Ben Foster
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Best known as a Supporting Actor based on credits in that role in 14 films, with $1,007,642,730 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #3,085) |
Best-known acting roles: Warren Worthington/Angel (X-Men: The Last Stand), Matt "Axe" Axelson (Lone Survivor), Sebastian Abney (Contraband), Medivh (Warcraft), Bertrand Zobrist (Inferno) |
Best-known technical roles: Rampart (Producer) |
Most productive collaborators: Duncan Jones, Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Charles Leavitt, Dominic Cooper |
Born: October 29, 1980 (43 years old) |
Career Summary
Movies | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | ||
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As an Actor | Supporting | 14 | $615,061,659 | $392,581,071 | $1,007,642,730 |
Leading | 13 | $64,685,895 | $65,217,642 | $129,903,537 | |
Lead Ensemble Member | 5 | $104,381,097 | $599,182,535 | $703,563,632 | |
Inverviewee | 1 | $16,164 | $0 | $16,164 | |
(Unclassified) | 6 | $60,289,011 | $58,182,578 | $118,471,589 | |
In Technical Roles | Producer | 2 | $969,239 | $571,101 | $1,540,340 |
Executive Producer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
Screenwriter | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Career Trend
This graph shows Ben Foster’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 1,101-1,200) | 1,125 | $169,066,992 |
Top Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500) | 1,453 | $844,433,826 |
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the International Box Office (Rank 401-500) | 500 | $664,400,177 |
Top Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500) | 1,473 | $1,115,163,826 |
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 601-700) | 659 | $833,467,169 |
Top Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500) | 1,441 | $1,959,597,652 |
Top Grossing Producer at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 5,101-5,200) | 5,126 | $969,239 |
Top Grossing Producer at the International Box Office (Rank 6,001-6,100) | 6,012 | $571,101 |
Top Grossing Producer at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 6,301-6,400) | 6,373 | $1,540,340 |
See the Acting Credits tab for all Acting Box Office Records and the Technical Credits tab for all Technical Box Office Records.
2018 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part III - Limited Releases, Classics, Foreign Imports
December 13th, 2018
The first instalment of our Holiday Gift Guide dealt with First-run Releases and the second instalment with, TV on DVD releases. The third installment of our Holiday Gift Guide deals with limited releases, classics, and foreign imports and this list can get out of hand rather quickly, so I will try and keep it to a dozen items or so, starting with...
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October 19th, 2018
It’s an excellent week for limited releases with a trio of amazing films that have great star power as well. Can You Ever Forgive Me?, What They Had, and Wildlife all have a shot at box office success. Not to mention several documentaries, like On Her Shoulders, Sharkwater Extinction, Transformer, that could do well in limited release.
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Home Market Releases for October 2nd, 2018
October 2nd, 2018
It’s an off week on the home market with no blockbusters to deal with. There are two solid midlevel hits, The First Purge and Sicario: Day of the Soldado, but neither of those are Pick of the Week contenders. (Ant-Man and the Wasp is also coming out this week, but only on Video on Demand). There are some high quality picks: Leave No Trace, Three Identical Strangers, Molly, The Spiral Staircase, and Hyouka. It was a close race, but in the end, I went with Leave No Trace Blu-ray as Pick of the Week.
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Limited and VOD Releases: Some Gorgeous Limited Releases
June 29th, 2018
There are not many limited releases on this week’s list and almost none of them have a real shot at mainstream success. That said, there are still several that are earning absolutely amazing reviews. The film with the best shot at mainstream success is probably Leave No Trace, with its 100% positive reviews. That said, I’m going to suggest something different, GLOW: Season Two on Netflix. It just started streaming today and I may have watched half of the season while working on this column.
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February 26th, 2017
The Independent Spirit Awards winners were handed out last night. While they are rarely a good predictor for the Oscars, Moonlight’s performance was so dominant that its chances of winning Oscars have ticked up a couple of percentage points.
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2016 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part III - Limited Releases, Classics, Foreign Imports
December 14th, 2016
After dealing with first-run releases and TV on DVD releases, we come to the instalment of our Holiday Gift Guide that deals with limited releases, classics, and foreign imports. This list should be longer than last week, but hopefully I won’t go overboard.
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2016 - Awards Season: Independent Spirit Awards - Nominations
November 23rd, 2016
The Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced last night and thus the 2016 Awards Season begins. There were a few surprises and some snubs to discuss, but for the most part, there’s not a lot nominations that broke the established narrative. It’s because there isn’t really an established narrative. This means films that earn nominations here have a much better chance of doing well going forward and Moonlight looks like it could rise up as a result.
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2016 Preview: August
August 1st, 2016
July did reasonably well, thanks mostly to The Secret Life of Pets, which will top $300 million shortly and could earn double its nearest competitor when all is said and done. That said, there were also a quartet of $100 million hits as well, so the month had good depth as well. August isn’t as lucky. There is one film that is expected to earn $100 million during its opening weekend, Suicide Squad, and one more that is expected to reach $100 million in total, Pete’s Dragon. There could be a surprise hit among the rest of the releases, (my long shot with a shot is Sausage Party) but for the most part, the rest of the wide releases would be happy with just $50 million at the box office. Last August was a disaster and Straight Outta Compton was the only hit of the month. Unless Suicide Squad bombs compared to expectations, 2016 will come out ahead in the year-over-year comparison.
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2016 Preview: June
June 1st, 2016
May was great, as long as you don't compare it to last May. Captain America: Civil War was a monster hit and is closing in on $400 million, while both X-Men: Apocalypse and The Angry Birds Movie will earn over $100 million. Looking ahead, every week in June, there is one movie that should top $100 million; however, only Finding Dory is expected to make more than $200 million. In fact, that film is expected to make close to $400 million domestically and over $1 billion worldwide. Last June, there were two monster hits, Inside Out and Jurassic World, plus one $100 million hit, Spy. I don't see how 2016 will top that. Even if every film with a shot at $100 million gets to that milestone, 2016 still might not top last year's pace. Fortunately, 2016 does have a large lead and that could be enough to keep 2016 ahead of 2015's pace in the year-over-year competition. It could be really close at the end of the month, on the other hand.
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March 18th, 2016
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2016 Preview: January
January 1st, 2016
2016 will begin the same way 2015 ended, with Star Wars: The Force Awakens on top. In fact, three of the five films that have the best shot at box office success in January are The Force Awakens, The Hateful Eight, and The Revenant, all of which opened in December. There are two true January releases that could also do really well, for this time of year: Ride Along 2 and Kung Fu Panda 3. The rest of the releases are just hoping to become midlevel hits. Last January, American Sniper dominated earning more than $300 million. Its success could prevent 2016 from being ahead in the year-over-year comparison by the end of the month, but this year does have better depth.
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2014 Preview: January
January 1st, 2014
It's the first month of the new year, but the biggest hit might be a film released in December. Last month ended on a slow note with all five Christmas day releases failing to become hits, some more than others. (It's a little too soon to tell if The Wolf of Wall Street or The Secret Life of Walter Mitty will do well enough to break even any time soon, but neither is a serious hit.) There are still some December releases that will likely remain on the charts through the opening weekends of January, while there are some films that opened in limited release last month with a scheduled wide release this month. Of the purely January releases, I would guess Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit will be the biggest hit. Even then, it won't live up to the previous films in the franchise, even if you don't take inflation into account. Most of the rest of the new releases will be happy if they can become midlevel hits. Last January was led by Mama, which earned more than $70 million. I think Shadow Recruit will top that figure at the box office, while there are a similar number of likely box office bombs opening this year as there were last year. 2014 could start out ahead of 2013's pace, but it likely won't be a huge difference either way.
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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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Dec 15, 2023 | Finestkind | ||||
Sep 9, 2022 | Medieval | Jan Žižka | $1,374,325 | $2,923,792 | $4,298,117 |
Jun 3, 2022 | Hustle | ||||
Apr 29, 2022 | The Survivor | Harry Haft | $135,068 | $135,068 | |
Apr 1, 2022 | The Contractor | $1,035,265 | $778,876 | $1,814,141 | |
Oct 19, 2018 | Galveston | Roy | $190,320 | $190,320 | |
Jun 29, 2018 | Leave No Trace | Will | $6,046,104 | $1,645,863 | $7,691,967 |
Dec 22, 2017 | Hostiles | Sgt. Charles Wills | $29,819,114 | $7,157,222 | $36,976,336 |
Oct 28, 2016 | Inferno | Bertrand Zobrist | $34,343,574 | $185,175,793 | $219,519,367 |
Aug 12, 2016 | Hell or High Water | Tanner | $27,007,844 | $10,558,273 | $37,566,117 |
Jun 10, 2016 | Warcraft | Medivh | $47,365,290 | $391,534,534 | $438,899,824 |
Mar 18, 2016 | The Program | Lance Armstrong | $1,903,139 | $1,903,139 | |
Jan 29, 2016 | The Finest Hours | Richard Livesey | $27,569,558 | $21,683,203 | $49,252,761 |
Dec 25, 2013 | Lone Survivor | Matt "Axe" Axelson | $125,095,601 | $24,709,031 | $149,804,632 |
Oct 18, 2013 | Kill Your Darlings | William Burroughs | $1,029,949 | $1,054,866 | $2,084,815 |
Aug 16, 2013 | Ain't Them Bodies Saints | Patrick Wheeler | $391,611 | $683,398 | $1,075,009 |
Apr 5, 2013 | Love, Marilyn | Himself | $16,164 | $16,164 | |
Aug 3, 2012 | 360 | Tyler | $100,343 | $4,040,908 | $4,141,251 |
Apr 13, 2012 | Here | Will Shepard | $26,464 | $26,464 | |
Feb 10, 2012 | Rampart | Terry | $969,239 | $571,101 | $1,540,340 |
Jan 13, 2012 | Contraband | Sebastian Abney | $66,528,000 | $31,878,855 | $98,406,855 |
Jan 28, 2011 | The Mechanic | Steve McKenna | $29,121,498 | $47,225,895 | $76,347,393 |
Nov 13, 2009 | The Messenger | Staff Sgt. Will M… | $1,109,660 | $635,292 | $1,744,952 |
Sep 25, 2009 | Pandorum | $10,330,853 | $6,702,578 | $17,033,431 | |
Oct 19, 2007 | 30 Days of Night | The Stranger | $39,568,996 | $40,707,160 | $80,276,156 |
Sep 7, 2007 | 3:10 to Yuma | Charlie Prince | $53,606,916 | $17,564,909 | $71,171,825 |
Jan 12, 2007 | Alpha Dog | Jake Mazursky | $15,309,602 | $17,204,717 | $32,514,319 |
May 26, 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Warren Worthingto… | $234,362,462 | $224,898,484 | $459,260,946 |
Mar 10, 2006 | The Heart is Deceitful… | Fleshy Boy | $29,058 | $180,000 | $209,058 |
Aug 12, 2005 | 11:14 | Eddie | |||
Mar 11, 2005 | Hostage | Mars | $34,636,443 | $43,000,000 | $77,636,443 |
Apr 16, 2004 | The Punisher | Dave | $33,664,370 | $20,869,404 | $54,533,774 |
Jul 11, 2003 | Northfork | Cod | $1,420,578 | $24,562 | $1,445,140 |
Apr 5, 2002 | Big Trouble | Matt Arnold | $7,262,288 | $1,226,583 | $8,488,871 |
Mar 9, 2001 | Get Over It | Berke Landers | $11,560,259 | $8,300,000 | $19,860,259 |
Nov 17, 1999 | Liberty Heights | Ben Kurtzman | $3,732,398 | $3,732,398 | |
Averages | $28,147,794 | $37,172,128 | $59,381,747 | ||
Totals | 36 | $844,433,826 | $1,115,163,826 | $1,959,597,652 |
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 15, 2023 | Finestkind | |||||
Sep 9, 2022 | Medieval | $821,991 | 1,311 | $1,374,325 | $4,298,117 | 32.0% |
Apr 29, 2022 | The Survivor | $135,068 | ||||
Oct 19, 2018 | Galveston | $190,320 | ||||
Jun 29, 2018 | Leave No Trace | $219,140 | 361 | $6,046,104 | $7,691,967 | 78.6% |
Oct 28, 2016 | Inferno | $14,860,425 | 3,576 | $34,343,574 | $219,519,367 | 15.6% |
Aug 12, 2016 | Hell or High Water | $621,329 | 1,505 | $27,007,844 | $37,566,117 | 71.9% |
Jun 10, 2016 | Warcraft | $24,166,110 | 3,406 | $47,365,290 | $438,899,824 | 10.8% |
Mar 18, 2016 | The Program | $1,903,139 | ||||
Aug 3, 2012 | 360 | $12,186 | 12 | $100,343 | $4,141,251 | 2.4% |
Apr 13, 2012 | Here | $7,927 | 2 | $26,464 | $26,464 | 100.0% |
Jan 28, 2011 | The Mechanic | $11,422,006 | 2,704 | $29,121,498 | $76,347,393 | 38.1% |
Nov 13, 2009 | The Messenger | $44,523 | 50 | $1,109,660 | $1,744,952 | 63.6% |
Jan 12, 2007 | Alpha Dog | $6,412,775 | 1,292 | $15,309,602 | $32,514,319 | 47.1% |
Apr 5, 2002 | Big Trouble | $3,545,204 | 1,961 | $7,262,288 | $8,488,871 | 85.6% |
Averages | $5,648,511 | 1,471 | $15,369,727 | $59,533,369 | 49.6% | |
Totals | 15 | $169,066,992 | $833,467,169 |
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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Jun 3, 2022 | Hustle | |||||
Apr 1, 2022 | The Contractor | $560,678 | 489 | $1,035,265 | $1,814,141 | 57.1% |
Dec 22, 2017 | Hostiles | $22,849 | 2,934 | $29,819,114 | $36,976,336 | 80.6% |
Jan 29, 2016 | The Finest Hours | $10,288,932 | 3,143 | $27,569,558 | $49,252,761 | 56.0% |
Dec 25, 2013 | Lone Survivor | $90,872 | 3,285 | $125,095,601 | $149,804,632 | 83.5% |
Oct 18, 2013 | Kill Your Darlings | $53,452 | 78 | $1,029,949 | $2,084,815 | 49.4% |
Aug 16, 2013 | Ain't Them Bodies Saints | $26,419 | 44 | $391,611 | $1,075,009 | 36.4% |
Feb 10, 2012 | Rampart | $60,446 | 106 | $969,239 | $1,540,340 | 62.9% |
Jan 13, 2012 | Contraband | $24,349,815 | 2,870 | $66,528,000 | $98,406,855 | 67.6% |
Oct 19, 2007 | 30 Days of Night | $15,951,902 | 2,859 | $39,568,996 | $80,276,156 | 49.3% |
Sep 7, 2007 | 3:10 to Yuma | $14,035,033 | 3,006 | $53,606,916 | $71,171,825 | 75.3% |
May 26, 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | $102,750,665 | 3,714 | $234,362,462 | $459,260,946 | 51.0% |
Apr 16, 2004 | The Punisher | $13,834,527 | 2,649 | $33,664,370 | $54,533,774 | 61.7% |
Jul 11, 2003 | Northfork | $61,481 | 71 | $1,420,578 | $1,445,140 | 98.3% |
Averages | $14,006,698 | 1,942 | $47,312,435 | $77,510,979 | 63.8% | |
Totals | 14 | $615,061,659 | $1,007,642,730 |
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 |
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Nov 2, 2018 | Time Trap | Producer Executive Producer |
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Feb 10, 2012 | Rampart | Producer | $969,239 | $571,101 | $1,540,340 |
Averages | $969,239 | $571,101 | $1,540,340 | ||
Totals | 2 | $969,239 | $571,101 | $1,540,340 |
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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Nov 2, 2018 | Time Trap | |||||
Feb 10, 2012 | Rampart | $60,446 | 106 | $969,239 | $1,540,340 | 62.9% |
Averages | $60,446 | 106 | $969,239 | $1,540,340 | 62.9% | |
Totals | 2 | $969,239 | $1,540,340 |
Latest Ranking on All Technical Box Office Record Lists
Record | Rank | Amount |
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Top Grossing Producer at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 5,101-5,200) | 5,126 | $969,239 |
Top Grossing Producer at the International Box Office (Rank 6,001-6,100) | 6,012 | $571,101 |
Top Grossing Producer at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 6,301-6,400) | 6,373 | $1,540,340 |