Steve McQueen
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 13 films, with $323,649,855 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #664) |
Best-known acting roles: Chief O'Hallorhan (Towering Inferno), Henri "Papillon" Charierre (Papillon), Carter McCoy (The Getaway), Farnk Bullitt (Bullitt), Papa Thorson (The Hunter) |
Born: March 24, 1930 |
Died: November 7, 1980 |
Career Summary
Movies | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | ||
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As an Actor | Leading | 13 | $299,694,763 | $23,955,092 | $323,649,855 |
Lead Ensemble Member | 2 | $30,017,647 | $0 | $30,017,647 | |
Documentary Subject | 2 | $6,843 | $81,102 | $87,945 | |
(Unclassified) | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Career Trend
This graph shows Steve McQueen’s score on our annual analysis of leading stars at the box office. The Star Score represents points assigned to each of the leading stars of the top 100 movies (based on box office) in the current year and two preceding years. For appearing in the number one movie in a year a star gets 100 points, the number two movie 99 points and so on..
Latest Ranking on Selected Box Office Record Lists
Record | Rank | Amount |
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Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 701-800) | 715 | $329,712,410 |
Top Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 5,401-5,500) | 5,463 | $329,719,253 |
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the International Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000) | 2,976 | $23,955,092 |
Top Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 39,201-39,300) | 39,274 | $24,036,194 |
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200) | 1,185 | $353,667,502 |
Top Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 12,001-12,100) | 12,094 | $353,755,447 |
See the Acting Credits tab for all Acting Box Office Records and the Technical Credits tab for all Technical Box Office Records.
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May 28th, 2013
The Great Escape is one of the greatest movies ever made. It recently made its Blu-ray debut on a 50th anniversary disc. However, early reviews were not great. The movie still stands the test of time, but many Blu-ray critics complained about the video quality. Were they being overly snobbish? Or is the video quality really that bad?
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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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Sep 28, 2017 | Steve McQueen: America… | Himself | |||
Nov 13, 2015 | Steve McQueen: The Man… | Himself | $6,843 | $81,102 | $87,945 |
1980 | Tom Horn | Tom Horn | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | |
1980 | The Hunter | Papa Thorson | $16,647,800 | $16,647,800 | |
Dec 17, 1974 | Towering Inferno | Chief O'Hallorhan | $116,000,000 | $23,700,000 | $139,700,000 |
Dec 16, 1973 | Papillon | Henri "Papillon" … | $53,267,000 | $25,989 | $53,292,989 |
Dec 15, 1972 | The Getaway | Carter McCoy | $36,734,619 | $36,734,619 | |
Aug 2, 1972 | Junior Bonner | Junior Bonner | |||
Dec 25, 1969 | The Reivers | ||||
Oct 17, 1968 | Bullitt | Farnk Bullitt | $42,300,873 | $177 | $42,301,050 |
Jun 19, 1968 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Thomas Crown | $14,000,000 | $14,000,000 | |
Dec 20, 1966 | The Sand Pebbles | Jake Holman | $30,017,647 | $30,017,647 | |
Jun 10, 1966 | Nevada Smith | ||||
Oct 15, 1965 | The Cincinnati Kid | Cincinnati Kid | |||
Dec 25, 1963 | Love with the Proper S… | ||||
Aug 8, 1963 | The Great Escape | Captain Virgil Hilts | $11,744,471 | $228,926 | $11,973,397 |
Dec 7, 1959 | Never so Few | ||||
Sep 10, 1958 | The Blob | ||||
Averages | $32,971,925 | $4,807,239 | $35,375,545 | ||
Totals | 18 | $329,719,253 | $24,036,194 | $353,755,447 |
Leading or Lead Ensemble Roles
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Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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1980 | The Hunter | $16,647,800 | $16,647,800 | 100.0% | ||
1980 | Tom Horn | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | 100.0% | ||
Dec 17, 1974 | Towering Inferno | $2,323,621 | 295 | $116,000,000 | $139,700,000 | 83.0% |
Dec 16, 1973 | Papillon | $1,800,000 | $53,267,000 | $53,292,989 | 100.0% | |
Dec 15, 1972 | The Getaway | $36,734,619 | $36,734,619 | 100.0% | ||
Aug 2, 1972 | Junior Bonner | |||||
Oct 17, 1968 | Bullitt | $42,300,873 | $42,301,050 | 100.0% | ||
Jun 19, 1968 | The Thomas Crown Affair | $14,000,000 | $14,000,000 | 100.0% | ||
Dec 20, 1966 | The Sand Pebbles | $30,017,647 | $30,017,647 | 100.0% | ||
Jun 10, 1966 | Nevada Smith | |||||
Oct 15, 1965 | The Cincinnati Kid | |||||
Dec 25, 1963 | Love with the Proper S… | |||||
Aug 8, 1963 | The Great Escape | $11,744,471 | $11,973,397 | 98.1% | ||
Dec 7, 1959 | Never so Few | |||||
Sep 10, 1958 | The Blob | |||||
Averages | $2,061,811 | 295 | $36,634,712 | $39,296,389 | 97.9% | |
Totals | 15 | $329,712,410 | $353,667,502 |