Speaking of the actor Will Smith, most of the children's shoes in The country should not be unfamiliar, and everyone's impression is that this actor is very powerful and is also known as "Shi Huang".
However, due to the rapid development of the times, and the fact that the active years and peak period of the Emperor Shi have long passed, many people belong to that kind:
"I know he's great, but you ask me where he's strong?" I can't seem to say it again. ”
What I want to talk about this time is a very amazing achievement created by Shi Huang in Hollywood.
From 2002's "Men in Black 2" to 2008's "All The Amazing Hancock", he starred in movies that exceeded 100 million at the North American box office under the output of 1 to 2 films a year.
I believe that seeing this, many people will say: just this? Seven or eight consecutive movies in the United States box office broke through 100 million is very powerful? We have to worry about being overtaken at the billions of box office in the mainland.
However, such a seemingly ordinary achievement, as if anyone can easily achieve, since the birth of Hollywood, only Will Smith has done it.
The rest of the Hollywood brothers, including Robert Downey Jr., Johnny Depp, and even Atango, couldn't do what seemed "easy" to achieve.
Speaking of which, we must first explain the box office figures.
Although Hollywood has always been the entertainment center of the world and the most developed place in the film industry, it is limited by the population of more than 300 million in North America, so the box office is not as many billions as our Heavenly Dynasty.
Even now, in the North American hometown box office can break 200 million US dollars is a very good achievement, 300 million words should be a big explosion, 400 million is super explosive, 500 million, 600 million is legendary, more than 700 million must be some special phenomenon-level movies to do.
The North American box office of most Hollywood blockbusters hovers between 100 million and 300 million, and those small costs, generally tens of millions of box offices without global releases.
If it is measured by domestic numerical standards, it is probably necessary for an actor to break 1.5 billion yuan at the box office for 8 consecutive films, in order to be similar to shi huang's achievements.
But Shi Huang's achievements are far more than "8 consecutive films with local box office breaking 100 million".
At this point, we must first look at the table.
I believe that the sharp-eyed children's shoes should also be able to see it, and this hundred million-dollar movie is almost all-encompassing.
Comedies, action movies, science fiction movies and even dramas and romance movies, all take all.
Then, some of these movies are series IPs, such as "Men in Black 2" and "Jedi X-Men 2", and some are separate projects.
What's even more frightening is that Shi Huang is an absolute star in these movies, which is completely different from the group portrait drama of "Avengers" or the double male drama of "Fast and Furious: Special Operations".
In these films, he is basically the only one who can shoulder the responsibility of the box office, and he has achieved this achievement.
Analyze it like this, do you know how difficult this achievement is?
1 to 2 productions a year, high yield.
Every movie is not the same genre, commercial films and literary films must be acted, you need to get out of the field role you are good at.
It's all you as an absolute lead actor, and the responsibility you take on is much heavier.
Some are series films, once the whole series is yellow, it is your pot, some are single films, there is no IP bonus, and the fame is completely up to you.
The results of each film must reach the excellent level of Breaking 100 million in North America.
In short, it is to ensure the return in the case of high yield, in layman's terms, the general quantity and quality can only be guaranteed one, but Shi Huang has achieved both fish and bear paws.
It is conceivable that in the eyes of capital, how popular shi huang was at that time, not to mention high prolific, not to mention, do not pick the role type, do not pick the film category, and then each movie can make money, the box office appeal in the 21st century is still so strong, which investor does not love?
It was also the case that Will Smith was evaluated by the North American press as "the most trusted actor in Hollywood history" at the time.
As for the other Hollywood brothers?
Brother Tang, the peak period is the last century, the 20th century movies in the North American domestic box office to break the hundreds of millions of more difficult, non-existent.
Depp? The period of serving as a brother can be said to be the opposite of Will Smith, who broke through 100 million profits for 8 consecutive films, and he was 5 consecutive films at the box office.
Downey, backed by Marvel in a number of consecutive movies are good, but you need to know that he is not the only starring actor such as "Reunion" and "Civil War", and his performance after leaving Marvel is OK, at least much stronger than Depp (The New Century Depp really can't do without "Caribbean", "Edward Scissorhands" is 1990)
Van Diesel, in addition to the "Fast and Furious" series, is a street fighter.
Xiao Lizi can be regarded as capable of achieving the achievement of Shi Huang, but everyone knows that he is very picky about the script, and he loves drama films or literary films, and it is impossible to achieve the box office of many consecutive films to break 100 million due to the genre.
The current Hollywood brother Dwayne Johnson was originally the actor who was most likely to break through the achievement of Shi Huang, but unfortunately, he later overturned in "Beach Ambulance", and then there was no follow-up.
For now, the record of Will Smith can still be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented.
Although Shi Huang at his peak was very strong, but later because of the rise of other stars, coupled with his in order to support his son into the circle, resulting in his own commercial value is not as good as before.
However, judging by his achievements, Will Smith is worthy of the title of "Emperor of History".