Alex Garland

Best known as a Screenwriter based on credits in that role in 9 films, with $176,291,211 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #1,309)
Best-known technical roles: Annihilation (Director), Annihilation (Screenwriter), Ex Machina (Director), Ex Machina (Screenwriter), The Beach (Story Creator)
Most productive collaborators: Andrew MacDonald, Natalie Portman, Allon Reich, Domhnall Gleeson, Scott Rudin
Born: May 26, 1970 (53 years old)
                                    

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Career Summary


  MoviesDomestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
In Technical RolesScreenwriter9$85,299,051$90,992,160$176,291,211
Director4$65,761,125$25,858,152$91,619,277
Producer2$13,414,714$28,052,892$41,467,606
Executive Producer2$2,459,404$12,334,643$14,794,047
Story Creator1$39,778,599$0$39,778,599

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Weekend predictions: Downton headed for the mid to high teens

May 20th, 2022

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

The long wait is finally over for followers of the Grantham family, as Downton Abbey: A New Era arrives in movie theaters in North America this weekend. The film was originally scheduled for global release in December of last year before moving to its current berth, and that should have helped its box office prospects, even if it was never expected to match the $31-million debut of the first movie in the franchise. Based on the current market conditions, and its performance from Thursday-evening previews, a weekend in the mid to high teens looks likely. More...

Theater Counts: Black Panther Continues Domestic Domination

February 22nd, 2018

Black Panther

Black Panther was never in danger of losing its place at the top of the box office chart this weekend, after a $202 million opening, but its job will be a little easier for not having a new release playing in close to the same number of theaters. That said, Game Night is obviously winning over some theater chains, as it will debut in a very solid 3,488 locations this weekend. There haven’t been many films like this opening in over 3,000 theaters in February in recent years, and the most recent comparable release is probably 2011’s Just Go With It, which launched in 3,548 theaters and made a shade over $30 million for the weekend. More...

2018 Preview: February

February 1st, 2018

Black Panther

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. More...

Annihilation Trailer 2

December 22nd, 2017

Sci-fi drama starring Natalie Portman, written and directed by Alex Garland opens February 23, 2018 ... Full Movie Details. More...

Annihilation Trailer

September 28th, 2017

Sci-fi drama starring Natalie Portman, written and directed by Alex Garland opens February 23, 2018 ... Full Movie Details. More...

2015 Awards Season: Oscar Preview

February 28th, 2016

The Revenant

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. More...

2015 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Original Screenplay

February 20th, 2016

Spotlight

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. The Best Original Screenplay category isn't the most lop-sided category we will highlight, but it is also not very competitive. More...

2015 Awards Season: DGA Winners—The Revenant Bounces Back

February 7th, 2016

The Revenant

The Directors Guild of America awards were handed out and it was a big night for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and The Revenant. More...

2015 Awards Season: Oscars - Nominations

January 15th, 2016

The Revenant

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. More...

2015 - Awards Season: DGA - Nominations

January 14th, 2016

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Directors Guild of America spread out the nominations, which I always felt hurt the buzz. There are ten categories of awards, but only three of which pertain to theatrical releases. There are very few surprises across these three categories, so the Oscar nominations today shouldn't be full of surprises either. More...

2015 - Awards Season: BAFTA - Nominations

January 9th, 2016

Bridge of Spies

The BAFTA nominations were announced and you can read them on their site... in alphabetical order. Alphabetical order is very useful in most circumstances, but not here. On the other hand, the nominees within each category are not presented in alphabetical order. ... Are the BAFTAs trolling us? As for the actual nominees, the big winners here are Bridge of Spies and Carol, both of which earned nine nominations. For Carol, this is just another impressive score, but this was a pleasant surprise for Bridge of Spies. More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Ex Machina

July 13th, 2015

Ex Machina

Ex Machina is a high-concept Sci-fi movie that I thought had a chance to do well in limited release. ... It earned just over $25 million in theaters and is currently one of the biggest limited release hits of the year. The fact that it found an audience is excellent. Did it deserve this success? And does the DVD / Blu-ray live up to its theatrical success? More...

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28 Years Later

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Release
Date
TitleRoleDomestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Apr 12, 2024Civil War Director
Screenwriter
May 20, 2022Men Director
Screenwriter
$7,587,853$2,699,210$10,287,063
Feb 23, 2018Annihilation Director
Screenwriter
$32,732,301$10,338,614$43,070,915
Jun 26, 2015Big Game Executive Producer $24,752$3,595,577$3,620,329
Apr 10, 2015Ex Machina Director
Screenwriter
$25,440,971$12,820,328$38,261,299
Sep 21, 2012Dredd Screenwriter
Producer
$13,414,714$28,052,892$41,467,606
Sep 15, 2010Never Let Me Go Executive Producer
Screenwriter
$2,434,652$8,739,066$11,173,718
Jul 20, 2007Sunshine Screenwriter $3,688,560$28,342,050$32,030,610
Feb 11, 2000The Beach Story Creator $39,778,599$39,778,599
 
Averages $15,637,800$13,512,534$27,461,267
Totals 9 $125,102,402$94,587,737$219,690,139


Director Credits


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Release
Date
TitleOpening
Weekend
Maximum
Theaters
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Share
Apr 12, 2024Civil War
May 20, 2022Men $3,293,0302,212$7,587,853$10,287,06373.8%
Feb 23, 2018Annihilation $11,071,5842,112$32,732,301$43,070,91576.0%
Apr 10, 2015Ex Machina $237,2642,004$25,440,971$38,261,29966.5%
 
Averages $4,867,2932,109$21,920,375$30,539,75972.1%
Totals 4 $65,761,125$91,619,277


Producer Credits


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Release
Date
TitleOpening
Weekend
Maximum
Theaters
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Share
Sep 21, 2012Dredd $6,278,4912,557$13,414,714$41,467,60632.3%
 
Averages $6,278,4912,557$13,414,714$41,467,60632.3%
Totals 1 $13,414,714$41,467,606


Writer Credits


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Release
Date
TitleOpening
Weekend
Maximum
Theaters
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Share
Apr 12, 2024Civil War
May 20, 2022Men $3,293,0302,212$7,587,853$10,287,06373.8%
Feb 23, 2018Annihilation $11,071,5842,112$32,732,301$43,070,91576.0%
Apr 10, 2015Ex Machina $237,2642,004$25,440,971$38,261,29966.5%
Sep 21, 2012Dredd $6,278,4912,557$13,414,714$41,467,60632.3%
Sep 15, 2010Never Let Me Go $111,734232$2,434,652$11,173,71821.8%
Jul 20, 2007Sunshine $242,964461$3,688,560$32,030,61011.5%
Feb 11, 2000The Beach $15,277,9212,587$39,778,599$39,778,599100.0%
 
Averages $5,216,1411,738$17,868,236$30,867,11654.6%
Totals 8 $125,077,650$216,069,810