Studio
DreamWorks
55 films•1998–2012•Comedy · Adventure · Animation
63%average critics67%average audience$138.9Mdomestic average
Films
20
1998–2012
Domestic
$7.64B
lifetime
Worldwide
$17.97B
lifetime
Avg opening
$35.7M
3-day
Avg legs
4.15x
opening → total
Return
3.6x
on $5.00B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 55 DreamWorks releases from 1998 to 2012, together grossing $7.64B domestic and $17.97B worldwide. The biggest hit is Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) at $1.12B worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Shrek the Third (2007) at $122.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | 2012 | $60.3M | $216.0M | 3.59x | $747.0M | A | 78% | #10 |
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon | 2011 | $97.9M | $352.0M | 3.60x | $1.12B | A | 35% | #2 |
 Kung Fu Panda 2 | 2011 | $47.7M | $165.0M | 3.47x | $666.0M | A | 82% | #15 |
 Shrek Forever After | 2010 | $70.8M | $239.0M | 3.37x | $753.0M | A | 58% | #8 |
 How to Train Your Dragon | 2010 | $43.7M | $218.0M | 4.98x | $495.0M | A | 99% | #9 |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | 2009 | $109.0M | $402.0M | 3.69x | $836.0M | B+ | 19% | #2 |
 Monsters vs. Aliens | 2009 | $59.3M | $198.0M | 3.34x | $382.0M | A- | 73% | #11 |
 Kung Fu Panda | 2008 | $60.2M | $216.0M | 3.58x | $632.0M | A- | 87% | #6 |
 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | 2008 | $63.1M | $180.0M | 2.85x | $604.0M | A- | 64% | #8 |
| Shrek the Third | 2007 | $122.0M | $323.0M | 2.65x | $808.0M | B+ | 41% | #2 |
 Transformers | 2007 | $70.5M | $319.0M | 4.53x | $710.0M | A | 57% | #3 |
 Over the Hedge | 2006 | $38.5M | $155.0M | 4.03x | $340.0M | A | 75% | #11 |
 Madagascar | 2005 | $47.2M | $194.0M | 4.10x | $542.0M | A- | 55% | #9 |
| Shrek 2 | 2004 | $108.0M | $442.0M | 4.09x | $929.0M | A | 89% | #1 |
 Shark Tale | 2004 | $47.6M | $161.0M | 3.38x | $375.0M | A- | 35% | #11 |
 Catch Me If You Can | 2002 | $30.1M | $165.0M | 5.48x | $352.0M | A- | 96% | #10 |
 Shrek | 2001 | $42.3M | $270.1M | 6.40x | $485.0M | A | 88% | #3 |
 Gladiator | 2000 | $34.8M | $188.0M | 5.39x | $461.0M | A | 80% | #4 |
 What Lies Beneath | 2000 | $29.7M | $155.0M | 5.23x | $291.0M | B+ | 49% | #10 |
 Saving Private Ryan | 1998 | $30.6M | $216.0M | 7.07x | $482.0M | A | 94% | — |
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
Saving Private Ryan1998Gladiator2000What Lies Beneath2000Shrek2001Catch Me If You Can2002Shrek 22004Shark Tale2004Madagascar2005Over the Hedge2006Shrek the Third2007Transformers2007Kung Fu Panda2008Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa2008Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen2009Monsters vs. Aliens2009Shrek Forever After2010How to Train Your Dragon2010Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011Kung Fu Panda 22011Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted2012DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.6x
$17.97B worldwide on $5.00B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $7.64BInternational $10.33B
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.
Records held
All records →#9Biggest animated openingsShrek the Third$121.6M#13All-time PG domesticShrek 2$441.6M#14Biggest PG openingsShrek the Third$121.6M#14Biggest animated openingsShrek 2$108.0M#19All-time R domesticSaving Private Ryan$217.0M#20Biggest PG openingsShrek 2$108.0M#39Biggest worldwide runsTransformers: Dark of the Moon$1.12B
Top 7 of 8 placings across 6 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.
Connected
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
