Aubrey Plaza

Best known as a Supporting Actress based on credits in that role in 13 films, with $1,064,135,540 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #2,715)
Best-known acting roles: Greek Council President (Monsters University), Tatiana (Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates), Lenore (Dirty Grandpa), Karen (Child’s Play), Daisy Danby (Funny People)
Best-known technical roles: Ingrid Goes West (Producer), Emily the Criminal (Producer)
Most productive collaborators: Zac Efron, Lars Klevberg, Robert De Niro, Dan Mazer, Bill Block
Born: June 26, 1984 (39 years old)
                                    

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Career Summary


  MoviesDomestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
As an ActorSupporting13$419,231,448$644,904,092$1,064,135,540
Leading10$52,272,484$30,922,376$83,194,860
Lead Ensemble Member9$14,859,756$25,124,753$39,984,509
Documentary Subject1$0$0$0
(Unclassified)1$0$0$0
In Technical RolesProducer3$5,177,429$251,748$5,429,177

Career Trend

This graph shows Aubrey Plaza’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


Theater counts: Creed III punches its way into 4,007 theaters

March 2nd, 2023

Creed III

The third installment of the Creed franchise, and ninth overall film in the Rocky film series, Creed III enters the fray this week as the widest release, and the only film showing in over 4,000 locations. 4,007 of them, to be precise. The sports drama, starring Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Creed, is also Jordan’s directorial debut. The opening count is a Rocky franchise record.

Also opening in wide release is the action-comedy Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre. Starting out in 2,168 locations, the movie features an all-star ensemble cast including Jason Statham, Hugh Grant, Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, Josh Hartnett and Bugzy Malone. Directed by Guy Ritchie, the movie follows super spy Orson Fortune (played by Statham) and his team of top operatives as they recruit Hollywood’s biggest movie star to help them on an undercover mission to stop a billionaire arms broker (played by Grant) from selling a deadly new weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order. More...

Theater counts: Bullet Train repeats as widest release as a new batch of films hits theaters

August 11th, 2022

Bullet Train

After a solid opening at the box office, Bullet Train is once again the widest release heading into its second week. The film’s freshman effort yielded just over $30 million in its first three days and currently clocks in with a six-day total of $38.9 million. The Brad Pitt action-thriller clings to its opening theater count of 4,357 locations and it is poised to spend another week at the top of the box office charts. While no contenders are expected to knock Bullet Train off of its tracks, a slew of new moderate to wide releases hit cinemas this week as Mack & Rita, Laal Singh Chaddha, Fall, and Emily the Criminal debut, while Bodies Bodies Bodies expands nationwide. More...

Theater counts: Cry Macho and Shang-Chi go head to head

September 16th, 2021

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

After two weeks on top of the theater count list, and more importantly dominating both the domestic and international box office, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings drops from 4,300 to 4,070 locations to begin its third week. The latest Marvel film has collected a stellar $152 million domestically in its first 13 days of release. Providing stiff competition this week is the latest feature from Warner Bros. in Cry Macho. The neo-Western drama starring and directed by screen legend Clint Eastwood follows a former Texas rodeo star who is hired by his former boss to retrieve his son from Mexico. Cry Macho is estimated to arrive in 3,900 theaters. Also opening wide this week is the action/thriller CopShop, starring Gerard Butler and Frank Grillo. The movie from Open Road Films is set to debut in 3,005 locations. More...

Child’s Play Trailer

April 16th, 2019

Horror movie starring Aubrey Plaza and Gabriel Bateman opens June 21 ... Full Movie Details. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Take a Trip to the Theaters

August 11th, 2017

The Trip to Spain

There are a number of limited releases coming out this week that are earning good reviews and / or strong buzz. Of these, The Trip to Spain is the one I want to see the most. It also has a good chance to earn more than $2 million in theaters, as its two predecessors did the same. More...

2016 Preview: July

July 1st, 2016

The Secret Life of Pets

It's July 1st, which is Canada Day. To celebrate, I wanted to give a gift to my American readers down south, so here's a bunch of "u"s. U, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u. Now you can spell words like "colour" and "neighbour" correctly. As for the July preview... June wasn't a good month, despite Finding Dory being on pace to become the biggest hit of the year so far. Most other films failed to match expectations and as a result, 2016's lead over 2015 has nearly evaporated. In fact, ticket sales are below last year's pace. So how does July look in comparison? Well, last July, there were five films that earned more than $100 million, led by Minions, which earned more than $300 million. This July, there are five films that should earn more than $100 million, led by The Secret Life of Pets, which should earned around $250 million. I don't think July 2016 will live up to July 2015, but it should be close. Maybe if one of the expected midlevel hits is a surprise $100 million hit, or if two more of the $100 million hits crack $200 million, then the month will look great. Or one of the expected $100 million hits could flop and 2016 will actually fall behind 2015, even without taking into account ticket price inflation. More...

Featured DVD Review: Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever

December 15th, 2014

Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever is a Lifetime channel movie, a Christmas movie, and a movie based on a web series. ... That's a lot of knocks against it. On the other hand, it has Aubrey Plaza providing the voice for the titular cat, so it can't be all bad, right? More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Life After Beth

October 20th, 2014

Life After Beth opened with strong buzz, especially for a limited release, but the reviews were mixed and it struggled to find an audience in theaters. It also debuted on Video on Demand, so that didn't help its box office numbers. Now that it is out on the home market, is it worth a look? And is the Blu-ray worth picking up? More...

Frankly, You Need to Support Limited Releases

August 15th, 2014

Frank poster

As the summer blockbuster season ends, there are a few limited releases that are actually fairly strong. Perhaps they are hoping to take advantage of the lull in blockbusters, or perhaps they are hoping to get a jump on Awards Season. Regardless why they picked this weekend to open, Abuse of Weakness, Frank, and The Trip to Italy all have a chance to thrive in the art house circuit. More...

Featured TV on DVD Review: The Legend of Korra - Book Two: Spirits

August 3rd, 2014

The Legend of Korra is a follow-up to Avatar: The Last Airbender. That cartoon earned a lot of praise and became a favorite among many people becoming popular enough to be adapted into a movie, which we will never speak of again. When a new series was announced, some were a little worried. It would have big shoes to fill. However, the first season was greeted with nearly universal praise. Can the second season continue this high level of quality. More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Monsters University

October 26th, 2013

Monsters Inc. was a huge hit in 2001 earning close to $300 million domestically and more than $550 million worldwide. This summer, a prequel, Monsters University, came out and it earned a little less domestically, but more than $700 million worldwide. If you factor in inflation and the growth of international markets, this isn't as strong a run as the predecessor had, but still very profitable. Is the quality similar, i.e., not quite as strong as the original, but still worth checking out? And are any of the four releases worth picking up? More...

Weekend Predictions: Wolverine to Slice Through the Competition

July 25th, 2013

It's the final weekend of July and there is only one wide release to deal with, The Wolverine. It should be the easy winner of the weekend, it might pull in enough to become the biggest opening weekend of the month. This isn't likely, but there is a slim chance. There is one other film that might make an appearance in the top ten, The To Do List. Again, it doesn't have a strong chance, but it could happen. The holdovers should be far behind The Wolverine, as only The Conjuring has a shot at $20 million. This weekend last year, both new releases bombed, which is good news for 2013 in the year-over-year comparison. Granted, The Dark Knight Rises took in $62.10 million, which is something The Wolverine should have no trouble topping, while the holdovers should provide more depth. More...

2013 Preview: July

July 1st, 2013

For the most part, June was a really strong month at the box office with nearly every film either matching expectations, or at least coming close enough to call it a victory. Looking forward, there are a dozen films opening wide in July, more or less. One of them, The Smurfs 2, is opening on a Wednesday, so I'm going to hold off talking about that movie till the August preview. Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain is opening in less than 1000 theaters, but it has a shot at reaching the top ten during its opening weekend. If we include both of them, there are twelve films, but I think it is better to stick with the ten truly wide, truly July openings. Of these, Despicable Me 2 is clearly going to be the biggest hit at the box office. It could become the second biggest hit of the year so far. It is not the only film that could be a $100 million hit. In fact, there are six films opening in July that I think have a better than 50% chance of reaching that level. There is currently only one film that I think won't at least become a midlevel hit. By comparison in 2012, there were three $100 million movies, led by The Dark Knight Rises, but the rest of the new releases struggled. There's no chance any movie opening this month will top $400 million, in fact, it is quite possible no film will get to $300 million. That said, 2013 has a lot better depth, so it might come out on top in the end. More...

All Acting Credits

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Megalopolis

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Release
Date
TitleRoleDomestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
2024The Ark and the Aardvark
Aug 2, 2024My Old Ass Elliot (Older)
Mar 3, 2023Operation Fortune: Rus… Sarah Fidel $6,496,125$21,339,690$27,835,815
Aug 19, 2022Spin Me Round Kat
Aug 12, 2022Emily the Criminal Emily $2,156,296$1,413$2,157,709
Sep 17, 2021Best Sellers $15,243$351,089$366,332
Dec 4, 2020Black Bear Allison
Nov 25, 2020Happiest Season Riley $2,113,583$2,113,583
Feb 11, 2020The Pistol Shrimps Herself
Jun 21, 2019Child’s Play Karen $29,208,403$14,291,177$43,499,580
Oct 19, 2018An Evening With Beverl… Lulu Danger $15,885$15,885
Aug 11, 2017Ingrid Goes West Ingrid Thorburn $3,021,133$250,335$3,271,468
Jun 30, 2017The Little Hours Fernanda $1,647,175$1,647,175
Jul 8, 2016Mike and Dave Need Wed… Tatiana $46,009,673$29,888,427$75,898,100
Apr 26, 2016The Driftless Area Jean
Jan 22, 2016Dirty Grandpa Lenore $35,593,113$69,485,336$105,078,449
Sep 1, 2015Addicted to Fresno Kelly $25$25
Jun 2, 2015Ned Rifle
Mar 31, 2015Playing It Cool Mallory $1,099,644$1,099,644
Dec 16, 2014Grumpy Cat's Worst Chr… Grumpy Cat
Aug 15, 2014Life After Beth Beth $80,315$254,176$334,491
Aug 8, 2014About Alex Sarah
Nov 15, 2013Charlie Countryman
Jul 26, 2013The To Do List Brandy Klark $3,491,669$637,159$4,128,828
Jun 21, 2013Monsters University Greek Council Pre… $268,488,329$474,967,481$743,455,810
Mar 15, 2013Kokuriko-zaka Kara Sachiko $1,000,878$48,740,662$49,741,540
Mar 1, 2013The End of Love Aubrey $9,342$9,342
Feb 8, 2013A Glimpse Inside the M… Marnie $35,586$35,586
Sep 14, 201210 Years Olivia $203,654$783,986$987,640
Jun 8, 2012Safety Not Guaranteed Darius $4,010,957$411,361$4,422,318
Aug 13, 2010Scott Pilgrim vs. The … Julie Powers $32,951,310$16,294,532$49,245,842
Aug 28, 2009Mystery Team Kelly $89,442$89,442
Jul 31, 2009Funny People Daisy Danby $51,855,045$20,025,260$71,880,305
 
Averages $25,598,089$36,892,170$51,622,387
Totals 33 $486,363,688$700,951,221$1,187,314,909


Leading or Lead Ensemble Roles


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Release
Date
TitleOpening
Weekend
Maximum
Theaters
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Share
2024The Ark and the Aardvark
Aug 2, 2024My Old Ass
Mar 3, 2023Operation Fortune: Rus… $3,140,2142,168$6,496,125$27,835,81523.3%
Aug 12, 2022Emily the Criminal $669,161483$2,156,296$2,157,70999.9%
Sep 17, 2021Best Sellers 15$15,243$366,3324.2%
Dec 4, 2020Black Bear
Nov 25, 2020Happiest Season $2,113,583
Oct 19, 2018An Evening With Beverl… $15,885
Aug 11, 2017Ingrid Goes West $135,301647$3,021,133$3,271,46892.3%
Jun 30, 2017The Little Hours $56,676173$1,647,175$1,647,175100.0%
Jul 8, 2016Mike and Dave Need Wed… $16,628,1703,008$46,009,673$75,898,10060.6%
Sep 1, 2015Addicted to Fresno $25
Dec 16, 2014Grumpy Cat's Worst Chr…
Aug 15, 2014Life After Beth $15,84320$80,315$334,49124.0%
Aug 8, 2014About Alex
Jul 26, 2013The To Do List $1,579,402591$3,491,669$4,128,82884.6%
Sep 14, 201210 Years $22,70763$203,654$987,64020.6%
Jun 8, 2012Safety Not Guaranteed $97,762182$4,010,957$4,422,31890.7%
 
Averages $2,482,804735$6,713,224$9,475,33660.0%
Totals 18 $67,132,240$123,179,369


Supporting Roles


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Release
Date
TitleOpening
Weekend
Maximum
Theaters
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Share
Aug 19, 2022Spin Me Round
Jun 21, 2019Child’s Play $14,094,5943,007$29,208,403$43,499,58067.1%
Apr 26, 2016The Driftless Area
Jan 22, 2016Dirty Grandpa $11,111,8752,912$35,593,113$105,078,44933.9%
Mar 31, 2015Playing It Cool $1,099,644
Nov 15, 2013Charlie Countryman
Jun 21, 2013Monsters University $82,429,4694,004$268,488,329$743,455,81036.1%
Mar 15, 2013Kokuriko-zaka Kara 48$1,000,878$49,741,5402.0%
Mar 1, 2013The End of Love $1,9553$9,342$9,342100.0%
Feb 8, 2013A Glimpse Inside the M… 18$35,586$35,586100.0%
Aug 13, 2010Scott Pilgrim vs. The … $10,609,7952,820$32,951,310$49,245,84266.9%
Aug 28, 2009Mystery Team $7,8404$89,442$89,442100.0%
Jul 31, 2009Funny People $22,657,7803,008$51,855,045$71,880,30572.1%
 
Averages $20,130,4731,758$46,581,272$106,413,55464.2%
Totals 13 $419,231,448$1,064,135,540

Latest Ranking on All Acting Box Office Record Lists


RecordRankAmount
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,950 $67,132,240
Top 100 Stars in Supporting Roles at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000) 2,928 $419,231,448
Top Live Action Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 7,601-7,700) 7,633 $216,874,481
Top Above the Line Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,501-2,600) 2,529 $164,920,652
Top Below the Line Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,501-3,600) 3,568 $320,442,158
Top Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,101-3,200) 3,129 $486,363,688
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the International Box Office (Rank 2,101-2,200) 2,159 $56,047,129
Top 100 Stars in Supporting Roles at the International Box Office (Rank 2,701-2,800) 2,788 $644,904,092
Top Live Action Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 11,901-12,000) 11,985 $177,243,078
Top Above the Line Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 2,801-2,900) 2,859 $157,217,818
Top Below the Line Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 3,101-3,200) 3,184 $494,992,741
Top Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100) 3,006 $700,951,221
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,057 $123,179,369
Top 100 Stars in Supporting Roles at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,701-2,800) 2,715 $1,064,135,540
Top Live Action Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 9,601-9,700) 9,687 $394,117,559
Top Above the Line Stars at the Wordwide Box Office (Rank 2,701-2,800) 2,725 $322,138,470
Top Below the Line Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,301-3,400) 3,308 $815,434,899
Top Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000) 2,907 $1,187,314,909
Highest Grossing Stars of 2016 at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) 469 29
Highest Grossing Stars of 2017 at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) 497 29
Highest Grossing Stars of 2018 at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 501-600) 548 29
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,136 $67,132,240
Top International Leading Stars for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,302 $56,047,129
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,231 $123,179,369
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,569 $67,132,240
Top International Leading Stars for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,673 $56,047,129
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,614 $123,179,369
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,121 $59,629,614
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Science Fiction Movies (Rank 701-800) 789 $4,010,957
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Historical Fiction Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,099 $3,491,669
Top International Leading Stars for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,067 $54,998,609
Top International Leading Stars for Science Fiction Movies (Rank 801-900) 841 $411,361
Top International Leading Stars for Historical Fiction Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,203 $637,159
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,077 $114,628,223
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Science Fiction Movies (Rank 801-900) 868 $4,422,318
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Historical Fiction Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,392 $4,128,828
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Action Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 903 $6,496,125
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Comedy Movies (Rank 601-700) 665 $53,527,542
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Drama Movies (Rank 2,501-2,600) 2,579 $203,654
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Thriller/Suspense Movies (Rank 701-800) 764 $2,156,296
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Black Comedy Movies (Rank 201-300) 297 $4,748,623
Top International Leading Stars for Action Movies (Rank 801-900) 897 $21,339,690
Top International Leading Stars for Comedy Movies (Rank 501-600) 573 $31,288,061
Top International Leading Stars for Drama Movies (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,040 $783,986
Top International Leading Stars for Thriller/Suspense Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,468 $1,413
Top International Leading Stars for Romantic Comedy Movies (Rank 401-500) 445 $2,129,468
Top International Leading Stars for Black Comedy Movies (Rank 301-400) 332 $504,511
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Action Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 942 $27,835,815
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Comedy Movies (Rank 501-600) 600 $84,815,603
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Drama Movies (Rank 2,601-2,700) 2,696 $987,640
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Thriller/Suspense Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 981 $2,157,709
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Romantic Comedy Movies (Rank 601-700) 671 $2,129,468
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Black Comedy Movies (Rank 301-400) 352 $5,253,134
Top Domestic Leading Stars for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,501-2,600) 2,551 $203,654
Top Domestic Leading Stars for R Movies (Rank 701-800) 757 $66,913,343
Top International Leading Stars for PG-13 Movies (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,839 $2,897,569
Top International Leading Stars for R Movies (Rank 701-800) 778 $52,798,446
Top International Leading Stars for Not Rated Movies (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,445 $25
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,301-2,400) 2,389 $3,101,223
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for R Movies (Rank 701-800) 773 $119,711,789
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Not Rated Movies (Rank 3,701-3,800) 3,712 $25
Top Domestic Leading Stars for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 401-500) 439 $46,009,673
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Lionsgate Movies (Rank 501-600) 520 $6,496,125
Top International Leading Stars for Universal Movies (Rank 701-800) 795 $15,885
Top International Leading Stars for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 401-500) 432 $29,888,427
Top International Leading Stars for Lionsgate Movies (Rank 301-400) 324 $21,339,690
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Universal Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,075 $15,885
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 401-500) 452 $75,898,100
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Lionsgate Movies (Rank 401-500) 416 $27,835,815

All Technical Credits



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Release
Date
TitleRoleDomestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Aug 12, 2022Emily the Criminal Producer $2,156,296$1,413$2,157,709
Dec 4, 2020Black Bear Producer
Aug 11, 2017Ingrid Goes West Producer $3,021,133$250,335$3,271,468
 
Averages $2,588,715$125,874$2,714,589
Totals 3 $5,177,429$251,748$5,429,177


Producer Credits


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Release
Date
TitleOpening
Weekend
Maximum
Theaters
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Share
Aug 12, 2022Emily the Criminal $669,161483$2,156,296$2,157,70999.9%
Dec 4, 2020Black Bear
Aug 11, 2017Ingrid Goes West $135,301647$3,021,133$3,271,46892.3%
 
Averages $402,231565$2,588,715$2,714,58996.1%
Totals 3 $5,177,429$5,429,177