Gladiator 2's Box Office Pushed Ridley Scott Past A Major Milestone Only 9 Other Directors Have Done

2024 was a year filled with plenty of great box office successes, ranging from the biggest animated film of all time in Inside Out 2 to the highest-grossing Broadway musical adaptation ever, but one success that may have gone slightly under the radar was the historical epic sequel, Gladiator II. The legacy sequel was directed by Ridley Scott, one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, and its monetary success has earned him a very significant box office status that only a few other directors have managed.

While Gladiator II's reviews were tamer when compared to some of the bigger successes of the year, and fell short of the other half of the "Glicked" phenomenon, the film was an absolute hit, grossing over $430 million during its theatrical run. The film was a boon for many of Gladiator II's cast, bringing their box office scores up quite significantly. However, the addition to Ridley Scott's box office total brings him to a very significant milestone.

Ridley Scott's Movies Have Now Made $5 Billion At The Worldwide Box Office After Gladiator 2

Gladiator 2 Barely Pushed The Director Past The Milestone

One of Scott's first movies, and certainly his first big success, was Alien all the way back in 1979. Since then, Scott has come out with plenty of massive box office hits, and with Gladiator II's success, his total has been brought up to just over $5 billion, according to The Numbers. This is a huge achievement for the director; yet seeing as he has been making classic Hollywood hits since the 1970s, this milestone was only a matter of time.

He was always going to bounce back, and it seems Gladiator II was just the right project to do so.

Scott's biggest movies are The Martian and both Gladiator films. While he has never made the huge, billion-dollar films that other directors of this caliber have, he has had enough solid hits over his long career to reach this achievement. Despite his recent streak of misses, with films like Napoleon, House of Gucci, and The Last Duel mostly underperforming, Ridley Scott has proven himself with many great films. He was always going to bounce back, and it seems Gladiator II was just the right project to do so.

Ridley Scott Joins An Elite Group Of Directors To Cross The $5 Billion Box Office Milestone

Only A Handful Of Directors Have Done What Scott Has Achieved

Ridley Scott's new $5 billion milestone brings him into a very small group of directors who have earned the same amount of money at the box office. Scott sits alongside directors like Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, and Christopher Nolan, as one of only nine filmmakers to pass the same mark. Directors like the Russo Brothers have been much more successful recently, but many of the others are classic directors who have been making movies for years and years, and Scott is the latest to reach this specific success thanks to Gladiator II.

Director	Lifetime Worldwide Box Office Total
Steven Spielberg	$10,704,875,489
James Cameron	$8,700,601,841
Anthony Russo	$6,793,757,198
Joe Russo	$6,793,757,198
Peter Jackson	$6,545,983,828
Michael Bay	$6,495,849,210
David Yates	$6,330,444,659
Christopher Nolan	$6,020,265,891
Ridley Scott	$5,017,996,639