Kumail Nanjiani
Best known as a Supporting Actor based on credits in that role in 13 films, with $965,541,272 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #3,309) |
Best-known acting roles: Kingo (Eternals), Mack Mallard (Migration), Nadeem Razmaadi (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire), Jared The Airport Security Guard (Central Intelligence), Pawny (Men in Black: International) |
Best-known technical roles: The Big Sick (Screenwriter), The Big Sick (Executive Producer) |
Most productive collaborators: Chloé Zhao, Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Patrick Burleigh, Salma Hayek |
Born: February 21, 1978 (46 years old) |
Career Summary
Movies | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | ||
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As an Actor | Supporting | 13 | $469,367,162 | $496,174,110 | $965,541,272 |
Lead Ensemble Member | 5 | $344,071,351 | $488,775,580 | $832,846,931 | |
Leading | 5 | $149,676,737 | $175,497,663 | $325,174,400 | |
(Unclassified) | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
In Technical Roles | Screenwriter | 1 | $42,872,467 | $13,996,210 | $56,868,677 |
Executive Producer | 1 | $42,872,467 | $13,996,210 | $56,868,677 | |
Producer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Career Trend
This graph shows Kumail Nanjiani’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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Holiday theater counts: Wonka staves off a rush of newcomers heading into the Christmas weekend
December 21st, 2023
As the lone wide release to enter theaters last week, Wonka dominated both the domestic and international box office, scoring a solid $39 million from North American showings, while adding just over $54 million to its previous overseas total of $59 million. The Willy Wonka origin story starring Timothée Chalamet will begin its sophomore frame by adding 10 locations this week, making the musical the widest film in the land with availability in 4,213 cinemas. Wonka will face far stiffer competition however this week at the box office as a bevy of new films make their way into theaters in time for the Christmas holiday.
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Loving these Streaming Releases
May 23rd, 2020
Some major movies hit streaming services this week, with Fantastic Mr. Fox debuting on Disney+, and Rocketman coming out on multiple services. I highly recommend both. There is also some original fair and some smaller releases that likely slipped beneath most people’s radar. Of these, The Lovebirds is the film I’m looking forward to the most. It was supposed to be a wide release in April, but it was one of the films affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, and was picked up by Netflix.
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Stuber Trailer
April 8th, 2019
Action comedy starring Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista opens July 12 ... Full Movie Details.
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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: Independent Spirit Awards Winners
March 3rd, 2018
The Independent Spirit Awards were handed out tonight, and Get Out was the big winner, sort of. It earned two Awards, including the two most prestigious, awards. However, it wasn’t the only film to pick up two awards tonight.
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2017 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Original Screenplay
February 27th, 2018
With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try to 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, which is the first time I’ve been able to say that so far this year. In fact, there are three nominees that have a reasonable shot at winning.
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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: WGA Nominations
January 4th, 2018
The Writers Guild of America is the latest group to announce award nominees. There are a lot of categories that WGA hand out awards for, but only three of them are for theatrical releases. The list of nominees include several major Awards Season players, and not a lot of surprises. The Big Sick, Lady Bird, The Disaster Artist, Get Out, The Shape of Water… We've seen almost all of these films appear on lists of nominations before.
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2017 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part III - Limited Releases, Classics, Foreign Imports
December 16th, 2017
Both the first installment First-run Releases and the second installment, TV on DVD releases, were shorter than I would have liked, as this hasn’t been a great year for either wide releases or TV on DVD releases. That said, 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. There will more releases on this list than the previous two, starting with...
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2017 - Awards Season: Independent Spirit Awards - Nominations
November 22nd, 2017
The Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced yesterday and thus the 2017 Awards Season begins. The movie with the most nominations is Call Me by Your Name, which opens on Friday. This is amazingly good timing. It’s not the only film that should get a financial boost.
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Home Market Releases for September 19th, 2017
September 20th, 2017
I think it is a really good week on the home market. The biggest release of the week is Wonder Woman, which is also one of the best wide releases of the year. The extras are strong and the Blu-ray Combo Pack / 3D Combo Pack are Pick of the Week contenders. It isn’t the winner, as The Big Sick is one of the best movies I’ve seen all year and the DVD / Blu-ray Combo Pack is loaded with extras.
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Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: The Big Sick
September 17th, 2017
The Big Sick is the biggest limited release of the year earning over $40 million. This puts it ahead of many wide releases, including Ghost in the Shell, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, and King Arthur Legend of the Sword, all of which cost more than $100 million to make. Is this film as good as its box office numbers? Or did it benefit from an historically weak summer?
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2017 Preview: July
July 1st, 2017
I hate it when the first of the month lands on a Saturday. By the time this story goes live, we will still have almost no box office data for Despicable Me 3, so we won’t know if June ended on a positive note. Fortunately, Wonder Woman beat expectations and might end up as the biggest hit of the summer, at least for a little while. July begins with Spider-Man: Homecoming, which should make at least $300 million and is the last film being released this summer that has a shot at being a $400 million hit domestically. It is very likely that nothing else this month will come within $100 million of that movie, so that could help its legs. There are a few potential $100 million hits, including War for the Planet of the Apes, Dunkirk, and a couple of other long shots. Last July had a similar feel with The Secret Life of Pets topping the list with well over $300 million, while there were five other $100 million hits. This July would have to beat expectations substantially to match this performance. I’m not confident 2017 will be able to maintain its pace at the box office. I’m worried at least one big film will struggled and 2017 will end the month behind 2016’s pace.
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Limited and VOD Releases: Sick and Tired
June 23rd, 2017
Not many limited releases are earning any real buzz this week. The Beguiled has the best pedigree and its reviews might be good enough to help it thrive in theaters. The Bad Batch is the biggest in terms of theaters, but its box office potential is close to zero. This leaves The Big Sick as the best new release. That said, if you are not near one of the five theaters it is playing, you could always stay home and binge GLOW on Netflix. I reviewed it this week and it is worth the praise.
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The Big Sick Trailer
June 12th, 2017
Romantic comedy starring Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, and Ray Romano, directed by Judd Apatow opens June 23 ... Full Movie Details.
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Featured TV on DVD Review: Silicon Valley: Season 2
April 16th, 2016
Silicon Valley started in 2014 with an eight-episode first season. I didn't get a chance to review the first season, but I did see a few of the episodes and liked what I saw. Does it get better in season two? And is the DVD or Blu-ray worth picking up?
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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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Mar 22, 2024 | Ghostbusters: Frozen E… | Nadeem Razmaadi | $104,137,915 | $73,162,591 | $177,300,506 |
Dec 22, 2023 | Migration | Mack Mallard | $127,306,285 | $168,234,092 | $295,540,377 |
Nov 5, 2021 | Eternals | Kingo | $164,870,264 | $236,861,495 | $401,731,759 |
May 22, 2020 | The Lovebirds | Eric | |||
Jan 17, 2020 | Dolittle | Plimpton | $77,047,065 | $174,462,229 | $251,509,294 |
Jul 12, 2019 | Stuber | Stu | $22,370,452 | $7,263,571 | $29,634,023 |
Jun 14, 2019 | Men in Black: Internat… | Pawny | $80,001,807 | $174,308,196 | $254,310,003 |
Apr 27, 2018 | Duck Butter | Jake | $6,877 | $6,877 | |
Sep 22, 2017 | The Lego Ninjago Movie | Jay | $59,281,555 | $63,455,646 | $122,737,201 |
Jun 23, 2017 | The Big Sick | Kumail | $42,872,467 | $13,996,210 | $56,868,677 |
Feb 17, 2017 | Fist Fight | Mehar | $32,187,017 | $8,099,399 | $40,286,416 |
Oct 7, 2016 | The Late Bloomer | ||||
Sep 30, 2016 | Flock of Dudes | ||||
Sep 9, 2016 | Brother Nature | Riggleman | |||
Jul 8, 2016 | Mike and Dave Need Wed… | Keanu | $46,009,673 | $29,888,427 | $75,898,100 |
Jun 17, 2016 | Central Intelligence | Jared The Airport… | $127,440,871 | $89,753,934 | $217,194,805 |
Mar 25, 2015 | Loaded | ||||
Feb 20, 2015 | Hot Tub Time Machine 2 | Brad | $12,314,651 | $511,993 | $12,826,644 |
Jul 18, 2014 | Sex Tape | Punit | $38,543,473 | $87,526,036 | $126,069,509 |
Oct 4, 2013 | Bad Milo | Bobbi | $19,613 | $19,613 | |
Sep 6, 2013 | Hell Baby | Cable Guy | $4,980 | $4,980 | |
Apr 27, 2012 | The Five-Year Engagement | Pakistani Chef | $28,700,285 | $32,923,534 | $61,623,819 |
Averages | $56,653,838 | $82,889,097 | $124,915,447 | ||
Totals | 22 | $963,115,250 | $1,160,447,353 | $2,123,562,603 |
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 22, 2023 | Migration | $12,453,275 | 3,839 | $127,306,285 | $295,540,377 | 43.1% |
Nov 5, 2021 | Eternals | $71,297,219 | 4,090 | $164,870,264 | $401,731,759 | 41.0% |
May 22, 2020 | The Lovebirds | |||||
Jan 17, 2020 | Dolittle | $21,844,045 | 4,155 | $77,047,065 | $251,509,294 | 30.6% |
Jul 12, 2019 | Stuber | $8,225,384 | 3,050 | $22,370,452 | $29,634,023 | 75.5% |
Sep 22, 2017 | The Lego Ninjago Movie | $20,433,071 | 4,047 | $59,281,555 | $122,737,201 | 48.3% |
Jun 23, 2017 | The Big Sick | $421,577 | 2,597 | $42,872,467 | $56,868,677 | 75.4% |
Averages | $22,445,762 | 3,630 | $82,291,348 | $193,003,555 | 52.3% | |
Totals | 7 | $493,748,088 | $1,158,021,331 |
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 22, 2024 | Ghostbusters: Frozen E… | $45,004,673 | 4,345 | $104,137,915 | $177,300,506 | 58.7% |
Jun 14, 2019 | Men in Black: Internat… | $30,035,838 | 4,224 | $80,001,807 | $254,310,003 | 31.5% |
Apr 27, 2018 | Duck Butter | $2,797 | 2 | $6,877 | $6,877 | 100.0% |
Feb 17, 2017 | Fist Fight | $12,201,873 | 3,185 | $32,187,017 | $40,286,416 | 79.9% |
Sep 30, 2016 | Flock of Dudes | |||||
Sep 9, 2016 | Brother Nature | |||||
Jul 8, 2016 | Mike and Dave Need Wed… | $16,628,170 | 3,008 | $46,009,673 | $75,898,100 | 60.6% |
Jun 17, 2016 | Central Intelligence | $35,535,250 | 3,508 | $127,440,871 | $217,194,805 | 58.7% |
Feb 20, 2015 | Hot Tub Time Machine 2 | $5,963,324 | 2,901 | $12,314,651 | $12,826,644 | 96.0% |
Jul 18, 2014 | Sex Tape | $14,608,152 | 3,062 | $38,543,473 | $126,069,509 | 30.6% |
Oct 4, 2013 | Bad Milo | $4,503 | 11 | $19,613 | $19,613 | 100.0% |
Sep 6, 2013 | Hell Baby | $4,980 | 10 | $4,980 | $4,980 | 100.0% |
Apr 27, 2012 | The Five-Year Engagement | $10,610,060 | 2,941 | $28,700,285 | $61,623,819 | 46.6% |
Averages | $15,509,056 | 2,472 | $42,669,742 | $87,776,479 | 69.3% | |
Totals | 13 | $469,367,162 | $965,541,272 |
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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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Jun 23, 2017 | The Big Sick | Screenwriter Executive Producer |
$42,872,467 | $13,996,210 | $56,868,677 |
Averages | $42,872,467 | $13,996,210 | $56,868,677 | ||
Totals | 1 | $42,872,467 | $13,996,210 | $56,868,677 |
Latest Ranking on All Technical Box Office Record Lists
Record | Rank | Amount |
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Top Grossing Executive Producer at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500) | 2,421 | $42,872,467 |
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100) | 2,045 | $42,872,467 |
Top Grossing Executive Producer at the International Box Office (Rank 3,501-3,600) | 3,554 | $13,996,210 |
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 2,801-2,900) | 2,836 | $13,996,210 |
Top Grossing Executive Producer at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,801-2,900) | 2,890 | $56,868,677 |
Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500) | 2,418 | $56,868,677 |