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Gerard Butler (1969-) is a Scottish actor. Butler has been starring in movies for almost 20 years. His movies have grossed almost $3.50 billion in adjusted worldwide gross. His IMDb page shows over 60 acting credits since 1997. This page will rank Gerard Butler movies from Best to Worst in five different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings. We were trying to get this page done before Gerard Butler’s Geostorm reached theaters….but we fell a few days late on that goal.
Gerard Butler Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
2010
How To Train Your Dragon (2010)
Voice Only
2014
How To Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Voice Only
2019
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
Voice Only
2006
300 (2006)
2013
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
2019
Angel Has Fallen (2019)
2003
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
2009
The Ugly Truth (2009)
2009
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
2004
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
1997
Mrs Brown (1997)
2023
Plane (2023)
2007
P.S. I Love You (2007)
2011
Coriolanus (2011)
2018
Den of Thieves (2018)
2008
Nim's Island (2008)
2004
Dear Frankie (2004)
2002
Reign of Fire (2002)
2018
Hunter Killer (2018)
2021
CopShop (2021)
2016
London Has Fallen (2016)
2000
Harrison's Flowers (2000)
2008
RockNRolla (2008)
2007
Shattered/Butterfly On A Wheel (2007)
2020
Greenland (2020)
2023
Kandahar (2023)
2010
The Bounty Hunter (2010)
2000
Dracula 2000 (2000)
1999
The Cherry Orchard (1999)
2017
A Family Man (2017)
2011
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
2005
Beowulf & Grendel (2005)
2018
The Vanishing (2018)
2017
Geostorm (2017)
2009
Gamer (2009)
2016
Gods of Egypt (2016)
2012
Chasing Mavericks (2012)
2005
The Game of Their Lives (2005)
2003
Timeline (2003)
2012
Playing For Keeps (2012)
2013
Movie 43 (2013)
Gerard Butler Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort by Gerard Butler movies by his co-stars
- Sort Gerard Butler movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Gerard Butler movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Gerard Butler movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Gerard Butler movie received.
- Sort Gerard Butler movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | How To Train Your Dragon (2010) Voice Only |
Jay Baruchel | 217.60 | 297.3 | 676.1 | 9 | 88 | 02 / 00 | 98.8 | |
| 2 | How To Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) Voice Only |
Cate Blanchett | 177.00 | 233.5 | 820.1 | 17 | 86 | 01 / 00 | 98.6 | |
| 4 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) Voice Only |
Cate Blanchett | 160.80 | 189.2 | 611.5 | 16 | 72 | 01 / 00 | 95.0 | |
| 3 | 300 (2006) | Michael Fassbender | 210.60 | 345.1 | 747.2 | 6 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 94.0 | |
| 5 | Olympus Has Fallen (2013) | Morgan Freeman & Aaron Eckhart |
98.90 | 131.2 | 225.8 | 36 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 81.7 | |
| 6 | Angel Has Fallen (2019) | Morgan Freeman & Nick Nolte |
69.00 | 81.2 | 157.0 | 40 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 79.2 | |
| 8 | Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) | Angelina Jolie | 65.70 | 117.4 | 279.8 | 45 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 76.9 | |
| 9 | The Ugly Truth (2009) | Katherine Heigl | 88.90 | 127.8 | 295.1 | 35 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 76.7 | |
| 11 | Law Abiding Citizen (2009) | Jamie Foxx | 73.40 | 105.4 | 182.1 | 42 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 75.4 | |
| 9 | The Phantom of the Opera (2004) | Patrick Wilson & Miranda Richardson |
51.30 | 89.0 | 268.5 | 63 | 57 | 03 / 00 | 75.3 | |
| 11 | Mrs Brown (1997) | Judi Dench | 9.20 | 21.7 | 21.7 | 118 | 78 | 02 / 00 | 75.0 | |
| 12 | Plane (2023) | Mike Colter | 32.10 | 32.1 | 46.3 | 63 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 74.5 | |
| 13 | P.S. I Love You (2007) | Hilary Swank | 53.70 | 84.1 | 245.7 | 47 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 71.9 | |
| 12 | Coriolanus (2011) | Jessica Chastain & Ralph Fiennes |
0.80 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 198 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 69.4 | |
| 13 | Den of Thieves (2018) | O'Shea Jackson | 44.90 | 53.2 | 88.6 | 65 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 68.8 | |
| 16 | Nim's Island (2008) | Jodie Foster & Abigail Breslin |
48.00 | 72.1 | 150.3 | 60 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 67.9 | |
| 17 | Dear Frankie (2004) | Emily Mortimer | 1.30 | 2.3 | 5.2 | 194 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 64.8 | |
| 19 | Reign of Fire (2002) | Christian Bale & Matthew McConaughey |
43.10 | 80.0 | 152.7 | 56 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 59.1 | |
| 17 | Hunter Killer (2018) | Gary Oldman | 15.80 | 18.7 | 34.7 | 113 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 57.6 | |
| 18 | CopShop (2021) | Frank Grillo | 5.20 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 75 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 56.3 | |
| 21 | London Has Fallen (2016) | Morgan Freeman & Aaron Eckhart |
62.50 | 77.9 | 256.4 | 52 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 49.5 | |
| 22 | Harrison's Flowers (2000) | Andie MacDowell | 1.90 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 166 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 48.7 | |
| 21 | RockNRolla (2008) | Tom Hardy & Mark Strong |
5.70 | 8.6 | 38.6 | 161 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 48.6 | |
| 22 | Shattered/Butterfly On A Wheel (2007) | Pierce Brosnan & Maria Bello |
0.10 | 0.1 | 12.1 | 323 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 46.1 | |
| 24 | Greenland (2020) | Scott Glenn | 0.10 | 0.1 | 47.6 | 185 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 45.4 | |
| 26 | Kandahar (2023) | Travis Fimmel | 4.80 | 4.8 | 7.8 | 120 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 40.3 | |
| 25 | The Bounty Hunter (2010) | Jennifer Aniston | 67.10 | 91.6 | 186.3 | 48 | 36 | 00 / 00 | 39.5 | |
| 30 | Dracula 2000 (2000) | Christopher Plummer | 33.00 | 66.0 | 94.1 | 75 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 28.6 | |
| 29 | The Cherry Orchard (1999) | Charlotte Rampling | 0.10 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 250 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 28.4 | |
| 28 | A Family Man (2017) | Willem Dafoe | 0.10 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 419 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.5 | |
| 31 | Machine Gun Preacher (2011) | Michelle Monaghan | 0.50 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 205 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 23.1 | |
| 31 | Beowulf & Grendel (2005) | Stellan Skarsgard | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 310 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 21.1 | |
| 33 | The Vanishing (2018) | Peter Mullan | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 375 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 20.7 | |
| 32 | Geostorm (2017) | Ed Harris | 33.70 | 40.5 | 252.4 | 75 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 19.4 | |
| 33 | Gamer (2009) | John Leguizamo | 20.50 | 29.5 | 58.7 | 106 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 17.8 | |
| 35 | Gods of Egypt (2016) | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | 31.20 | 38.8 | 187.8 | 90 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 14.6 | |
| 37 | Chasing Mavericks (2012) | Elisabeth Shue | 6.00 | 8.1 | 11.2 | 143 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 14.2 | |
| 36 | The Game of Their Lives (2005) | Wes Bentley | 0.40 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 247 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 8.1 | |
| 37 | Timeline (2003) | Paul Walker | 19.50 | 34.8 | 78.5 | 110 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 6.4 | |
| 38 | Playing For Keeps (2012) | Dennis Quaid & Jessica Biel |
13.10 | 17.7 | 37.7 | 127 | 29 | 00 / 00 | 1.7 | |
| 39 | Movie 43 (2013) | Hugh Jackman & Halle Berry |
8.80 | 11.7 | 43.0 | 132 | 22 | 00 / 00 | 0.4 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Gerard Butler
1. Gerard James Butler was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire Scotland in 1969.
2. Gerard Butler was originally planning to be a lawyer (he graduated from Glasgow University with a law degree)….but turned to acting in the mid-1990s.
3. When Gerard Butler was a struggling actor he worked in a variety of jobs. He was a waiter, a telemarketer and a demonstrator of how toys work at fairs.
4. Gerard Butler was at one time the lead singer for a Scottish rock band named Speed, although music eventually became his second love after acting..
5. Gerard Butler’s favorite actors are Christian Bale and Gary Oldman.
6. Gerard Butler’s name is not pronounced, like the typical Gerard, with a long “A”. “Ger” is pronounced like ‘chair’, with the “ard” pronounced like ‘errd’. It is pronounced like ‘chair-errd’.
7. Gerard Butler has never been married and does not have any children.
8. Check out Gerard Butler’s movie career compared to current and classic stars on our Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time page.
Steve’s Gerard Butler YouTube Video
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Gerard Butler is the # 59 most connectible actor of the 2010’s.
Hi Bob, thanks for the review, generous rating, info and trivia, it is appreciated.
Happy you liked the posters and stills.
I was wondering, if Alan Ladd was a contemporary of Stallone’s how many Razzie’s he would have collected over the years too. Makes you think doesn’t it?
Only one film scored 10 out of 10 from my souces, Mrs. Brown. There are none scoring 9, and 6 films scored 8 out of 10, the three How to Train your Dragon, 300, Dear Frankie and Coriolanus.
How to Train Your Dragon 1 tops IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, my chart and Bruce’s chart.
Gerard Butler picks the top 5 movies that he is the most proud of – “300 would be no. 1. No. 2 would be a little movie I made many years ago called Dear Frankie. No. 3 would be The Phantom of the Opera. No. 4 would be a little movie I just made called The Vanishing. And No. 5 would be this trilogy consisting of Olympus, London & Angel Has Fallen.
HI STEVE: Thanks as always for rounding off an excellent video with some solid follow-up information and comment. “The past is a foreign country they do things differently there,” so it’s difficult to know how Laddie and Sly would have matched up in the formal award stakes had they been in the same era. All we can realistically do are broadly speaking two things-
1/Compare Sly’s Razzies haul with that of his contemporaries and others who were around once Razzies came on the scene. Within such groupings Sly holds all the records. “HE is the marker” as Martin Scorsese would express it.
2/Content ourselves with our own judgements about the comparative skills of the actors. My personal perception is that Laddie was no Mumbles or Tom Hanks but that he was at least a better actor than Sly. That’s just MY opinion but it is all I have to offer.
I was reading that The Rock was awarded a Razzie nomination [for 2005’s Doom***] and actually turned up at the ceremony to accept it [one of an apparent few who have done so another being Sandra Bullock: Sly never turned up for any of his 35 Razzie wins/noms]. So full marks to Dwayne as he obviously doesn’t take it all over-seriously. ***Dwayne also WON the Stinkers Bad Movie Award in 2001 for Worst Supporting actor of the year in The Mummy Returns. Sly of course is The Man there too having gotten 10 Stinkers.
“When I retired from acting I was able to start up my car sales business with the money. Today I leave it to others to run it; but once a year I insert the false teeth and stick on the toupee and mosey down to my showrooms and loiter there for a brief while. The off-chance of seeing me keeps them coming in all the year round and business is booming!” – Victor John Mature in a 1980s interview.
As I wasn’t familiar with too many of Gerard’s films I learned a lot from Steve’s video which has a personal satisfaction rating of 98% from me. TOP 15 POSTERS
1/Shattered
2/Geostorm
3/Bounty Hunter
4/foreign language one for Gods of Egypt
5/Playing for Keeps
6/Lara Croft
7/Nim’s Island
8/Crime Squad
9/Attila
10/set for Olympus has Fallen
11/two for Hunted Killer
12/Phantom of the Opera
13/Mrs Brown
14/set for 300
15/all forTrain Your Dragon movies
STILLS
1/Dracula 2000
2/Bounty Hunter
3/Timeline
4/Gamer
5/Ugly Truth
6/London has Fallen
7/Lara Croft
8/Nim’s Island
9/Olympus has Fallen
10/PS I Love You
11/Law Abiding Citizen
12/300
13/How to Train Your Dragon
14/Rock n Rolla
15/Closing Solo
Added Steve’s Butler YouTube Video To the Page. Our thoughts found on his channel found below.
Nice video on Gerard Butler. Not a favorite but I have seen 29 of the movies listed here. Favorites include #20 Reign of Fire…guilty pleasure movie #6 Dear Frankie….probably one Bob really likes. #4 300…..was amazing when it first came out. And the first How To Train Your Dragon. I would say his peak box office days might be behind him. Voted up and shared.
Hi Bruce, 29 out of 35 is impressive especially you not being a fan. My tally 17 and Flora has seen 2, Phantom of the Opera and Mrs. Brown, both favorites of hers. I haven’t seen either.
Surprised to see Dear Frankie rated so highly and from what I’ve read it’s one of Butlers favorites. Thanks for the vote, share and comment, it is appreciated.