Sam Elliott

Best known as a Supporting Actor based on credits in that role in 21 films, with $2,014,307,181 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #949)
Best-known acting roles: Bobby (A Star is Born), Butch (The Good Dinosaur), Caretaker (Ghost Rider), General "Thunderbolt" Ross (Hulk), Maynard Finch (Up in the Air)
Most productive collaborators: Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, Lady Gaga, Eric Roth, Anthony Ramos
Born: August 9, 1944 (79 years old)
                                    

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Career Summary


  MoviesDomestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
As an ActorSupporting21$1,057,861,331$956,445,850$2,014,307,181
Lead Ensemble Member3$80,228,681$45,819,928$126,048,609
Leading2$4,077,333$35,036$4,112,369
(Unclassified)10$242,398,846$297,157,243$539,556,089

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2018 Awards Season: Oscars: And the Winner is... Green Book for Best Picture

February 24th, 2019

Green Book

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. More...

2018 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations: Final Look

February 24th, 2019

The Favourite

It’s Oscar Day, and we will be live blogging the show. Before that, let’s take a last look at the nominations with a few annotations. 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 would be happy with half of the Best Picture nominees winning. More...

2018 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Supporting Actor

February 12th, 2019

Green Book

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 week we look at the four acting categories, continuing with Best Supporting Actor. In this category, there is a favorite, but an upset isn’t out of the question. More...

2018 Awards Season: Oscar Nominations

January 23rd, 2019

The Favourite

The Oscar nominations were announced yesterday starting at just after 5 am Pacific time. They do this every year for reasons no one has been able to adequately explain to me. Because it was the day after a long weekend, it took a bit of time to get all the normal work done and digest the results. And there were some interesting results to digest. No one film led the way with total nominations, as two films, The Favourite and Roma tied with 10 nominations each. More...

2018 - Awards Season: SAG - Nominations

December 12th, 2018

A Star is Born

The Screen Actors Guild were the third group to announce their nominations for this awards season. There’s not a lot of surprises on this week’s list. A Star is Born led the way with four nominations, while The Favourite was right behind with three. More...

Home Market Releases for September 19th, 2017

September 20th, 2017

The Big Sick

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. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: The Hero

September 18th, 2017

The Hero

The Hero is one of several limited releases that were able to earn some measure of mainstream success, but was never able to expand even semi-wide. Is it a film that could only thrive in the art house circuit? Or does it have more mainstream appeal? Or was it too mainstream, which is why it didn’t do amazing business in art house theaters? More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Dinner and a Movie

June 9th, 2017

My Cousin Rachel

It is not a particularly busy week as far as limited releases are concerned. However, there are a few that have a shot at earning some mainstream success: Beatriz at Dinner, I, Daniel Blake, and My Cousin Rachel. There’s a chance none of them will do well this weekend, but hopefully they can all find an audience. More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: The Good Dinosaur

February 22nd, 2016

The Good Dinosaur

The Good Dinosaur looks like it will be the first Pixar film to lose money. It cost nearly $200 million to make, while there were reports that the advertising budget was $150 million worldwide. It needed to make over $500 million worldwide to have a shot at breaking even any time soon. It made barely more than $300 million, which wasn't enough to pay for its reported advertising budget. Is it as bad as its box office numbers would suggest? Or is there a reason this film failed to connect with audiences besides quality? More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Grandma

February 7th, 2016

Grandma

Grandma was Lily Tomlin's first starring role in nearly 30 years. She clearly wasn't rusty and there was even some Oscar-buzz for her performance. That didn't pan out. Is it as good as its reviews? Or was nostalgia at play here? Were critics just so happy Lily Tomlin was back that their judgment was clouded? More...

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Release
Date
TitleRoleDomestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Apr 2, 2019The Man Who Killed Hit… Calvin Barr
Oct 5, 2018A Star is Born Bobby $215,288,866$216,385,290$431,674,156
Jun 9, 2017The Hero Lee Hayden $4,077,333$35,036$4,112,369
Feb 24, 2017Rock Dog Fleetwood Yak $9,420,546$14,727,942$24,148,488
Nov 25, 2015The Good Dinosaur Butch $123,087,120$210,683,917$333,771,037
Aug 21, 2015Digging for Fire Pop Pop $119,364$119,364
Aug 21, 2015Grandma Karl $6,980,524$460,440$7,440,964
May 15, 2015I'll See You in My Dreams Bill $7,449,681$15,084$7,464,765
Apr 11, 2014Draft Day Coach Moore $28,842,237$1,005,243$29,847,480
Apr 5, 2013The Company You Keep Mac Mcleod $5,132,442$15,955,318$21,087,760
May 13, 2011The Big Bang Simon Kestral $7,300$7,300
Jun 4, 2010Marmaduke Chupadogra $33,644,788$56,251,142$89,895,930
Dec 18, 2009Did You Hear About the… $29,580,087$50,900,479$80,480,566
Dec 4, 2009Up in the Air Maynard Finch $83,823,381$83,019,358$166,842,739
Dec 7, 2007The Golden Compass Lee Scoresby $70,107,728$297,154,830$367,262,558
Feb 16, 2007Ghost Rider Caretaker $115,802,596$113,742,993$229,545,589
Oct, 2006The Alibi The Mormon
Aug 4, 2006Barnyard: The Original… Ben the cow $72,779,000$45,804,844$118,583,844
Mar 17, 2006Thank You For Smoking Lorne Lutch $24,793,509$15,223,153$40,016,662
Mar 11, 2005Off the Map Charley Groden $1,310,368$1,310,368
Jun 20, 2003Hulk General "Thunderb… $132,177,234$112,854,445$245,031,679
Mar 1, 2002We Were Soldiers Sgt-Maj. Basil Pl… $78,120,196$36,538,066$114,658,262
Oct 13, 2000The Contender Kermit Newman $17,804,273$17,804,273
May 16, 2000Blue River
Dec 30, 1998The Hi-Lo Country Jim Ed Love $166,082$166,082
Mar 6, 1998The Big Lebowski The Stranger $18,718,818$28,690,764$47,409,582
Dec 25, 1993Tombstone Virgil Earp $56,505,065$56,505,065
Oct 8, 1993Gettysburg Brigadier General… $10,731,997$10,731,997
Dec 22, 1991Rush Dodd $7,241,350$7,241,350
Oct 26, 1990Sibling Rivalry Charles Turner Jr. $17,854,933$17,854,933
Nov 17, 1989Prancer John Riggs $16,115,398$16,115,398
May 19, 1989Road House Wade Garrett $30,050,028$30,050,028
May 6, 1988Shakedown Richie Marks $10,068,039$10,068,039
Oct 30, 1987Fatal Beauty Mike Marshak $12,046,526$12,046,526
Mar 8, 1985Mask Gar $42,417,782$42,417,782
Oct 24, 1969Butch Cassidy and the … Card Player #2 $102,308,900$2,413$102,311,313
 
Averages $43,267,693$64,972,903$81,334,068
Totals 36 $1,384,566,191$1,299,458,057$2,684,024,248


Leading or Lead Ensemble Roles


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Release
Date
TitleOpening
Weekend
Maximum
Theaters
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Share
Apr 2, 2019The Man Who Killed Hit…
Jun 9, 2017The Hero $45,317447$4,077,333$4,112,36999.1%
May 15, 2015I'll See You in My Dreams $52,091290$7,449,681$7,464,76599.8%
Aug 4, 2006Barnyard: The Original… $15,820,8643,311$72,779,000$118,583,84461.4%
May 16, 2000Blue River
 
Averages $5,306,0911,349$28,102,005$43,386,99386.8%
Totals 5 $84,306,014$130,160,978


Supporting Roles


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Release
Date
TitleOpening
Weekend
Maximum
Theaters
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Share
Oct 5, 2018A Star is Born $42,908,0513,904$215,288,866$431,674,15649.9%
Feb 24, 2017Rock Dog $3,704,7492,077$9,420,546$24,148,48839.0%
Nov 25, 2015The Good Dinosaur $39,155,2173,749$123,087,120$333,771,03736.9%
Aug 21, 2015Digging for Fire $24,54430$119,364$119,364100.0%
Aug 21, 2015Grandma $115,5401,061$6,980,524$7,440,96493.8%
Apr 11, 2014Draft Day $9,783,6032,781$28,842,237$29,847,48096.6%
Apr 5, 2013The Company You Keep $131,718807$5,132,442$21,087,76024.3%
May 13, 2011The Big Bang $7,300
Jun 4, 2010Marmaduke $11,599,6613,213$33,644,788$89,895,93037.4%
Dec 18, 2009Did You Hear About the… $6,616,5712,718$29,580,087$80,480,56636.8%
Dec 4, 2009Up in the Air $1,181,4502,218$83,823,381$166,842,73950.2%
Feb 16, 2007Ghost Rider $45,388,8363,620$115,802,596$229,545,58950.4%
Mar 17, 2006Thank You For Smoking $262,9231,020$24,793,509$40,016,66262.0%
Jun 20, 2003Hulk $62,128,4203,674$132,177,234$245,031,67953.9%
Mar 1, 2002We Were Soldiers $20,212,5433,143$78,120,196$114,658,26268.1%
Mar 6, 1998The Big Lebowski $5,533,8441,235$18,718,818$47,409,58239.5%
Dec 25, 1993Tombstone $8,720,2551,955$56,505,065$56,505,065100.0%
Dec 22, 1991Rush $7,241,350$7,241,350100.0%
Nov 17, 1989Prancer $2,914,4861,728$16,115,398$16,115,398100.0%
May 19, 1989Road House $5,957,6561,935$30,050,028$30,050,028100.0%
Mar 8, 1985Mask $135,4991,024$42,417,782$42,417,782100.0%
 
Averages $14,025,0302,205$52,893,067$95,919,39066.9%
Totals 21 $1,057,861,331$2,014,307,181

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RecordRankAmount
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,714 $84,306,014
Top 100 Stars in Supporting Roles at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 501-600) 574 $1,057,861,331
Top Live Action Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 601-700) 695 $1,145,634,737
Top Above the Line Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 501-600) 600 $823,092,160
Top Below the Line Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 5,801-5,900) 5,844 $225,748,683
Top Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 601-700) 699 $1,384,566,191
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the International Box Office (Rank 2,301-2,400) 2,362 $45,854,964
Top 100 Stars in Supporting Roles at the International Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,366 $956,445,850
Top Live Action Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,406 $971,990,212
Top Above the Line Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,127 $629,006,296
Top Below the Line Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 5,601-5,700) 5,645 $322,394,039
Top Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,191 $1,299,458,057
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,014 $130,160,978
Top 100 Stars in Supporting Roles at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 901-1,000) 949 $2,014,307,181
Top Live Action Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,007 $2,117,624,949
Top Above the Line Stars at the Wordwide Box Office (Rank 801-900) 830 $1,452,098,456
Top Below the Line Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,401-5,500) 5,467 $548,142,722
Top Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 901-1,000) 938 $2,684,024,248
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 969 $84,306,014
Top International Leading Stars for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,432 $45,854,964
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,206 $130,160,978
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Live Action Movies (Rank 3,301-3,400) 3,334 $11,527,014
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Digital Animation Movies (Rank 301-400) 346 $72,779,000
Top International Leading Stars for Live Action Movies (Rank 6,401-6,500) 6,446 $50,120
Top International Leading Stars for Digital Animation Movies (Rank 501-600) 514 $45,804,844
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Live Action Movies (Rank 4,201-4,300) 4,247 $11,577,134
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Digital Animation Movies (Rank 401-500) 451 $118,583,844
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,300 $11,527,014
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Kids Fiction Movies (Rank 401-500) 462 $72,779,000
Top International Leading Stars for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 4,601-4,700) 4,690 $50,120
Top International Leading Stars for Kids Fiction Movies (Rank 601-700) 612 $45,804,844
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 2,901-3,000) 2,929 $11,577,134
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Kids Fiction Movies (Rank 501-600) 560 $118,583,844
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Adventure Movies (Rank 701-800) 732 $72,779,000
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Drama Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,427 $4,077,333
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Romantic Comedy Movies (Rank 401-500) 425 $7,449,681
Top International Leading Stars for Adventure Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 993 $45,804,844
Top International Leading Stars for Drama Movies (Rank 3,001-3,100) 3,067 $35,036
Top International Leading Stars for Romantic Comedy Movies (Rank 601-700) 681 $15,084
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Adventure Movies (Rank 801-900) 880 $118,583,844
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Drama Movies (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,017 $4,112,369
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Romantic Comedy Movies (Rank 501-600) 539 $7,464,765
Top Domestic Leading Stars for PG-13 Movies (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,998 $7,449,681
Top Domestic Leading Stars for R Movies (Rank 2,101-2,200) 2,104 $4,077,333
Top Domestic Leading Stars for PG Movies (Rank 701-800) 707 $72,779,000
Top International Leading Stars for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,301-2,400) 2,382 $15,084
Top International Leading Stars for R Movies (Rank 2,901-3,000) 2,966 $35,036
Top International Leading Stars for PG Movies (Rank 801-900) 832 $45,804,844
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,101-2,200) 2,168 $7,464,765
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for R Movies (Rank 2,501-2,600) 2,543 $4,112,369
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for PG Movies (Rank 701-800) 790 $118,583,844
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Paramount Pictures Movies (Rank 301-400) 353 $72,779,000
Top International Leading Stars for Paramount Pictures Movies (Rank 401-500) 414 $45,804,844
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Paramount Pictures Movies (Rank 301-400) 376 $118,583,844

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