By the Numbers

Kevin Costner has had his ups and downs, more recently the latter, but in “The Upside of Anger” he’s attracting positive attention as a disillusioned former baseball star who puts the moves on Joan Allen after her husband mysteriously splits. Herewith, the six top-grossing Costner movies and a half-dozen from the opposite end of the spectrum. We considered only films in which the athletic Costner was the lead or a principal character. As it happens, the top (and bottom) six have nothing to do with baseball, which figured prominently in “Field of Dreams” and “Bull Durham,” No. 7 and No. 12 on the list of the actor’s best dozen box-office performances.

- R. Kinsey Lowe

Film (Year released)Domestic gross (In millions)

Top 6:

“Dances With Wolves” (‘90)$184.2

“Robin Hood:

Prince of Thieves” (‘91)165.5

“The Bodyguard” (‘92)121.9

“Waterworld” (‘95)88.2

“The Untouchables” (‘87)76.3

“JFK” (‘91)70.4

Bottom 6:

“The Postman” (‘97)21.1

“The War” (‘94)16.9

“3,000 Miles to

Graceland” (‘01)15.7

“Revenge” (‘90)15.6

“American Flyers” (‘85)1.4

“Fandango” (‘85)0.091