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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 Global gross - $1.7 Billion
  • Highest Rated Movie - Inside Man (2006) - 100%
  • Lowest rated movie - Sherlock Gnomes (2018) - 2%

Acting credits By Highest Global 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
$1,662,899,439
2.

Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness / 2022

Director(s):
Sam Raimi

Starring:
Benedict Cumberbatch • Elizabeth Olsen • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Benedict Wong • Xochitl Gomez
$955,775,804
3.

2012 / 2009

Director(s):
Roland Emmerich

Starring:
John Cusack • Amanda Peet • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Thandiwe Newton • Oliver Platt
$766,702,736
4.

Doctor Strange / 2016

Director(s):
Scott Derrickson

Starring:
Benedict Cumberbatch • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Rachel McAdams • Benedict Wong • Mads Mikkelsen
$677,718,395
5.

The Martian / 2015

Director(s):
Ridley Scott

Starring:
Matt Damon • Jessica Chastain • Kristen Wiig • Jeff Daniels • Michael Peña
$630,161,890
6.

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil / 2019

Director(s):
Joachim Rønning

Starring:
Angelina Jolie • Elle Fanning • Harris Dickinson • Michelle Pfeiffer • Sam Riley
$491,681,166
7.

Salt / 2010

Director(s):
Phillip Noyce

Starring:
Angelina Jolie • Liev Schreiber • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Daniel Olbrychski • August Diehl
$293,503,354
8.

American Gangster / 2007

Director(s):
Ridley Scott

Starring:
Denzel Washington • Russell Crowe • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Josh Brolin • Lymari Nadal
$266,465,037
9.

LoveActually / 2003

Director(s):
Richard Curtis

Starring:
Hugh Grant • Liam Neeson • Colin Firth • Laura Linney • Emma Thompson
$246,942,017
10.

12 Years a Slave / 2014

Director(s):
Steve McQueen

Starring:
Chiwetel Ejiofor • Dwight Henry • Dickie Gravois • Bryan Batt • Ashley Dyke
$187,733,202
11.

Inside Man / 2006

Director(s):
Spike Lee

Starring:
Denzel Washington • Clive Owen • Jodie Foster • Christopher Plummer • Willem Dafoe
$186,003,591
12.

Four Brother's / 2005

Director(s):
John Singleton

Starring:
Mark Wahlberg • Tyrese Gibson • Andre Benjamin • Garrett Hedlund • Terrence Howard
$92,374,674
13.

Sherlock Gnomes / 2018

Director(s):
John Stevenson

Starring:
Kelly Asbury • Mary J. Blige • Emily Blunt • Julio Bonet • Gary Bradbury
$90,497,778
14.

Triple 9 / 2016

Director(s):
John Hillcoat

Starring:
Chiwetel Ejiofor • Casey Affleck • Anthony Mackie • Woody Harrelson • Aaron Paul
$23,177,948
15.

Dirty Pretty Things / 2002

Director(s):
Stephen Frears

Starring:
Chiwetel Ejiofor • Kriss Dosanjh • Israel Oyelumade • Yemi Goodman Ajibade • Nizwar Karanj
$13,904,766
16.

Redbelt / 2008

Director(s):
David Mamet

Starring:
Max Martini • Matt Cable • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Alice Braga • Jose Pablo Cantillo
$2,674,090
17.

Z For Zachariah / 2015

Director(s):
Craig Zobel

Starring:
Chiwetel Ejiofor • Margot Robbie • Chris Pine
$381,839
18.

Locked Down / 2021

Director(s):
Doug Liman

Starring:
Anne Hathaway • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Dule Hill • Jazmyn Simon • Frances Ruffelle
$349,354
19.

Half of a Yellow Sun / 2014

Director(s):
Biyi Bandele

Starring:
Thandiwe Newton • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Anika Noni Rose • Joseph Mawle • John Boyega
$306,393
20.

Savannah / 2014

Director(s):
Annette Haywood-Carter

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