Riz Ahmed

Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 12 films, with $866,971,505 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #287)
Best-known acting roles: Bodhi Rook (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), Carlton Drake/Riot (Venom), Aaron Kalloor (Jason Bourne), Rick (Nightcrawler), Nazrul Sharma (Closed Circuit)
Best-known technical roles: Flee (Producer), Joyland (Producer)
Most productive collaborators: Tom Hardy, Ruben Fleischer, Michelle Williams, Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach
Born: December 1, 1982 (41 years old)
                                    

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Career Summary


  MoviesDomestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
As an ActorLeading12$214,590,527$652,380,978$866,971,505
Supporting6$203,468,189$285,085,776$488,553,965
Lead Ensemble Member2$533,539,991$521,543,605$1,055,083,596
In Technical RolesProducer2$644,429$1,934,005$2,578,434
Executive Producer1$0$516,819$516,819
Screenwriter1$0$0$0

Career Trend

This graph shows Riz Ahmed’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


Sound of Metal trailer

September 25th, 2020

Drama starring Riz Ahmed and Olivia Cooke opens in theaters on November 20, and arrives on Amazon Prime on December 4. Full movie details.

During a series of adrenaline-fueled one-night gigs, itinerant punk-metal drummer Ruben begins to experience intermittent hearing loss. When a specialist tells him his condition will rapidly worsen, he thinks his music career—and with it his life—is over. His bandmate and girlfriend Lou checks the recovering heroin addict into a secluded sober house for the deaf in hopes it will prevent a relapse and help him learn to adapt to his new situation. But after being welcomed into a community that accepts him just as he is, Ruben has to choose between his equilibrium and the drive to reclaim the life he once knew. More...

Limited and Virtual Releases: Escaping Capitalism in Space

August 14th, 2020

Sputnik

After months of limited releases topping the box office charts by default, this week could be anti-climactic, if the wide releases do well in Canada. If not, then perhaps Sputnik will be the latest horror film to top the box office chart this weekend. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Venom

December 16th, 2018

Venom

Venom is the biggest hit Sony released this year. However, it was absolutely savaged by critics. Were the critics right? Did the audiences see some quality critics didn’t? Or is the movie somewhere in the middle of those two extremes? More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Starting to Love Awards Season

September 21st, 2018

Collette

It is not a particularly busy week for limited releases, as there are only nine films on the main list. However, several of them could do very well at the box office. Of these, I’m the most bullish about Colette and The Sisters Brothers, but there are two documentaries, Love, Gilda and Nothing Like a Dame, that could also open in the $10,000 club. All four could earn some Awards Season glory. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

March 27th, 2017

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is the first in a series of standalone movies movies Disney is planning for the Star Wars franchise. There were some who questioned whether or not audiences would show up to a Star Wars movie if it wasn’t directly part of the overall story. Turns out the answer to that question is yes, to the tune of over $1 billion worldwide. This was nearly 50% less than The Force Awakens earned, but is it also much weaker in terms of quality? More...

2014 - Awards Season: Independent Spirit Awards - Nominations

December 6th, 2014

Birdman poster

The Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced last week and I'm getting to them a little late, because I needed to organize the whole Awards Season stories. Firstly, I've decided to use the year the movies were released not the year the awards are handed out, unlike what we did last year. This means both will have 2014 as the year. Not ideal, but it is better to fix the mistake now than carry on making it. Secondly, the headlines are just going to be the name of the Awards and either nominations or winners. This will make it easier for readers to find later on. As for the Independent Spirit Awards nominations, Birdman led the way with 6 nods, while Boyhood, Nightcrawler, and Selma were right behind with 5 each.

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2014 Preview: October

September 30th, 2014

Fury poster

September is over and while it got off to a bad start, a really, really, truly terrible start, it actually ended on a bit of a strong note. Granted, no film has yet to reach $100 million, but The Maze Runner and The Equalizer both could get there in the end. As for October, we might go another month without a $100 million hit. There are a couple of films that have the potential to reach the century mark, Gone Girl and Fury. Hopefully they will get there, but given the recent box office woes, it is probably best to keep expectations low. Last October, there were two films that earned more than $100 million. Bad Grandpa just made it passed that mark. On the other hand, Gravity was a monster hit earning nearly $275 million. It you compare its run to this year's batch of films, it only ranks behind Guardians of the Galaxy. ... There's no way any film opening this month is going to match that. ... There no way the top two films will match that. ... The top three films might not match that. ... 2014 is going to get crushed in the year-over-year comparison and by the end of the month, it will be safe to say its chances of ever catching up to 2013 will be over. It is going to be a depressing month. More...

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. More...

All Acting Credits

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Release
Date
TitleRoleDomestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Oct 27, 2023Fingernails $13,777$13,777
Jun 30, 2023Nimona Ballister Blackheart
Dec 3, 2021Encounter Malik Khan
Sep 3, 2021Mogul Mowgli Zed $74,476$74,476
Nov 20, 2020Sound of Metal Ruben $516,819$516,819
Oct 5, 2018Venom Carlton Drake/Riot $213,511,408$642,569,645$856,081,053
Sep 21, 2018The Sisters Brothers $3,143,056$11,493,011$14,636,067
Oct 6, 2017Una Scott $432,418$432,418
Dec 16, 2016Rogue One: A Star Wars… Bodhi Rook $533,539,991$521,543,605$1,055,083,596
Jul 29, 2016Jason Bourne Aaron Kalloor $162,192,920$253,975,396$416,168,316
Oct 31, 2014Nightcrawler Rick $32,381,218$17,953,200$50,334,418
Aug 28, 2013Closed Circuit Nazrul Sharma $5,750,995$796,531$6,547,526
Apr 26, 2013The Reluctant Fundamen… Changez $528,731$528,731
Mar 1, 2013Day of the Falcon Ali $435,220$435,220
Oct 2, 2012Shifty Shifty
Jul 13, 2012Trishna Jay $240,381$908,575$1,148,956
Nov 5, 2010Four Lions Omar $310,007$8,297,686$8,607,693
Sep 21, 2009Rage Vijay
 
Averages $105,733,190$112,231,566$172,186,362
Totals 18 $951,598,707$1,459,010,359$2,410,609,066


Leading or Lead Ensemble Roles


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Release
Date
TitleOpening
Weekend
Maximum
Theaters
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Share
Oct 27, 2023Fingernails $13,777
Jun 30, 2023Nimona
Dec 3, 2021Encounter
Sep 3, 2021Mogul Mowgli $74,476
Nov 20, 2020Sound of Metal $516,819
Oct 5, 2018Venom $80,255,7564,250$213,511,408$856,081,05324.9%
Dec 16, 2016Rogue One: A Star Wars… $155,081,6814,157$533,539,991$1,055,083,59650.6%
Apr 26, 2013The Reluctant Fundamen… $30,92058$528,731$528,731100.0%
Oct 2, 2012Shifty
Jul 13, 2012Trishna $29,14038$240,381$1,148,95620.9%
Nov 5, 2010Four Lions $41,51218$310,007$8,607,6933.6%
Sep 21, 2009Rage
 
Averages $47,087,8021,704$149,626,104$240,256,88840.0%
Totals 12 $748,130,518$1,922,055,101


Supporting Roles


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Release
Date
TitleOpening
Weekend
Maximum
Theaters
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Share
Sep 21, 2018The Sisters Brothers $115,5751,141$3,143,056$14,636,06721.5%
Oct 6, 2017Una $432,418
Jul 29, 2016Jason Bourne $59,215,3654,039$162,192,920$416,168,31639.0%
Oct 31, 2014Nightcrawler $10,441,0002,766$32,381,218$50,334,41864.3%
Aug 28, 2013Closed Circuit $2,464,931870$5,750,995$6,547,52687.8%
Mar 1, 2013Day of the Falcon $435,220
 
Averages $18,059,2182,204$50,867,047$81,425,66153.2%
Totals 6 $203,468,189$488,553,965

Latest Ranking on All Acting Box Office Record Lists


RecordRankAmount
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) 301 $748,130,518
Top 100 Stars in Supporting Roles at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 8,201-8,300) 8,245 $203,468,189
Top Live Action Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 901-1,000) 980 $951,598,707
Top Above the Line Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,818 $255,865,796
Top Below the Line Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 601-700) 666 $695,732,911
Top Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,216 $951,598,707
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the International Box Office (Rank 201-300) 248 $1,173,924,583
Top 100 Stars in Supporting Roles at the International Box Office (Rank 7,701-7,800) 7,789 $285,085,776
Top Live Action Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 701-800) 769 $1,459,010,359
Top Above the Line Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,038 $683,491,358
Top Below the Line Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,345 $775,519,001
Top Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,017 $1,459,010,359
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 201-300) 267 $1,922,055,101
Top 100 Stars in Supporting Roles at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 7,801-7,900) 7,872 $488,553,965
Top Live Action Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 701-800) 800 $2,410,609,066
Top Above the Line Stars at the Wordwide Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,256 $939,357,154
Top Below the Line Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 901-1,000) 901 $1,471,251,912
Top Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,074 $2,410,609,066
Highest Grossing Stars of 2016 at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 123 100
Highest Grossing Stars of 2017 at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 129 100
Highest Grossing Stars of 2018 at the Domestic Box Office 55 188
Highest Grossing Stars of 2019 at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 201-300) 212 88
Highest Grossing Stars of 2020 at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 181 88
Highest Grossing Stars of 2016 at the International Box Office (Rank 101-200) 124 93
Highest Grossing Stars of 2017 at the International Box Office (Rank 101-200) 136 93
Highest Grossing Stars of 2018 at the International Box Office 42 189
Highest Grossing Stars of 2019 at the International Box Office (Rank 101-200) 129 96
Highest Grossing Stars of 2020 at the International Box Office 98 96
Highest Grossing Stars of 2016 at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 101-200) 113 99
Highest Grossing Stars of 2017 at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 101-200) 126 99
Highest Grossing Stars of 2018 at the Worldwide Box Office 48 193
Highest Grossing Stars of 2019 at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 101-200) 154 94
Highest Grossing Stars of 2020 at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 101-200) 122 94
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 3,801-3,900) 3,809 $838,738
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,793 $240,381
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Spin-Off Movies 1 $747,051,399
Top International Leading Stars for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,426 $8,902,758
Top International Leading Stars for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,362 $908,575
Top International Leading Stars for Spin-Off Movies 6 $1,164,113,250
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 3,201-3,300) 3,286 $9,741,496
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,895 $1,148,956
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Spin-Off Movies 2 $1,911,164,649
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Live Action Movies (Rank 4,901-5,000) 4,983 $1,079,119
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Animation/Live Action Movies 63 $747,051,399
Top International Leading Stars for Live Action Movies (Rank 3,101-3,200) 3,123 $9,811,333
Top International Leading Stars for Animation/Live Action Movies 69 $1,164,113,250
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Live Action Movies (Rank 4,301-4,400) 4,307 $10,890,452
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Animation/Live Action Movies 64 $1,911,164,649
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 3,501-3,600) 3,502 $1,079,119
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Science Fiction Movies 44 $533,539,991
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Super Hero Movies (Rank 101-200) 158 $213,511,408
Top International Leading Stars for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 2,101-2,200) 2,117 $9,797,556
Top International Leading Stars for Science Fiction Movies 90 $521,557,382
Top International Leading Stars for Super Hero Movies 84 $642,569,645
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 2,901-3,000) 2,975 $10,876,675
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Science Fiction Movies 56 $1,055,097,373
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Super Hero Movies (Rank 101-200) 105 $856,081,053
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Adventure Movies (Rank 101-200) 129 $533,539,991
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Action Movies (Rank 201-300) 270 $213,511,408
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Drama Movies (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,067 $769,112
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Black Comedy Movies (Rank 301-400) 369 $310,007
Top International Leading Stars for Adventure Movies (Rank 201-300) 229 $521,543,605
Top International Leading Stars for Action Movies (Rank 101-200) 167 $642,569,645
Top International Leading Stars for Drama Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,743 $1,513,647
Top International Leading Stars for Black Comedy Movies (Rank 201-300) 207 $8,297,686
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Adventure Movies (Rank 101-200) 170 $1,055,083,596
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Action Movies (Rank 101-200) 194 $856,081,053
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Drama Movies (Rank 2,301-2,400) 2,306 $2,282,759
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Black Comedy Movies (Rank 201-300) 299 $8,607,693
Top Domestic Leading Stars for PG-13 Movies (Rank 101-200) 147 $747,051,399
Top Domestic Leading Stars for R Movies (Rank 2,501-2,600) 2,558 $1,079,119
Top International Leading Stars for PG-13 Movies (Rank 101-200) 142 $1,164,113,250
Top International Leading Stars for R Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,573 $9,736,857
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for PG-13 Movies (Rank 101-200) 141 $1,911,164,649
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for R Movies (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,081 $10,815,976
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Walt Disney Movies (Rank 101-200) 110 $533,539,991
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Sony Pictures Movies 98 $213,511,408
Top International Leading Stars for Walt Disney Movies (Rank 101-200) 178 $521,543,605
Top International Leading Stars for Sony Pictures Movies 33 $642,569,645
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Walt Disney Movies (Rank 101-200) 145 $1,055,083,596
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Sony Pictures Movies 48 $856,081,053

All Technical Credits



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Release
Date
TitleRoleDomestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Apr 7, 2023Joyland Producer $304,675$211,586$516,261
Dec 3, 2021Flee Producer $339,754$1,722,419$2,062,173
Nov 20, 2020Sound of Metal Executive Producer $516,819$516,819
 
Averages $322,215$816,941$1,031,751
Totals 3 $644,429$2,450,824$3,095,253


Producer Credits


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Release
Date
TitleOpening
Weekend
Maximum
Theaters
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Share
Apr 7, 2023Joyland $20,63838$304,675$516,26159.0%
Dec 3, 2021Flee $24,794220$339,754$2,062,17316.5%
 
Averages $22,716129$322,215$1,289,21737.7%
Totals 2 $644,429$2,578,434