Baz Luhrmann - All His Films Ranked

Short Biography:

Baz Luhrmann (Mark Anthony Luhrmann), is an Australian film director, producer, writer and actor. With projects spanning film, television, opera, theatre, music and recording industries, he is regarded by some as a contemporary example of an auteur[2] for his style and deep involvement in the writing, directing, design, and musical components of all his work. He is the most commercially successful Australian director, with four of his films in the top ten highest worldwide grossing Australian films of all time.

Here is a rundown of his movies, with the score based on the average from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes (public votes only) and Letterboxd, from lowest ranked to highest:

Number of Qualifying Films:

Career Average Rating:

7.40

Total Career Box Office:

$ 1,195,727,323

Total Combined Budgets:

$ 387,500,000

Total Career Profit or [Loss]:

$ 808,227,323

Average Career Return on Every $1 Spent:

$ 3.53

6 – Australia (2008)

IMDb:

6.6

RT Users:

6.5

Letterboxd:

5.58

6.23

Adventure, Drama, Romance

Top Billed Cast:

Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Essie Davis, David Wenham, Bryan Brown

SYNOPSIS:

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.

WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:

$ 211,787,511

PRODUCTION BUDGET:

$ 130,000,000

PROFIT OR (LOSS):

$ 81,787,511

RETURN ON EVERY $1 SPENT:

$ 1.63

5 – The Great Gatsby (2013)

IMDb:

7.2

RT Users:

6.7

Letterboxd:

6.72

6.87

Drama, Romance

Top Billed Cast:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher

SYNOPSIS:

An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby’s nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.

WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:

$ 353,659,851

PRODUCTION BUDGET:

$ 105,000,000

PROFIT OR (LOSS):

$ 248,659,851

RETURN ON EVERY $1 SPENT:

$ 3.37

4 – Romeo + Juliet (1996)

IMDb:

6.7

RT Users:

7.7

Letterboxd:

6.76

7.05

Drama, Romance

Top Billed Cast:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Jesse Bradford, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Brian Dennehy

SYNOPSIS:

In director Baz Luhrmann’s contemporary take on William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard’s dialogue remains.

WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:

$ 147,554,998

PRODUCTION BUDGET:

$ 14,500,000

PROFIT OR (LOSS):

$ 133,054,998

RETURN ON EVERY $1 SPENT:

$ 10.18

3 – Strictly Ballroom (1992)

IMDb:

7.2

RT Users:

8.7

Letterboxd:

7.32

7.74

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Top Billed Cast:

Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Pat Thomson

SYNOPSIS:

A top ballroom dancer pairs with a plain, left-footed local girl when his maverick style earns him the disdain of his more conventionally-minded colleagues. Together, the team gives it their all and makes dreams of the National Championship title come true.

WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:

$ 11,749,595

PRODUCTION BUDGET:

$ 3,000,000

PROFIT OR (LOSS):

$ 8,749,595

RETURN ON EVERY $1 SPENT:

$ 3.92

2 – Elvis (2022)

IMDb:

7.4

RT Users:

9.4

Letterboxd:

7.10

7.97

Biography, Drama

Top Billed Cast:

Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Richard Roxburgh, Olivia DeJonge

SYNOPSIS:

From his rise to fame to his unprecedented superstardom, rock ‘n’ roll icon Elvis Presley maintains a complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker, over the course of 20 years. Central to Presley’s journey and happiness is one of the most influential people in his life — Priscilla.

WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:

$ 286,040,048

PRODUCTION BUDGET:

$ 85,000,000

PROFIT OR (LOSS):

$ 201,040,048

RETURN ON EVERY $1 SPENT:

$ 3.37

1 – Moulin Rouge! (2001)

IMDb:

7.6

RT Users:

8.9

Letterboxd:

7.42

7.97

Drama, Romance

Top Billed Cast:

Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh

SYNOPSIS:

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club’s most notorious and beautiful star.

WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:

$ 184,935,320

PRODUCTION BUDGET:

$ 50,000,000

PROFIT OR (LOSS):

$ 134,935,320

RETURN ON EVERY $1 SPENT:

$ 3.70