The Best David Yates Movies, Ranked
25 credits from 1955 to 2023, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) comes out on top with a score of 67. The biggest box office hit is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) with $1.34B worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest David Yates Box Office Hits
David Yates's films have made $6.57B worldwide in total. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) is the biggest hit at $1.34B, ahead of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010) ($1.04B). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011 · Adventure $1.34B $381M dom. - 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I 2010 · Action $1.04B $296M dom. - 3
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 · Adventure $1.01B $292M dom. - 4
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009 · Action $941M $302M dom. - 5
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2016 · Adventure $816M $234M dom. - 6
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 2018 · Adventure $656M $160M dom. - 7
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore 2022 · Action $407M $95.9M dom. - 8
The Legend of Tarzan 2016 · Action $357M $127M dom.
The Best David Yates Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre David Yates has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Action leads with 4 films, and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) is the pick of them.
The Best David Yates Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of David Yates's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest David Yates Movies
The most recent films David Yates is credited on, newest first — starting with Pain Hustlers (2023). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Pain Hustlers 2023 · Director - Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore 2022 · Director
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 2018 · Director
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2016 · Director
- The Legend of Tarzan 2016 · Director
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Winter, the Dolphin that Can 2013 · Director - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011 · Director
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I 2010 · Director
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009 · Director
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 · Director
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The Girl in the Café 2005 · Director -
Sex Traffic 2004 · Director
The Best David Yates Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest David Yates films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best David Yates movie?
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) is the best-rated David Yates film, with a Movie Echo Score of 67, ahead of Pain Hustlers (2023) (52) and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) (30). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing David Yates movie?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) made the most at the box office, with $1.34B worldwide, followed by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010) with $1.04B. Together, David Yates's films with box office figures have made $6.57B.
Which David Yates movie won the most awards?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) is the most decorated David Yates film, with 4 wins from 15 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best David Yates action movie?
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) is the best-rated of David Yates's action films, with a score of 67. In other genres: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (adventure) and Pain Hustlers (crime).
What is the newest David Yates movie?
The newest film on David Yates's filmography is Pain Hustlers (2023), directed by David Yates.
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