Rank of Kathy Bates' movies by Box Office performance.
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- DirectorJames CameronStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletBilly ZaneA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.2.129 M.
Role - Margaret "Molly" Brown - DirectorJohn Lee HancockStarsQuinton AaronSandra BullockTim McGrawThe story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.$309 M.
Role - Miss Sue - DirectorScott DerricksonStarsKeanu ReevesJennifer ConnellyKathy BatesA remake of the 1951 classic science fiction film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth.$233 M.
Role - SecDef, Dr Regina Jackson - DirectorGarry MarshallStarsJulia RobertsJamie FoxxAnne HathawayIntertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day.$217 M.
Role - Susan Milton - DirectorFrank CoraciStarsAdam SandlerKathy BatesHenry WinklerA waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team.$186 M.
Role - Helen "Mama" Boucher - DirectorWarren BeattyStarsWarren BeattyMadonnaAl PacinoThe comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.$163 M.
Role - Mrs. Green - DirectorRichard LaGraveneseStarsHilary SwankGerard ButlerHarry Connick Jr.A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.$157 M.
Role - Patricia - DirectorWoody AllenStarsOwen WilsonRachel McAdamsKathy BatesWhile on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.$151 M.
Role - Gertrude Stein - DirectorTom DeyStarsMatthew McConaugheySarah Jessica ParkerKathy BatesA thirty-something is still living with his parents until they hire an interventionist to help him graduate out of the house. That's when the fun begins.$128 M.
Role - Sue - DirectorJon AvnetStarsKathy BatesJessica TandyMary Stuart MastersonEvelyn, an ordinary housewife, visits a nursing home and befriends the old lady Ninny. Together, they bond over stories from the past about two intrepid women of Whistle Stop Cafe.$119 M.
Role - Evelyn Couch - DirectorAlexander PayneStarsJack NicholsonHope DavisDermot MulroneyA recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.$106 M.
Role - Roberta Hertzel - DirectorBen FalconeStarsMelissa McCarthySusan SarandonKathy BatesAfter getting fired and finding out that her husband is cheating, Tammy hits the road with her profane, alcoholic grandmother.$101 M.
Role - Lenore - DirectorDavid DobkinStarsVince VaughnPaul GiamattiElizabeth BanksFred Claus, Santa's bitter older brother, is forced to move to the North Pole to help Santa and the elves prepare for Christmas in exchange for cash.$98 M.
Role - Mother Claus - DirectorRob ReinerStarsJennifer AnistonMark RuffaloShirley MacLaineSarah Huttinger is a woman who learns that her family was the inspiration for the book and film "The Graduate" -- and that she just might be the offspring of the well-documented event.$89 M.
Role - Aunt Mitsy - DirectorJerry ZuckerStarsBreckin MeyerAmy SmartWhoopi GoldbergA Las Vegas casino magnate determined to find a new avenue for wagering sets up a race for money.$86 M.
Role - The Squirrel Lady - DirectorBen FalconeStarsMelissa McCarthyKristen BellPeter DinklageA titan of industry is sent to prison after she's caught insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget.$79 M.
Role - Ida Marquette - DirectorSam MendesStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletChristopher FitzgeraldA young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children.$75 M.
Role - Helen Givings - DirectorFrank CoraciStarsJackie ChanSteve CooganJim BroadbentTo win a bet, an eccentric British inventor embarks, with his Chinese valet and an aspiring French artist, on a trip full of adventures and dangers around the world in exactly 80 days.$72 M.
Role - Queen Victoria - DirectorRob ReinerStarsJames CaanKathy BatesRichard FarnsworthAfter a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.$61 M.
Role - Annie Wilkes - DirectorSteven ZaillianStarsJohn TravoltaRobert DuvallKathleen QuinlanA tenacious lawyer takes on a case involving two companies responsible for causing several children to be diagnosed with leukemia due to the town's water supply being contaminated, at the risk of bankrupting his firm and career.$57 M.
Role - Bankruptcy judge - DirectorTom ShadyacStarsKevin CostnerSusanna ThompsonJoe MortonA grieving doctor is being contacted by his deceased wife through his patients' near death experiences.$52 M.
Role - Mrs. Belmont - DirectorMike NicholsStarsJohn TravoltaEmma ThompsonKathy BatesA man joins the political campaign of a smooth-operator candidate for President of the United States of America.$52 M.
Role - Libby Holden - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsPaul Walter HauserSam RockwellBrandon StanleySecurity guard Richard Jewell is an instant hero after foiling a bomb attack at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but his life becomes a nightmare when the FBI leaks to the media that he is a suspect in the case.$44 M.
Role - Bobi Jewell - DirectorMimi LederStarsFelicity JonesArmie HammerJustin TherouxThe true story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights, and the early cases of a historic career that lead to her nomination and confirmation as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice.$39 M.
Role - Dorothy Kenyon - DirectorTyler PerryStarsKathy BatesAlfre WoodardSanaa LathanTwo families from different walks of life learn to work together.$37 M.
Role - Charlotte Cartwright - DirectorSidney LumetStarsJane FondaJeff BridgesRaul JuliaA washed up, alcoholic actress who is prone to blackouts wakes up next to a murdered man. Did she kill him and, if not, is she in danger?$25 M.
Role - Woman on Mateo Street - DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsKathy BatesJennifer Jason LeighChristopher PlummerA big city reporter travels to a small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman for whom she worked as a housekeeper.$24 M.
Role - Dolores Claiborne - DirectorJohn HerzfeldStarsJohn TravoltaOlivia Newton-JohnCharles DurningWhen God decides to destroy Earth, four angels aim to redeem mankind through a young man and woman with their own troubles.$24 M.
Role - Furniture man's wife - DirectorMark WatersStarsBilly Bob ThorntonKathy BatesTony CoxFueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve.$24 M.
Role - Sunny Soke - DirectorNorman RenéStarsMeg RyanAlec BaldwinKathy BatesA couple fall in love despite the girl's pessimistic outlook. As they struggle to come to terms with their relationship, something supernatural happens that tests it.$23 M.
Role - Leah Blier - DirectorNick HurranStarsBrittany MurphyRon LivingstonHolly HunterA woman snoops through her boyfriend's palm pilot and reveals his former girlfriends, which causes her to question why they're still listed in his little black book.$22 M.
Role - Kippie Kann - DirectorBeeban KidronStarsShirley MacLaineKathy BatesJessica TandyAt her husband's funeral, Pearl (Shirley MacLaine), Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend (Marcello Mastroianni) of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. For 23 years he, now a widower, has secretly loved Pearl...$18 M.
Role - Bibby Berman - DirectorJeremiah S. ChechikStarsSharon StoneIsabelle AdjaniChazz PalminteriThe wife and mistress of the sadistic dean of an exclusive prep school conspire to murder him.$17 M.
Role - Det. Shirley Vogel - DirectorLuis MandokiStarsSusan SarandonJames SpaderJason AlexanderLust turns to love for a 40-ish working-class woman and a 20-ish yuppie adman with little in common.$17 M.
Role - Rosemary - DirectorBud YorkinStarsDudley MooreLiza MinnelliJohn GielgudArthur loses his fortune for staying with Linda, right as the two were preparing to adopt a child. As their marriage suffers, Arthur plans for a way to get his money back, but first he must sober up and get a real job.$15 M.
Role - Mrs. Canby - DirectorLes MayfieldStarsColin FarrellScott CaanAli Larter5 Southern friends return home when the war ends 1865. But Yankee soldiers and Pinkerton are busy helping a railroad baron grab land from farmers along the planned railroad west. The 5 friends fight back.$14 M.
Role - Ma James - DirectorUlu GrosbardDustin HoffmanStarsDustin HoffmanTheresa RussellGary BuseyThe difficulties of a career burglar to reinsert himself after being released on parole.$10 M.
Role - Selma Darin - DirectorStephen FrearsStarsMichelle PfeifferRupert FriendKathy BatesThe son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.$9 M.
Role - Mme Charlotte Peloux - DirectorRob ReinerStarsElijah WoodBruce WillisJason AlexanderSick of the neglect he receives from his mom and dad, a young boy leaves home and travels the world in search of new parents.$7 M.
Role - Alaskan mom - DirectorPaul BrickmanStarsJessica LangeKathy BatesArliss HowardJessica Lange plays Beth in this warm-hearted, funny fable about staying together when all else is falling apart.$6 M.
Role - Lisa Coleman - DirectorPatrick Read JohnsonStarsCharlie TalbertGeorge C. ScottKathy BatesA miserable fat teenager secretly has a crush on the class beauty, ends up becoming the surprising participant to dance with her at a high school dance, meaning he's got to get his act together with the help of his best friend.$5 M.
Role - Meg Bethune - DirectorXavier DolanStarsKit HaringtonNatalie PortmanJacob TremblayA decade after the death of an American television star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he shared with him, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.$3 M.
Role - Barbara Haggermaker - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenMia FarrowMichael KirbyWith a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.$3 M.
Role - Prostitute - DirectorMary McGuckianStarsGabriel ByrneRobert De NiroHarvey KeitelIn 1714 Peru, a friar is tried by the Inquisition for questioning God's intentions when five die in the collapse of an Andean rope bridge.$2 M.
Role - The Marquesa - DirectorFrançois GirardStarsDustin HoffmanKathy BatesEddie IzzardAfter his single mother dies, a young boy with an excellent voice is sent to a prestigious choir school and has trouble adapting to the culture of the school.$2 M.
Role - Headmistress - DirectorTony BillStarsKathy BatesEdward FurlongClarissa LassigAn overwhelmed but persevering widow relocates her six children to a new town in the hope that it will afford them a better life.$2 M.
Role - Frances Lacey - DirectorChristopher N. RowleyStarsJessica LangeKathy BatesJoan AllenThree women take a road trip to Santa Barbara in order to deliver the ashes of one of their dead husbands to his resentful daughter.$1 M.
Role - Margene - DirectorHector BabencoStarsTom BerengerJohn LithgowDaryl HannahMartin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, before the natives murdered them all. They are sent by the pompous Leslie Huben, who runs the missionary effort in the area but who seems more concerned about competing with his Catholic 'rivals' than in the Indians themselves. Hazel is terrified of the Indians while Martin is fascinated. Soon American pilot Lewis Moon joins the Indian tribe but is attracted by Leslie's young wife, Andy. Can the interaction of these characters and cultures, and the advancing bulldozers of civilization, avoid disaster?$1 M.
Role - Hazel Quarrier - DirectorNicole KassellStarsKate HudsonGael García BernalKathy BatesAn irreverent young woman who uses her humor to prevent matters from getting serious has a life-changing visit with her doctor.$1 M.
Role - Beverly Corbett - DirectorRobert AltmanStarsCherKaren BlackSandy DennisA fan club of die-hard James Dean fans meet on the 20th anniversary of his death and reconnect, opening old wounds and facing new ones.$1 M.
Role - Stella Mae - DirectorTodd LouisoStarsPhilip Seymour HoffmanAnnie MorganKathy BatesA depressed widower spends his time huffing gasoline fumes, buying toy planes and acting reckless in public while avoiding reading his wife's suicide note.$0 M.
Role - Mary Ann Bankhead - DirectorJohn David ColesStarsBeau BridgesVincent D'OnofrioArthur KennedyA touching story of life in rural Maine, and the changes brought about by the closing of a town's small boat-building company -- on which many of the residents depended upon for a living.$0 M.
Role - Mary Beth Alder - DirectorMichie GleasonStarsLori SingerAnthony EdwardsBruce AbbottRoxy, a Depression-era farmer, feels alone and neglected by her husband, who works too much, and is drawn into an ill-advised affair with Jack, her day laborer.$0 M.
Role - Ruth - DirectorBeeban KidronStarsRachel WeiszVincent PerezIan McKellenThe story of Russian emigrant Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of nineteenth century. When Yanko enters a farm, sick and hungry after a shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy.$0 M.
Role - Miss Swaffer - DirectorJimmy HustonStarsRobert Sean LeonardEvan MirandLeeAnne LockenAfter a sexual encounter with a beautiful client, a teenage delivery boy finds himself being turned into a vampire.$0 M.
Role - Helen Blake - DirectorJoshua MarstonStarsMichael ShannonRachel WeiszHansel TanAs a man contemplates moving to a new state with his wife for her graduate program, an old flame - a woman who often changes identities - reenters his life at a birthday dinner party.$0 M.
Role - Nina - DirectorWilliam H. MacyStarsRosario DawsonNick RobinsonTip 'T.I.' HarrisA young man living a sheltered life develops a crush on an ex-stripper and joins her Alcoholics Anonymous group just so he can be in the same room with her.$0 M.
Role - Vera - DirectorEmilio EstevezStarsEmilio EstevezKathy BatesMartin SheenHaunted by his experiences in the Vietnam War, a young man returns home and has trouble adjusting back to civilian life, his family and his stern father.$0 M.
Role - Maurine Collier - DirectorGreg GliennaStarsDanny DeVitoKathy BatesRon LivingstonA hip, well-dressed yuppie tracks down his biological parents, only to find that they live in a trailer park.N/A
Role - Agnes Menure - DirectorGeorge AugustoSavina DellicourPhil DornfeldStarsKathy BatesGerard ButlerJulie DelpySix short stories from the heart and what made them bleed....N/A
Role - The Judge - DirectorP.J. HoganStarsKathy BatesRupert EverettJonathan PryceWhen Grace's husband leaves her after 25 years, she flies to England for her singer idol's funeral. She meets his lover and they return to Chicago to hunt down the idol's killer.N/A
Role - Grace Beasley - DirectorShirley MacLaineStarsAlex D. LinzShirley MacLaineGary SiniseBruno is a unique young boy genius, whose expression of his own individuality leads his family and community along an emotional journey.N/A
Role - Mother Superior - DirectorAthol FugardPeter GoldsmidStarsYvonne BrycelandKathy BatesAthol FugardAn elderly lady, living in (literally) the middle of nowhere, and fed up with small minded apartheid ideology, starts escaping into her own world of sculpting in her back yard and along with her (coloured) assistant Malgas, creates a world of wonder in the desert. Based on a true story by playwright Athol Fugard with great performances all round.N/A
Role - Elsa Barlow - DirectorMilos FormanStarsLynn CarlinBuck HenryGeorgia EngelWhile searching for their runaway teenage daughter, the parents rediscover the pleasures of life as they get acquainted with a self-help group for parents of vanished children.N/A
Role - Audition Singer - DirectorStephen HerekStarsSophie NélisseKathy BatesGlenn Close12-year-old wisecracking Gilly Hopkins finds herself shuffled from foster home to foster home until she meets Maime Trotter.N/A
Role - Maime Trotter - DirectorRob HeddenStarsDave AnnableKatharine McPheeRob SchneiderAn unassuming pet photographer is thrown into serious action, adventure and romance when he's forced to marry a Croatian bride and spend his honeymoon at a remote tropical resort where she is kidnapped.N/A
Role - Mrs. Lighthouse - DirectorJohn Lee HancockStarsKevin CostnerWoody HarrelsonKathy BatesThe untold true story of the legendary detectives who brought down Bonnie and Clyde.N/A
Role - Miriam A. Ferguson