Joel Schumacher
Director

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15 films•1985–2007•Drama · Thriller · Crime
Avg critics45%
Avg audience61%
Avg domestic$61.3M
Domestic
$919.6M
Lifetime
Worldwide
$1.50B
Lifetime
Avg opening
$15.3M
3-day
Films15
Avg legs4.91x
Return2.5x on $541.5M

Filmography

FilmYearOpeningDomesticLegsWorldwideCinemaScoreRTYearly rank
Batman ForeverPG-13 · 2h 1m1995$52.8M$184.2M3.50x$336.7M—41%—
A Time to KillR · 2h 29m1996$14.8M$108.8M7.30x$152.3M—66%—
Batman & RobinPG-13 · 2h 5m1997$42.9M$107.3M2.50x$238.3M—11%—
The ClientPG-13 · 1h 59m1994$17.2M$92.1M5.40x$117.6M—78%—
FlatlinersR · 1h 55m1990$10.0M$61.3M6.10x——50%—
The Phantom of the OperaPG-13 · 2h 23m2004$4.6M$51.3M11.3x$155.0MA32%—
Phone BoothR · 1h 21m2002$15.0M$46.6M3.10x$97.8M—72%—
Falling DownR · 1h 53m1993$8.7M$40.9M4.70x$40.9M—77%—
St. Elmo's FireR · 1h 48m1985$6.1M$37.8M6.20x——44%—
8MMR · 2h 3m1999$14.3M$36.4M2.60x$96.4MC-23%—
The Number 23R · 1h 35m2007$14.6M$35.2M2.40x$77.6M—7%—
The Lost BoysR · 1h 37m1987$5.2M$33.1M6.30x$33.3M—75%—
Dying YoungR · 1h 51m1991$9.7M$32.7M3.40x$81.3MB+25%—
Bad CompanyPG-13 · 1h 56m2002$11.0M$30.2M2.70x$69.2MB11%—
CousinsPG-13 · 1h 53m1989$3.0M$21.7M6.20x—A-56%—
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 1.6 years

Profitability

Return on budget
2.5x
$1.37B worldwide on $541.5M of production budget
Budget$541.5M
Domestic$725.2M
Worldwide$1.37B
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs international split
53%Domestic
Domestic $725.2MInternational $649.0M
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

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