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Robbie has done ALOT of shit films. I can't think of an A lister that has that many shit films under their name.

Will Smith.

I think Robbie is clearly one of the biggest movie stars around at the moment, and has been for quite a while, but it is weird even discussing the concept of a "movie star" in this day and age.

For about the last twenty years (or more?!) "stars" have been second fiddle to events and franchises - not just comic book movies but stuff like the various Jurassic films, Harry Potter, Pirates, Godzilla, etc. Even things like, I dunno, 2012 (or going back even farther, Twister and Independence Day) sold themselves on their effects and concepts rather than their cast.

So people like Robbie - and Lawrence, Johannsen, the Ryans - you tend to get mid-low budget prestige dramas where you could say "yeah, that's THEIR film, they're the draw, they're opening that movie", or you get big licenced stuff. So Robbie does I, Tonya or Lawrence does Joy, but then they do their various DC or X-Men movies. And (up until the bottom fell off the big blockbuster in the last year), it's those franchise movies that bring in the dough; so is it people going to see the star, or people going to see the franchise?

Even with older stars like Tom Cruise or Will Smith, their careers are incredibly variable. I don't think anyone expected Mission's box office to be quite as low as it is after the barnstorming success of Maverick last year.

All this is an incredibly long-winded and roundabout way of saying "what even is a movie star nowadays?"

Not really A LOT and I suspect highly comparable with most A listers. 

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JLaw for example has more and was literally the first I checked. 

editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/all-jennifer-lawrence-movies-ranked/

Probably hard to work out as most stars had back-end deals. That's changing again though because of streaming, where there are essentially no residuals, so you're getting big up-front fees again.

And according to Netflix, those Adam Sandler movies are hugely popular so money well spent I guess?!

Ah. I must have misheard - was it Robbie who convinced Greta then? One of them convinced the other.

When Google give a you a pink special effect page on a name search you have some clout. 

Does anyone else remember after Transformers came out in 2007 (or whenever), Hasbro did something similar, announcing movies based on all sorts of stuff? And we ended up getting a Battleship film. At one point, I'm sure I didn't imagine this, Ridley Scott was attached to Monopoly.

Who owns the franchise rights to Font Geek?

With a load of shit jokes about wanking.

Just did the same with a few random names eg Matt Damon and nearly all had a similar split of good to shit films.

It seems an odd take in a discussion full of odd takes. I’m pretty sure it’s because she’s a young woman.

Margot Robbie is doing an Ocean’s 11 remake next. Will that bring in the big bucks?

Didn't they try that already with Sandra Bullock?

It was kind of a spiritual remake but set in the same world with linking characters so yes and no.