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Roman Polanski
Lifetime Gross Total (9): $109,110,575 Average: $12,123,397 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 | Frantic | WB | $39,395,700 | $17,637,950 | 2/26/88 |
4 | The Ninth Gate | Art. | $31,783,100 | $18,661,336 | 3/10/00 |
5 | The Ghost Writer | Sum. | $18,028,200 | $15,541,549 | 2/19/10 |
6 | The Tenant | Par. | $8,295,300 | $1,924,733 | 6/20/76 |
7 | Bitter Moon | FL | $4,091,000 | $1,862,805 | 3/18/94 |
8 | Pirates (1986) | Can. | $4,062,500 | $1,641,825 | 7/18/86 |
9 | Carnage (2011) | SPC | $2,955,400 | $2,547,047 | 12/16/11 |
Adjusted Total: $320,528,000
Average: $35,614,200
Worldwide (Unadjusted)
Title (click to view) | Studio | Worldwide | Domestic / % | Overseas / % | Year | ||
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 |
Carnage (2011) | SPC | $27.6 | $2.5 | 9.2% | $25.1 | 90.8% | 2011 |
Total: $146.2 million
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