' American Sniper' causes huge controversy in Hollywood! Eastwood's biggest hits

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2021.01.13Rui Takeshima

"American Sniper" synopsis

The setting is the Iraq War after 9/11. When Chris joins the US Navy SEALs, his mission is to protect his comrades, no matter how harsh the situation. Chris saves many of his friends with his sniping accuracy, earning him the nickname "Legend." However, his skills become known to the enemy, he is feared as a "devil", a bounty of $180,000 is placed on his head, and he becomes a target of rebel soldiers. Meanwhile, Chris' family continues to pray for his safety. A peaceful life with his family and a war zone in unimaginably extreme conditions... He has been on four grueling expeditions to Iraq. Leaving his beloved family behind in his country, the never-ending war forces him to head to the battlefield again and again. Revenge begets revenge...Repeated expeditions to the battlefield gradually eat away at Chris's heart...

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Eastwood's biggest hit, grossing $500 million worldwide

Clint Eastwood, born in 1930, has continued to actively publish works even after reaching the age of 70 in 2000. If we look only at the director's works since the turn of the 21st century, there are 17 films, almost every year. No, really, all I can say is that it's amazing. Let's take a look back at his filmography since 2000, along with the world box office records.

2000 Space Cowboys ($128.88 million)

2002 Blood Work ($31.79 million)

2003 Mystic River ($156.59 million)

2004 “ Million Dollar Baby ” ($216.76 million)

2006 “ Flags of Our Fathers ” ($65.9 million)

2006 “ Letters from Iwo Jima ” ($68.67 million)

2008 “ Changeling ” ($113.39 million)

2008 Gran Torino ($269.95 million)

2009 Invictus ($122.42 million)

2010 “ Here After ” ($106.95 million)

2011 “ J. Edgar ” ($84.92 million)

2014 Jersey Boys ($67.64 million)

2014 American Sniper($547.42 million)

2016 “ Miracle on the Hudson ” ($240.79 million)

2018 “ The 15:17 to Paris ” ($57.07 million)

2018 The Mule ($174.8 million)

2019 “ Richard Jewell ” ($43.74 million)

Eastwood, who has continued to make only hard films, is thought to have no connection to so-called blockbuster films. If you actually look at box office records, 7 out of 17 films have grossed less than $100 million at the global box office. However, on the other hand, there are also 10 works that have exceeded $100 million, and four that have exceeded $200 million. Let's compare it with the work of Steven Spielberg, who is synonymous with hitmaking.

2001 “ AI ” ($235.92 million)

2002 Minority Report ($358.37 million)

2002 “ Catch Me If You Can ” ($352.11 million)

2004 “ The Terminal ” ($219.1 million)

2005 “ War of the Worlds ” ($603.87 million)

2005 “ Munich ” ($130.98 million)

2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($790.65 million)

2011 The Adventures of Tintin ($373.99 million)

2011 “ War Horse ” ($177.58 million)

2012 “ Lincoln ” ($275.29 million)

2015 “ Bridge of Spies ” ($165.47 million)

2016 “ The BFG: Big Friendly Giant ” ($195.24 million)

2017 “ Pentagon Papers ” ($179.76 million)

2018 “ Ready Player One ” ($582.89 million)

As expected, when it comes to Spielberg, all of his films cost over $100 million. However, even Spielberg's only three films have surpassed Eastwood's 2014 release, American Sniper, which earned $547.42 million. That's why ``American Sniper'' was a record-breaking hit among Eastwood's films.

The film grossed over $300 million at the box office in the United States alone. It became the highest-grossing war film of all time, surpassing Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan (1998), which had earned $217.04 million.

Director change from Spielberg to Eastwood

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