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Matthew Vaughn - All His Movies Ranked

Matthew Vaughn, film director
Short Biography:
Matthew Vaughn is an English filmmaker. He has produced films including Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000), and directed Layer Cake (2004), Stardust (2007), Kick-Ass (2010), X-Men: First Class (2011), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and its sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), and produced, co-wrote, and directed its prequel The King’s Man (2021).

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:
7
Career Average Rating:
7.55
Total Career Box Office:
$ 1,549,322,633
Total Combined Budgets:
$ 551,500,000
Total Career Profit or [Loss]:
$ 997,822,633
Average Career Return on Every $1 Spent:
$ 2.20 (MEDIAN)
Kingsman- The Golden Circle (2017) by Matthew Vaughn
7 – Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
IMDb:
6.7
RT Users:
6.4
Letterboxd:
6.20
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6.43
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Top Billed Cast:
Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Julianne Moore, Mark Strong, Halle Berry, Pedro Pascal
SYNOPSIS:
When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and Merlin are forced to work together with the American agency known as the Statesman to save the world.
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WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:
$ 410,902,662
PRODUCTION BUDGET:
$ 104,000,000
PROFIT OR (LOSS):
$ 306,902,662
RETURN ON EVERY $1 SPENT:
$ 3.95
The King's Man (2021) by Matthew Vaughn
The King’s Man (2021)
IMDb:
6.3
RT Users:
8.0
Letterboxd:
5.64
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6.65
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Top Billed Cast:
Ralph Fiennes, Harris Dickinson, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode
SYNOPSIS:
As a collection of history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.
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WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:
$ 125,897,478
PRODUCTION BUDGET:
$ 100,000,000
PROFIT OR (LOSS):
$ 25,897,478
RETURN ON EVERY $1 SPENT:
$ 1.26
Layer Cake (2004) movie backdrop
5 – Layer Cake (2004)
IMDb:
7.3
RT Users:
8.4
Letterboxd:
6.92
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7.54
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Top Billed Cast:
Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller, Tom Hardy, Colm Meaney, George Harris
SYNOPSIS:
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin…
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WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:
$ 11,850,214
PRODUCTION BUDGET:
$ 6,500,000
PROFIT OR (LOSS):
$ 5,350,214
RETURN ON EVERY $1 SPENT:
$ 1.82
Kick-Ass (2010) by Matthew Vaughn
4 – Kick-Ass (2010)
IMDb:
7.6
RT Users:
8.1
Letterboxd:
6.96
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7.55
Action, Crime
Top Billed Cast:
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong, Lyndsy Fonseca
SYNOPSIS:
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
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WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:
$ 96,188,903
PRODUCTION BUDGET:
$ 30,000,000
PROFIT OR (LOSS):
$ 66,188,903
RETURN ON EVERY $1 SPENT:
$ 3.21
Stardust (2007) by Matthew Vaughn
3 – Stardust (2007)
IMDb:
7.6
RT Users:
8.6
Letterboxd:
7.10
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7.77
Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Top Billed Cast:
Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Sienna Miller
SYNOPSIS:
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he’ll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.
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WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:
$ 137,515,140
PRODUCTION BUDGET:
$ 70,000,000
PROFIT OR (LOSS):
$ 67,515,140
RETURN ON EVERY $1 SPENT:
$ 1.96
X-Men- First Class (2011) by Matthew Vaughn
2 – X-Men: First Class (2011)
IMDb:
7.7
RT Users:
8.7
Letterboxd:
7.10
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7.83
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Top Billed Cast:
James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence
SYNOPSIS:
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.
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WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:
$ 352,616,690
PRODUCTION BUDGET:
$ 160,000,000
PROFIT OR (LOSS):
$ 192,616,690
RETURN ON EVERY $1 SPENT:
$ 2.20
Kingsman- The Secret Service (2014) by Matthew Vaughn
1 – Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
IMDb:
7.7
RT Users:
8.4
Letterboxd:
7.42
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7.84
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Top Billed Cast:
Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Michael Caine
SYNOPSIS:
The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency’s ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
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WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE GROSS:
$ 414,351,546
PRODUCTION BUDGET:
$ 81,000,000
PROFIT OR (LOSS):
$ 333,351,546
RETURN ON EVERY $1 SPENT:
$ 5.12