John Carpenter is an American film director, producer, writer and composer. He has contributed to many projects as either the producer, writer, director, actor, composer or a combination of the five.
Films [ ]
Acting roles [ ]
Highest-grossing films [ ]
This is a list of films directed by John Carpenter that grossed more than $10 million at the US box office according to Box Office Mojo . Carpenter's films have grossed domestically a total of more than $ 282 million, with an average of $18 million per film.
Rank
Title
Lifetime gross (US$ )
Rating
Rotten Tomatoes
Metacritic
1
Halloween
47.0 million
96% (72 reviews)[2]
87 (21 reviews)[3]
2
Starman
28.7 million
85% (33 reviews)[4]
70 (8 reviews)[5]
3
Escape from L.A.
25.4 million
53% (51 reviews)[6]
54 (21 reviews)[7]
4
Escape from New York
25.2 million
86% (54 reviews)[8]
76 (12 reviews)[9]
5
The Fog
21.3 million
75% (67 reviews)[10]
55 (11 reviews)[11]
6
Christine
21.0 million
69% (29 reviews)[12]
57 (10 reviews)[13]
7
John Carpenter's Vampires
20.3 million
42% (52 reviews)[14]
42 (19 reviews)[15]
8
The Thing
19.6 million
86% (86 reviews)[16]
57 (13 reviews)[17]
9
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
14.3 million
24% (33 reviews)[18]
48 (19 reviews)[19]
10
Prince of Darkness
14.1 million
58% (36 reviews)[20]
50 (10 reviews)[21]
11
Ghosts of Mars
14.0 million
21% (107 reviews)[22]
35 (26 reviews)[23]
12
They Live
13.0 million
85% (65 reviews)[24]
55 (22 reviews)[25]
13
The Ward
12.8 million
33% (72 reviews)[26]
38 (18 reviews)[27]
14
Big Trouble in Little China
11.1 million
78% (45 reviews)[28]
53 (14 reviews)[29]
Television [ ]
Video games [ ]
References [ ]
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^ Blumhouse (September 16, 2019). "This is how we greeted director David Gordon Green on the first day of filming #HalloweenKills. Hope he doesn't take it too personally: ..." @blumhouse . Retrieved October 15, 2019 .
^ "HALLOWEEN" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "Halloween 1978" . Metacritic . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "STARMAN" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "Starman 1984" . Metacritic . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "JOHN CARPENTER'S ESCAPE FROM L.A." Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "Escape from L.A. 1996" . Metacritic . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "Escape from New York 1981" . Metacritic . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "THE FOG" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "The Fog 1980" . Metacritic . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "CHRISTINE" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "Christine 1983" . Metacritic . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "JOHN CARPENTER'S VAMPIRES" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "Vampires 1998" . Metacritic . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "THE THING" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "The Thing 1982" . Metacritic . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "Memoirs of an Invisible Man 1992" . Metacritic . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "PRINCE OF DARKNESS" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "Prince of Darkness 1987" . Metacritic . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "JOHN CARPENTER'S GHOSTS OF MARS" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "Ghosts of Mars 2001" . Metacritic . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "THEY LIVE" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "They Live 1988" . Metacritic . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "THE WARD" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "The Ward 2011" . Metacritic . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
^ "Big Trouble in Little China 1986" . Metacritic . Retrieved June 20, 2021 .
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Discography
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"Skeleton"/"Unclean Spirit" (2020)
Scores and soundtracks
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