Ocean's Eleven Box Office: Budget and Worldwide Gross for Every Film

Ocean's Eleven (2001), directed by Steven Soderbergh, grossed $451 million worldwide on an $85 million budget, according to Box Office Mojo. That total splits into $183.6 million domestic and $267.3 million international, so roughly 59 percent of the money came from outside the domestic market.

Here is how the four films with published budgets and grosses compare, in millions of US dollars:

Ocean's Twelve (2004), also directed by Soderbergh, carried the largest budget in the series at $110 million and finished with $362.7 million worldwide. Its domestic take was $125.5 million, and the international side, at $237.2 million, did most of the lifting. Ocean's Thirteen (2007) went back to the $85 million budget of the first film and earned $311.3 million worldwide, with $117.2 million domestic and $194.2 million international.

Ocean's Eight (2018), directed by Gary Ross, is the spin-off with an all-female crew led by Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett. It cost $70 million, the lowest budget of the four, and earned $297.8 million worldwide, made up of $140.3 million domestic and $157.5 million international. Its domestic gross is higher than either of the two sequels that followed the 2001 film, which is a detail that gets lost when people only compare worldwide totals.

The original Ocean's Eleven (1960), directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Frank Sinatra as Danny Ocean, is a different case. Box Office Mojo and The Numbers list no budget or gross for it, so it sits outside the comparison above. If you searched for the Ocean's Eleven box office and meant the Sinatra film, neither source has a number to give you.

Box Office Mojo and The Numbers publish only a single production budget, so no individual cast salaries are listed. The $85 million for the first film covers the whole production.

Warner Bros. has also dated an untitled Ocean's Eleven prequel for June 25, 2027, according to Variety Australia, which describes it as led by Margot Robbie. It is not yet released, so it has no gross. The next movie page tracks its status.

Ocean's Eleven (2001) was a clear success: $451 million against an $85 million budget is about 5.3 times its cost, the strongest return in the series. A multiple like that is not the same as profit, but it is the cleanest way to compare these films on one scale.

Ocean's Twelve (2004) was a hit, but the weakest return of the four films at about 3.3 times its $110 million budget. Its budget was the largest in the series, yet it finished at $362.7 million worldwide against $450.9 million for the first film. I would still call it a hit, since it more than tripled its cost, but it is the film where the franchise stopped growing. Ocean's Thirteen then came back at the original $85 million budget and landed at about 3.7 times.

Ocean's Eight (2018) was a hit, returning about 4.3 times its $70 million budget on $297.8 million worldwide. The numbers are more interesting than the headline total, because that multiple beats both Soderbergh sequels and its $140.3 million domestic gross also tops Twelve and Thirteen. The soft spot is the international side, where $157.5 million is the lowest of the four, so the spin-off leaned on the home market more than any other entry did.

That being said, the ranking by return is not the ranking by size. Ocean's Eleven wins both, Ocean's Twelve is second on raw worldwide gross at $362.7 million but last on efficiency, and Ocean's Eight is last on gross but second on efficiency.

If you want to see how that money translates into quality, our Ocean's Eleven movies ranked page gives a separate verdict for each film. To follow the saga in the order the grosses arrived, start with Ocean's Eleven movies in order, then jump to Ocean's Eight if the spin-off's numbers caught your eye.