John Carpenter

John Carpenter

#293 Actor▼113 filmsPeak 34.9(1982)

13 films · $245.3M lifetime box office

$245M

Box Office

10.08

Score

13

Movies

8.1

The Thing

Best Film

4.9

The Silence of the Hams

Lowest

Frequent Collaborators

Top co-stars, plus a director with real repeat history (3+ films)

Top 5 Box Office Hits

Chart

John Carpenter's box office skyline

Every bar is that film's own poster, scaled to its worldwide gross — 5 films, no gaps.

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$20.0M

$40.0M

$60.0M

$80.0M

$70MHalloween

$50MEscape from New York

$29MStarman

$21MThe Fog

$20MThe Thing

Source: TMDB. Worldwide gross, linear scale. Tap/click any bar for details.

John CarpenterRatings

TMDB rating for every film

Career Zoom · Full career (1974–1995)

Filmography

Latest releases

Most recent films first

Village of the Damned

6.10

1

Village of the Damned

1995

The Silence of the Hams

4.87

2

The Silence of the Hams

1994

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

5.89

3

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992

They Live

7.30

4

They Live

1988

The Boy Who Could Fly

6.29

5

The Boy Who Could Fly

1986

Big Trouble in Little China

7.21

6

Big Trouble in Little China

1986

Starman

6.93

7

Starman

1984

The Thing

8.07

8

The Thing

1982

Escape from New York

7.05

9

Escape from New York

1981

The Fog

6.74

10

The Fog

1980

Halloween

7.56

11

Halloween

1978

Assault on Precinct 13

7.26

12

Assault on Precinct 13

1976

6.00

13

Dark Star

1974

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