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Kastrada posted...

Sherlock Holmes franchise which was a success
Tropic Thunder which got him a second Oscar nom
Due Date which was forgettable but a financial success
Two films which he was essentially a cameo
The Judge which earned double it's budget against mediocre reviews
And finally The Soloist which was his only true bomb since the MCU started but even then it was only a year after Iron Man.

I already said Sherlock Holmes was his most comparable success, but even the 2nd one was mostly saved by the international market.

Tropic Thunder is an ensemble film, so I'm not even factoring it in.

Due Date made over double the budget back, while the Judge barely made it's budget back and probably didn't make money after marketing so I think you mixed those two up.

If you actually look at the numbers, RDJ staring pictures that are not MCU films have had a slow but steady decline as time has gone on and Dolittle is just another in that list.

I'm not saying RDJ is box office poison or that his films *bomb*, but he doesn't have the star power to save a medicore picture or even get people to see something more artistic.

To be fair though, the days of stars pushing movies is pretty much over. Even people who say Tom Cruise is the last of these stars are dead wrong based on how many bombs he has had, I'm just convinced people like Mission Impossible.


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