Matthew Vaughn - All His Movies Ranked

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:

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)

7 – Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)

IMDb:

6.7

RT Users:

6.4

Letterboxd:

6.20

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.

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)

IMDb:

6.3

RT Users:

8.0

Letterboxd:

5.64

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.

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

5 – Layer Cake (2004)

IMDb:

7.3

RT Users:

8.4

Letterboxd:

6.92

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…

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

4 – Kick-Ass (2010)

IMDb:

7.6

RT Users:

8.1

Letterboxd:

6.96

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.

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

3 – Stardust (2007)

IMDb:

7.6

RT Users:

8.6

Letterboxd:

7.10

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.

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

2 – X-Men: First Class (2011)

IMDb:

7.7

RT Users:

8.7

Letterboxd:

7.10

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.

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

1 – Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

IMDb:

7.7

RT Users:

8.4

Letterboxd:

7.42

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.

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