Rachel McAdams
Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 20 films, with $1,716,158,263 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #145) |
Best-known acting roles: Dr. Christine Palmer (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), Dr. Christine Palmer (Doctor Strange), Irene Adler (Sherlock Holmes), Irene Adler (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Claire Clearly (Wedding Crashers) |
Most productive collaborators: Benedict Cumberbatch, Scott Derrickson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, C. Robert Cargill |
Born: November 17, 1978 (45 years old) |
Career Summary
Movies | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | ||
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As an Actor | Leading | 20 | $868,252,987 | $847,905,276 | $1,716,158,263 |
Supporting | 7 | $571,519,340 | $621,436,736 | $1,192,956,076 | |
Lead Ensemble Member | 3 | $689,029,303 | $1,031,441,295 | $1,720,470,598 | |
(Unclassified) | 1 | $1,506,998 | $1,468,190 | $2,975,188 |
Career Trend
This graph shows Rachel McAdams’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
See the Acting Credits tab for all Acting Box Office Records and the Technical Credits tab for all Technical Box Office Records.
Theater counts: Wonka remains widest release in a quiet start to 2024
January 4th, 2024
After three weeks in North American cinemas, Wonka once again leads the pack as widest release, as it has done since its debut on December 15th. The Willy Wonka origin story has gobbled up over $147 million in domestic earnings in its first 20 days, while bringing in just above $253 million from international markets, catapulting its global take to over $400 million. The film does drop below 4,000 locations this week for the first time, but will still be available in 3,817 theaters, which easily holds off newcomer Night Swim’s starting count of 3,250 cinemas.
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Theater counts: Super Mario still on a roll as the widest release of the week
April 27th, 2023
No other film released in the past few weeks has been able to slow down Mario and friends as the legendary video game characters once again top the list of widest releases this week, and still the only movie to be showing in over 4,000 cinemas—in 4,204 of them to be exact. The film has racked up just over $447 million in domestic earnings at latest count. Next week will end Mario’s reign at the top with the opening of the most recent Guardians of the Galaxy feature, but this week the animated juggernaut will enjoy one last week as the most widely-available film in North America.
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Theater counts: Super Mario once again widest release as four new features arrive in theaters
April 20th, 2023
Currently enjoying a 15-day domestic haul of over $371 million, The Super Mario Bros. Movie again stands alone as this week’s widest release. Last weekend, the film scored the best second weekend ever for an animated movie. Only dropping 21 cinemas this week, the blockbuster film is still widely available in 4,350 locations. While Mario shouldn’t have any problems leading the box office, like last week, it contends with a flurry of newcomers making their big screen debuts.
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Theater counts: Doctor Strange will debut in post-pandemic record 4,534 theaters
May 5th, 2022
The wait is finally over for fans of Dr. Stephen Strange as the sequel to Doctor Strange is finally at the doorstep of North American theaters. Doctor-Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will open in an outstanding 4,534 locations (including IMAX) this weekend, which places it seventh on the all-time widest openings list, nestled between two animated sequels, 2017’s Despicable Me 3 (4,529 theaters) and 2019’s The Secret Life of Pets 2 (4,561 theaters). It’s over 100 more locations than The Batman, which arrived in 4,417 locations just over two months ago, giving Multiverse of Madness the widest opening of the post-pandemic era.
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Streaming Releases: I Spy Some Streaming Releases
June 26th, 2020
Hamilton is coming to Disney+… next week. I’m mentioning it right up front, because it is by far the biggest streaming news of the week, so much so that it could drown out the actual new releases of the week. There are some high-quality releases to check out, including Athlete A, but that might be too bleak to attract an audience. My Spy, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, and Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II are more light-hearted and should do better with viewers.
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Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Avengers: Infinity War - Spoiler / Detail Free Review
August 14th, 2018
Like we did with The Force Awakens, we are going to do a spoiler-free, detail-free review for Avengers: Infinity War. In other words, we are going to rate all of the movies in the MCU to see where Infinity War and the rest fit into place.
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Home Market Releases for July 17th, 2018
July 18th, 2018
It’s a shallow week in terms of the total number of releases, but a lot of films on this list are worth picking up. Rampage is the biggest and it is worth buying, if you are into popcorn action flicks. There are a lot of other releases that are worth picking up, but not quite Pick of the Week contenders, like Disobedience, The Good Place: Season Two, etc. As for true Pick of the Week contenders, we have a limited selection and I’m going with Isle of Dogs on Blu-ray Combo Pack for that title.
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Limited and VOD Releases: Limited Release Demand your Obedience
April 27th, 2018
There are not a lot of limited releases on this week’s list, but there are a few that are worth checking out. This includes Let The Sunshine In and Adventures in Public School, but the one I think will do the best is Disobedience.
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2018 Preview: February
February 1st, 2018
2018 got off to a good start and January more or less held its ground when compared to 2017. There were some misses, but surprise holdovers made up the difference. Looking forward, February will be dominated by Black Panther. In fact, it will very likely make more during its opening weekend than the second place film, Fifty Shades Freed, will likely make in total. Black Panther likely won’t break records, but it could come close, while Fifty Shade Freed and Peter Rabbit both have a 50/50 shot at $100 million. Last February, The Lego Batman Movie both earned $175 million, while Fifty Shades Darker earned over $100 million. Black Panther will easily beat any film from last February; in fact, it could earn more than the top two films earned combined. As long as the rest of the box office isn’t a complete disaster, February should help 2018 earn a significant edge over 2017 in the year-over-year comparisons.
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Game Night Trailer
January 26th, 2018
Comedy starring Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams opens February 23 ... Full Movie Details.
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Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Doctor Strange
February 20th, 2017
Doctor Strange was the first time that magic was really strongly introduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and some thought the film was a bit of a risk as a result. Instead, the film became the second biggest introductory film in the MCU, behind only Guardians of the Galaxy. Is it as good as its box office numbers would suggest? Or has the MCU become self-sustaining generating hundreds of million of dollars regardless of quality?
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2015 Awards Season: Oscar Preview
February 28th, 2016
It’s Oscar day and, if all goes to plan, I will be live-blogging the ceremony tonight. Here is the list of nominees marked according to predictions from our readers, and my personal wishes. Nominees in Bold are the ones predicted to win by our readers (we’ll have a full rundown of the predictions at noon, after the contest ends). If I am predicting a different film, those are in Italics. Meanwhile, the nominees I want to win, but don’t think will win, are Underlined. There are a few categories where the film I really think deserves the award was not even nominated, plus a few I don’t have a real opinion on.
If you haven’t done so already, it’s not too late to enter our Oscar competition, and win all Best Picture nominees on Blu-ray or DVD.
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2015 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Supporting Actress
February 24th, 2016
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 year, Best Supporting Actress is a two-horse race, making it one of the more competitive categories of the ones we are going to look at.
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2015 Awards Season: Oscars - Nominations
January 15th, 2016
The Oscar nominations were announced at 5:30 am Pacific time. Nothing is good that early in the morning. Worse still, this was a terrible year for snubs, especially when it comes to diversity of the nominees. The voters for the Oscars are 94% white and 77% male... but that's still more diverse than the list of nominees. The Revenant led the way with 12 nominations and it is expected to win a few of those, while it is a serious contender in most of the categories it was nominated in.
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2015 Awards Season: SAG Nominations
December 9th, 2015
The Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced today and there are at least a few surprises to talk about. Trumbo led the way with three nominations, but there were six films with two nods apiece. Six!
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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Weekend Estimates: San Andreas Makes Solid Start
May 31st, 2015
In a Summer already littered with franchise films, it’s good to see something original top the charts, even if it is something as rote as a disaster movie based on an earthquake in California. The $53.2 million projected opening for San Andreas is something of a triumph for Dwayne Johnson, who carries the film as its sole lead, unlike his contributions to the Furious 7 ensemble. With only the domestic opening numbers in, Johnson has already moved up to third on our top current stars list, and will most likely pass Vin Diesel for second place before San Andreas’ run is over.
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2015 Preview: May
May 1st, 2015
April is over and there was good news and bad news. Good news: Furious 7 crushed the competition, and broke records along the way. Bad news: Furious 7 crushed the competition and no other April release will earn as much in total as Furious 7 earned during its opening day. Fortunately, Furious 7 was so strong that it carried April of 2015 to a draw when compared to April of 2014. May has a lot of similarities to April. The Avengers: Age of Ultron is expected to break records during its opening weekend and even the low end has it earning more than $1 billion worldwide. Unfortunately, no other film is going to come close to that figure. There are five other films with a potential to reach $100 million at the box office. The keyword there is "potential". There's a chance less than half of those five films will get to that milestone. And like last April, last May had much better depth with five films that reached $100 million, including four that surpassed $200 million. Age of Ultron will earn more than the combined totals of Maleficent, last month's winner, and X-Men: Days of Future Past, which placed second for the month. I am a little concerned about the lack of depth this month and this could cause May to lose in the month-over-month comparison in the end.
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Aloha Trailer
March 3rd, 2015
Romantic drama starring Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone and Rachel McAdams, directed by Cameron Crowe opens May 29... Full movie details...
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Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: A Most Wanted Man
November 4th, 2014
A Most Wanted Man is famous for a really negative reason. It is one of the last films starring Philip Seymour Hoffman released after his untimely death. It earned incredible reviews and did really well at the box office for a limited release, but it wasn't able to break into truly wide releases. Is the movie as good as its reviews? Or were critics quick to praise the film for its significance in Philip Seymour Hoffman's life?
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DVD and Blu-ray Releases for February 4th, 2014
February 3rd, 2014
It's another slow week on the home market. There are five or so first run releases, but the biggest box office was earned by Free Birds, which earned $55 million. Fortunately, while there are no box office hits, there are some high quality releases, led by Dallas Buyers Club. Unfortunately, the DVD and Blu-ray Combo Pack has so few extras that I'm convinced a special edition is on its way, so it isn't a Pick of the Week contender. So what are the Pick of the Week contenders this week? First there's Cutie and the Boxer on DVD or Blu-ray. Second there's ... Cutie and the Boxer is the Pick of the Week.
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DVD and Blu-ray Releases for November 5th, 2013
November 7th, 2013
It's a big week with several first run releases, some big TV on DVD, releases, and more to deal with. The only one that truly rises to the level of Pick of the Week is Mad Men: Season Six, but the screener arrived late and I hate awarding Pick of the Week to a title when that happens. The only other release I really want to see is White House Down, but that's more guilty pleasure than Pick of the Week. I guess it goes to Mad Men: Season Six on DVD or Blu-ray.
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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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All Acting Credits
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Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
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Apr 28, 2023 | Are You There God? It’… | Barbara Simon | $20,372,406 | $1,125,786 | $21,498,192 |
May 6, 2022 | Doctor Strange in the … | Dr. Christine Palmer | $411,331,607 | $540,893,379 | $952,224,986 |
Jun 26, 2020 | Eurovision Song Contes… | Sigrit Ericksdottir | |||
Apr 27, 2018 | Disobedience | Esti Kuperman | $3,480,702 | $3,714,403 | $7,195,105 |
Feb 23, 2018 | Game Night | Annie | $69,179,066 | $48,199,018 | $117,378,084 |
Nov 4, 2016 | Doctor Strange | Dr. Christine Palmer | $232,641,920 | $443,701,254 | $676,343,174 |
Feb 12, 2016 | The Little Prince | The Mother | $1,311,213 | $100,716,062 | $102,027,275 |
Dec 4, 2015 | Every Thing Will Be Fine | Sara | $588,112 | $588,112 | |
Nov 6, 2015 | Spotlight | Sacha Pfeiffer | $45,055,776 | $46,846,662 | $91,902,438 |
Jul 24, 2015 | Southpaw | Maureen Hope | $52,421,953 | $41,734,503 | $94,156,456 |
May 29, 2015 | Aloha | Tracy Woodside | $21,052,030 | $4,335,061 | $25,387,091 |
Jul 25, 2014 | A Most Wanted Man | Annabel Richter | $17,237,855 | $18,831,035 | $36,068,890 |
Nov 1, 2013 | About Time | Mary | $15,323,921 | $69,105,165 | $84,429,086 |
Aug 30, 2013 | Passion | Christine Stanford | $85,726 | $181,697 | $267,423 |
Apr 12, 2013 | To the Wonder | Jane | $584,563 | $977,377 | $1,561,940 |
Feb 10, 2012 | The Vow | Paige | $125,014,030 | $72,604,130 | $197,618,160 |
Dec 16, 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Gam… | Irene Adler | $186,848,418 | $348,815,025 | $535,663,443 |
May 20, 2011 | Midnight in Paris | Inez | $56,816,662 | $105,458,551 | $162,275,213 |
Nov 10, 2010 | Morning Glory | Becky Fuller | $31,011,732 | $28,783,338 | $59,795,070 |
Dec 25, 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | Irene Adler | $209,028,679 | $289,409,533 | $498,438,212 |
Aug 14, 2009 | The Time Traveler’s Wi… | Clare | $63,414,846 | $38,917,289 | $102,332,135 |
Apr 17, 2009 | State of Play | Della Frye | $37,017,955 | $51,814,255 | $88,832,210 |
Sep 26, 2008 | The Lucky Ones | Collee | $266,967 | $266,967 | |
Mar 7, 2008 | Married Life | Kay | $1,506,998 | $1,468,190 | $2,975,188 |
Dec 16, 2005 | The Family Stone | Amy Stone | $60,062,868 | $32,294,631 | $92,357,499 |
Aug 19, 2005 | Red Eye | Lisa Reisert | $57,891,803 | $38,774,683 | $96,666,486 |
Jul 15, 2005 | Wedding Crashers | Claire Clearly | $209,218,368 | $74,000,000 | $283,218,368 |
Jun 25, 2004 | The Notebook | Young Allie Hamilton | $81,001,787 | $34,935,376 | $115,937,163 |
Apr 30, 2004 | Mean Girls | Regina | $86,047,227 | $44,469,023 | $130,516,250 |
Dec 13, 2002 | The Hot Chick | Jessica Spencer/C… | $35,081,550 | $19,557,959 | $54,639,509 |
Averages | $76,082,451 | $89,366,125 | $159,743,453 | ||
Totals | 30 | $2,130,308,628 | $2,502,251,497 | $4,632,560,125 |
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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Apr 28, 2023 | Are You There God? It’… | $6,739,037 | 3,343 | $20,372,406 | $21,498,192 | 94.8% |
May 6, 2022 | Doctor Strange in the … | $187,420,998 | 4,534 | $411,331,607 | $952,224,986 | 43.2% |
Jun 26, 2020 | Eurovision Song Contes… | |||||
Apr 27, 2018 | Disobedience | $237,393 | 247 | $3,480,702 | $7,195,105 | 48.4% |
Feb 23, 2018 | Game Night | $17,005,332 | 3,502 | $69,179,066 | $117,378,084 | 58.9% |
Nov 4, 2016 | Doctor Strange | $85,058,311 | 3,882 | $232,641,920 | $676,343,174 | 34.4% |
Dec 4, 2015 | Every Thing Will Be Fine | $588,112 | ||||
Nov 6, 2015 | Spotlight | $295,009 | 1,227 | $45,055,776 | $91,902,438 | 49.0% |
Jul 24, 2015 | Southpaw | $16,701,294 | 2,774 | $52,421,953 | $94,156,456 | 55.7% |
May 29, 2015 | Aloha | $9,670,235 | 2,815 | $21,052,030 | $25,387,091 | 82.9% |
Jul 25, 2014 | A Most Wanted Man | $2,686,526 | 808 | $17,237,855 | $36,068,890 | 47.8% |
Nov 1, 2013 | About Time | $1,076,250 | 1,280 | $15,323,921 | $84,429,086 | 18.2% |
Aug 30, 2013 | Passion | $33,545 | 14 | $85,726 | $267,423 | 32.1% |
Apr 12, 2013 | To the Wonder | $116,551 | 60 | $584,563 | $1,561,940 | 37.4% |
Feb 10, 2012 | The Vow | $41,202,458 | 3,038 | $125,014,030 | $197,618,160 | 63.3% |
Dec 16, 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Gam… | $39,637,079 | 3,703 | $186,848,418 | $535,663,443 | 34.9% |
Nov 10, 2010 | Morning Glory | $9,203,266 | 2,544 | $31,011,732 | $59,795,070 | 51.9% |
Aug 14, 2009 | The Time Traveler’s Wi… | $18,623,171 | 2,988 | $63,414,846 | $102,332,135 | 62.0% |
Apr 17, 2009 | State of Play | $14,071,280 | 2,807 | $37,017,955 | $88,832,210 | 41.7% |
Sep 26, 2008 | The Lucky Ones | $183,088 | 425 | $266,967 | $266,967 | 100.0% |
Aug 19, 2005 | Red Eye | $16,167,662 | 3,134 | $57,891,803 | $96,666,486 | 59.9% |
Jun 25, 2004 | The Notebook | $13,464,745 | 2,323 | $81,001,787 | $115,937,163 | 69.9% |
Apr 30, 2004 | Mean Girls | $24,432,195 | 3,054 | $86,047,227 | $130,516,250 | 65.9% |
Averages | $24,001,211 | 2,310 | $74,156,300 | $156,210,403 | 54.9% | |
Totals | 23 | $1,557,282,290 | $3,436,628,861 |
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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Feb 12, 2016 | The Little Prince | $116,927 | 163 | $1,311,213 | $102,027,275 | 1.3% |
May 20, 2011 | Midnight in Paris | $599,003 | 1,038 | $56,816,662 | $162,275,213 | 35.0% |
Dec 25, 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | $62,304,277 | 3,626 | $209,028,679 | $498,438,212 | 41.9% |
Dec 16, 2005 | The Family Stone | $12,521,027 | 2,469 | $60,062,868 | $92,357,499 | 65.0% |
Jul 15, 2005 | Wedding Crashers | $33,900,720 | 3,131 | $209,218,368 | $283,218,368 | 73.9% |
Dec 13, 2002 | The Hot Chick | $7,401,146 | 2,246 | $35,081,550 | $54,639,509 | 64.2% |
Averages | $19,473,850 | 2,112 | $95,253,223 | $198,826,013 | 46.9% | |
Totals | 6 | $571,519,340 | $1,192,956,076 |