Actor
Cary ElwesFollow
16 films•1987–2024•Comedy · Adventure · Action
Avg critics58%
Avg audience71%
Avg domestic$72.9M
Domestic
$1.17B
Lifetime
Worldwide
$2.20B
Lifetime
Avg opening
$16.3M
3-day
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Twister | 1996 | $41.1M | $237.0M | 5.78x | $499.0M | A- | 68% | — |
 Liar Liar | 1997 | $31.4M | $181.4M | 5.80x | $302.7M | — | 83% | — |
 A Christmas Carol | 2009 | $30.1M | $138.0M | 4.59x | $325.0M | B+ | 52% | #21 |
 Days of Thunder | 1990 | $15.5M | $82.7M | 5.30x | $157.7M | A | 38% | — |
 Dracula | 1992 | $30.5M | $82.5M | 2.70x | $215.9M | — | 69% | — |
 No Strings Attached | 2011 | $19.7M | $70.7M | 3.60x | $149.2M | — | 47% | — |
 Hot Shots! | 1991 | $10.8M | $68.3M | 6.30x | $176.3M | B | 83% | — |
 Kiss the Girls | 1997 | $13.2M | $60.5M | 4.60x | — | — | 37% | — |
 Saw | 2004 | $18.3M | $56.0M | 3.00x | $103.9M | C+ | 50% | — |
 Saw 3D | 2010 | $22.5M | $45.7M | 2.03x | $133.7M | B- | 9% | — |
 Robin Hood: Men in Tights | 1993 | $6.8M | $35.7M | 5.20x | — | B | 42% | — |
 The Princess Bride | 1987 | $206K | $30.9M | 6.90x | $31.1M | — | 93% | — |
 Glory | 1989 | $3.0M | $26.8M | 8.90x | $26.8M | — | 95% | — |
 Ella Enchanted | 2004 | $6.2M | $22.9M | 3.70x | $24.2M | — | 51% | — |
 The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare | 2024 | $8.9M | $20.5M | 2.30x | $27.0M | A- | 68% | — |
 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre | 2023 | $3.1M | $6.5M | 2.10x | $27.8M | — | 51% | — |
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 2.5 years
Profitability
Return on budget
3.2x
$2.20B worldwide on $687.2M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs international split
Domestic $1.07BInternational $1.13B
Return by film
Worldwide ÷ budget0x2.5x breakeven13.6x
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.
What’s next
Full scheduleNo upcoming movies announced yet.
Connected
Series
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.