Arnold Schwarzenegger:
5. Total Recall (1990) -$261.4 Million
(Budget $65 million)
In this science fiction action movie, Schwarzenegger plays Douglas Quaid, a builder plagued by recurrent dreams about Mars. He goes to Rekall, a firm that inserts synthetic memories, to learn the truth about his background. Quaid discovers, however, that his memories are not entirely made up and that he is, in fact, a covert agent on a mission to prevent a fraudulent government official.
4. True Lies (1994) -$378.9 Million
(Budget $100-120 million)
True Lies is a James Cameron action-comedy film starring Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Tom Arnold. It was a commercial success when it was released in 1994, grossing over $379 million worldwide. The film was later turned into a video game and a television series.
3. Terminator Genisys (2015)-$440.6 Million
(Budget $155-158 million)
Terminator: Genisys is a 2015 science fiction action film. Alan Taylor directed the film, which stars Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, and Jason Clarke. This is a science fiction film and the fifth film in the Terminator franchise series. The movie grossed $440.6 million worldwide.
2. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)-$433.4 Million.
(Budget 187.3 million)
Terminator 3 is a science fiction action film released in 2003, directed by Jonathan Mostow. The film is set ten years after the previous film’s events, with John Connor living off the grid to avoid being tracked down by Skynet. In the earlier series, the Skynet Corporation was responsible for starting a nuclear conflict and sending two Terminators to kill him.RELATED:
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1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)-$519.8 Million
( Budget $100 million)
In Terminator 2, the T-1000, an advanced Terminator, is sent back in time to kill a young John Connor, the future leader of the human resistance to the machines. To protect him, an older model Terminator, the T-800, is also sent back in time to protect John Connor. With its unique effects, excellent storytelling, and themes, Terminator 2 has received high accolades. It was a box office hit and one of Jonathan’s best movies, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Sylvester Stallone:
5. Rocky III (1982) – $270 Million
( Budget $17 million)
Rocky III is a 1982 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone. PLOT: Rocky agrees to a charity match with wrestling champion Thunderlips (Hulk Hogan). While Rocky treats the match as a lighthearted exhibition, Thunderlips seems to be taking it seriously with a ferocious attack, body-slamming Rocky, using several of Hogan’s signature moves and eventually throwing him out of the ring.
4. The Expendables (2010) – $274.5 Million
( Budget 80 million)
The Expendables is a 2010 American action film written by David Callaham and Sylvester Stallone, and directed by Stallone, who also starred in the lead role. The film co-stars an ensemble cast of mostly action film actors consisting of Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Steve Austin, Mickey Rourke, and Bruce Willis. The film is about a group of elite mercenaries tasked with a mission to overthrow a Latin American dictator whom they soon discover to be a mere puppet controlled by a corrupt ex-CIA agent.
3. Rocky IV (1985) – $304 Million
( Budget 28 million)
Rocky IV is a 1985 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone. In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone) fights Ivan Drago (Lundgren), a Soviet boxer responsible for causing a personal tragedy. Rocky IV was Dolph Lundgren’s American film debut, and Stallone’s last directorial effort until 2006. PLOT: In 1985, Ivan Drago (Lundgren), a muscular 6-foot-5, 261-pound Soviet boxer, arrives in the United States with his wife Ludmilla (Nielsen), and a team of trainers from the USSR and Cuba. His manager, Nicolai Koloff (Pataki), takes every opportunity to promote Drago’s athleticism as a hallmark of Soviet superiority.
2. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) – $300.4 Million
( Budget 25.5 million)
Rambo: First Blood Part II is a 1985 American action film directed by George P. Cosmatos and co-written by Sylvester Stallone, who also reprises his role as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo. In the movie, Rambo gets released from prison in a deal with the United States government to document the possible existence of missing POWs in Vietnam, but is given strict orders not to rescue any. When Rambo defies his orders, he is abandoned and forced once again to rely on his own brutal combat skills to save the POWs.
1. The Expendables 2 (2012) -$315 Million
( Budget $100 million)
The Expendables 2 is a 2012 American action film directed by Simon West, written by Richard Wenk and Sylvester Stallone and based on a story by Ken Kaufman, David Agosto and Wenk. It is the sequel to the 2010 action film The Expendables, and stars an ensemble cast of largely action film actors consisting of Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Liam Hemsworth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The story follows the mercenary group known as “the Expendables” as they undertake a seemingly simple mission which evolves into a quest for revenge against rival mercenary Jean Vilain, who murdered one of their own and threatens the world with a deadly weapon.RELATED:
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