Will Smith's Movie Research

Do you guys remember when Will Smith used to be a TV actor/terrible rapper?  He got his start on the silly sitcom Fresh Prince of Bel-Air which dealt with everyday problems like girls and being super rich or whatever (I really don't remember that show very well).  Did you also know that while he was on that show he did some research on what all of the top grossing movies at the time had in them that would help for when he jumped into a movie career?  True story.  And here is what he found that the Top 10 movies at the time all had in common:

• All ten movies had special effects
• Nine of the ten had special effects with "creatures"
• Eight of the ten had special effects, "creatures", and a love story

I feel like that is some really vague research and kind of lazy on Will Smith's part.  But that's why I'm here and therefore I'm going to look at the current Top 10 Domestic Grossing Movies and give you guys a real breakdown of what those movies have in common.  Just so you know, I will not be taking this seriously, so let's do this:

• All ten have special effects
• Only six have "creatures" and I use that loosely
• And six have love stories (but I don't think Star Wars counts)
• Five have aliens in them
• Three are based on comic books
• Five are sequels
• Three have a boat in them
• Two are directed by James Cameron
• Two are directed by George Lucas
• And only two were made before 1996

As you can see, Will Smith really didn't take his research to the next step (and let's disregard the fact that his Top 10 was completely different to our Top 10).  If he were to make a movie today based off of my research, he would need to star in a movie based on a comic book that has special effects with creatures, a love story, aliens, is a sequel, is set on a boat, and is directed by either James Cameron or George Lucas.  In other words, if Avatar 2 were based on a comic book and had a boat in it, then he would have found the perfect combination to make a hit.

Lastly, have you seen the trailer for Will's new movie After Earth?  If not, Will Smith and his kid crash land on Earth a thousand years after it was abandoned for some reason and they have to survive for some other reason.  However did you know that this movie was written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan?  Yup, that guy is so toxic right now that he didn't even get mentioned in the trailer on purpose in hopes of selling more tickets.  I find that hilarious.

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