Austin Powers Box Office: Budget and Gross for All Three Films

The three Austin Powers films earned about $678 million worldwide on budgets that add up to $112.5 million, according to Box Office Mojo. Every film made back its production cost several times over, and the 1999 sequel did it best. Here is how each one stacks up, in release order. For the full list of titles, see austin powers movies.

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), directed by Jay Roach, cost $16.5 million and took $53.9 million domestic and about $13.8 million international, for $67.7 million worldwide. It opened in the US on May 2, 1997, with Mike Myers playing both Austin Powers and Dr. Evil.

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), also directed by Jay Roach, cost $33 million and grossed $206 million domestic and $107.7 million international. That makes $313.7 million worldwide, the best result of the three. Its opening weekend of $54.9 million, per Box Office Mojo, was bigger than the entire domestic run of the first film.

Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), directed by Jay Roach, cost $63 million and earned $213.3 million domestic and $83.6 million international, for $296.9 million worldwide. It has the largest domestic total of the series, and it also had the biggest budget.

Added together, the domestic grosses reach about $473 million. For each film, the domestic and international figures add up to the worldwide total. The Numbers lists slightly different figures for some films, including an $18 million budget for the first film and a different budget and slightly lower grosses for the second, so every number here follows Box Office Mojo. Looking for the order to watch them in? Start with austin powers movies in order.

Austin Powers was a steady hit that peaked with its second film: about $678 million worldwide across three films, with The Spy Who Shagged Me returning roughly 9.5 times its budget, against about 4.1 times for the first film and 4.7 times for Goldmember. In my opinion, that makes the 1999 sequel the real breakout, and it is why it sits at the top of the Austin Powers box office table.

Why did the first film matter so much? International Man of Mystery was a modest bet at $16.5 million, a spy spoof that its own team has said looked cheap in places because the money was tight. It grossed $67.7 million worldwide, which is solid for that budget but not a blockbuster. Perhaps it set up the audience for the sequel, a bit like a local restaurant that gets a great review: the first night is quiet, and the second is a line out the door. The $54.9 million opening weekend of The Spy Who Shagged Me, against a $33 million budget, shows that line forming.

Goldmember tells a different story. The budget almost doubled again to $63 million, and the worldwide gross slipped about 5 percent, from $313.7 million to $296.9 million. Domestic actually rose, from $206 million to $213.3 million, so the dip came from overseas, where the take fell from $107.7 million to $83.6 million. It could be argued that the series had found its ceiling by then. As such, the 2002 film is a strong earner that left less margin than the one before it. A New Line Cinema press release in 2001 set the US release for July 26, 2002, and the film opened on that date. Ahead of release, MGM and Danjaq objected to the Goldmember title, according to UPI, and the film kept it.

How much was Mike Myers paid, and how much does he make from Austin Powers? Box Office Mojo lists budgets and grosses, not individual salaries or profit shares, so there is no confirmed figure for Myers, and any specific number found elsewhere should be treated as unconfirmed. What is clear is that Myers starred in all three films, and in the second and third he played several roles, including Dr. Evil and Fat Bastard. A fourth film is in development, and no release date has been announced. Updates live at austin powers 4. For how the series spoofs the James Bond films, see austin powers bond parody. To compare the films on quality rather than cash, see austin powers movies ranked, and for where to see them now, where to watch austin powers.