Guy Ritchie
Biography
Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. His work includes British gangster films and the Sherlock Holmes films starring Robert Downey Jr.
Ritchie left school at the age of 15. He worked in entry-level jobs in the film industry before directing television commercials. In 1995, he directed a short film, The Hard Case, followed by the crime comedy Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels(1998), his feature-length directorial debut. He gained recognition with his second film, Snatch (2000), which was found to be critical and commercially successful. Following Snatch, Ritchie directed Swept Away (2002), a critically panned box-office bomb starring Madonna, to whom Ritchie was married between 2000 and 2008. He went on to direct Revolver (2005) and RocknRolla (2008), which were less successful and received mixed reviews. In 2009 and 2011, he directed the box-office hits Sherlock Holmes and its sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. The former was nominated for Academy Awards in Best Original Score and Best Art Direction.
His other directed films include The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), based on the 1960s television series King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017), and Aladdin (2019), Disney's live-action adaptation of their 1992 animated film which grossed over $1 billion worldwide, becoming one of the highest-grossing films in 2019 and the highest-grossing film of Ritchie's career. In 2019, he returned to crime comedy with The Gentlemen (2019), which was mainly well-received and a commercial success. He subsequently reteamed with Jason Statham on the action films Wrath of Man (2021) and Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023). His second film of 2023, The Covenant, received generally positive reviews.
Most directed genres
Recurring actors
- Jason Statham 6
- Eddie Marsan 3
- Eiza González 3
- Henry Cavill 3
- Hugh Grant 3
- Jude Law 3
- Mark Strong 3
- Vinnie Jones 3
The career in numbers
- US$ 1.1 bi Total budget from 16 film(s) with data
- US$ 2.7 bi Total box office from 16 film(s) with data
- US$ 69 mi Average budget from 16 film(s) with data
- US$ 167 mi Average box office from 16 film(s) with data
- 7.0 Average rating from 18 film(s) with data
- 2.4× Return on investment from 16 film(s) with data
Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.
Films directed
| Film | Year | Budget | Box office | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Viva la Madness
|
2028 | — | — | — |
Wife & Dog
|
2027 | — | — | — |
In the Grey
|
2026 | US$ 70 mi | US$ 27 mi | 7.6 |
Fountain of Youth
|
2025 | — | — | 6.2 |
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
|
2024 | US$ 60 mi | US$ 30 mi | 7.0 |
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
|
2023 | US$ 55 mi | US$ 22 mi | 7.7 |
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
|
2023 | US$ 50 mi | US$ 49 mi | 6.5 |
Wrath of Man
|
2021 | US$ 40 mi | US$ 104 mi | 7.6 |
The Gentlemen
|
2020 | US$ 22 mi | US$ 115 mi | 7.7 |
Aladdin
|
2019 | US$ 183 mi | US$ 1.1 bi | 7.1 |
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
|
2017 | US$ 175 mi | US$ 149 mi | 6.6 |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
|
2015 | US$ 75 mi | US$ 110 mi | 7.1 |
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
|
2011 | US$ 125 mi | US$ 335 mi | 7.1 |
Sherlock Holmes
|
2009 | US$ 90 mi | US$ 524 mi | 7.2 |
RocknRolla
|
2008 | US$ 18 mi | US$ 26 mi | 7.0 |
Revolver
|
2005 | US$ 27 mi | US$ 7 mi | 6.4 |
Swept Away
|
2002 | US$ 10 mi | US$ 598,645 | 4.7 |
Star
|
2001 | — | — | 6.9 |
Snatch
|
2000 | US$ 100 mi | US$ 84 mi | 7.8 |
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
|
1998 | US$ 1 mi | US$ 28 mi | 8.1 |
The Hard Case
|
1995 | — | — | 6.8 |
