Rian Johnson
Best known as a Director based on credits in that role in 6 films, with $1,834,244,288 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #85) |
Best-known technical roles: Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi (Director), Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi (Screenwriter), Knives Out (Director), Knives Out (Screenwriter), Knives Out (Producer) |
Born: December 17, 1973 (50 years old) |
Career Summary
Movies | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | ||
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As an Actor | Inverviewee | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
In Technical Roles | Director | 6 | $869,107,390 | $965,136,898 | $1,834,244,288 |
Screenwriter | 5 | $869,107,390 | $965,136,898 | $1,834,244,288 | |
Producer | 3 | $180,364,060 | $147,534,686 | $327,898,746 | |
Executive Producer | 2 | $21,098,470 | $1,927,773 | $23,026,243 | |
Visual Effects Producer | 1 | $1,508,593 | $84,580 | $1,593,173 |
Latest Ranking on Selected Box Office Record Lists
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2020 Awards Season: Oscars Winners and Reactions
February 10th, 2020
The Oscars were handed out last night and unlike most years, I wasn’t able to live-blog the awards. This is a real shame, because it was one of the best Oscar nights I can remember and there were very few awards that made me legitimately angry, unlike many years in the past. There was even a surprise winner for the full night, as Parasite earned the most wins with four Oscars. It is incredibly rare for a foreign-language film to pull off that feat.
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2020 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Original Screenplay
February 6th, 2020
Our annual Oscar Prediction contest is underway so now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. We are continuing our shortened schedule with Best Original Screenplay. We have yet another close race with two films that are practically a coin-toss away from being the winner.
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2020 Awards Season: Oscar Nominations
January 13th, 2020
The Oscar nominations were announced on Monday, and the results were... well, there were some puzzling results. Joker led the way with eleven nominations. ... A film with 69% positive reviews earned the most nominations. It’s not the worst-reviewed movie to earn a Best Picture Nomination—after all, Bohemian Rhapsody was nominated just last year. However, this film is arguably the worst-reviewed movie to ever earn the most nominations in a single year.
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Home Market Releases for January 7th, 2020
January 8th, 2020
The home market returns to normal after two of the worst weeks I’ve ever seen. Keep in mind, I said normal, not good. There’s only one big release of the week, Joker, and not much else that is selling well enough to make the main list. In fact, not everything in the main list is selling well enough to get there on just an average week. The contenders for Pick of the Week include Brick, The Lighthouse, and Zombie Land Saga: Season One. It was a really close call and it came down to the roll of the dice, with Zombie Land Saga winning out.
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Knives Out Trailer
July 8th, 2019
Murder mystery, written and directed by Rian Johnson, with an ensemble cast led by Daniel Craig and Chris Evans opens November 27 ... Full Movie Details.
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan’s dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan’s untimely death.
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Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
March 26th, 2018
Star Wars: The Last Jedi was the biggest box office hit of 2016, both domestically and worldwide. It also earned 91% positive reviews and a solid A from CinemaScore. It is also hated by a minority of very loud, very aggressive people. Are the majority right? Do the minority have a legitimate case to make?
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2017 Preview: December
December 1st, 2017
The box office was mostly as expected during November. Granted, Thor: Ragnarok over-performed and Justice League underperformed, but overall there were no real surprises. This means the month started slow, but we got a couple of wins in the end and that bodes well going into the final month of the year. That said, December is a weird month. There are five weekends, but only seven films that I’m sure are opening truly wide. Additionally, five of those seven films are opening Christmas weekend. I’ve never seen a month this lop-sided. There are no real wide releases the first two weeks of the month, so we will likely start slow again, but when The Last Jedi debuts, we should see explosive growth at the box office. It will open with more than any film last December made and that should help 2017 cut into 2016’s lead. 2017 won’t be able to close the gap entirely, but the month could do well enough to cut 2016’s lead to under $250 million. That’s my goal. If that happens, I will be happy.
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer
April 18th, 2017
Sci-fi adventure starring Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, and John Boyega, directed by Rian Johnson, opens December 15 ... Full Movie Details.
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2013 Awards Season: WGAs Leaves Analysts In the Dark
January 7th, 2013
Surprises seems to be the word of the day, as the WGA nominations included a number of them. Granted, Zero Dark Thirty and a lot of the other films that have earned Awards Season success thus far were here, but there were almost as many surprises as there were obvious choices.
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All Acting Credits
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Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
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Jun 3, 2016 | Out of Print | Himself | |||
Averages | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
Totals | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
All Technical Credits
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Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
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2020-2029 | Knives Out 3 | Director Producer |
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Dec 15, 2023 | American Fiction | Executive Producer | $21,098,470 | $1,927,773 | $23,026,243 |
Sep 29, 2023 | Fair Play | Executive Producer | |||
Nov 23, 2022 | Glass Onion: A Knives Out M… | Director Screenwriter Producer |
$15,000,000 | $15,000,000 | |
Nov 27, 2019 | Knives Out | Director Screenwriter Producer |
$165,364,060 | $147,534,686 | $312,898,746 |
Mar 8, 2019 | The Kid | Visual Effects Producer | $1,508,593 | $84,580 | $1,593,173 |
Dec 15, 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Las… | Director Screenwriter |
$620,181,382 | $711,453,759 | $1,331,635,141 |
Sep 28, 2012 | Looper | Director Screenwriter |
$66,486,205 | $103,980,200 | $170,466,405 |
Mar 31, 2006 | Brick | Director Screenwriter |
$2,075,743 | $2,168,253 | $4,243,996 |
Averages | $127,387,779 | $161,191,542 | $265,551,958 | ||
Totals | 9 | $891,714,453 | $967,149,251 | $1,858,863,704 |
Director Credits
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Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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2020-2029 | Knives Out 3 | |||||
Nov 23, 2022 | Glass Onion: A Knives … | $9,200,000 | 696 | $15,000,000 | $15,000,000 | 100.0% |
Nov 27, 2019 | Knives Out | $26,769,548 | 3,461 | $165,364,060 | $312,898,746 | 52.8% |
Dec 15, 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: Th… | $220,009,584 | 4,232 | $620,181,382 | $1,331,635,141 | 46.6% |
Sep 28, 2012 | Looper | $20,801,552 | 2,993 | $66,486,205 | $170,466,405 | 39.0% |
Mar 31, 2006 | Brick | $83,574 | 45 | $2,075,743 | $4,243,996 | 48.9% |
Averages | $55,372,852 | 2,285 | $173,821,478 | $366,848,858 | 57.5% | |
Totals | 6 | $869,107,390 | $1,834,244,288 |
Producer Credits
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Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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2020-2029 | Knives Out 3 | |||||
Nov 23, 2022 | Glass Onion: A Knives … | $9,200,000 | 696 | $15,000,000 | $15,000,000 | 100.0% |
Nov 27, 2019 | Knives Out | $26,769,548 | 3,461 | $165,364,060 | $312,898,746 | 52.8% |
Averages | $17,984,774 | 2,079 | $90,182,030 | $163,949,373 | 76.4% | |
Totals | 3 | $180,364,060 | $327,898,746 |
Writer Credits
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Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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Nov 23, 2022 | Glass Onion: A Knives … | $9,200,000 | 696 | $15,000,000 | $15,000,000 | 100.0% |
Nov 27, 2019 | Knives Out | $26,769,548 | 3,461 | $165,364,060 | $312,898,746 | 52.8% |
Dec 15, 2017 | Star Wars Ep. VIII: Th… | $220,009,584 | 4,232 | $620,181,382 | $1,331,635,141 | 46.6% |
Sep 28, 2012 | Looper | $20,801,552 | 2,993 | $66,486,205 | $170,466,405 | 39.0% |
Mar 31, 2006 | Brick | $83,574 | 45 | $2,075,743 | $4,243,996 | 48.9% |
Averages | $55,372,852 | 2,285 | $173,821,478 | $366,848,858 | 57.5% | |
Totals | 5 | $869,107,390 | $1,834,244,288 |