Paul Schrader
| Best known as a Director based on credits in that role in 21 films, with $107,214,492 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #1,107) |
| Best-known technical roles: City Hall (Screenwriter), First Reformed (Director), First Reformed (Screenwriter), Raging Bull (Screenwriter), American Gigolo (Director) |
| Best-known acting roles: Himself (Hitchcock/Truffaut), Himself (Eames: The Architect and the Painter), Himself (A Decade Under the Influence) |
| Most productive collaborators: Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, Tiffany Haddish, Willem Dafoe, Lauren Mann |
| Born: July 22, 1946 (78 years old) |
Career Summary
| Movies | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As an Actor | Inverviewee | 2 | $457,987 | $385,943 | $843,930 |
| (Unclassified) | 1 | $34,514 | $0 | $34,514 | |
| In Technical Roles | Director | 21 | $58,930,000 | $48,284,492 | $107,214,492 |
| Screenwriter | 14 | $119,670,408 | $46,976,973 | $166,647,381 |
Latest Ranking on Selected Box Office Record Lists
| Record | Rank | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Top Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 66,501-66,600) | 66,594 | $492,501 |
| Top Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 61,201-61,300) | 61,284 | $385,943 |
| Top Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 70,301-70,400) | 70,344 | $878,444 |
| Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) | 1,013 | $58,930,000 |
| Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) | 1,092 | $119,670,408 |
| Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300) | 1,227 | $48,284,492 |
| Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100) | 2,024 | $46,976,973 |
| Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200) | 1,107 | $107,214,492 |
| Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600) | 1,503 | $166,647,381 |
See the Acting Credits tab for all Acting Box Office Records and the Technical Credits tab for all Technical Box Office Records.
The Card Counter trailer
August 30th, 2021
Thriller directed by Paul Schrader, starring Oscar Isaac and Tiffany Haddish opens in theaters on September 10. Full movie details…
An ex-military interrogator turned gambler is haunted by the ghosts of his past decisions.
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2018 Awards Season: Oscars: And the Winner is... Green Book for Best Picture
February 24th, 2019
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It’s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. We will announce the winners and have our reactions as they happen, while keeping track of how our readers did in predicting the outcomes.
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2018 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations: Final Look
February 24th, 2019
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It’s Oscar Day, and we will be live blogging the show. Before that, let’s take a last look at the nominations with a few annotations. in Italics are those that have received the most votes from our readers so far in our Oscar contest (which is open to new entries until noon, Pacific, today—enter now!). Bold films are those films I think will win. Meanwhile, those that are Underlined are those I want to win. Not all categories have underlined nominees, because not all categories have someone I’m cheering for, or because there are two nominees I couldn’t pick between. For example, I would be happy with half of the Best Picture nominees winning.
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2018 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Original Screenplay
February 19th, 2019
With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, 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. Today we look at the two Screenwriting Categories, ending with with Best Original Screenplay. This category is actually competitive with three films I can see winning.
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2018 Awards Season: Oscar Nominations
January 23rd, 2019
The Oscar nominations were announced yesterday starting at just after 5 am Pacific time. They do this every year for reasons no one has been able to adequately explain to me. Because it was the day after a long weekend, it took a bit of time to get all the normal work done and digest the results. And there were some interesting results to digest. No one film led the way with total nominations, as two films, The Favourite and Roma tied with 10 nominations each.
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2018 - Awards Season: Independent Spirit Awards - Nominations
November 17th, 2018
The Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced on Friday and thus the 2018 Awards Season begins. We The Animals topped the list with five nominations, while A24 earned 12 as a studio.
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All Acting Credits
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| Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 2015 | Hitchcock/Truffaut | Himself | $304,899 | $352,132 | $657,031 |
| Nov 18, 2011 | Eames: The Architect a… | Himself | $153,088 | $33,811 | $186,899 |
| Apr 25, 2003 | A Decade Under the Inf… | Himself | $34,514 | $34,514 | |
| Averages | $164,167 | $192,972 | $292,815 | ||
| Totals | 3 | $492,501 | $385,943 | $878,444 | |
Latest Ranking on All Acting Box Office Record Lists
All Technical Credits
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| Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 2024 | Oh, Canada | Director | |||
| May 19, 2023 | Master Gardener | Director Screenwriter |
$667,114 | $582,907 | $1,250,021 |
| May 24, 2022 | There Are No Saints | Screenwriter | $38,227 | $38,227 | |
| Sep 10, 2021 | The Card Counter | Director Screenwriter |
$2,657,850 | $1,703,398 | $4,361,248 |
| May 18, 2018 | First Reformed | Director Screenwriter |
$3,448,256 | $540,356 | $3,988,612 |
| Nov 4, 2016 | Dog Eat Dog | Director | $219,319 | $219,319 | |
| Dec 5, 2014 | Dying of the Light | Director Screenwriter |
$74,639 | $74,639 | |
| Aug 2, 2013 | The Canyons | Director | $59,671 | $2,704 | $62,375 |
| Sep 22, 2009 | Adam Resurrected | Director | $90,909 | $90,909 | |
| Dec 7, 2007 | The Walker | Director | $79,698 | $428,505 | $508,203 |
| May 20, 2005 | Dominion: Prequel to the Ex… | Director | $251,495 | $251,495 | |
| Oct 18, 2002 | Auto Focus | Director | $2,062,066 | $641,755 | $2,703,821 |
| Unknown | Forever Mine | Director | |||
| Dec 30, 1998 | Affliction | Director Screenwriter |
$6,330,054 | $6,330,054 | |
| Feb 14, 1997 | Touch | Director | $408,097 | $408,097 | |
| Feb 16, 1996 | City Hall | Screenwriter | $20,278,055 | $20,278,055 | |
| Sep 21, 1992 | Light Sleeper | Director | $1,050,861 | $1,050,861 | |
| Mar 15, 1991 | The Comfort of Strangers | Director | $1,244,000 | $1,244,000 | |
| Aug 12, 1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Screenwriter | $8,373,585 | $8,373,585 | |
| Feb 6, 1987 | Light of Day | Director Screenwriter |
$10,489,617 | $10,489,617 | |
| Dec 1, 1986 | The Mosquito Coast | Screenwriter | $14,302,000 | $14,302,000 | |
| Sep 13, 1985 | Mishima: A Life in Four Cha… | Director | $437,547 | $437,547 | |
| Apr 2, 1982 | Cat People | Director Screenwriter |
$7,000,000 | $14,000,000 | $21,000,000 |
| Nov 14, 1980 | Raging Bull | Screenwriter | $23,380,203 | $37,446 | $23,417,649 |
| Feb 1, 1980 | American Gigolo | Director Screenwriter |
$22,743,674 | $30,000,000 | $52,743,674 |
| Feb 9, 1979 | Hardcore | Director | |||
| Averages | $6,592,834 | $3,720,013 | $7,548,870 | ||
| Totals | 26 | $125,263,843 | $48,360,165 | $173,624,008 | |
Director Credits
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| Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 2024 | Oh, Canada | |||||
| May 19, 2023 | Master Gardener | $264,866 | 225 | $667,114 | $1,250,021 | 53.4% |
| Sep 10, 2021 | The Card Counter | $1,039,580 | 739 | $2,657,850 | $4,361,248 | 60.9% |
| May 18, 2018 | First Reformed | $97,562 | 334 | $3,448,256 | $3,988,612 | 86.5% |
| Nov 4, 2016 | Dog Eat Dog | $219,319 | ||||
| Dec 5, 2014 | Dying of the Light | $74,639 | ||||
| Aug 2, 2013 | The Canyons | $13,351 | 9 | $59,671 | $62,375 | 95.7% |
| Sep 22, 2009 | Adam Resurrected | $90,909 | ||||
| Dec 7, 2007 | The Walker | $16,525 | 14 | $79,698 | $508,203 | 15.7% |
| May 20, 2005 | Dominion: Prequel to t… | $138,311 | 110 | $251,495 | $251,495 | 100.0% |
| Oct 18, 2002 | Auto Focus | $123,761 | 461 | $2,062,066 | $2,703,821 | 76.3% |
| Unknown | Forever Mine | |||||
| Dec 30, 1998 | Affliction | $63,979 | 335 | $6,330,054 | $6,330,054 | 100.0% |
| Feb 14, 1997 | Touch | $195,236 | 51 | $408,097 | $408,097 | 100.0% |
| Sep 21, 1992 | Light Sleeper | $1,050,861 | $1,050,861 | 100.0% | ||
| Mar 15, 1991 | The Comfort of Strangers | $1,244,000 | $1,244,000 | 100.0% | ||
| Feb 6, 1987 | Light of Day | $3,536,309 | 1,041 | $10,489,617 | $10,489,617 | 100.0% |
| Sep 13, 1985 | Mishima: A Life in Fou… | $10,378 | 14 | $437,547 | $437,547 | 100.0% |
| Apr 2, 1982 | Cat People | $1,617,636 | 600 | $7,000,000 | $21,000,000 | 33.3% |
| Feb 1, 1980 | American Gigolo | $3,559,930 | 570 | $22,743,674 | $52,743,674 | 43.1% |
| Feb 9, 1979 | Hardcore | |||||
| Averages | $821,340 | 346 | $3,928,667 | $5,956,361 | 77.7% | |
| Totals | 21 | $58,930,000 | $107,214,492 | |||
Writer Credits
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| Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2023 | Master Gardener | $264,866 | 225 | $667,114 | $1,250,021 | 53.4% |
| May 24, 2022 | There Are No Saints | $38,227 | ||||
| Sep 10, 2021 | The Card Counter | $1,039,580 | 739 | $2,657,850 | $4,361,248 | 60.9% |
| May 18, 2018 | First Reformed | $97,562 | 334 | $3,448,256 | $3,988,612 | 86.5% |
| Dec 5, 2014 | Dying of the Light | $74,639 | ||||
| Dec 30, 1998 | Affliction | $63,979 | 335 | $6,330,054 | $6,330,054 | 100.0% |
| Feb 16, 1996 | City Hall | $8,012,442 | 1,815 | $20,278,055 | $20,278,055 | 100.0% |
| Aug 12, 1988 | The Last Temptation of… | $401,211 | 9 | $8,373,585 | $8,373,585 | 100.0% |
| Feb 6, 1987 | Light of Day | $3,536,309 | 1,041 | $10,489,617 | $10,489,617 | 100.0% |
| Dec 1, 1986 | The Mosquito Coast | 451 | $14,302,000 | $14,302,000 | 100.0% | |
| Apr 2, 1982 | Cat People | $1,617,636 | 600 | $7,000,000 | $21,000,000 | 33.3% |
| Nov 14, 1980 | Raging Bull | $128,590 | 180 | $23,380,203 | $23,417,649 | 99.8% |
| Feb 1, 1980 | American Gigolo | $3,559,930 | 570 | $22,743,674 | $52,743,674 | 43.1% |
| Averages | $1,872,211 | 573 | $10,879,128 | $12,819,029 | 79.7% | |
| Totals | 13 | $119,670,408 | $166,647,381 | |||
Latest Ranking on All Technical Box Office Record Lists
| Record | Rank | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) | 1,013 | $58,930,000 |
| Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) | 1,092 | $119,670,408 |
| Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300) | 1,227 | $48,284,492 |
| Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100) | 2,024 | $46,976,973 |
| Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200) | 1,107 | $107,214,492 |
| Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600) | 1,503 | $166,647,381 |