Let’s take a look at the million-dollar action missions that the actor has “pocketed” during his cinematic journey lasting more than a decade:
The Transporter (2002, 2005, 2008) – Total revenue of 3 films is 238.1 million dollars
Jason Statham in the movie Transporter.
Introducing the first film to the audience in 2002, The Expendables – The Transporter, although not Jason Statham’s most successful film, is the “foundational” film that made the actor’s name spread all over the world. gender.
Inspired by BMW’s The Hire car advertisement, the film tells about an “anti-hero” character named Frank Martin. Because he was treated unfairly as a special forces soldier, Frank decided to use the skills and tricks of the soldier profession to… make a living.
True to the movie’s name, Frank becomes a professional dealer with the secret to always delivering on time. The film is widely loved for its attractive content and beautiful fighting scenes, especially thrilling racing and shooting scenes.
In part 1, all the trouble started when the item Jason needed to hand over was a beautiful girl named Lai, played by famous Hong Kong actress Shu Qi. In part 2, Frank becomes the private driver of an upper-class family. One day, Jack of the client’s family is kidnapped, Frank must conduct a rescue and discover a terrible plot related to terrorism using biological weapons behind it.
Part 3 of the series is also the last film with the participation of Jason Statham. The director’s chair of part 3 was changed from Louis Leterrier to Olivier Megaton – the father of the famous Taken series. This time Frank has the task of transporting the kidnapped girl Valentina (Natalya Rudakova) – the young lady of a high-ranking employee in the Ukrainian government.
With a budget of 21 million USD, the first film of this series grossed 43.9 million USD, the second part three years later was made with a budget of 32 million USD but grossed up to 85.2 million USD. , and part 3 brought in the highest box office achievement of 109 million dollars.
Death Race – Death Race (2008) – 75.7 million dollars
Death Race was first released in 2008 and surprised audiences who loved speed racing and heavy violence. The film is about a futuristic fantasy world in 2012 at Terminal prison, New York.
Jason Statham in the movie Death Race.
Here, the life-and-death race between prisoners becomes a gamble for the management board when it attracts millions of viewers to watch live television. The film with many bloody racing, shooting and fighting scenes made the audience shudder at the one-or-one war: the winner enjoys freedom, and the loser lies down forever.
In the film, British actor Jason Statham plays prisoner Jensen Ames even though he was previously a former NASCAR racing champion. He must hide himself to become the Frankenstein racer that everyone loves under a scary mask. Jensen Ames confronted dangerous criminals in prison to win the death race.
The movie brought the audience eye-catching action scenes, especially when the cars in the movie are not just normal racing cars but are also equipped with weapons and have very high damage. The race in the movie is also not easy, as all racers have the opportunity to own heavy weapons when conquering challenges on the racetrack. It is known that the film crew spent 2 months coming up with ideas, producing, assembling and perfecting 11 powerful racing cars like in the movie. The film was shot at the abandoned St. Vincent de Paul and train repair workshop in Montreal, Canada.
Death Race became one of Jason Statham’s most impressive films and brought in $75.7 million in box office revenue.
The Expendables – The Expendables (2010, 2012, 2014) – Total revenue of 3 films is 804.1 million dollars
When mentioning The Expendables – The Expendables, the audience immediately thinks of the cast of muscular action heroes of many generations such as: Bruce Willis, Arnold Zshwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Steve Austin, Jet Li…
The mercenary squad also earned hundreds of billions of dollars thanks to the presence of Jason Statham.
The success of the first film has made the work increasingly expand its “area” and attract new names such as Antonio Banderas, Wesley Snipes, Mel Gibson, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris…
First released to audiences in 2010, the film opens up the dangerous missions of the notorious mercenary group of which Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) is the leader. Barney Ross’s teammates include: Lee Arthur (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (played by Jet Li), Hale Caesar (Terry Crews), Toll Road (Randy Couture), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren)…
Part one of the film revolves around the story of defeating the empire of the cruel dictator Garza (David Zayas). Part two is about revenge for a fallen comrade and preventing a mass murder plot. Next, the third part of the series tells the story of the mercenary group’s journey against Conrad Stonebanks (Mel Gibson) – one of the founders of the Mercenaries and now an extremely heavy weapons trafficker. period of danger.
Released in theaters in 2010, The Expendables – The Expendables “did well” when it earned 274.5 million in revenue. The second part of the movie was released 2 years later and became the most popular movie with revenue of up to 315 million. The third part of the film did not bring the same boom as part 2 when it brought in 214.6 million dollars.
This is one of Jason Statham’s most “swordfish” series. But few people know that the actor almost died on the set of season three while filming a chase scene in Bulgaria when the truck carrying Statham failed its brakes and sped into the Black Sea and sank nearly 20 meters. before he got out.
The Meg – Super tyrant shark
This is a new movie that premiered on August 10 this year. The story begins after an expedition submarine belonging to the International Ocean Research Program was attacked by a giant creature. Now that ship is lying motionless on the ocean floor with the entire crew trapped inside.
Super tyrant shark – the name is enough to make viewers feel nervous and suffocated. But contributing to the film’s drama cannot be mentioned by Jason Statham.
When time is running out, a rescue team includes scuba diving expert Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham), Chinese oceanographer Dr. Zhang (Zhao Wenxuan) and his daughter Suyin (Li Bang Bang) set out to rescue the crew members.
But no one could have imagined that the enemy they faced was the largest and scariest predator in history: a prehistoric shark with a body length of up to 23m, often called the named Megalodon. It seemed like she was extinct, but it turned out that Meg was still roaming the deep sea, always ready to tear apart any prey…
The movie Super Tyrant Shark is currently attracting viewers since its release in theaters.
Five years ago, Jonas had an encounter with this fierce creature, but at that time no one believed what he said. Now when he joins forces with Suyin, he will have to put aside his inherent fear and risk his life to return to the deep ocean and to once again face the most ferocious monster in the world. history.
With a huge investment of up to 150 million USD, spectacular and eye-catching scenes, Super Tyrant Shark received positive feedback from international media. The film promises to bring Jason Statham a new revenue record.