Director
Roland EmmerichFollow
12 films•1992–2022•Action · Adventure · Sci-Fi
Avg critics42%
Avg audience59%
Avg domestic$113.6M
Domestic
$1.36B
Lifetime
Worldwide
$3.97B
Lifetime
Avg opening
$33.9M
3-day
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Independence Day | 1996 | $50.2M | $306.0M | 6.10x | $817.0M | A | 69% | — |
 The Day After Tomorrow | 2004 | $68.7M | $187.0M | 2.72x | $553.0M | B | 45% | #7 |
 2012 | 2009 | $65.2M | $166.0M | 2.55x | $770.0M | B+ | 40% | #15 |
 Godzilla | 1998 | $44.0M | $136.3M | 3.10x | $376.0M | — | 20% | — |
 The Patriot | 2000 | $22.4M | $113.0M | 5.06x | $215.0M | A | 62% | #18 |
 Independence Day: Resurgence | 2016 | $41.0M | $103.1M | 2.51x | $384.2M | B | 29% | #27 |
 10,000 BC | 2008 | $35.9M | $94.8M | 2.64x | $270.0M | C | 10% | #31 |
 White House Down | 2013 | $24.9M | $73.1M | 2.94x | $205.0M | A- | 52% | #46 |
 Stargate | 1994 | $16.7M | $71.6M | 4.30x | $196.6M | — | 53% | — |
 Midway | 2019 | $17.9M | $56.8M | 3.17x | $126.8M | A- | 57% | #50 |
 Universal Soldier | 1992 | $10.1M | $36.3M | 3.60x | — | — | 34% | — |
 Moonfall | 2022 | $9.9M | $19.1M | 1.90x | $59.1M | — | 35% | — |
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
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DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 2.7 years
Profitability
Return on budget
2.9x
$3.97B worldwide on $1.36B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs international split
Domestic $1.33BInternational $2.65B
Return by film
Worldwide ÷ budget0x2.5x breakeven8.8x
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#3Best multipliersIndependence Day6.09x#3Biggest openings not at #1The Day After Tomorrow$68.7M#10Biggest original filmsIndependence Day$306.1M#14Biggest Memorial Day openingsThe Day After Tomorrow$85.8M#14Biggest grossers never #1The Day After Tomorrow$186.7M#16Best second-weekend holds ($50M+ openers)Independence Day−29.8%
Top 6 of 7 placings across 7 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.
Connected
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.