Was Arnold Schwarzenegger ever the number one star in Hollywood?

[Dave24]

I'm thinking about Dwayne Johnson's current run in Hollywood and how he has been the number one star in Hollywood for several years...

Was Arnold Schwarzenegger ever the undisputed number on star at any point in his career? When in the 80s-90s was he number one? He had to compete against Sylvester Stallone, Tom Cruise, etc, etc for the number one spot.

 

[Kaydigi]

Terminator 2, The Eraser, and True Lies , he was everywhere (as much as you could be) back then.

 

[Jello Biafra]

I'd say from 1988 to around 1991 (covering Twins to T2: Judgment Day), Arnold was probably the #1 guy in Hollywood.

 

[THE 101]

Rock might be #1 for years but he's in a weak era for real movie stars...the idea of a movie star is mostly dead. Actors who can sell major movies on their own. It's now all about IP and franchises.

Arnold was around when Hanks, Cruise, Stallone, Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis and others were all huge stars. Plus Arnold's 80s and early 90s run was incredible, not just in terms of box office but in the quality of the films. Dude was dropping actual classics.

Rock drops nothing but throwaway garbage...no one is watching San Andreas or Jumanji in 20 years.

 

[Dave24]

Rock might be #1 for years but he's in a weak era for real movie stars...the idea of a movie star is mostly dead. Actors who can sell major movies on their own. It's now all about IP and franchises.

Arnold was around when Hanks, Cruise, Stallone, Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis and others were all huge stars. Plus Arnold's 80s and early 90s run was incredible, not just in terms of box office but in the quality of the films. Dude was dropping actual classics.

Rock drops nothing but throwaway garbage...no one is watching San Andreas or Jumanji in 20 years.

Facts! Though, do you feel Rock has the potential to make better movies than Arnold??

 

[Kid Dynamite]

Funny cause the best gimmick The Rock had in WWE imo was The Hollywood Rock and most of his movies in Hollywood have been crap

 

[Deltron]

Facts! Though, do you feel Rock has the potential to make better movies than Arnold??

no.

 

[THE 101]

Facts! Though, do you feel Rock has the potential to make better movies than Arnold??

I don't think so. He hasn't shown a willingness to work with interesting material with unique directors. He doesn't have a Terminator, Total Recall or Predator.

But I do feel with the right material he could make some dope shyt

 

[R=G]

Facts! Though, do you feel Rock has the potential to make better movies than Arnold??

He has more range..no doubt...his Black Adam movie will be interesting but of course Terminator 2 is like the Godfather of action movies.

 

[Ironman]

Ahnuld had one of the Goat runs in the 80s-90s. When you think of man movies it's him, Stallone, and Van Damme

 

[Auger]

Yes

 

[T’Challa’s Heir]

The rock being #1 is mostly marketing hype. He’ll put assess in seats, but nowhere close to what Prime Arnold did. Hell, if you takeaway franchise films (Fast Series), and Kevin Heart, the Rock doesn’t really have shyt. Hercules flopped, rampage didn’t flop, but was meh, Baywatch flopped. What hits does he have?

 

[Kaydigi]

The best thing the rock did was probably Ballers, even though the actual concept of the show doesn’t make sense .

 

[MartyMcFly]

Yes. Arnold was the biggest draw from the mid-late 80s to the early 90s. Raw deal, commando, predator, terminator, the running man, kindergarten cop, twins, terminator 2, Conan. True lies was the official end of the run and that’s 94

 

[CM_Burns]

The rock being #1 is mostly marketing hype. He’ll put assess in seats, but nowhere close to what Prime Arnold did. Hell, if you takeaway franchise films (Fast Series), and Kevin Heart, the Rock doesn’t really have shyt. Hercules flopped, rampage didn’t flop, but was meh, Baywatch flopped. What hits does he have?

San Andreas did do big numbers.