Sure. Kinda my point. He’s making plenty of money being The Rock, sorta but mostly following the action hero model. Which is mostly in trash and direct release things these days. He did the credibility thing, not to long ago, and it flopped.
But to all appearances he can act if it’s what’s called for. It’s just not called for in what he’s usually hired for. I just don’t think that’s why anyone is hiring The Rock, nor do I think PT Anderson is calling on a regular basis.
But the things where he does surprise people are almost uniformly comedies, and family movies. When and where he’s personally invested. So maybe this is a good match.
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Oh and I don’t think it can be stressed how much of that average is carried by the Fast and Furious movies. They’re objectively terrible, but objectively entertaining as fuck. And they make absurd amounts of money. Give Marvel and Star Wars a run for their money box office wise these days, with a fraction of the budget.
But the other thing that stands out financially with Johnson’s films is they don’t lose money. Even his biggest flops tend to turn a small profit. There’s a lot there not worth watching. But no one goes bankrupt making THE ROCK movies.
