Yes. By nominal worldwide theatrical gross, Gladiator II is the top-grossing film in Denzel Washington’s displayed acting-film ranking. Box Office Watch lists it at $460.4 million worldwide, ahead of American Gangster at $270.0 million. Exact totals vary by box-office tracker, so the figure depends on which source you use.
How much did Gladiator II make?
Box Office Mojo reports a worldwide theatrical gross of $462,180,717, comprising $172,438,016 domestic and $289,742,701 international. Those figures are listed on its Gladiator II title page, accessed in 2026.
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A different total appears in Forbes’ January 31, 2025 report, which cited The Numbers after the film’s theatrical run had ended: $460,525,536 worldwide, with $172,438,016 domestic and $288,087,520 international. The domestic totals match, but the international totals differ by more than $1.6 million. The cited pages do not explain the discrepancy, and box-office databases may revise historical totals.
For the actor-to-actor comparison, Box Office Watch’s displayed Denzel Washington ranking lists Gladiator II at $460.4 million and American Gangster at $270.0 million worldwide (accessed 2026). The ranking and the individual film pages use different reported totals; use one tracker consistently when quoting an exact figure rather than combining sources.
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- Genre: Action / Adventure
- Number of Discs: 2
- Number of Tracks: 0
- Rating: R
- Director: Ridley Scott
What “highest-grossing” means here
The comparison is about nominal worldwide theatrical gross: the total reported ticket-sales gross for a film in which Washington acted. It is not Washington’s personal earnings, the film’s revenue after theaters’ share, or its profit. The sources support this ranking without adjusting the amounts for inflation.
The claim is scoped to the acting credits and displayed ranking in Box Office Watch. The available figures do not establish an inflation-adjusted ranking or an exhaustive audit of every possible cameo, voice role, or producer credit.
Rank #2
- From legendary director Ridley Scott, Gladiator II continues the epic saga of power, intrigue, and vengeance set in Ancient Rome.
Why the original Gladiator can appear in a different record
Guinness World Records’ page for the “highest-grossing gladiator movie” names the 2000 Gladiator, citing a worldwide figure of $457,683,805 from The Numbers. That is a different category from Washington’s filmography. Guinness also notes that records may not be updated immediately, so the page should not be read as a current, like-for-like ranking of films featuring Washington.
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Gladiator II is Ridley Scott’s 2024 adventure drama, with Washington playing Macrinus. Box Office Mojo lists a 2-hour-28-minute runtime, an R rating, Paramount Pictures as the domestic distributor, and November 6, 2024, as its earliest release date, in France.
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- Genre: Action / Adventure
- Number of Discs: 1
- Number of Tracks: 0
- Director: Ridley Scott
- Number of Movies: 1
The film’s large production budget is not a measure of its profit. The Associated Press described an approximate $250 million production price tag in its November 24, 2024 opening-weekend report. Forbes reported a $250 million budget before prints and advertising. Neither figure alone accounts for all costs or establishes the final financial result.
Washington told Esquire in a November 19, 2024 interview: “But this film, Gladiator II, continues a great, epic story in such a truthful way, an exciting way—it’s a wonderful script—and I’m happy I’m in it with those fantastic actors.”
Quick Recap
Best Value
- Action, Adventure, Drama
Rank #4
Sources
- Box Office Mojo: Gladiator II (2024)
- Box Office Watch: Denzel Washington box office ranking
- Tim Lammers, Forbes, January 31, 2025
- Associated Press, November 24, 2024
- Guinness World Records: Highest-grossing gladiator movie
- Esquire interview with Denzel Washington, November 19, 2024
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