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Originally posted by GreasyBruce
Then why did Downey Jr.'s Due Date outgross The Blind Side and The Heat outside of domestic box office? And don't tell me he had nothing to do with the huge Sherlock Holmes films either, there had never been such a big adaptation before he got on board. He and his performance were the #1 selling factor.
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Due Date also had Zach who was a factor coming off The Hangover and why exclude domestic? What is with this weird notion that the US should be discounted from the WW pie just because it's the biggest slice.
WW:
Due Date - $212m
The Heat - $227m
The Blind Side - $309m
The Proposal - $317m
You can make a case with Sherlock, but it was still a big budget action tentpole.
RDJ is a good contender, but it's be worth seeing if he could pull in audiences to something outside his typical lane (which is pre-fabricated for success) like Sandra has with TBS and now Gravity.