Daniel Day-Lewis
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 14 films, with $752,343,045 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #342) |
Best-known acting roles: Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln), Bill "The Butcher" Cutting (Gangs of New York), Plainview (There Will Be Blood), Reynolds Woodcock (Phantom Thread), Hawkeye (The Last of the Mohicans) |
Most productive collaborators: Steven Spielberg, Sally Field, Tony Kushner, David Strathairn, Paul Thomas Anderson |
Born: April 29, 1957 (67 years old) |
Career Summary
Movies | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | ||
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As an Actor | Leading | 14 | $492,096,906 | $260,246,139 | $752,343,045 |
Supporting | 4 | $82,347,995 | $75,075,363 | $157,423,358 | |
Lead Ensemble Member | 1 | $19,676,965 | $37,307,254 | $56,984,219 | |
(Unclassified) | 1 | $0 | $9,442 | $9,442 |
Career Trend
This graph shows Daniel Day-Lewis’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 401-500) | 465 | $511,773,871 |
Top Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500) | 2,474 | $594,121,866 |
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the International Box Office (Rank 901-1,000) | 911 | $297,553,393 |
Top Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 6,601-6,700) | 6,650 | $372,638,198 |
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 601-700) | 684 | $809,327,264 |
Top Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,001-4,100) | 4,003 | $966,760,064 |
See the Acting Credits tab for all Acting Box Office Records and the Technical Credits tab for all Technical Box Office Records.
Home Market Releases for April 10th, 2018
April 10th, 2018
The last box office hit of 2017, The Greatest Showman, hits the home market this week. There are also a couple of Awards Season contenders, but for the most part, it is another slow week. Phantom Thread on Blu-ray is the clear Pick of the Week winner. Meanwhile, Molly’s Game on Blu-ray Combo Pack is the only real competition.
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2017 Awards Season: Oscars: And the Winner is... The Shape of Water for Best Picture
March 4th, 2018
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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2017 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations: Final Look
March 4th, 2018
It’s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. Before that, let’s take a last look at the nominations with a few annotations. Nominees 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 will be happy no matter who wins Best Supporting Actress. One last note: The contest is still going and the leading for Best Picture Switched from The Shape of Water to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri to tied over the time I was writing this story. This is the closest I’ve ever seen it. Guessing the best picture correctly will go a long way to winning.
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2017 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Leading Actor
February 22nd, 2018
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 who should just feel honored to be nominated. This week we look at the four acting categories, continuing with Best Lead Actor. As with every other acting category, there is an overwhelming favorite.
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2017 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations
January 23rd, 2018
The Oscar nominations were announced starting at just after 5 am Pacific time. They do this every year and no one has been able to adequately explain why to me. At least there were some interesting results this year. The Shape of Water led the way with 13 nominations, which is one below the current record and nearly as many as the next two films combined. Overall, there were seventeen films that earned two or more nominations.
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2017 Awards Season: BAFTA Nominations
January 11th, 2018
The BAFTA nominations were announced and this time The Shape of Water led the way with 12 nominations. The same films appear on many of the lists of nominees, but so far no one film has come to dominate the list. This makes it interesting, to say the least. There’s a good chance no one film will win the majority of prestige awards and that multiple films will have lots of reason to celebrate on February 18th when the awards are handed out.
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Limited and VOD Releases: Mr. Postman, Deliver Me a Hit
December 22nd, 2017
It’s Christmas weekend, and, while there are a large number of wide releases, there are not that many limited ones. Some of them, like The Post, are going for Oscar glory. Others just feel like they are being dumped into theaters to disappear.
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2017 - Awards Season: Golden Globes - Nominations
December 11th, 2017
The Golden Globes nominations are the second major Awards Season set to come out. Sort of. (WGA announced the nominations for TV, radio, etc., but not their theatrical nods.) It is still very early in the year, so it is hard to say if there are any real snubs, or if there are any real favorites. The Shape of Water led the way with seven nominations, while The Post and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri were right behind with six a piece.
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Phantom Thread Trailer
October 24th, 2017
Paul Thomas Anderson drama starring Daniel Day-Lewis opens Christmas Day ... Full Movie Details.
Set in the glamour of 1950’s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock’s life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love.
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Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Lincoln
April 8th, 2013
Lincoln was an Oscar contender right from the very beginning. Steven Spielberg directing a movie about Abraham Lincoln starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Of course it was an Oscar contender. Lincoln earned twelve Oscar nominations and earned two wins. Did the film deserve these awards? Or did it coast on reputation alone?
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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.
- Votes in Each Category
- Predicted Winners in Each Category
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2013 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Lead 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 Lead Actor. This category is not truly competitive, but I'm supporting an underdog.
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2013 Awards Season: Lincoln's Double-Win Still Leaves it Behind Argo
January 28th, 2013
The SAG handed out their awards over the weekend and while Lincoln took home two awards, Argo continues its surprising run by winning the big award of the night.
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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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Weekend Predictions: The Hobbit Looks to Tower Over Competition
December 13th, 2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey opens this weekend and it will clearly be the biggest hit of the month and likely the biggest hit of the winter. There is roughly a 100% chance that The Hobbit will earn first place and nearly all analysts think it will earn more than the entire box office earned last week. It might even earn more than the entire box office made last year. Last year, the box office was led by Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, which made just under $40 million, while second place went to Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked with just over $23 million. If The Hobbit doesn't make more than those two films made combined, then the box office is in serious trouble.
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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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2013 Awards Season: SAG Focuses a Searchlight on Silver Linings
December 12th, 2012
SAG nominations were announced and there were only a few surprises to deal with. Leading the way for total nominations was The Silver Linings Playbook, Lincoln, and Les Miserables, all of which earned nominations in four of the six categories.
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Emancipation of Limited Releases
November 9th, 2012
There's quite a few limited releases coming out this week, but the list is dominated by Lincoln, which should not only be the biggest hit of the week, but it is virtually guaranteed to expand wide and has a real shot at being the big winner at the Oscars next year. Unfortunately, it is the only limited release with a real shot at mainstream success. Starlet is a long shot, but it deserves to find an audience in theaters.
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2012 Preview: November
November 1st, 2012
October was pretty good with a few films really crushing expectations, which made up for the few duds that opened at the end. 2012 gained about $100 million over 2011 during the month of October. We really needed this success and hopefully November will continue this push forward. However, November is a bit of a weird month. There are five weekends, but only eight true wide releases, half of which open on the Thanksgiving long weekend, leaving the other four weeks with just one true wide release each. There are a couple others opening in the semi-wide level and another opening in limited release with a planned wide release, but even so, it is not a busy month. That said, it is a case of quality over quantity. There are four films that are pretty much guaranteed to reach $100 million, one of which should reach $300 million. By comparison, last November only produced one $100 million film. Granted, that film was The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1, which made nearly $300 million, which is a huge number no matter how you look at it. But this year, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 should top that number and with the other $100 million movies pulling in more than $400 million combined, it should be a very profitable month at the box office.
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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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Dec 25, 2017 | Phantom Thread | Reynolds Woodcock | $21,198,205 | $26,306,893 | $47,505,098 |
Nov 9, 2012 | Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | $182,207,973 | $91,138,308 | $273,346,281 |
Dec 18, 2009 | Nine | Guido Contini | $19,676,965 | $37,307,254 | $56,984,219 |
Dec 26, 2007 | There Will Be Blood | Plainview | $40,222,514 | $36,986,158 | $77,208,672 |
Mar 25, 2005 | The Ballad of Jack and… | Jack | $712,294 | $413,964 | $1,126,258 |
Dec 20, 2002 | Gangs of New York | Bill "The Butcher… | $77,730,500 | $105,394,121 | $183,124,621 |
Dec 31, 1997 | The Boxer | Danny Flynn | $5,896,037 | $5,896,037 | |
Nov 29, 1996 | The Crucible | John Proctor | $7,352,332 | $7,352,332 | |
Dec 29, 1993 | In the Name of the Father | Gerry Conlon | $25,096,862 | $25,096,862 | |
Sep 17, 1993 | The Age of Innocence | Newland Archer | $32,014,993 | $6,695 | $32,021,688 |
Sep 25, 1992 | The Last of the Mohicans | Hawkeye | $75,505,856 | $75,505,856 | |
Dec 31, 1989 | Eversmile, New Jersey | Dr. Fergus O'Connell | |||
Nov 10, 1989 | My Left Foot: The Stor… | Christy Brown | $14,041,353 | $14,041,353 | |
Jun 10, 1988 | Stars and Bars | Henderson Dores | $111,987 | $111,987 | |
Feb 5, 1988 | The Unbearable Lightne… | Tomas | $10,006,000 | $10,006,000 | |
Apr 1, 1986 | My Beautiful Laundrette | $9,442 | $9,442 | ||
Mar 7, 1986 | A Room with a View | Cecil Vyse | $20,966,644 | $75,363 | $21,042,007 |
1986 | Nanou | Max | |||
May 4, 1984 | The Bounty | Fryer | $8,613,462 | $8,613,462 | |
Dec 8, 1982 | Gandhi | Colin | $52,767,889 | $75,000,000 | $127,767,889 |
Averages | $34,948,345 | $37,263,820 | $53,708,892 | ||
Totals | 20 | $594,121,866 | $372,638,198 | $966,760,064 |
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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Dec 25, 2017 | Phantom Thread | $216,495 | 1,186 | $21,198,205 | $47,505,098 | 44.6% |
Nov 9, 2012 | Lincoln | $944,308 | 2,293 | $182,207,973 | $273,346,281 | 66.7% |
Dec 18, 2009 | Nine | $257,232 | 1,412 | $19,676,965 | $56,984,219 | 34.5% |
Dec 26, 2007 | There Will Be Blood | $190,739 | 1,620 | $40,222,514 | $77,208,672 | 52.1% |
Mar 25, 2005 | The Ballad of Jack and… | $59,459 | 74 | $712,294 | $1,126,258 | 63.2% |
Dec 20, 2002 | Gangs of New York | $9,496,870 | 2,340 | $77,730,500 | $183,124,621 | 42.4% |
Dec 31, 1997 | The Boxer | $86,097 | 523 | $5,896,037 | $5,896,037 | 100.0% |
Nov 29, 1996 | The Crucible | $101,610 | 344 | $7,352,332 | $7,352,332 | 100.0% |
Dec 29, 1993 | In the Name of the Father | 495 | $25,096,862 | $25,096,862 | 100.0% | |
Sep 17, 1993 | The Age of Innocence | $2,317,289 | 839 | $32,014,993 | $32,021,688 | 100.0% |
Sep 25, 1992 | The Last of the Mohicans | $10,976,661 | 1,856 | $75,505,856 | $75,505,856 | 100.0% |
Dec 31, 1989 | Eversmile, New Jersey | |||||
Nov 10, 1989 | My Left Foot: The Stor… | 510 | $14,041,353 | $14,041,353 | 100.0% | |
Jun 10, 1988 | Stars and Bars | $111,987 | $111,987 | 100.0% | ||
Feb 5, 1988 | The Unbearable Lightne… | $10,006,000 | $10,006,000 | 100.0% | ||
Averages | $2,464,676 | 1,124 | $36,555,277 | $57,809,090 | 78.8% | |
Totals | 15 | $511,773,871 | $809,327,264 |
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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Mar 7, 1986 | A Room with a View | 100 | $20,966,644 | $21,042,007 | 99.6% | |
1986 | Nanou | |||||
May 4, 1984 | The Bounty | $2,622,306 | 986 | $8,613,462 | $8,613,462 | 100.0% |
Dec 8, 1982 | Gandhi | $131,153 | 825 | $52,767,889 | $127,767,889 | 41.3% |
Averages | $1,376,730 | 637 | $27,449,332 | $52,474,453 | 80.3% | |
Totals | 4 | $82,347,995 | $157,423,358 |