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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor
  • First Movie - Amistad 1998
  • Last Movie - Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy 2025
  • Total Movies - 46
  • Future Movies -
    • Venom: The Last Dance (25th October 2024)
    • Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (14th February 2025)
    • The Life of Chuck
  • Highest Grossing Movies
    • UK: The Lion King (2019) - £76,023,435
    • US: The Lion King (2019) - $543,634,365
    • World: The Lion King (2019) - $1,662,899,439
  • Combined US gross - $543.6 Million
  • Highest Rated Movie - Inside Man (2006) - 100%
  • Lowest rated movie - Sherlock Gnomes (2018) - 2%

Acting credits By Highest US Gross

By Year
By UK Gross
By US Gross
By Global Gross
Starring With
Total Gross
1.

The Lion King / 2019

Director(s):
Jon Favreau

Starring:
Donald Glover • Seth Rogen • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Alfre Woodard • Billy Eichner
$543,634,365
2.

Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness / 2022

Director(s):
Sam Raimi

Starring:
Benedict Cumberbatch • Elizabeth Olsen • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Benedict Wong • Xochitl Gomez
$411,331,607
3.

Doctor Strange / 2016

Director(s):
Scott Derrickson

Starring:
Benedict Cumberbatch • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Rachel McAdams • Benedict Wong • Mads Mikkelsen
$232,641,920
4.

The Martian / 2015

Director(s):
Ridley Scott

Starring:
Matt Damon • Jessica Chastain • Kristen Wiig • Jeff Daniels • Michael Peña
$228,433,663
5.

2012 / 2009

Director(s):
Roland Emmerich

Starring:
John Cusack • Amanda Peet • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Thandiwe Newton • Oliver Platt
$166,112,167
6.

American Gangster / 2007

Director(s):
Ridley Scott

Starring:
Denzel Washington • Russell Crowe • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Josh Brolin • Lymari Nadal
$130,164,645
7.

Salt / 2010

Director(s):
Phillip Noyce

Starring:
Angelina Jolie • Liev Schreiber • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Daniel Olbrychski • August Diehl
$118,311,368
8.

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil / 2019

Director(s):
Joachim Rønning

Starring:
Angelina Jolie • Elle Fanning • Harris Dickinson • Michelle Pfeiffer • Sam Riley
$113,880,682
9.

Inside Man / 2006

Director(s):
Spike Lee

Starring:
Denzel Washington • Clive Owen • Jodie Foster • Christopher Plummer • Willem Dafoe
$88,513,495
10.

Four Brother's / 2005

Director(s):
John Singleton

Starring:
Mark Wahlberg • Tyrese Gibson • Andre Benjamin • Garrett Hedlund • Terrence Howard
$74,494,381
11.

LoveActually / 2003

Director(s):
Richard Curtis

Starring:
Hugh Grant • Liam Neeson • Colin Firth • Laura Linney • Emma Thompson
$59,696,144
12.

12 Years a Slave / 2014

Director(s):
Steve McQueen

Starring:
Chiwetel Ejiofor • Dwight Henry • Dickie Gravois • Bryan Batt • Ashley Dyke
$56,671,993
13.

Amistad / 1998

Director(s):
Steven Spielberg

Starring:
Morgan Freeman • Nigel Hawthorne • Anthony Hopkins • Djimon Hounsou • Matthew McConaughey
$44,229,441
14.

Sherlock Gnomes / 2018

Director(s):
John Stevenson

Starring:
Kelly Asbury • Mary J. Blige • Emily Blunt • Julio Bonet • Gary Bradbury
$43,242,871
15.

Children of Men / 2006

Director(s):
Alfonso Cuarón

Starring:
Clive Owen • Julianne Moore • Michael Caine • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Charlie Hunnam
$35,552,383
16.

Serenity / 2005

Director(s):
Joss Whedon

Starring:
Nathan Fillion • Gina Torres • Alan Tudyk • Morena Baccarin • Adam Baldwin
$25,335,935
17.

Secret In Their Eyes / 2016

Director(s):
Billy Ray

Starring:
Chiwetel Ejiofor • Nicole Kidman • Julia Roberts • Dean Norris • Alfred Molina
$20,167,424
18.

Triple 9 / 2016

Director(s):
John Hillcoat

Starring:
Chiwetel Ejiofor • Casey Affleck • Anthony Mackie • Woody Harrelson • Aaron Paul
$12,639,297
19.

Dirty Pretty Things / 2002

Director(s):
Stephen Frears

Starring:
Chiwetel Ejiofor • Kriss Dosanjh • Israel Oyelumade • Yemi Goodman Ajibade • Nizwar Karanj
$8,112,414
20.

Talk to Me / 2007

Director(s):
Kasi Lemmons

Starring:
Don Cheadle • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Bruce McFee • Mike Epps • Peter MacNeill
$4,526,759
21.

Melinda and Melinda / 2005

Director(s):
Woody Allen

Starring:
Chiwetel Ejiofor • Will Ferrell • Jonny Lee Miller • Radha Mitchell • Amanda Peet
$3,825,351
22.

Redbelt / 2008

Director(s):
David Mamet

Starring:
Max Martini • Matt Cable • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Alice Braga • Jose Pablo Cantillo
$2,345,941
23.

Kinky Boots / 2005

Director(s):
Julian Jarrold

Starring:
Joel Edgerton • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Sarah-Jane Potts • Nick Frost • Linda Bassett
$1,819,454
24.

She Hate Me / 2004

Director(s):
Spike Lee

Starring:
Anthony Mackie • Kerry Washington • Ellen Barkin • Monica Bellucci • Jim Brown
$365,134
25.

Z For Zachariah / 2015

Director(s):
Craig Zobel

Starring:
Chiwetel Ejiofor • Margot Robbie • Chris Pine
$121,461
26.

Mary Magdalene / 2018

Director(s):
Garth Davis

Starring:
Rooney Mara • Joaquin Phoenix • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Tahar Rahim • Ariane Labed
$114,280
27.

Half of a Yellow Sun / 2014

Director(s):
Biyi Bandele

Starring:
Thandiwe Newton • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Anika Noni Rose • Joseph Mawle • John Boyega
$54,529
28.

Savannah / 2014

Director(s):
Annette Haywood-Carter

Starring:
Jim Caviezel • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Jaimie Alexander • Bradley Whitford • Sam Shepard
$37,240
29.

Endgame / 2009

Director(s):
Pete Travis

Starring:
William Hurt • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Jonny Lee Miller • Mark Strong • Clarke Peters
$8,238