Actor
Benedict CumberbatchFollow
18 films•2007–2025•Drama · Biography · Action
Avg critics77%
Avg audience79%
Avg domestic$164.5M
Domestic
$2.80B
Lifetime
Worldwide
$7.06B
Lifetime
Avg opening
$47.8M
3-day
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spider-Man: No Way Home | 2021 | $260.0M | $814.8M | 3.10x | $1.92B | A+ | 93% | #1 |
 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | 2022 | $187.4M | $411.3M | 2.20x | $955.8M | A | 74% | #4 |
 The Grinch | 2018 | $66.1M | $266.3M | 4.03x | $501.8M | A− | 49% | #7 |
 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | 2013 | $73.6M | $258.2M | 3.51x | $959.4M | A- | 74% | #8 |
 Doctor Strange | 2016 | $85.1M | $232.6M | 2.73x | $676.3M | A | 89% | #13 |
 Star Trek Into Darkness | 2013 | $70.2M | $228.8M | 3.26x | $467.4M | A | 84% | #11 |
 1917 | 2019 | $576K | $159.2M | 4.30x | $384.7M | A- | 88% | #17 |
 The Imitation Game | 2014 | $479K | $91.1M | 11.5x | $227.3M | A+ | 89% | #36 |
 Penguins of Madagascar | 2014 | $25.4M | $83.4M | 3.28x | $366.9M | A- | 73% | #42 |
 Black Mass | 2015 | $22.6M | $62.6M | 2.76x | $100.0M | A- | 73% | #46 |
 12 Years a Slave | 2013 | $924K | $56.7M | 8.50x | $188.0M | A | 95% | — |
 August: Osage County | 2013 | $179K | $37.7M | 5.30x | $50.7M | A- | 67% | — |
 The Other Boleyn Girl | 2008 | $8.2M | $26.8M | 3.30x | $78.3M | — | 43% | — |
 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | 2011 | $311K | $24.1M | 4.40x | $81.4M | — | 84% | — |
 Amazing Grace | 2007 | $4.1M | $21.2M | 5.20x | $32.2M | — | 68% | — |
 The Roses | 2025 | $6.3M | $15.3M | 2.40x | $52.0M | — | 64% | — |
 The Courier | 2020 | $1.9M | $6.6M | 3.50x | $20.9M | — | 85% | — |
 The Power of the Dog | 2021 | — | — | — | $0.3M | — | 94% | — |
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Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 1.1 years
Profitability
Return on budget
4.7x
$7.01B worldwide on $1.50B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs international split
Domestic $2.77BInternational $4.24B
Return by film
Worldwide ÷ budget0x2.5x breakeven15.2x
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, and streaming releases with no real theatrical run, are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
Records held
All records#1Biggest December openingsSpider-Man: No Way Home$260.1M#3Biggest opening weekendsSpider-Man: No Way Home$260.1M#3Biggest single daysSpider-Man: No Way Home$122.0M#3Biggest May openingsDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness$187.4M#10Biggest single daysDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness$90.7M#10Biggest January openings1917$37.0M#11Biggest PG-13 openingsDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness$187.4M#11Biggest December openingsThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug$73.6M#19Biggest Thanksgiving openingsPenguins of Madagascar$35.4M
Top 9 of 27 placings across 21 all-time charts. Where a film places on the same chart in consecutive weekends, only its best placing is shown.
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The all-time crownBrand New Day vs the top 3 all-timeA $360.1M opening that has now gone past the three biggest domestic runs before it — The Force Awakens’ $936.7M, Endgame’s $897.6M and No Way Home’s $814.8M — and sits at $955.2M.
The Holland eraHomecoming vs Far From Home vs No Way Home vs Brand New DayAll four Holland launches — $117.0M, $92.6M and No Way Home’s $260.0M, now Brand New Day’s record $168.0M opening day.
All-time recordsThe Force Awakens vs Endgame vs No Way Home vs AvatarThe four biggest domestic runs ever — $936.7M, $897.6M, $814.8M and $785.2M — raced day by day.
Complete trilogyThe Hobbit TrilogyMiddle-earth’s second run, with An Unexpected Journey out in front.