Worldwide gross figures have been rounded up or down to the nearest million dollars.
One of popular culture’s most successful and respected film stars, Bradley Cooper boasts the box office returns to match his twelve Academy Award nominations. Featuring in some of the most profitable cinematic productions ever made throughout his storied career, Cooper is the eighth-highest-grossing movie star of all time. This is a status quo due in large part to his role as Rocket in the MCU’s Guardians of the Galaxy, with Cooper’s performances as the genetically engineered raccoon accounting for his six highest-grossing movies.
However, the American’s impressive box office returns decidedly don’t end there. While he has had his fair share of box office bombs with the likes of Aloha or Burnt, Cooper’s highest-grossing movies outside the MCU have also generated enormous numbers. A frequent collaborator with director David O. Russell, the actor’s comedic work in The Hangover trilogy has complemented his most critically acclaimed dramatic roles in the likes of A Star is Born or American Sniper to gain him unquestionable status as one of cinema’s most bankable names.
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Valentine’s Day (2010)
Worldwide Gross: $218 Million
2010 saw Cooper enlisted as part of a huge ensemble cast for the romantic comedy Valentine’s Day, an offering from Gary Marshall depicting an array of love stories set during the movie’s тιтular occasion. Cooper plays Holden Wilson, a stranger encountered by Julia Roberts’ Kate Hazeltinek who is later revealed to be the estranged partner of closeted American football player, Sean Jackson.
Despite its enviable all-star cast, Valentine’s Day received dismal reviews. The movie holds an approval rating of just 18% on Rotten Tomatoes, with many critics decrying the film’s played-out premise and over-reliance on romantic-comedy clichés. With that being said, it still proved to be a huge hit at the box office. The 2010 outing grossed nearly $218 million worldwide (via The Numbers), making it Cooper’s tenth-highest-grossing movie outside the MCU.
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Yes Man (2008)
Worldwide Gross: $226 Million
Following the exploits of Jim Carrey’s Carl Allen as he participates in a social experiment that involves him saying “Yes!” to any opportunity he may encounter, 2008’s Yes Man saw Cooper cast in the supporting role of Carl’s best friend, Peter. A minor character in proceedings, Peter’s disillusionment with his friend’s negative outlook on life helps spur the film’s central premise into action.
In one of the biggest years for movies in the history of cinema, the film grossed more than $225 million worldwide at the box office…
Yes Man only garnered middling reviews, with many critics dismissing the film as another run-of-the-mill romantic comedy. However, from a commercial perspective, Peyton Reed’s picture was an unabated hit. In one of the biggest years for movies in the history of cinema, the film grossed more than $225 million worldwide at the box office (via The Numbers). Cooper doesn’t play a hugely prominent role in this feel-good offering, but it still stands as one of his most profitable pieces of work to date.
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Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Worldwide Gross: $236 Million
Earning Cooper his first of four Academy Award for Best Actor nominations, 2012’s Silver Linings Playbook established the actor as a serious dramatic player moving forwards. The American stepped into the leading role of Patrizio “Pat” Solitano, a man suffering from bipolar disorder attempting to put his fractured life back together. Leveraging some excellent chemistry with co-star Jennifer Lawrence, Cooper’s bow in one of David O. Russell’s best movies remains one of his most celebrated roles.
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Bradley Cooper and David O. Russell movie collaborations |
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Silver Linings Playbook (2012) |
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American Hustle (2013) |
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Joy (2015) |
Complementing the star-studded movie’s eight Oscar nominations across an array of categories, the critically acclaimed romantic comedy-drama also proved to be a triumph from a financial perspective. Silver Linings Playbook raked in more than $236 million at the box office worldwide (via The Numbers) and remains Russell’s second-highest-grossing movie ever, only behind 2013’s American Hustle.
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American Hustle (2013)
Worldwide Gross: $258 Million
An all-star offering from David O. Russell, 2013’s American Hustle arguably trumped 2012’s Silver Linings Playbook from a critical perspective. Much like Russell’s previous film outing, the black-comedy crime caper earned glowing reviews, garnering a leading ten nominations at the 86th Academy Awards. American Hustle’s ensemble cast included Cooper as Richie DiMaso, a corrupt FBI agent who serves as the movie’s chief antagonist.
In addition to earning Cooper his first and only Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor to date, American Hustle proved to be the actor’s most financially lucrative collaboration with Russell. A major box office success, the film grossed nearly $258 million worldwide against a budget of just $40 million (via The Numbers), rubber-stamping its status as a bona fide hit across the board despite failing to win any of the Oscars it was nominated for.
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Wedding Crashers (2005)
Worldwide Gross: $283 Million
An outrageous R-rated romantic comedy focusing on Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughan’s тιтular duo, 2005’s Wedding Crashers saw Cooper tasked with another antagonistic role. The actor played the villainous Sack Lodge in David Dobkin’s picture, a verbally abusive bully and boyfriend to Rachel McAdams’ Claire Cleary. One of the best comedies turning 20 in 2025, Wedding Crashers scored a 75% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Wedding Crashers was the first R-rated comedy to make more than $200 million at the box office.
Credited with reviving the R-rated comedy, Wedding Crashers was also a winner at the box office. The sixth-highest-grossing film of the year, the cult classic offering drew a first-rate financial return of more than $283 million (via The Numbers), coincidentally taking the spot for the sixth-highest-grossing movie of Cooper’s career outside the MCU.
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The Hangover Part III (2013)
Worldwide Gross: $362 Million
Swapping out the traditional bachelor party for a road trip and kidnapping on this occasion, The Hangover Part III drew one of the most commercially prosperous comedy series of all time to a close in typically ridiculous fashion. The conclusive installment in the trilogy saw the return of the first two Hangover movies’ original cast to pull the curtain on the franchise, with Bradley Cooper’s morally questionable school teacher, Phil Wenneck, chief among them.
While the movie drew the franchise’s lowest box office earnings to date, a worldwide gross of more than $362 million was still nothing to sniff at.
Despite a torrent of negative reviews that labeled the film as an unsatisfactory conclusion to proceedings, The Hangover Part III still performed almost as well as its predecessors at the box office. While the movie drew the franchise’s lowest earnings to date, a worldwide gross of more than $362 million (via The Numbers) was still nothing to sniff at. However, it does bear the ignominious distinction as the only Hangover entry to land outside of Cooper’s ten highest-grossing movies ever.
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A Star Is Born (2018)
Worldwide Gross: $432 Million
The fourth American movie adaptation of the original 1937 story, 2018’s A Star is Born is contentiously Bradley Cooper’s most evocative dramatic bow. Directing and starring alongside Lady Gaga, the American received Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, Best Picture, and Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on the heartbreaking musical romantic drama, a movie that currently holds an approval rating of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. Cooper plays Jackson Maine, an alcoholic musician who discovers Gaga’s burgeoning music star.
Despite earning eight Academy Award nominations, A Star is Born only won a single Oscar for Best Original Song.
The quintessential romantic movie with a tragic ending, A Star is Born also proved to be a commercial hit to match the movie’s widespread critical acclaim. Taking home nearly $432 million at the box office worldwide (via The Numbers) against a budget of just $36 million, A Star is Born is the tenth-highest-grossing film in Cooper’s career, even when taking his lucrative work in the MCU into account.
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The Hangover (2009)
Worldwide Gross: $465 Million
Despite the harsh realities ᴀssociated with rewatching The Hangover in 2025, Todd Phillips’ outrageous bachelor party themed outing remains an iconic R-rated comedy to this day. Introducing Bradley Cooper’s Phil Wenneck to audiences for the first time alongside Ed Helm’s Stu Price and Zach Galifianakis’ Alan Garner, the movie swiftly became a critical and commercial success upon release in 2009.
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The Hangover Trilogy Rotten Tomatoes Approval Ratings |
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The Hangover (2009) |
79% |
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The Hangover Part II (2011) |
34% |
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The Hangover Part III (2013) |
21% |
Earning the trilogy’s best reviews by a considerable distance with a Rotten Tomatoes approval rating of 79%, The Hangover also raked in more than $465 million at the box office worldwide (via The Numbers) against a budget of just $35 million. The original’s success spawned two high-earning sequels that saw Cooper reprise his role, although neither outing received anywhere near the same levels of positive reception.
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American Sniper (2014)
Worldwide Gross: $548 Million
Widely regarded as a front-runner for Bradley Cooper’s most impressive dramatic performance, American Sniper sees the actor utterly lose himself in the role of legendary Navy SEAL marksman, Chris Kyle. Cooper’s bow in Clint Eastwood’s 2014 biographical war movie earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor among the film’s six Oscar nods, although he was ultimately pipped to the statuette by Eddie Redmayne.
With that being said, American Sniper’s box office performance likely took the sting out of the actor’s latest Oscar snub at the time. The war film became Eastwood’s highest-grossing movie as a director, raking in nearly $548 million worldwide to obliterate the record previously held by 2008’s Gran Torino. The eighth-highest-grossing movie of Cooper’s career, American Sniper is the actor’s most profitable body of work outside his most lucrative franchise appearances in the MCU or The Hangover trilogy,
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The Hangover Part II (2011)
Worldwide Gross: $587 Million
Taking the franchise’s trademark depravity to Bangkok this time around, 2011’s The Hangover Part II lands as Bradley Cooper‘s highest-grossing movie outside the MCU. Reprising his role as the Wolfpack’s morally devoid leader from the 2009 original, Cooper’s sophomore outing as Phil Wenneck was released to considerably less critical acclaim than its predecessor, turning in a measly Rotten Tomatoes approval rating of just 34%.
However, Hollywood is a numbers game at the end of the day, and The Hangover Part II’s commercial returns were hard to argue with, despite the film’s slew of negative reviews. Briefly earning the label of cinema’s highest-grossing R-rated comedy of all time throughout its theatrical run, the eighth-highest-grossing movie of 2011 brought in nearly $587 million at the box office worldwide (via The Numbers).
Source: The Numbers, Rotten Tomatoes
