Actor & Director
Sean PennFollow
21 films•2 as director•1982–2025•Drama · Crime · Thriller
Avg critics75%
Avg audience75%
Avg domestic$36.5M
Domestic
$765.9M
Lifetime
Worldwide
$1.56B
Lifetime
Avg opening
$6.8M
3-day
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mystic River | 2003 | $10.4M | $90.1M | 8.63x | $157.0M | B+ | 89% | #34 |
 One Battle After Another | 2025 | $22.0M | $72.9M | 3.30x | $210.0M | A | 94% | #31 |
 The Interpreter | 2005 | $22.8M | $72.7M | 3.19x | $163.0M | B | 57% | #34 |
 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | 2013 | $12.8M | $58.2M | 4.56x | $188.0M | B+ | 52% | — |
 The Game | 1997 | $14.3M | $48.3M | 3.40x | $80.4M | — | 77% | — |
 Colors | 1988 | $4.7M | $46.6M | 7.10x | — | B- | 76% | — |
 Gangster Squad | 2013 | $17.1M | $46.0M | 2.70x | $104.1M | — | 30% | — |
 I Am Sam | 2001 | $42K | $40.3M | 4.80x | $92.5M | A | 35% | — |
 Dead Man Walking | 1995 | $118K | $39.4M | 11.0x | $83.1M | — | 97% | — |
 Carlito's Way | 1993 | $9.1M | $36.5M | 4.00x | $63.4M | — | 84% | — |
 The Thin Red Line | 1998 | $9.8M | $36.4M | 3.70x | $98.1M | — | 80% | — |
 Milk | 2008 | $1.5M | $31.8M | 12.3x | $57.3M | — | 93% | — |
 Fast Times at Ridgemont High | 1982 | $2.5M | $27.1M | 8.30x | — | B+ | 78% | — |
 The Pledge | 2001 | $5.8M | $19.7M | 3.40x | $29.4M | — | 78% | — |
 Casualties of War | 1989 | $5.2M | $18.5M | 3.60x | — | — | 82% | — |
 Into the Wild | 2007 | $212K | $18.4M | 8.60x | $56.8M | — | 83% | — |
 Licorice Pizza | 2021 | $345K | $17.3M | 9.10x | $32.9M | — | 90% | — |
 21 Grams | 2003 | $274K | $16.2M | 12.1x | $59.7M | — | 80% | — |
 The Tree of Life | 2011 | $373K | $13.3M | — | $61.7M | — | 86% | — |
 Fair Game | 2010 | $651K | $9.5M | 6.10x | $21.8M | — | 78% | — |
 U Turn | 1997 | $2.7M | $6.7M | 2.50x | — | — | 59% | — |
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Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 2.1 years
Profitability
Return on budget
2.0x
$1.47B worldwide on $745.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs international split
Domestic $621.0MInternational $853.0M
Return by film
Worldwide ÷ budget0x2.5x breakeven7.6x
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
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.