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Re:Weekly Top 10 lists of the most-watched TV and films by Someone1234 on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @07:57PM (#29248257)
Keep in mind that nearly half of that went to the three main cast members alone ($50M + $20M + $20M respectively)[0]. The Rock got more because he is both a star and producer of the movie.

[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2021/10/21/red-n...

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Re:Weekly Top 10 lists of the most-watched TV and films by AutumnCurtain on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @08:41PM (#29248490)
Tom Cruise numbers for the Rock, good God.
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Re:Weekly Top 10 lists of the most-watched TV and films by markdown on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @09:32PM (#29248762)
The Rock is a mediocre actor but a far bigger star than Cruise these days. He's been the highest or 2nd highest earning actor every year for the past five years.
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Re:Weekly Top 10 lists of the most-watched TV and films by senthil_rajasek on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:11PM (#29249224)
Rock is a great entertainer, cut his teeth in WWE. Why are we comparing? Is that even objectively possible?

Personally, I like the diversity he brings in all aspects.

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Re:Weekly Top 10 lists of the most-watched TV and films by SkyMarshal on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @10:37PM (#29249052)
The Rock has good crossover appeal, from action movies to children's adventure-commedies. Together, action fans + family-friendly crowd, is a pretty massive potential audience.

I think Cruise has the former but doesn't really do any of the latter, so his total potential audience may not be as large.

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Re:Weekly Top 10 lists of the most-watched TV and films by finnh on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:06PM (#29249205)
The Rock will be POTUS in our lifetime
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Re:Weekly Top 10 lists of the most-watched TV and films by ianmcgowan on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @01:20AM (#29249767)
One step closer to President Camacho!

Though given some of the other choices, not sure The Rock is that far down the list really..

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Re:Weekly Top 10 lists of the most-watched TV and films by mhh__ on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @08:08PM (#29248312)
The cast of Dune probably wasn't exactly cheap (Chalamet alone must command a big fee these days now that he has the chops and the bona fides now), but yep.
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