Director
Wolfgang PetersenFollow
9 films•1981–2006•Action · Drama · Adventure
Avg critics68%
Avg audience70%
Avg domestic$85.0M
Domestic
$764.8M
Lifetime
Worldwide
$1.79B
Lifetime
Avg opening
$20.2M
3-day
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Perfect Storm | 2000 | $41.3M | $183.0M | 4.42x | $329.0M | B+ | 47% | #6 |
 Air Force One | 1997 | $37.1M | $173.0M | 4.70x | $315.3M | — | 78% | — |
 Troy | 2004 | $46.9M | $133.0M | 2.85x | $497.0M | B | 53% | #13 |
 In the Line of Fire | 1993 | $15.3M | $102.2M | 6.70x | $187.3M | — | 96% | — |
 Outbreak | 1995 | $13.4M | $67.8M | 5.10x | $190.0M | A- | 59% | — |
 Poseidon | 2006 | $22.2M | $60.7M | 2.74x | $182.0M | B | 33% | #49 |
 The NeverEnding Story | 1984 | $4.3M | $21.3M | 4.90x | — | — | 84% | — |
 Enemy Mine | 1985 | $1.6M | $12.3M | 7.70x | — | — | 61% | — |
 Das Boot | 1981 | $27K | $11.5M | — | $85.0M | — | 98% | — |
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Film by film
0$250M$500M
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 3.1 years
Profitability
Return on budget
2.6x
$1.60B worldwide on $622.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs international split
Domestic $629.0MInternational $969.3M
Return by film
Worldwide ÷ budget0x2.5x breakeven7.1x
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.
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.