Resume: Olivia Cooke

 

For this edition of Resume, we will take a look at the filmography of Olivia Cooke. About to hit theaters in The Mars Room, she has bounced between small and big films during her LRF career. Her is her Resume....

















Season 1

Libra

Director: David Fincher

Writer: Dwight Gallo

Budget: $88,000,000

Domestic Box Office: $77,112,044

Foreign Box Office: $91,470,215

Total Profit: $34,421,669

Olivia Cooke made an early debut to her LRF career, popping up in Season 1's Libra. In the film, she played the wife of Shia LaBeouf's Lee Harvey Oswald. Despite great reviews and surprisingly good box office, the film only managed one GRA nomination.


Season 7

Trip

Director: Sean Baker

Writer: Chad Taylor

Budget: $14,000,000

Domestic Box Office: $13,667,030

Foreign Box Office: $12,994,080

Total Profit: -$743,711

After a handful of seasons away, Cooke returned alongside Katherine Langford in Trip as twin sisters who follow the Grateful Dead on tour during the summer before college. Cooke received her first GRA nomination (for Best Starring Couple) for the film, which just barely failed to break even at the box office.

Season 8

Maximum Ride

Director: Joss Whedon

Writer: HG Hansen

Budget: $85,000,000

Domestic Box Office: $129,892,976

Foreign Box Office: $172,755,239

Total Profit: $54,812,577

A season later, Cooke got her first take at blockbuster filmmaking when she played the lead character in Maximum Ride, about a group of teens with wings following government experiments. Despite mixed reviews, the film made a good amount at the box office.



Season 16

Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever

Director: Joss Whedon

Writer: HG Hansen

Budget: $82,000,000

Domestic Box Office: $88,975,559

Foreign Box Office: $154,790,001

Total Profit: $17,238,080

Cooke was away from LRF until she got the call to star in the sequel to Maximum Ride eight seasons later. The film was a lot less successful at the box office, despite only slightly worse reviews. 

Season 17

Escape the Unknown

Director: Scott Cooper

Writer: Jack Slipter

Budget: $54,000,000

Domestic Box Office: $49,138,488

Foreign Box Office: $41,095,276

Total Profit: -$17,236,040

Cooke was back a season later in the star-studded female-led western horror project. The film flopped at the box office and received mixed reviews. 


Season 20

Gambit: District X

Director: Jim Mickle

Writer: Chad Taylor

Budget: $91,000,000

Domestic Box Office: $230,097,565

Foreign Box Office: $200,117,014

Total Profit: $172,605,530

In Season 20, Olivia Cooke appeared as the mutant Callisto in the second Gambit film. It was a massive hit at the box office along with its good reviews.


Season 24

Once Upon a Time in Greenwich Village

Director: Alex Conn

Writer: Alex Conn

​Budget: $14,000,000

Domestic Box Office: $12,930,300

Foreign Box Office: $5,004,197

Total Profit: -$15,940,095

After a few seasons away, Cooke was cast as the female lead in a romantic drama from writer/director Alex Conn. Critics and audiences alike were not fond of the film.

Up Next: Olivia Cooke has yet to line up her next LRF role following The Mars Room, but she reportedly is being considered for a couple parts in the distant future.

Review:

• Highest Grossing Film: Gambit: District X ($430,214,579)
• Most Profitable Film: Gambit: District X ($172,605,530)
• Most Awarded Film: Trip (4 Nominations)
• Best Reviewed Film: Libra (Metascore: 90)