Studio
20th Century Fox
209 films•1940–2019•Adventure · Action · Comedy
61%average critics68%average audience$108.6Mdomestic average
Films
20
1977–2017
Domestic
$22.71B
lifetime
Worldwide
$56.14B
lifetime
Avg opening
$26.7M
3-day
Avg legs
4.40x
opening → total
Return
4.1x
on $13.75B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 209 20th Century Fox releases from 1940 to 2019, together grossing $22.71B domestic and $56.14B worldwide. The biggest hit is Avatar (2009) at $2.92B worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Deadpool (2016) at $152.2M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Logan | 2017 | $88.4M | $226.3M | 2.56x | $614.2M | A | 93% | #11 |
 Deadpool | 2016 | $152.2M | $363.1M | 2.38x | $783.1M | A | 84% | #6 |
 The Martian | 2015 | $54.3M | $228.4M | 4.21x | $653.6M | A+ | 91% | #9 |
 X-Men: Days of Future Past | 2014 | $90.8M | $233.9M | 2.58x | $747.9M | A | 90% | #9 |
| Avatar | 2009 | $77.0M | $785.2M | 9.70x | $2.92B | A | 81% | #1 |
 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | 2009 | $48.9M | $220.0M | 4.49x | $443.0M | A | 21% | #9 |
 Alvin and the Chipmunks | 2007 | $44.3M | $217.0M | 4.90x | $365.0M | A | 28% | #9 |
 Night at the Museum | 2006 | $30.4M | $251.0M | 8.24x | $574.0M | A- | 42% | #2 |
 X-Men: The Last Stand | 2006 | $103.0M | $234.0M | 2.28x | $460.0M | A- | 56% | #4 |
| Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | 2005 | $108.0M | $380.0M | 3.51x | $850.0M | — | 79% | #1 |
 X2: X-Men United | 2003 | $85.6M | $215.0M | 2.51x | $408.0M | A | 85% | #6 |
 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | 2002 | $80.0M | $302.0M | 3.78x | $645.0M | — | 62% | #3 |
 Cast Away | 2000 | $28.9M | $234.0M | 8.09x | $430.0M | B | 88% | #2 |
| Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | 1999 | $64.8M | $431.0M | 6.65x | $1.05B | A- | 54% | — |
 Independence Day | 1996 | $50.2M | $306.0M | 6.10x | $817.0M | A | 69% | — |
 Mrs. Doubtfire | 1993 | $20.5M | $219.2M | 10.7x | $441.3M | — | 71% | — |
 Home Alone | 1990 | $17.1M | $278.0M | 16.2x | $477.0M | A | 66% | — |
 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | 1983 | $23.0M | $316.5M | 13.7x | $482.4M | — | 83% | — |
 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | $4.9M | $291.7M | 59.4x | $549.0M | — | 93% | — |
| Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope | 1977 | $1.6M | $461.0M | — | $775.4M | — | 93% | — |
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
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope1977Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back1980Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi1983Home Alone1990Mrs. Doubtfire1993Independence Day1996Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace1999Cast Away2000Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2002X2: X-Men United2003Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith2005Night at the Museum2006X-Men: The Last Stand2006Alvin and the Chipmunks2007Avatar2009Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel2009X-Men: Days of Future Past2014The Martian2015Deadpool2016Logan2017DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide
Profitability
Return on Budget
4.1x
$55.88B worldwide on $13.75B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $22.11BInternational $33.76B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven70.5x
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 →#1Biggest worldwide runsAvatar$2.92B#1Best multipliersAvatar9.73x#1Biggest 6th weekendsAvatar$34.9M#2Best multipliersStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace6.65x#2Biggest R openingsDeadpool$152.2M#3Best multipliersIndependence Day6.10x#4All-time R domesticDeadpool$363.1M#5Most weeks at #1Home Alone12 weeks#6All-time PG domesticStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace$487.6M#6Biggest 9th weekendsHome Alone$9.8M
Top 10 of 34 placings across 19 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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