Christoph Waltz
Best known as a Supporting Actor based on credits in that role in 8 films, with $2,433,497,788 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #653) |
Best-known acting roles: Ernst Stavro Blofeld (No Time to Die), Oberhauser (Spectre), Dr. King Schultz (Django Unchained), Leon Rom (The Legend of Tarzan), Dr. Dyson Ido (Alita: Battle Angel) |
Best-known technical roles: The Zero Theorem (Co-Producer) |
Most productive collaborators: Robert Rodriguez, Rosa Salazar, Quentin Tarantino, James Cameron, Jamie Foxx |
Born: October 4, 1956 (67 years old) |
Career Summary
Movies | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | ||
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As an Actor | Supporting | 8 | $685,929,837 | $1,747,567,951 | $2,433,497,788 |
Leading | 8 | $179,834,212 | $335,522,023 | $515,356,235 | |
Lead Ensemble Member | 5 | $388,954,756 | $838,365,276 | $1,227,320,032 | |
Cameo | 1 | $51,178,893 | $28,133,408 | $79,312,301 | |
Inverviewee | 1 | $0 | $50,076 | $50,076 | |
In Technical Roles | Co-Producer | 1 | $257,706 | $765,347 | $1,023,053 |
Executive Producer | 1 | $0 | $47,631 | $47,631 | |
Director | 1 | $0 | $37,012 | $37,012 | |
Producer | 1 | $0 | $37,012 | $37,012 |
Career Trend
This graph shows Christoph Waltz’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..
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See the Acting Credits tab for all Acting Box Office Records and the Technical Credits tab for all Technical Box Office Records.
Most Dangerous Game Trailer
July 2nd, 2020
Action series starring Liam Hemsworth and Christoph Waltz is streaming now on Quibi.
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Alita: Battle Angel Trailer
July 24th, 2018
Sci-fi action movie starring Rosa Salazar and Christoph Waltz, directed by Robert Rodriguez, opens December 21 ... Full Movie Details.
When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past. As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious history while her street-smart new friend Hugo offers instead to help trigger her memories. But it is only when the deadly and corrupt forces that run the city come after Alita that she discovers a clue to her past—she has unique fighting abilities that those in power will stop at nothing to control. If she can stay out of their grasp, she could be the key to saving her friends, her family and the world she’s grown to love.
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Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Spectre
March 7th, 2016
Spectre is the latest Bond film. It is a follow-up to Skyfall, which not only earned stellar reviews, but was also the biggest box office hit in the franchise earning more than $1 billion worldwide. Spectre wasn't as strong at the box office or with critics, but I'm a long time fan of the franchise, so I will still like it, right?
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Weekend Predictions: Christmas Wishes for Woods and Unbroken
December 23rd, 2014
We have a short prediction column today detailing the three Christmas day wide releases, as well as the two bigger limited releases. Sadly, none of these five films are really living up to potential and Christmas Day could be rather weak at the box office. Then again, why should Christmas be any different than the past several months. 2014 got off to such a great start. Last Christmas was busier, but not particularly strong either, so at least 2014 won't lose too badly.
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2014 - Awards Season: Golden Globes - Nominations
December 11th, 2014
The Golden Globes nominations were announced this morning, at three in the morning, because the people at Golden Globes are under the delusion that news announced at 3:00 a.m. is somehow more important if it is announced before anyone is awake. As for the actual nominations, like with the Independent Spirit Awards and the SAG nominations, Birdman led the way. It earned seven nominations, while Boyhood and The Imitation Game tied for second with five apiece. Starting to notice a pattern here? This could be a really dull Awards Season with very few surprises. On the other hand, predictable means less work for me. Plus, predictable probably means the Awards Season voters are making the right choices, as surprises usually mean someone made the wrong choice.
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2014 Preview: November
October 31st, 2014
October was a better than expected month with the overall box office keeping pace with October of 2013, for the most part. (The last weekend will be terrible, but that's because of Halloween.) We were able to close the gap somewhat in the year-over-year comparison, at least by a little bit. So how will November do compared to October. Let's put it this way. There are only seven films opening wide this month. Of those, Beyond the Lights will likely not make an impact at the box office. Every other film has at least a reasonable shot at $100 million. More than half the of the films opening this month could hit $200 million. Leading the way will be The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, which could hit $400 million. The only problem is when book franchises split the final installment into two parts, the first part tends to be weaker at the box office. Interstellar is a big question mark. On the low end, it could make just over $100 million, while on the high end, just over $300 million is within reach. That's a wide range of expectations. On the downside, last November, there were two movies to reach $400 million: Catching Fire and Frozen. On the other hand, there was only one other movie to make more than $100 million, Thor: The Dark World, so perhaps the depth this year will help 2014 come out ahead in the year-over-year comparison.
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Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Epic
September 1st, 2013
Epic was the first big digitally animated film of the summer, but it wasn't able to become a monster hit. In fact, it will need a bit of help on the home market to break even. Will it get that help? Or is it just a middling family film destined to be forgotten?
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2013 Awards Season: Argo Unites a Divided Night at the Oscars
February 25th, 2013
Argo was the big winner at the Oscars last night, although arguably, there were no big winners, but a lot of films that shared in the glory. There were also some pretty interesting twists and a few events that stand out. Due to ongoing computer difficulties, I was unable to live-blog the Oscars this year. I will still be giving my reactions on a category by category basis, but not in the order they were handed out.
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Argo Predicted as Best Picture, Awards to Be Spread Far and Wide
February 24th, 2013
Voting is closed in our annual Predict the Academy Awards contest, and Argo is the clear favorite to pick up the Best Picture award, based on the opinion of nearly 500 entrants. Ben Affleck's thriller took an impressive 80% of the vote, more than six times the score of Lincoln, which took second place in the poll. Coincidentally, the contest has predicted the winner of the Best Picture Oscar 80% of the time in the 15 years we've been running it. Quite a few other categories have strong favorites, but there are also some really close calls, and it looks as though the awards will be shared by several films tonight.
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2013 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Supporting Actor
February 21st, 2013
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. This week we will look at the four acting categories, continuing with Best Supporting Actor. This category is more competitive than Best Supporting Actress, but even so, it is mostly a two horse race.
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2013 Awards Season: Les Mis Leads Ways as Surprises Dominate
January 14th, 2013
Hollywood Foreign Press Association handed out their awards last night, and the trend of surprises continues. Les Miserables led the way with three awards, only one of which I was truly expecting. Meanwhile, Argo won more awards than Lincoln. I don't think anyone was predicting that.
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2013 Awards Season: Lincoln Oversees a Divided Group of Nominees
January 10th, 2013
The Oscar nominations were announced this morning, and there's certainly a lot to talk about. There are some nominations that should surprise no one. For instance, Lincoln led the way with twelve nominations, and it has been seen as the major contender for a long time. However, there were also a few surprise nominations and some major snubs. Here are the list of nominations, and some reactions.
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Awards Season: Lincoln Shows a United Front at the Golden Globes
December 13th, 2012
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their nominations and the same list of films that have been mentioned since the beginning of Awards Season were rewarded today. Lincoln led the way with seven nods, while Argo and Django Unchained were close behind with five.
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2012 Preview: December
December 1st, 2012
November was a strong month and left 2012 with a very easy path to a new all time record. There was only one major miss the entire month, Rise of the Guardians, while The Silver Linings Playbook was pulled from wide release at the last minute, so it is a little hard to judge its box office performance. On the positive side, Skyfall might top original expectations by $100 million. All this December has to do is maintain pace with last December to ensure 2012 sets the new record. I would like to say that will be easy to do, but I really don't know. Last year, there was only one $200 million hit, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, plus a few others that reached $100 million, so the bar isn't set too high. This year, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is expected to at least come close to $300 million. Some think it will earn more than $400 million. However, it could also be the last film to make $100 million till February. December is normally a very good month to release a film, but the release schedule is so messed up that it makes it very hard to predict what will happen. There appears to be just ten films opening truly wide this month (I'm getting mixed signals on a few of them). That's a really light schedule for a month and a light schedule tends to help maximize the box office potential for individual films. However, eight of these films open wide within a seven-day period. That's insane. There's no way all of those films will find an audience and there's a chance that due to the competition, none of them will. Let's hope the situation isn't as bad as that, but there are some serious reasons to be concerned for most new releases coming out this month.
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All Acting Credits
Announced (Undated)
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Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
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Sep 30, 2022 | Dead for a Dollar | Max Borlund | $47,631 | $47,631 | |
Oct 22, 2021 | The French Dispatch | $16,124,375 | $29,013,029 | $45,137,404 | |
Oct 8, 2021 | No Time to Die | Ernst Stavro Blofeld | $160,891,007 | $598,038,764 | $758,929,771 |
May 14, 2021 | Georgetown | Ulrich Mott | $37,012 | $37,012 | |
Unknown | Most Dangerous Game | ||||
Oct 21, 2019 | QT8: The First Eight | Himself | $50,076 | $50,076 | |
Feb 14, 2019 | Alita: Battle Angel | Dr. Dyson Ido | $85,838,210 | $316,061,830 | $401,900,040 |
Dec 22, 2017 | Downsizing | Dusan Mirkovic | $24,449,754 | $30,013,217 | $54,462,971 |
Jul 1, 2016 | The Legend of Tarzan | Leon Rom | $126,643,061 | $222,258,964 | $348,902,025 |
Nov 6, 2015 | Spectre | Oberhauser | $200,074,175 | $679,003,169 | $879,077,344 |
Dec 25, 2014 | Big Eyes | Walter Keane | $14,482,031 | $12,835,841 | $27,317,872 |
Nov 26, 2014 | Horrible Bosses 2 | Rex's Father | $54,445,357 | $51,500,000 | $105,945,357 |
Sep 19, 2014 | The Zero Theorem | Qohen Leth | $257,706 | $765,347 | $1,023,053 |
Mar 21, 2014 | Muppets Most Wanted | Himself | $51,178,893 | $28,133,408 | $79,312,301 |
May 24, 2013 | Epic | Mandrake | $107,518,682 | $155,275,759 | $262,794,441 |
Dec 25, 2012 | Django Unchained | Dr. King Schultz | $162,805,434 | $287,036,132 | $449,841,566 |
Aug 10, 2012 | It is No Dream: The Li… | Theodor Herzl (Vo… | |||
Dec 16, 2011 | Carnage | Alan Cowan | $2,546,747 | $35,565,407 | $38,112,154 |
Oct 21, 2011 | The Three Musketeers | Richelieu | $20,377,913 | $119,500,000 | $139,877,913 |
Apr 22, 2011 | Water for Elephants | August | $58,709,717 | $58,100,000 | $116,809,717 |
Jan 14, 2011 | The Green Hornet | Benjamin Chudnofsky | $98,780,042 | $130,375,461 | $229,155,503 |
Aug 21, 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | Col. Hans Landa | $120,774,594 | $196,027,687 | $316,802,281 |
Averages | $76,817,512 | $147,481,937 | $212,776,822 | ||
Totals | 22 | $1,305,897,698 | $2,949,638,734 | $4,255,536,432 |
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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Sep 30, 2022 | Dead for a Dollar | $47,631 | ||||
May 14, 2021 | Georgetown | $37,012 | ||||
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Feb 14, 2019 | Alita: Battle Angel | $28,525,613 | 3,802 | $85,838,210 | $401,900,040 | 21.4% |
Dec 25, 2014 | Big Eyes | $3,001,738 | 1,408 | $14,482,031 | $27,317,872 | 53.0% |
Nov 26, 2014 | Horrible Bosses 2 | $15,457,418 | 3,400 | $54,445,357 | $105,945,357 | 51.4% |
May 24, 2013 | Epic | $33,531,068 | 3,894 | $107,518,682 | $262,794,441 | 40.9% |
Dec 25, 2012 | Django Unchained | $30,122,888 | 3,012 | $162,805,434 | $449,841,566 | 36.2% |
Aug 10, 2012 | It is No Dream: The Li… | |||||
Dec 16, 2011 | Carnage | $79,795 | 494 | $2,546,747 | $38,112,154 | 6.7% |
Oct 21, 2011 | The Three Musketeers | $8,674,452 | 3,017 | $20,377,913 | $139,877,913 | 14.6% |
Aug 21, 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | $38,054,676 | 3,358 | $120,774,594 | $316,802,281 | 38.1% |
Averages | $19,680,956 | 2,798 | $71,098,621 | $174,267,627 | 32.8% | |
Totals | 12 | $568,788,968 | $1,742,676,267 |
Supporting Roles
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Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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Oct 22, 2021 | The French Dispatch | $1,348,804 | 1,225 | $16,124,375 | $45,137,404 | 35.7% |
Oct 8, 2021 | No Time to Die | $55,225,007 | 4,407 | $160,891,007 | $758,929,771 | 21.2% |
Dec 22, 2017 | Downsizing | $4,954,287 | 2,668 | $24,449,754 | $54,462,971 | 44.9% |
Jul 1, 2016 | The Legend of Tarzan | $38,527,856 | 3,591 | $126,643,061 | $348,902,025 | 36.3% |
Nov 6, 2015 | Spectre | $70,403,148 | 3,929 | $200,074,175 | $879,077,344 | 22.8% |
Sep 19, 2014 | The Zero Theorem | $3,138 | 63 | $257,706 | $1,023,053 | 25.2% |
Apr 22, 2011 | Water for Elephants | $16,842,353 | 2,820 | $58,709,717 | $116,809,717 | 50.3% |
Jan 14, 2011 | The Green Hornet | $33,526,876 | 3,584 | $98,780,042 | $229,155,503 | 43.1% |
Averages | $27,603,934 | 2,786 | $85,741,230 | $304,187,224 | 34.9% | |
Totals | 8 | $685,929,837 | $2,433,497,788 |
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All Technical Credits
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Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
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Sep 30, 2022 | Dead for a Dollar | Executive Producer | $47,631 | $47,631 | |
May 14, 2021 | Georgetown | Director Producer |
$37,012 | $37,012 | |
Sep 19, 2014 | The Zero Theorem | Co-Producer | $257,706 | $765,347 | $1,023,053 |
Averages | $257,706 | $283,330 | $369,232 | ||
Totals | 3 | $257,706 | $849,990 | $1,107,696 |
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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May 14, 2021 | Georgetown | $37,012 | ||||
Averages | n/a | n/a | n/a | $37,012 | 0.0% | |
Totals | 1 | n/a | $37,012 |
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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May 14, 2021 | Georgetown | $37,012 | ||||
Averages | n/a | n/a | n/a | $37,012 | 0.0% | |
Totals | 1 | n/a | $37,012 |