Up | 2007 | $17.6M | $58.9M | 3.34x | $152.0M | A- | 78% | #42 |
 Failure to Launch | 2006 | $24.4M | $88.7M | 3.63x | $130.0M | A- | 23% | #21 |
 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | 2005 | $21.1M | $51.1M | 2.42x | $104.0M | B- | 61% | — |
 Elf | 2003 | $31.1M | $173.0M | 5.60x | $220.0M | A- | 85% | #7 |
 Almost Famous | 2000 | $6.9M | $32.5M | 4.70x | $47.4M | — | 91% | — |
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 2.3 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.9x
$1.77B worldwide on $605.5M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $938.3MInternational $828.2M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven8.1x
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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