Highest-Grossing Paul Rudd Films
Paul Rudd's highest-grossing film is Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which earned approximately $476 million worldwide against a reported budget of $200 million, according to studio disclosures and tracking firms. The film was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and features Rudd as the lead Ant-Man character. His second highest-grossing film is Ant-Man, which grossed over $519 million globally and was produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. These two films alone account for the majority of Rudd's cumulative box office gross, with the Ant-Man franchise generating over $1 billion combined at the global box office as of the latest public data from box office tracking services.
Rudd also stars in Captain America: Civil War, which grossed over $1.15 billion worldwide and was produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. In that film, Rudd appears as Scott Lang/Ant-Man alongside Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr., with a reported production budget of $250 million. His other major box office contributors include Ant-Man and the Wasp, which earned over $622 million globally, and Clueless, a 1995 comedy that has remained a cultural touchstone and continues to generate revenue through home entertainment and streaming licensing. The combined global box office for Paul Rudd's top five films exceeds $3 billion, based on publicly reported figures from industry tracking sources.
Top-Rated Paul Rudd Movies by Critics
On the review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, Ant-Man holds a critics score of 83 percent based on over 300 reviews, with consensus highlighting Rudd's comedic performance and the film's lightweight but entertaining execution. The film was directed by Peyton Reed and written by Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, with a runtime of 117 minutes and a PG-13 rating from the MPA. On the same platform, Ant-Man and the Wasp scores 87 percent, with critics praising its visual effects and lighter tone compared to other MCU entries. Both films were produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, with production budgets reported at $130 million and $162 million respectively.
For his dramatic work, Rudd received strong reviews for Wanderlust, a 2012 comedy directed by David Wain, which holds a 78 percent critics score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film was produced by Apatow Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures,