Josh Gad
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 9 films, with $2,086,330,388 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #112) |
Best-known acting roles: Olaf (Frozen II), Le Fou (Beauty and the Beast), Olaf (Frozen), Muncher (Ghostbusters: Afterlife), Louis (Ice Age: Continental Drift) |
Most productive collaborators: Kristen Bell, Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Bill Condon, Emma Watson |
Born: February 23, 1981 (43 years old) |
Career Summary
Movies | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | ||
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As an Actor | Leading | 9 | $671,987,205 | $1,414,343,183 | $2,086,330,388 |
Supporting | 9 | $406,815,333 | $963,846,459 | $1,370,661,792 | |
Lead Ensemble Member | 8 | $1,203,794,905 | $2,181,289,587 | $3,385,084,492 | |
(Unclassified) | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
In Technical Roles | Producer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Career Trend
This graph shows Josh Gad’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 | 90 | $1,875,782,110 |
Top Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 201-300) | 286 | $2,282,597,443 |
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the International Box Office | 49 | $3,595,632,770 |
Top Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 101-200) | 135 | $4,559,479,229 |
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Worldwide Box Office | 61 | $5,471,414,880 |
Top Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 101-200) | 170 | $6,842,076,672 |
Highest Grossing Stars of 2019 at the Domestic Box Office | 80 | 169 |
Highest Grossing Stars of 2019 at the International Box Office | 65 | 169 |
Highest Grossing Stars of 2019 at the Worldwide Box Office | 65 | 174 |
See the Acting Credits tab for all Acting Box Office Records and the Technical Credits tab for all Technical Box Office Records.
Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Frozen II
February 25th, 2020
The first Frozen was a smash hit breaking records for the biggest global animated hit of all time. Frozen II was inevitable, but most people thought it wouldn’t quite live up to its predecessor at the box office. It smashed the record by over $150 million. Is it also better? Or does the film not live up to the hype?
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Frozen II Trailer 3
September 23rd, 2019
Animated adventure with the voices of Kristen Bell, Idina Mazel, and Josh Gad opens November 22 ... Full Movie Details.
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New Angry Birds 2 Trailer
June 20th, 2019
Animated adventure with an ensemble cast led by Jason Sudeikis and Josh Gad opens August 14 ... Full Movie Details.
When a new threat emerges that puts both Bird and Pig Island in danger, Red, Chuck, Bomb, and Mighty Eagle recruit Chuck’s sister Silver and team up with pigs Leonard, his assistant Courtney, and techpig Garry to forge an unsteady truce and form an unlikely superteam to save their homes.
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Frozen II Trailer
June 11th, 2019
Animated adventure with the voices of Kristen Bell, Idina Mazel, and Josh Gad opens November 22 ... Full Movie Details.
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Frozen 2 Trailer
February 14th, 2019
Animated adventure with the voices of Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, and Jonathan Groff opens November 22 ... Full Movie Details.
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A Dog’s Journey Trailer
January 31st, 2019
Family drama starring Dennis Quaid, with the voice of Josh Gad opens May 17 ... Full Movie Details.
The story of one devoted dog who finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he teaches to laugh and love.
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2017 Preview: November
November 1st, 2017
October wasn’t a good month; then again, outside of a few bright spots, the overall box office has been a disaster since early summer. I would love to say November will turn things around, but, while it should be better, in this case “better” is a relative term. There are two films on this list with a chance at $300 million, Thor: Ragnarok and Justice League, while Coco is nearly a guarantee for $200 million. By comparison, last November had a similar result with three films earning between $200 million and $300 million, but none topping that figure. This means, if Thor: Ragnarok and Justice League both get to that milestone, then 2017 could cut into 2016’s lead during the month. It will still take a minor miracle for 2017 to catch up in the end, but just cutting the lead in half by the end of December would be a reason to celebrate at this point.
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Marshall Trailer
August 28th, 2017
Real-life drama starring Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, and Kate Hudson opens October 13 ... Full Movie Details.
Long before he sat on the United States Supreme Court or claimed victory in Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark case that desegregated schools, Thurgood Marshall was a young rabble-rousing attorney for the NAACP. This is the true story of his greatest challenge in those early days—a fight he fought alongside attorney Sam Friedman, a young lawyer with no experience in criminal law: the case of black chauffeur Joseph Spell, accused by his white employer, Eleanor Strubing, of sexual assault and attempted murder.
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2017 Preview: March
March 1st, 2017
February was an okay month. The films that missed expectations were mostly balanced by the films that were pleasant surprises. Unfortunately, last February was amazing as Deadpool dominated the chart, so 2017 has fallen further behind 2016 and 2016’s lead is now about $100 million. It is not so bad that a good March won’t help 2017 back into the lead. Will that happen? We have some good news and some bad news. Good news: Every week there is one movie that has at least a shot at $100 million. Two of them, Logan and Beauty and the Beast, could reach $200 million or a lot more. Bad News: last March, both Zootopia and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice earned more than $300 million. That’s a really powerful one-two punch and I don’t think we can replicate that this time around. On the other hand, last March, the third best film of the month was 10 Cloverfield Lane, while there were four films that were expected to open wide that earned less than $10 million at the box office. 2017 likely won’t be as good at the top, but I also don’t think it will have as many bombs either. If Beauty and the Beast reaches the very high end of expectations, then 2017 could even close the gap with 2016 entirely. I’ll be happy getting halfway there.
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A Dog’s Purpose Trailer
January 2nd, 2017
Drama starring Josh Gad, directed by Lasse Hallström opens January 27 ... Full Movie Details.
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2017 Preview: January
January 1st, 2017
December box office numbers helped 2016 end on ... a note. The good news and the bad news almost exactly balance out. On the one hand, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will finish the year with more than $400 million after just 16 days of release. That’s a stunning amount of money that helped 2016 earn a record box office at the domestic market. However, Star Wars: The Force Awakens earned $650 million during December of 2015, so the month lost a lot of its lead over 2015, so much so that ticket sales fell behind last year’s total. The weakness at the end of the year will spill over into 2017, which is terrible news. A slow start could result in the dominant box office story being 2017 struggles compared to 2016. Bad news like this can sometimes become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Sadly, 2017 is also going to get off to a slow start when it comes to wide releases / expansions. There are 16 films scheduled to open or expand wide this month and none of them are expected to get to $100 million. It is likely none of them will even get very close. xXx: Return of Xander Cage is expected to be the best of a weak bunch, but I could see it getting beat by one of the five Oscar contenders opening wide this month, if it gets off to a slow start and one of the Oscar contenders starts picking up steam. Hidden Figures got off to a great start on Christmas Day and should it continue to earn Awards Season recognition, including some Oscar nominations, it could be in wide release well into February. Last January wasn’t as busy with 13 films opening or expanding wide over five weeks. Of these, two of them, The Revenant and Kung Fu Panda 3, topped $100 million domestically, while another, Ride Along 2, came close. 2017 is going to get destroyed in the year-over-year comparison.
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2015 Preview: July
July 1st, 2015
June was a much better month than expected due to two films, Jurassic World and Inside Out. Had those two films merely matched expectations, then 2015 would have likely fallen behind 2014. As for this coming month, there are five weekends in July and each week there is at least one film with the potential to reach $100 million. Most weeks there are two films that at least have a shot at getting to the century mark. The biggest hit of the month will likely be Minions, which has already opened in several international markets and it's ahead of Despicable Me 2 at the same point. That film made more than $300 million and nearly $1 billion worldwide, so any growth would be fantastic. There are also a number of potential $200 million films, led by Ant-man. Ant-man is the latest release in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a franchise that has averaged $300 million domestically over eleven films and all of the past six films have reached at least $200 million. I'm not saying this one is guaranteed to do the same, but you can't dismiss that possibility. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation and Pixels have smaller chances to get to $200 million, but you have to at least entertain the possibility. Additionally, last July was a lot weaker than this July looks to be, so 2015 should win in the year-over-year comparison most weeks. Or I might have let the box office success of June cloud my judgment. We will soon find out.
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2015 Preview: January
January 1st, 2015
2014 is over and for the most part, December was a soft ending to a weak year. This is bad news for two reasons. Firstly, it means the overall box office is still soft and it is unlikely that January will start strong. Secondly, last January was a great month, thanks in part to Frozen and other holdovers. The slump can't last forever and Taken 3 should help 2015 get off to a reasonably fast start and it even has a shot at $100 million. American Sniper got off to a really fast start in limited release, so it too could be a hit when it expands wide. By comparison, last January was led by Ride Along, but there were only two other films that didn't completely bomb. I want to say 2015 will start out on a winning note, but given the box office losing streak, it will likely pay to be pessimistic.
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2013 Preview: November
November 1st, 2013
October ended on a winning note, but it was the only time the entire month that 2013 topped 2012 in the year-over-year comparison. This is quite shocking, as Gravity crushed expectations with more than $200 million and counting. Even with that surprise monster hit, the month still couldn't keep pace with last year. Compared to October, November looks a lot better with three films that could be monster hits: Frozen, Thor: The Dark World, and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. On the other hand, those are the only three movies with a 50/50 chance or better to top $100 million compared, while there were seven films that reached that milestone last November. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire should make more than last year's number one film, Skyfall, but the depth last year could prove too much to deal with. 2013 might dip below last year's pace sometime during the month, but hopefully it won't stay there too long.
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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.
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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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Aug 18, 2023 | Strays | $23,988,885 | $11,994,124 | $35,983,009 | |
Nov 19, 2021 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Muncher | $129,360,575 | $74,179,602 | $203,540,177 |
Jun 12, 2020 | Artemis Fowl | Mulch Diggums | |||
Nov 22, 2019 | Frozen II | Olaf | $477,373,578 | $974,279,738 | $1,451,653,316 |
Oct 8, 2019 | Little Monsters | Teddy McGiggle | $466,099 | $466,099 | |
Aug 13, 2019 | The Angry Birds Movie 2 | Chuck | $41,657,076 | $110,598,112 | $152,255,188 |
May 17, 2019 | A Dog’s Journey | Bailey/Buddy/Tino… | $22,782,371 | $56,084,834 | $78,867,205 |
Nov 10, 2017 | Murder on the Orient E… | Hector MacQueen | $102,826,543 | $248,940,604 | $351,767,147 |
Oct 13, 2017 | Marshall | Sam Friedman | $10,051,659 | $65,157 | $10,116,816 |
Mar 17, 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Le Fou | $504,014,165 | $764,683,318 | $1,268,697,483 |
Jan 27, 2017 | A Dog’s Purpose | Bailey/Buddy/Tino… | $64,321,890 | $138,733,537 | $203,055,427 |
May 20, 2016 | The Angry Birds Movie | Speedy Chuck | $107,509,366 | $244,778,975 | $352,288,341 |
Jul 24, 2015 | Pixels | Ludlow | $78,765,986 | $165,275,818 | $244,041,804 |
Jan 16, 2015 | The Wedding Ringer | Doug Harris | $64,460,211 | $15,711,385 | $80,171,596 |
Jul 18, 2014 | Wish I Was Here | Noah Bloom | $3,591,299 | $3,000,066 | $6,591,365 |
Nov 22, 2013 | Frozen | Olaf | $400,953,009 | $873,262,845 | $1,274,215,854 |
Sep 20, 2013 | Thanks for Sharing | Neil | $1,066,256 | $2,752,348 | $3,818,604 |
Aug 16, 2013 | Jobs | Woz | $16,131,410 | $27,271,105 | $43,402,515 |
Jul 13, 2012 | Ice Age: Continental D… | Louis | $161,321,843 | $718,443,294 | $879,765,137 |
Sep 23, 2011 | Mardi Gras: Spring Break | ||||
Nov 24, 2010 | Love and Other Drugs | Josh Randall | $32,367,005 | $70,349,316 | $102,716,321 |
Jun 4, 2010 | Marmaduke | Bandana Dog | $33,644,788 | $56,251,142 | $89,895,930 |
Aug 20, 2008 | The Rocker | Matt | $6,409,528 | $2,357,810 | $8,767,338 |
Averages | $114,129,872 | $217,118,059 | $325,813,175 | ||
Totals | 23 | $2,282,597,443 | $4,559,479,229 | $6,842,076,672 |
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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Nov 22, 2019 | Frozen II | $130,263,358 | 4,440 | $477,373,578 | $1,451,653,316 | 32.9% |
Oct 8, 2019 | Little Monsters | $466,099 | ||||
Aug 13, 2019 | The Angry Birds Movie 2 | $10,354,073 | 3,869 | $41,657,076 | $152,255,188 | 27.4% |
May 17, 2019 | A Dog’s Journey | $8,030,085 | 3,279 | $22,782,371 | $78,867,205 | 28.9% |
Nov 10, 2017 | Murder on the Orient E… | $28,681,472 | 3,354 | $102,826,543 | $351,767,147 | 29.2% |
Oct 13, 2017 | Marshall | $3,000,805 | 821 | $10,051,659 | $10,116,816 | 99.4% |
Mar 17, 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | $174,750,616 | 4,210 | $504,014,165 | $1,268,697,483 | 39.7% |
Jan 27, 2017 | A Dog’s Purpose | $18,222,810 | 3,178 | $64,321,890 | $203,055,427 | 31.7% |
May 20, 2016 | The Angry Birds Movie | $38,155,177 | 3,932 | $107,509,366 | $352,288,341 | 30.5% |
Jul 24, 2015 | Pixels | $24,011,616 | 3,723 | $78,765,986 | $244,041,804 | 32.3% |
Jan 16, 2015 | The Wedding Ringer | $20,649,306 | 3,003 | $64,460,211 | $80,171,596 | 80.4% |
Nov 22, 2013 | Frozen | $243,390 | 3,742 | $400,953,009 | $1,274,215,854 | 31.5% |
Sep 20, 2013 | Thanks for Sharing | $540,281 | 269 | $1,066,256 | $3,818,604 | 27.9% |
Averages | $38,075,249 | 3,152 | $156,315,176 | $420,878,068 | 41.0% | |
Totals | 13 | $1,875,782,110 | $5,471,414,880 |
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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Aug 18, 2023 | Strays | $8,247,810 | 3,232 | $23,988,885 | $35,983,009 | 66.7% |
Nov 19, 2021 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | $44,008,406 | 4,315 | $129,360,575 | $203,540,177 | 63.6% |
Jun 12, 2020 | Artemis Fowl | |||||
Jul 18, 2014 | Wish I Was Here | $484,401 | 753 | $3,591,299 | $6,591,365 | 54.5% |
Aug 16, 2013 | Jobs | $6,713,900 | 2,381 | $16,131,410 | $43,402,515 | 37.2% |
Jul 13, 2012 | Ice Age: Continental D… | $46,629,259 | 3,886 | $161,321,843 | $879,765,137 | 18.3% |
Nov 24, 2010 | Love and Other Drugs | $9,739,161 | 2,458 | $32,367,005 | $102,716,321 | 31.5% |
Jun 4, 2010 | Marmaduke | $11,599,661 | 3,213 | $33,644,788 | $89,895,930 | 37.4% |
Aug 20, 2008 | The Rocker | $2,636,048 | 2,784 | $6,409,528 | $8,767,338 | 73.1% |
Averages | $16,257,331 | 2,878 | $50,851,917 | $171,332,724 | 47.8% | |
Totals | 9 | $406,815,333 | $1,370,661,792 |