Jason Statham Movies Biggest Box Office Hits and Flops

If you like action movies you will probably recognize Jason Statham but might not recognize his name. So far in his career Jason Statham has starred in 15 movies.

Jason Statham is currently starring in the new action movie The Mechanic.

Jason Statham has starred in far more flops than hits in his career but since he is not a big name actor he probably gets paid less than big name actors so most of his flops have probably not lost too much money.

Jason Statham Movies Biggest Box Office Hits

1. The Expendables (2010) - $275 million

The Expendables is an action movie that had an $80 million dollar budget and a slew of stars. In addition to Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren and Mickey Rourke co-starred and Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis did cameos. Stallone also directed the movie which was a big box office success clearing nearly $200 million dollars worldwide.

2. The Italian Job (2003) - $176 million

Mark Wahlberg, Edward Norton and the gorgeous Charlize Theron co-starred in the $60 million budget action/crime movie The Italian Job with Jason Statham. Charlize Theron is also in the upcoming The Brazilian Job with Statham and Wahlberg.

Theron won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her brilliant acting in Monster. It's unlikely Jason Statham will ever win an Academy Award though.

3. Transporter 3 (2008) - $109 million

Transporter 3 is the third installment in The Transporter series of movies which stars Jason Statham as driver Frank Martin who will transport anything for money with no questions asked. Though Transporter 3 is probably the worst of the three movies in the series it was the most successful at the box office.

The Transporter made $44 million with a $21 million budget while Transporter 2 made $85 million with a $32 million budget.

Jason Statham Movies Biggest Box Office Flops

1. London (2006) - $20,361

London was a complete flop that co-starred Jessica Biel.

2. Turn it Up (2000) - $1.3 million

Turn it Up had a $13 million budget but only earned back $1.3 million dollars.

3. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1999) - $3.8 million

Jason Statham made his acting debut in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels which is a British comedy/crime drama. The movie was directed by Guy Ritchie who was married to Madonna. Despite positive reviews the movie flopped at the box office.

Ritchie and Statham also teamed up to make Snatch in 2000 which made $84 million and co-starred Brad Pitt.

4. Revolver (2007) - $6.8 million

Again Ritchie directed and Statham starred in this flop.

5. Mean Machine (2002) - $7.3 million

6. In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2008) - $13.1 million

7. John Carpenter's Ghost of Mars (2001) - $14 million

Jason Statham co-stars with Ice Cube in this sci-fi horror movie that only earned back half its production budget of $28 million.

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