James Gandolfini

Best known as an Actor based on credits in that role in 37 films, with $1,284,417,123 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #2,671)
Best-known acting roles: Leon Panetta (Zero Dark Thirty), Carol (Where the Wild Things Are), Mayor (The Taking of Pelham 123), Leroy (The Mexican), Lieutenant Bobby Dougherty (Crimson Tide)
Born: September 18, 1961
Died: June 19, 2013
                                    

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Career Summary


  MoviesDomestic
Box Office		International
Box Office		Worldwide
Box Office
As an ActorSupporting14$570,100,510$385,888,908$955,989,418
Leading6$46,642,754$18,937,374$65,580,128
Cameo1$7,916,887$1,759,610$9,676,497
Inverviewee1$330,083$0$330,083
(Unclassified)15$181,160,944$71,680,053$252,840,997

Latest Ranking on Selected Box Office Record Lists


RecordRankAmount
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,401 $46,642,754
Top Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,599 $806,151,178
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the International Box Office (Rank 3,201-3,300) 3,282 $18,937,374
Top Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 5,001-5,100) 5,020 $478,265,945
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000) 2,957 $65,580,128
Top Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,601-2,700) 2,671 $1,284,417,123

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2014 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part II

December 7th, 2014

This week on the Holiday Gift Guide, we tackle TV on DVD releases. As usual, I will only talk about first season and complete series updates, because you don't need me to tell you if Modern Family: Season Five on DVD would be a good gift or not. Do you know someone who owns and likes the first four seasons but doesn't have season five on DVD yet? Buy it. Or maybe not. Maybe they are waiting for it to come out on Blu-ray. Okay, bad example. But you get were I'm coming from. Unfortunately, this year's collection seems rather weak. There were only three new TV shows from last year that I really liked and there are not as many Full-Season Megasets to compensate. Worst still, some of these Megasets that are coming out are like True Blood or How I Met Your Mother and ended on a really weak note. More...

Limited Releases: Skeleton Key to Box Office Success

September 12th, 2014

The Skeleton Twins poster

There's a large number of limited releases, including a few that are earning good reviews and strong buzz. One of these is The Drop, but it is opening in too many theaters and I think that will hurt it at the box office. If I were to guess, The Skeleton Twins will be the biggest hit on this week's list. More...

2014 Awards Season: SAG a Slave to Slave

December 14th, 2013

12 Years a Slave poster

SAG handed out nominations over the week, and like with the Independent Spirit Awards, 12 Years a Slave led the way and earned four nominations. It wasn't the only film that was singled out. More...

2014 - Awards Season: Slave Earns Independence

November 28th, 2013

12 Years a Slave poster

Independent Spirit Award started the Awards Season this week, handing out its nominations. 12 Years a Slave led the way with seven nominations, but it wasn't the only film to pick up multiple nominations. More...

Weekend Estimates: Prisoners Starts Awards Season

September 22nd, 2013

Ever since Argo won the Oscar for Best Picture, the industry has been talking and thinking about the strategy of releasing a film ahead of all the other award hopefuls and building buzz through the season. The first test of this theory comes this weekend with one wide release and one platform release. The wide release, Prisoners, will comfortably top the chart with a very respectable $21.4 million from 3,260 theaters. While hardly in record-setting territory, it is very close to Argo's $19.5 million from 3,232 venues. Audience responses have been good (with 90% audience positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, for example), but next week's drop will be a big indicator of whether the film will have the chops for an awards run: Argo declined just 15% in its second weekend. Prisoners will need to do something similar before there's real talk of nominations to come. More...

Rush Out to See Limited Releases this Weekend

September 20th, 2013

There are a few films on this week's list earning overwhelmingly positive reviews, including the The Wizard of Oz 3D re-release. This film might do well enough to reach the top ten. Rush opens in two theaters before expanding wide next weekend, so its per theater average is not as important, but could still do well. Enough Said is the big limited release hit of the week. The film has a lot of buzz, a sad real world story, and amazing reviews. It will likely come out on top. More...

2012 Preview: November

November 1st, 2012

October was pretty good with a few films really crushing expectations, which made up for the few duds that opened at the end. 2012 gained about $100 million over 2011 during the month of October. We really needed this success and hopefully November will continue this push forward. However, November is a bit of a weird month. There are five weekends, but only eight true wide releases, half of which open on the Thanksgiving long weekend, leaving the other four weeks with just one true wide release each. There are a couple others opening in the semi-wide level and another opening in limited release with a planned wide release, but even so, it is not a busy month. That said, it is a case of quality over quantity. There are four films that are pretty much guaranteed to reach $100 million, one of which should reach $300 million. By comparison, last November only produced one $100 million film. Granted, that film was The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1, which made nearly $300 million, which is a huge number no matter how you look at it. But this year, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 should top that number and with the other $100 million movies pulling in more than $400 million combined, it should be a very profitable month at the box office. More...

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Release
Date		TitleRoleDomestic
Box Office		International
Box Office		Worldwide
Box Office
Sep 12, 2014The Drop Cousin Marv $10,724,389$8,330,145$19,054,534
Feb 21, 2014Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me Himself $330,083$330,083
Sep 18, 2013Enough Said Albert $17,550,872$8,070,577$25,621,449
Jul 2, 2013Nicky Deuce Bobby Eggs
Jun 7, 2013Violet and Daisy Michael $17,186$17,186
Apr 5, 2013Down the Shore Bailey $6,558$6,558
Mar 15, 2013The Incredible Burt Wo… Doug Munny $22,537,881$4,854,728$27,392,609
Dec 21, 2012Not Fade Away Pat $610,792$610,792
Dec 19, 2012Zero Dark Thirty Leon Panetta $95,720,716$38,891,719$134,612,435
Nov 30, 2012Killing Them Softly Mickey $14,945,541$24,292,902$39,238,443
Oct 29, 2010Welcome to the Rileys Doug Riley $152,857$203,062$355,919
Oct 16, 2009Where the Wild Things Are Carol $77,233,467$21,890,189$99,123,656
Jul 24, 2009In the Loop $2,388,804$5,400,000$7,788,804
Jun 12, 2009The Taking of Pelham 123 Mayor $65,452,312$86,912,058$152,364,370
Sep 26, 2008Miracle at St. Anna $7,916,887$1,759,610$9,676,497
Sep 7, 2007Romance and Cigarettes Nick Murder $551,002$2,680,249$3,231,251
Apr 13, 2007Lonely Hearts Charles Hildebrandt $188,565$188,565
Sep 22, 2006All the King's Men Tiny Duffy $7,221,458$2,300,000$9,521,458
Oct 22, 2004Surviving Christmas Tom Valco $11,198,345$3,130,468$14,328,813
Oct 31, 2001The Man Who Wasn't There Big Dave Brewster $7,494,849$14,000,000$21,494,849
Oct 19, 2001The Last Castle Colonel Winter $18,208,078$2,333,590$20,541,668
Mar 2, 2001The Mexican Leroy $66,808,615$78,429,635$145,238,250
Feb 26, 19998MM Eddie Poole $36,443,442$59,955,384$96,398,826
Dec 25, 1998A Civil Action Al Love $56,709,981$56,709,981
Oct 9, 1998The Mighty Kenny Kane $2,652,246$3,469,336$6,121,582
Jan 16, 1998Fallen Lou $25,310,938$25,310,938
Aug 29, 1997She's So Lovely Kiefer $7,281,450$7,281,450
May 16, 1997Night Falls On Manhattan Joey Allegretto $9,889,670$9,889,670
Feb 2, 1996The Juror Eddie $22,730,924$22,730,924
Oct 20, 1995Get Shorty Bear $72,021,008$43,000,000$115,021,008
May 12, 1995Crimson Tide Lieutenant Bobby … $91,387,195$68,000,000$159,387,195
Sep 23, 1994Terminal Velocity Ben Pinkwater $16,478,900$16,478,900
Mar 4, 1994Angie Vinnie $9,252,349$9,252,349
Oct 1, 1993Mr. Wonderful Mike $3,125,000$3,125,000
Sep 10, 1993Money for Nothing Billy Coyle $1,044,824$1,044,824
Sep 10, 1993True Romance Virgil $12,281,000$362,293$12,643,293
Jul 17, 1992A Stranger Among Us Tony Baldessari $12,282,994$12,282,994
 
Averages $22,393,088$22,774,569$35,678,253
Totals 37 $806,151,178$478,265,945$1,284,417,123


Leading or Lead Ensemble Roles


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Release
Date		TitleOpening
Weekend		Maximum
Theaters		Domestic
Box Office		Worldwide
Box Office		Domestic
Share
Sep 12, 2014The Drop $4,104,5521,192$10,724,389$19,054,53456.3%
Sep 18, 2013Enough Said $232,800835$17,550,872$25,621,44968.5%
Jul 2, 2013Nicky Deuce
Apr 5, 2013Down the Shore $4,8082$6,558$6,558100.0%
Oct 29, 2010Welcome to the Rileys $42,14511$152,857$355,91942.9%
Oct 19, 2001The Last Castle $7,088,2132,270$18,208,078$20,541,66888.6%
 
Averages $2,294,504862$9,328,551$13,116,02671.3%
Totals 6 $46,642,754$65,580,128


Supporting Roles


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Release
Date		TitleOpening
Weekend		Maximum
Theaters		Domestic
Box Office		Worldwide
Box Office		Domestic
Share
Jun 7, 2013Violet and Daisy $9,98217$17,186$17,186100.0%
Mar 15, 2013The Incredible Burt Wo… $10,177,2573,160$22,537,881$27,392,60982.3%
Dec 21, 2012Not Fade Away $19,182565$610,792$610,792100.0%
Dec 19, 2012Zero Dark Thirty $417,1502,946$95,720,716$134,612,43571.1%
Nov 30, 2012Killing Them Softly $6,812,9002,424$14,945,541$39,238,44338.1%
Oct 16, 2009Where the Wild Things Are $32,695,4073,735$77,233,467$99,123,65677.9%
Jun 12, 2009The Taking of Pelham 123 $23,373,1023,077$65,452,312$152,364,37043.0%
Sep 22, 2006All the King's Men $3,672,3661,520$7,221,458$9,521,45875.8%
Mar 2, 2001The Mexican $20,108,8293,162$66,808,615$145,238,25046.0%
Feb 26, 19998MM $14,252,8882,370$36,443,442$96,398,82637.8%
Dec 25, 1998A Civil Action $70,0792,069$56,709,981$56,709,981100.0%
Feb 2, 1996The Juror $8,411,1782,205$22,730,924$22,730,924100.0%
May 12, 1995Crimson Tide $18,612,1902,514$91,387,195$159,387,19557.3%
Sep 10, 1993True Romance $4,023,4201,254$12,281,000$12,643,29397.1%
 
Averages $10,189,7092,216$40,721,465$68,284,95873.3%
Totals 14 $570,100,510$955,989,418

Latest Ranking on All Acting Box Office Record Lists


RecordRankAmount
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,401 $46,642,754
Top 100 Stars in Supporting Roles at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,877 $570,100,510
Top Live Action Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,550 $721,000,824
Top Above the Line Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,243 $427,196,720
Top Below the Line Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 7,701-7,800) 7,706 $185,235,183
Top Stars in Cameo Roles at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,405 $7,916,887
Top Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,599 $806,151,178
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the International Box Office (Rank 3,201-3,300) 3,282 $18,937,374
Top 100 Stars in Supporting Roles at the International Box Office (Rank 5,701-5,800) 5,755 $385,888,908
Top Live Action Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 4,401-4,500) 4,468 $454,616,146
Top Above the Line Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,862 $341,382,081
Top Below the Line Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 24,201-24,300) 24,212 $61,144,201
Top Stars in Cameo Roles at the International Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,241 $1,759,610
Top Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 5,001-5,100) 5,020 $478,265,945
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000) 2,957 $65,580,128
Top 100 Stars in Supporting Roles at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,401-3,500) 3,415 $955,989,418
Top Live Action Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,466 $1,175,616,970
Top Above the Line Stars at the Wordwide Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,549 $768,578,801
Top Below the Line Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 14,201-14,300) 14,233 $246,379,384
Top Stars in Cameo Roles at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,446 $9,676,497
Top Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,601-2,700) 2,671 $1,284,417,123
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,703 $35,918,365
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,251 $10,724,389
Top International Leading Stars for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,437 $10,607,229
Top International Leading Stars for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,063 $8,330,145
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 2,101-2,200) 2,129 $46,525,594
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,288 $19,054,534
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,978 $46,642,754
Top International Leading Stars for Live Action Movies (Rank 2,701-2,800) 2,734 $18,937,374
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Live Action Movies (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,476 $65,580,128
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,328 $46,642,754
Top International Leading Stars for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,843 $18,937,374
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,649 $65,580,128
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Comedy Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,142 $17,550,872
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Drama Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,076 $10,883,804
Top Domestic Leading Stars for Thriller/Suspense Movies (Rank 401-500) 483 $18,208,078
Top International Leading Stars for Comedy Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,053 $8,070,577
Top International Leading Stars for Drama Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,213 $8,533,207
Top International Leading Stars for Thriller/Suspense Movies (Rank 701-800) 774 $2,333,590
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Comedy Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,226 $25,621,449
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Drama Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,321 $19,417,011
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Thriller/Suspense Movies (Rank 601-700) 609 $20,541,668
Top Domestic Leading Stars for PG-13 Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,712 $17,550,872
Top Domestic Leading Stars for R Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,265 $29,091,882
Top International Leading Stars for PG-13 Movies (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,640 $8,070,577
Top International Leading Stars for R Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,558 $10,866,797
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for PG-13 Movies (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,802 $25,621,449
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for R Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,407 $39,958,679

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