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Filmography of Commodus

Known as: Political

2 titles in the archive · first depicted 180

Lived161 – 192

Roman emperor and son of Marcus Aurelius, whose reign ended in assassination after years of misrule and self-display in the arena.

Shelfmark Vita XXXV

2
titles
2 films
3.0/5
average saltiness
A shaker of salt
3.7/5
average rating
across 2 rated titles
5h 43m
on screen
across 2 titles
100%
set in Marcomannic Wars
2 of 2 appearances
2
appearances, all on film
never on television

Compare both titles in the Canons

1 year of a 31 year life depicted onscreen

Distinct years the archive depicts, against Commodus’s lifetime (161 – 192) — 3.2% of it.

Depicted in

180

First and Last on Screen

Earliest portrayalThe Fall of the Roman Empire1964
Most recentGladiator2000

36 years of cinema separate them. A series is sorted here by the first year of its release.

A series counts once, regardless of how many of its episodes feature them.

On Screen, and on the Record

What the record holds of Commodus, beside the one screen depiction the archive holds. See how their depictions have been reinterpreted over time and across adaptations.

Commodus Musei Capitolini MC1120On the recordMarie-Lan Nguyen (2006)Public domainSource

Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus

Commodus in the film GladiatorOn screenImage via TMDB
Gladiator

The Box Office Ledger

What the films portraying Commodus cost to make and took at the worldwide box office, as TMDB records them.

$122 million
in budgets
over 2 films with both sums
$470.3 million
at the box office
over 2 films with both sums
3.9×
return on budget
box office ÷ budget
Budget and box office of each film
FilmBudgetBox office
Gladiator$103,000,000$465,516,248
The Fall of the Roman Empire$19,000,000$4,750,000

US dollars as TMDB records them, not adjusted for inflation. 2 films of the 2 portraying them carry either sum.