The Best Peter MacNicol Movies, Ranked
26 credits from 1981 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024) comes out on top with a score of 80. The biggest box office hit is HouseSitter (1992) with $94.9M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Peter MacNicol Box Office Hits
Peter MacNicol's films have made $170M worldwide in total. HouseSitter (1992) is the biggest hit at $94.9M, ahead of Sophie's Choice (1982) ($30M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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HouseSitter 1992 · Comedy $94.9M $58.5M dom. - 2
Sophie's Choice 1982 · Drama $30M $30M dom. - 3
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie 2024 · Animation $15.5M $8.88M dom. - 4
Dragonslayer 1981 · Action $14.1M $14.1M dom. - 5
Dracula: Dead and Loving It 1995 · Comedy $10.8M $10.8M dom. - 6
Heat 1987 · Action $2.79M $2.79M dom. - 7
Radioland Murders 1994 · Drama $1.32M $1.32M dom. - 8
Hard Promises 1991 · Romance $306K $306K dom.
The Best Peter MacNicol Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Peter MacNicol has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Comedy leads with 6 films, and Shell (2025) is the pick of them.
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Comedy 6 films Shell 2025 · as Dr. Thaddeus Brand Movie Echo Score: 60 - Animation 4 films The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie 2024 · as The Invader Movie Echo Score: 80
- Drama 4 films Sophie's Choice 1982
- Action 3 films Dragonslayer 1981
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Romance 2 films Our Almost Completely True Story 2022 · as Psycho Date Movie Echo Score: 78
The Best Peter MacNicol Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Peter MacNicol's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
The Latest Peter MacNicol Movies
The most recent films Peter MacNicol is credited on, newest first — starting with Shell (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Shell 2025 · Dr. Thaddeus Brand
- The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie 2024 · The Invader
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Home Delivery 2024 · Howard Evans - Our Almost Completely True Story 2022 · Psycho Date
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Harvey Birdman, Attorney General 2018 · X the Eliminator (voice) -
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright 2013 · Dewey Ottman (voices) -
Game Change 2012 · Rick Davis -
24: Redemption 2008 · Tom Lennox -
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild 2005 · Troopmaster (voice) -
Balto: Wolf Quest 2002 · Muru (voice) -
The Pooch and the Pauper 2000 · Liberty (voice) -
Snowden’s Christmas 1999 · (voice)
The Best Peter MacNicol Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Peter MacNicol films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Peter MacNicol movie?
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024) is the best-rated Peter MacNicol film, with a Movie Echo Score of 80, ahead of Our Almost Completely True Story (2022) (78) and Shell (2025) (60). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Peter MacNicol movie?
HouseSitter (1992) made the most at the box office, with $94.9M worldwide, followed by Sophie's Choice (1982) with $30M. Together, Peter MacNicol's films with box office figures have made $170M.
Which Peter MacNicol movie won the most awards?
Sophie's Choice (1982) is the most decorated Peter MacNicol film, with 1 win from 11 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Peter MacNicol comedy movie?
Shell (2025) is the best-rated of Peter MacNicol's comedy films, with a score of 60. In other genres: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (animation), Sophie's Choice (drama) and Dragonslayer (action).
What is the newest Peter MacNicol movie?
The newest film on Peter MacNicol's filmography is Shell (2025), with Peter MacNicol as Dr. Thaddeus Brand.
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