Richard Dreyfuss
Best known as an Actor based on credits in that role in 60 films, with $2,611,923,724 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #966) |
Best-known acting roles: George (Book Club), Richard Nelson (Poseidon), Hooper (Jaws), Glenn Holland (Mr. Holland’s Opus), Roy Neary (Close Encounters of the Third Kind) |
Most productive collaborators: Steven Spielberg, Diane Keaton, Bill Holderman, Jane Fonda, Erin Simms |
Born: October 29, 1947 (76 years old) |
Career Summary
Movies | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
As an Actor | Leading | 14 | $704,336,488 | $436,400,831 | $1,140,737,319 |
Supporting | 11 | $211,043,115 | $205,145,157 | $416,188,272 | |
Lead Ensemble Member | 1 | $115,557,835 | $25,000,000 | $140,557,835 | |
Narrator | 1 | $52,287,414 | $1,236 | $52,288,650 | |
Inverviewee | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
(Unclassified) | 32 | $672,513,753 | $189,637,895 | $862,151,648 | |
In Technical Roles | Executive Producer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Career Trend
This graph shows Richard Dreyfuss’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 |
---|---|---|
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 201-300) | 274 | $819,894,323 |
Top Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) | 474 | $1,755,738,605 |
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the International Box Office (Rank 601-700) | 689 | $461,400,831 |
Top Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300) | 2,229 | $856,185,119 |
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 401-500) | 431 | $1,281,295,154 |
Top Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 901-1,000) | 966 | $2,611,923,724 |
See the Acting Credits tab for all Acting Box Office Records and the Technical Credits tab for all Technical Box Office Records.
Limited and VOD Releases: Staying Grounded
July 26th, 2019
It is an interesting week on the limited release front as there are four films that are earning 100% positive reviews, including three documentaries. I think this level of competition might be too much for any of them to thrive. Additionally, the only non-documentary to earn perfect reviews so far is The Ground Beneath My Feet, a foreign-language film.
More...
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Trailer
July 31st, 2017
Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi classic starring Richard Dreyfuss returns to theaters on September 1 ... Full Movie Details.
More...
Limited Releases: Afflicting Limited Releases on the Public
April 4th, 2014
It is a busy week, not only in terms of quantity, but also quality. There are seven films earning 80% positive reviews or higher (at least when I checked last). Some of these, like Afflicted, probably won't find an audience in theaters, because it is just the wrong genre. Others, like The Unknown Known and Watermark, might do well for the genre, but won't find any real measure of mainstream success. On the other hand, Under the Skin and Alan Partridge might find audiences in theaters.
More...
2013 Preview: August
August 1st, 2013
July was hit and miss at the box office, mostly miss. In fact, only two films really topped expectations, Despicable Me 2 and The Conjuring. That said, 2013 has nearly closed the gap with 2012 and it won't take much to pull ahead. Looking forward to August, we find that it is a very busy month with 16 or so films opening wide over five weeks. Of course, the closer you get to September, the more likely these films will struggle to find an audience, and more often than not, there are simply too many films opening wide to suspect they will all find an audience. On the high end, 2 Guns could be the biggest hit of the month with just over $100 million. The Smurfs 2 and Elysium could pull in $100 million. All three of those films are opening in the first two weeks of the month. After that, most of the new releases will be lucky if they reach $50 million during their theatrical runs. By comparison, last August was not as busy with 14 wide releases. Of those, only one film, The Bourne Legacy, topped $100 million, although a couple came reasonably close. Hopefully we will have more $100 million hits this time around and 2013 will be able to complete the comeback.
More...
All Acting Credits
Register with The Numbers for free to customize this chart.
Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fall, 2024 | Abandonment | ||||
Apr 14, 2023 | Sweetwater | Maurice Podoloff | $541,633 | $541,633 | |
Oct 22, 2021 | Every Last One of Them | Murphy | |||
Aug 13, 2021 | Crime Story | Ben Myers | $2,984 | $2,984 | |
Oct 6, 2020 | The Devil to Pay | Ben Myers | |||
Jul 26, 2019 | Astronaut | Angus | |||
Jun 14, 2019 | Daughter of the Wolf | Father | $7,504 | $7,504 | |
Jan 25, 2019 | Polar | ||||
Dec 7, 2018 | Asher | Avi | |||
Oct 5, 2018 | Bayou Caviar | ||||
May 18, 2018 | Book Club | George | $68,566,296 | $37,387,336 | $105,953,632 |
Aug 28, 2015 | Zipper | George Hiller | |||
Apr 14, 2015 | Cas & Dylan | Dr. Cas Pepper | |||
Jul 25, 2014 | Very Good Girls | Danny Field | |||
Aug 16, 2013 | Paranoia | $7,388,654 | $8,952,113 | $16,340,767 | |
Mar 9, 2012 | Shakespeare High | Himself | |||
Oct 15, 2010 | Red | Alexander Dunning | $90,380,162 | $106,059,531 | $196,439,693 |
Aug 20, 2010 | Piranha 3D | Matt Boyd | $25,003,155 | $58,657,005 | $83,660,160 |
Apr 2, 2010 | Leaves of Grass | $70,066 | $15,461 | $85,527 | |
Mar 19, 2010 | The Lightkeepers | ||||
Jun 5, 2009 | My Life in Ruins | Irv | $8,677,425 | $11,800,000 | $20,477,425 |
Oct 17, 2008 | W. | Dick Cheney | $25,534,493 | $3,041,285 | $28,575,778 |
Jan 15, 2008 | Suburban Girl | ||||
May 12, 2006 | Poseidon | Richard Nelson | $60,674,817 | $121,000,000 | $181,674,817 |
Sep 17, 2004 | Silver City | Chuck Raven | $1,017,376 | $1,017,376 | |
Jul 26, 2002 | Who is Cletis Tout? | Micah | $252,227 | $252,227 | |
Aug 25, 2000 | The Crew | Bobby Bartellemeo | $13,019,253 | $13,019,253 | |
Feb 27, 1998 | Krippendorf's Tribe | James Krippendorf | $7,571,115 | $7,571,115 | |
May 16, 1997 | Night Falls On Manhattan | Sam Vigoda | $9,889,670 | $9,889,670 | |
Jan 12, 1997 | The Call of the Wild: … | Narrator | $5,000 | $5,000 | |
Nov 8, 1996 | Mad Dog Time | Vic | $80,026 | $80,026 | |
Apr 12, 1996 | James and the Giant Peach | Centipede (voice) | $28,921,264 | $28,921,264 | |
Dec 29, 1995 | Mr. Holland’s Opus | Glenn Holland | $82,582,604 | $23,700,000 | $106,282,604 |
Nov 17, 1995 | The American President | Senator Bob Rumson | $60,022,813 | $47,800,000 | $107,822,813 |
Oct 28, 1994 | Silent Fall | Jake Rainer | $3,180,000 | $3,180,000 | |
Jul 23, 1993 | Another Stakeout | Chris Lecce | $20,107,504 | $20,107,504 | |
May 14, 1993 | Lost in Yonkers | Uncle Louie | $9,285,189 | $9,285,189 | |
May 17, 1991 | What About Bob? | Leo Marvin, M.D. | $63,710,000 | $63,710,000 | |
Feb 8, 1991 | Rosencrantz and Guilde… | The Player | $739,104 | $739,104 | |
1991 | Once Around | Sam Sharpe | $14,851,000 | $14,851,000 | |
Sep 12, 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | Doctor Frankenthal | $37,963,281 | $37,963,281 | |
Dec 22, 1989 | Always | Pete Sandich | $41,843,630 | $30,300,000 | $72,143,630 |
Aug 18, 1989 | Let it Ride | Jay Trotter | $4,971,088 | $4,971,088 | |
Sep 9, 1988 | Moon Over Parador | Jack Noah/Preside… | $11,444,204 | $11,444,204 | |
Nov 20, 1987 | Nuts | Aaron Levinsky | $28,866,028 | $28,866,028 | |
Aug 5, 1987 | Stakeout | Chris Lecce | $65,673,233 | $65,673,233 | |
Mar 6, 1987 | Tin Men | Bill 'BB' Babowsky | $25,411,386 | $25,411,386 | |
Aug 8, 1986 | Stand by Me | The Writer/Narrator | $52,287,414 | $1,236 | $52,288,650 |
Jan 31, 1986 | Down and Out in Beverl… | David 'Dave' Whit… | $62,134,225 | $62,134,225 | |
Jan 20, 1984 | The Buddy System | Joe | $1,820,049 | $1,820,049 | |
Dec 2, 1981 | Whose Life is it Anyway? | Ken Harrison | $6,100,000 | $6,100,000 | |
Dec 3, 1980 | The Competition | Paul Dietrich | $13,000,000 | $13,000,000 | |
1978 | The Big Fix | Moses Wine | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | |
Dec 21, 1977 | The Goodbye Girl | Elliott Garfield | $83,700,000 | $83,700,000 | |
Nov 16, 1977 | Close Encounters of th… | Roy Neary | $169,100,479 | $171,700,000 | $340,800,479 |
Jun 20, 1975 | Jaws | Hooper | $272,965,550 | $210,690,343 | $483,655,893 |
Aug 11, 1973 | American Graffiti | Curt Henderson | $115,557,835 | $25,000,000 | $140,557,835 |
Dec 21, 1967 | The Graduate | Boarding House Re… | $104,397,102 | $70,321 | $104,467,423 |
Dec 15, 1967 | Valley of the Dolls | Stage Manager | $44,432,255 | $44,432,255 | |
Averages | $39,903,150 | $47,565,840 | $56,780,951 | ||
Totals | 59 | $1,755,738,605 | $856,185,119 | $2,611,923,724 |
Leading or Lead Ensemble Roles
Register with The Numbers for free to customize this chart.
Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fall, 2024 | Abandonment | |||||
Oct 22, 2021 | Every Last One of Them | |||||
Aug 13, 2021 | Crime Story | $2,984 | ||||
Oct 6, 2020 | The Devil to Pay | |||||
Jul 26, 2019 | Astronaut | |||||
Jun 14, 2019 | Daughter of the Wolf | $7,504 | ||||
Apr 14, 2015 | Cas & Dylan | |||||
Dec 29, 1995 | Mr. Holland’s Opus | $14,466 | 1,659 | $82,582,604 | $106,282,604 | 77.7% |
May 17, 1991 | What About Bob? | $9,216,334 | 1,805 | $63,710,000 | $63,710,000 | 100.0% |
Dec 22, 1989 | Always | $3,713,480 | 1,206 | $41,843,630 | $72,143,630 | 58.0% |
Jan 31, 1986 | Down and Out in Beverl… | $5,726,495 | 1,082 | $62,134,225 | $62,134,225 | 100.0% |
1978 | The Big Fix | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | 100.0% | ||
Nov 16, 1977 | Close Encounters of th… | 901 | $169,100,479 | $340,800,479 | 49.6% | |
Jun 20, 1975 | Jaws | $7,790,627 | 1,246 | $272,965,550 | $483,655,893 | 56.4% |
Aug 11, 1973 | American Graffiti | $115,557,835 | $140,557,835 | 82.2% | ||
Averages | $5,292,280 | 1,317 | $102,486,790 | $128,129,515 | 78.0% | |
Totals | 15 | $819,894,323 | $1,281,295,154 |
Supporting Roles
Register with The Numbers for free to customize this chart.
Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 14, 2023 | Sweetwater | $351,010 | 1,204 | $541,633 | $541,633 | 100.0% |
Jan 25, 2019 | Polar | |||||
Dec 7, 2018 | Asher | |||||
Oct 5, 2018 | Bayou Caviar | |||||
May 18, 2018 | Book Club | $13,582,231 | 3,169 | $68,566,296 | $105,953,632 | 64.7% |
Aug 28, 2015 | Zipper | |||||
Jul 25, 2014 | Very Good Girls | |||||
Oct 15, 2010 | Red | $21,761,408 | 3,349 | $90,380,162 | $196,439,693 | 46.0% |
Aug 20, 2010 | Piranha 3D | $10,106,872 | 2,491 | $25,003,155 | $83,660,160 | 29.9% |
Oct 17, 2008 | W. | $10,505,668 | 2,050 | $25,534,493 | $28,575,778 | 89.4% |
Sep 17, 2004 | Silver City | $337,484 | 162 | $1,017,376 | $1,017,376 | 100.0% |
Averages | $9,440,779 | 2,071 | $35,173,853 | $69,364,712 | 71.7% | |
Totals | 11 | $211,043,115 | $416,188,272 |
Latest Ranking on All Acting Box Office Record Lists
All Technical Credits
Register with The Numbers for free to customize this chart.
Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 26, 2019 | Astronaut | Executive Producer | |||
Averages | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
Totals | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a |