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Roman Polanski
Lifetime Gross Total (13): $147,240,794 Average: $11,326,215 Opening Gross Average (3): $4,005,796 (Wide Releases Only) |
Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
Rank | Title (click to view) | Studio | Adjusted Gross | Unadjusted Gross | Release |
1 | Chinatown | Par. | $143,345,500 | $29,200,000 | 6/21/74 |
2 | Tess | Col. | $68,571,300 | $20,093,330 | 12/12/80 |
3 | The Pianist | Focus | $49,589,900 | $32,572,577 | 12/25/02 |
4 | Frantic | WB | $39,395,700 | $17,637,950 | 2/26/88 |
5 | The Ninth Gate | Art. | $31,783,100 | $18,661,336 | 3/10/00 |
6 | The Ghost Writer | Sum. | $18,028,200 | $15,541,549 | 2/19/10 |
7 | The Tenant | Par. | $8,295,300 | $1,924,733 | 6/20/76 |
8 | Death and the Maiden | FL | $6,559,600 | $3,103,716 | 12/23/94 |
9 | Bitter Moon | FL | $4,091,000 | $1,862,805 | 3/18/94 |
10 | Pirates (1986) | Can. | $4,062,500 | $1,641,825 | 7/18/86 |
11 | Oliver Twist | Sony | $2,979,300 | $2,080,321 | 9/23/05 |
12 | Carnage (2011) | SPC | $2,955,400 | $2,547,047 | 12/16/11 |
13 | Venus in Fur | IFC | $423,100 | $373,605 | 6/20/14 |
Adjusted Total: $380,080,000
Average: $29,236,900
Worldwide (Unadjusted)
Title (click to view) | Studio | Worldwide | Domestic / % | Overseas / % | Year | ||
The Pianist | Focus | $120.1 | $32.6 | 27.1% | $87.5 | 72.9% | 2002 |
The Ghost Writer | Sum. | $60.2 | $15.5 | 25.8% | $44.7 | 74.2% | 2010 |
The Ninth Gate | Art. | $58.4 | $18.7 | 32% | $39.7 | 68% | 2000 |
Oliver Twist | Sony | $42.6 | $2.1 | 4.9% | $40.5 | 95.1% | 2005 |
Carnage (2011) | SPC | $27.6 | $2.5 | 9.2% | $25.1 | 90.8% | 2011 |
Venus in Fur | IFC | $8.4 | $374k | 4.5% | $8.0 | 95.5% | 2014 |
Total: $317.2 million
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