Stars

Directors

Idris Elba movie timeline

2024

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

Thor

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

All In the Game

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

Sorted

1999

Belle Maman

Starring:

Idris Elba

First Movie - Belle Maman 1999
Last Movie - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2024
Total Movies - 53
Future Movies -

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (20th December 2024)

Highest Grossing Movies
- UK: Avengers: Infinity War (2018) - £70,813,294
- US: Avengers: Infinity War (2018) - $678,681,680
- World: Avengers: Infinity War (2018) - $2,048,359,754
Combined Global gross - $2 Billion
Highest Rated Movie - Star Trek: Beyond (2016) - 100%
Lowest rated movie - Cats (2019) - 30%

Acting credits By Highest Global Gross

Total Gross

Avengers: Infinity War / 2018

Director(s):

Anthony Russo • Joe Russo

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Chris Hemsworth • Mark Ruffalo • Chris Evans • Scarlett Johansson

$2,048,359,754

Avengers: Age of Ultron / 2015

Director(s):

Joss Whedon

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Chris Hemsworth • Mark Ruffalo • Chris Evans • Scarlett Johansson

$1,402,809,540

Finding Dory / 2016

Director(s):

Andrew Stanton • Angus MacLane

Starring:

Ellen DeGeneres • Albert Brooks • Ed O'Neill • Kaitlin Olson • Hayden Rolence

$1,028,570,942

Zootopia / 2016

Director(s):

Byron Howard • Rich Moore • Jared Bush

Starring:

Ginnifer Goodwin • Jason Bateman • Idris Elba • Jenny Slate • Nate Torrence

$1,023,784,195

The Jungle Book / 2016

Director(s):

Jon Favreau

Starring:

Neel Sethi • Bill Murray • Ben Kingsley • Idris Elba • Lupita Nyong'o

$966,554,929

Thor: Ragnarok / 2017

Director(s):

Taika Waititi

Starring:

Chris Hemsworth • Tom Hiddleston • Cate Blanchett • Idris Elba • Jeff Goldblum

$853,977,126

Thor: Love and Thunder / 2022

Director(s):

Taika Waititi

Starring:

Chris Hemsworth • Natalie Portman • Christian Bale • Tessa Thompson • Taika Waititi

$760,928,081

Fast and Furious Presents Hobbs and Shaw / 2019

Director(s):

David Leitch

Starring:

Dwayne Johnson • Jason Statham • Idris Elba • Vanessa Kirby • Helen Mirren

$759,056,935

Thor: The Dark World / 2013

Director(s):

Alan Taylor

Starring:

Chris Hemsworth • Natalie Portman • Tom Hiddleston • Anthony Hopkins • Christopher Eccleston

$644,781,018

10.

Thor / 2011

Director(s):

Kenneth Branagh

Starring:

Chris Hemsworth • Natalie Portman • Tom Hiddleston • Anthony Hopkins • Stellan Skarsgård

$445,952,828

11.

Pacific Rim / 2013

Director(s):

Guillermo del Toro

Starring:

Charlie Hunnam • Diego Klattenhoff • Idris Elba • Rinko Kikuchi • Charlie Day

$407,585,482

12.

Prometheus / 2012

Director(s):

Ridley Scott

Starring:

Noomi Rapace • Michael Fassbender • Charlize Theron • Idris Elba • Guy Pearce

$404,064,904

13.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 / 2022

Director(s):

Jeff Fowler

Starring:

James Marsden • Jim Carrey • Ben Schwartz • Tika Sumpter • Idris Elba

$402,656,846

14.

Star Trek: Beyond / 2016

Director(s):

Justin Lin

Starring:

Chris Pine • Zachary Quinto • Karl Urban • Zoe Saldana • Simon Pegg

$343,471,816

15.

American Gangster / 2007

Director(s):

Ridley Scott

Starring:

Denzel Washington • Russell Crowe • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Josh Brolin • Lymari Nadal

$266,465,037

16.

The Suicide Squad / 2021

Director(s):

James Gunn

Starring:

Michael Rooker • Viola Davis • John Ostrander • Joel Kinnaman • Nathan Fillion

$167,395,457

17.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance / 2012

Director(s):

Mark Neveldine • Brian Taylor

Starring:

Nicolas Cage • Violante Placido • Ciarán Hinds • Idris Elba • Johnny Whitworth

$132,563,930

18.

The Dark Tower / 2017

Director(s):

Nikolaj Arcel

Starring:

Matthew McConaughey • Idris Elba • Tom Taylor • Dennis Haysbert • Ben Gavin

$113,231,078

19.

Takers / 2010

Director(s):

John Luessenhop

Starring:

Chris Brown • Hayden Christensen • Matt Dillon • Michael Ealy • Idris Elba

$80,205,382

20.

The Unborn / 2009

Director(s):

David S. Goyer

Starring:

Odette Yustman • Gary Oldman • Meagan Good • Cam Gigandet • Idris Elba

$76,514,050

21.

Cats / 2019

Director(s):

Tom Hooper

Starring:

James Corden • Judi Dench • Jason Derulo • Idris Elba • Jennifer Hudson

$73,833,531

22.

Obsessed / 2009

Director(s):

Steve Shill

Starring:

Idris Elba • Beyoncé Knowles • Ali Larter • Jerry O'Connell • Bonnie Perlman

$73,830,347

23.

28 Weeks Later / 2007

Director(s):

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Starring:

Robert Carlyle • Rose Byrne • Jeremy Renner • Harold Perrineau • Catherine McCormack

$65,048,678

24.

The Mountain Between Us / 2017

Director(s):

Hany Abu-Assad

Starring:

Idris Elba • Kate Winslet • Beau Bridges • Dermot Mulroney • Linda Sorensen

$62,832,209

25.

The Reaping / 2007

Director(s):

Stephen Hopkins

Starring:

Hilary Swank • David Morrissey • Idris Elba • AnnaSophia Robb • Stephen Rea

$62,771,059

26.

Mollys Game / 2018

Director(s):

Aaron Sorkin

Starring:

Jessica Chastain • Idris Elba • Kevin Costner • Michael Cera • Jeremy Strong

$59,284,015

27.

Prom Night / 2008

Director(s):

Nelson McCormick

Starring:

Brittany Snow • Scott Porter • Jessica Stroup • Dana Davis • Collins Pennie

$57,197,876

28.

No Good Deed / 2014

Director(s):

Sam Miller

Starring:

Idris Elba • Taraji P. Henson • Leslie Bibb • Kate del Castillo • Henry Simmons

$54,323,210

29.

This Christmas / 2007

Director(s):

Preston A. Whitmore II

Starring:

Delroy Lindo • Idris Elba • Loretta Devine • Chris Brown • Keith Robinson

$49,778,552

30.

Beast / 2022

Director(s):

Baltasar Kormákur

Starring:

Idris Elba • Leah Jeffries • Iyana Halley • Liyabuya Gongo • Martin Munro

$45,797,575

31.

Daddy's Little Girls / 2007

Director(s):

Tyler Perry

Starring:

Gabrielle Union • Idris Elba • Louis Gossett Jr. • Tasha Smith • Tracee Ellis Ross

$31,609,243

32.

The Losers / 2010

Director(s):

Sylvain White

Starring:

Zoe Saldana • Jeffrey Dean Morgan • Chris Evans • Idris Elba • Columbus Short

$29,397,654

33.

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom / 2014

Director(s):

Justin Chadwick

Starring:

Idris Elba • Naomie Harris • Tony Kgoroge • Riaad Moosa • Zolani Mkiva

$27,985,788

34.

Rocknrolla / 2008

Director(s):

Guy Ritchie

Starring:

Gerard Butler • Tom Wilkinson • Thandiwe Newton • Mark Strong • Idris Elba

$25,740,863

35.

The Gunman / 2015

Director(s):

Pierre Morel

Starring:

Sean Penn • Jasmine Trinca • Javier Bardem • Ray Winstone • Mark Rylance

$24,177,137

36.

The Gospel / 2005

Director(s):

Rob Hardy

Starring:

Boris Kodjoe • Idris Elba • Nona Gaye • Clifton Powell • Aloma Wright

$15,778,152

37.

Bastille Day / 2016

Director(s):

James Watkins

Starring:

Idris Elba • Richard Madden • Charlotte Le Bon • Kelly Reilly • Jose Garcia

$14,857,808

38.

Buffalo Soldiers / 2003

Director(s):

Gregor Jordan

Starring:

Joaquin Phoenix • Ed Harris • Scott Glenn • Anna Paquin • Elizabeth McGovern

$2,300,684

39.

Sorted / 2000

Director(s):

Alexander Jovy

Starring:

Matthew Rhys • Sienna Guillory • Ben Moor • Claire Harman • Mark Crowdy

$159,064

40.

The Human Contract / 2008

Director(s):

Jada Pinkett Smith

Starring:

Jason Clarke • Paz Vega • Idris Elba • T.J. Thyne • Joanna Cassidy

$154,527

41.

Beasts of No Nation / 2015

Director(s):

Cary Joji Fukunaga

Starring:

Abraham Attah • Emmanuel Affadzi • Ricky Adelayitor • Andrew Adote • Vera Nyarkoah Antwi

$90,777

42.

Second Coming / 2015

Director(s):

Debbie Tucker Green

Starring:

Nadine Marshall • Idris Elba • Kai Francis Lewis • Sharlene Whyte • Seroca Davis

$16,087

43.

The Harder They Fall / 2021

Director(s):

Jeymes Samuel

Starring:

Chase Dillon • DeWanda Wise • Julio Cesar Cedillo • Jonathan Majors • Manny Rubio

$8,292

44.

100 Streets / 2016

Director(s):

Jim O'Hanlon

Starring:

Gemma Arterton • Idris Elba • Tom Cullen • Ken Stott • Ashley Thomas

$309