Director
Ridley ScottFollow
26 films•1979–2026•Drama · Adventure · Action
Avg critics62%
Avg audience71%
Avg domestic$74.3M
Domestic
$1.93B
Lifetime
Worldwide
$5.02B
Lifetime
Avg opening
$22.3M
3-day
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Martian | 2015 | $54.3M | $228.4M | 4.21x | $653.6M | A+ | 91% | #9 |
 Gladiator | 2000 | $34.8M | $188.0M | 5.39x | $461.0M | A | 80% | #4 |
 Gladiator II | 2024 | $55.0M | $172.4M | 3.13x | $460.4M | B | 70% | — |
 Hannibal | 2001 | $58.0M | $165.0M | 2.80x | $352.0M | C+ | 39% | #12 |
 American Gangster | 2007 | $43.6M | $130.0M | 2.99x | $270.0M | B+ | 81% | #19 |
 Prometheus | 2012 | $51.1M | $126.5M | 2.48x | $402.4M | B | 73% | #24 |
 Black Hawk Down | 2002 | $28.6M | $109.0M | 3.80x | $160.0M | — | 77% | #23 |
 Robin Hood | 2010 | $36.1M | $105.0M | 2.92x | $322.0M | B- | 43% | #26 |
 Alien: Covenant | 2017 | $36.2M | $74.3M | 2.05x | $238.5M | B | 65% | #42 |
 Alien | 1979 | $3.5M | $65.4M | — | $188.0M | — | 93% | — |
 Exodus: Gods and Kings | 2014 | $24.1M | $65.0M | 2.70x | $268.3M | — | 29% | — |
 Napoleon | 2023 | $32.8M | $61.5M | 1.88x | $222.4M | A | 57% | #42 |
 House of Gucci | 2021 | $14.4M | $53.8M | 3.74x | $153.3M | B+ | 61% | #25 |
 G.I. Jane | 1997 | $11.1M | $48.2M | 4.30x | — | A- | 55% | — |
 Kingdom of Heaven | 2005 | $19.6M | $47.4M | 2.41x | $214.0M | A | 39% | — |
 Black Rain | 1989 | $9.7M | $45.9M | 4.70x | $133.9M | B+ | 56% | — |
 Thelma & Louise | 1991 | — | $45.4M | — | $45.6M | — | 87% | — |
 Body of Lies | 2008 | $12.9M | $39.4M | 3.06x | $116.0M | B- | 54% | — |
 Matchstick Men | 2003 | $13.1M | $36.9M | 2.80x | $59.2M | — | 82% | — |
 Blade Runner | 1982 | $6.2M | $32.7M | 5.30x | $39.6M | — | 89% | — |
 All the Money in the World | 2017 | $5.6M | $25.1M | 4.50x | $56.9M | B | 79% | — |
 The Counselor | 2013 | $7.8M | $17.0M | 2.20x | $71.0M | — | 34% | — |
 Legend | 1986 | $4.3M | $15.5M | 3.60x | $23.5M | — | 34% | — |
 The Dog Stars | 2026 | $7.7M | $15.0M | 1.90x | $39.3M | C+ | 40% | #66 |
 The Last Duel | 2021 | $4.8M | $10.9M | 2.30x | $30.6M | — | 85% | — |
 A Good Year | 2006 | $3.7M | $7.5M | 2.00x | $42.1M | — | 26% | — |
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
0$250M$500M
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 1.9 years
Profitability
Return on budget
2.2x
$4.96B worldwide on $2.23B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs international split
Domestic $1.85BInternational $3.12B
Return by film
Worldwide ÷ budget0x2.5x breakeven12.1x
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, 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#8Biggest openings not at #1Gladiator II$55.0M#10Biggest February openingsHannibal$58.0M#10Biggest October openingsThe Martian$54.3M#10Biggest openings not at #1Prometheus$51.1M#12Biggest horror openingsHannibal$58.0M#19Best second-weekend holds ($50M+ openers)The Martian−31.9%#20Biggest 4th weekendsBlack Hawk Down$28.6M
7 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 scheduleNo upcoming movies announced yet.
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Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
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