Was Arnold Schwarzenegger ever the number one star in Hollywood?

[Jax]

I can't comment on what I don't know but Arnold's was known globally.
5 cents a day workers in Africa and Asia knew about him and loved him and MJ, can't say the same about Elvis and the Beatles. different times, 80's and 90's were just different hype times.

 

[Black Ball]

Cruise & Keanu make better movies today.

Cruise like an ageless wonder, That Scientology shyt might need to be investigated.

 

[Monoblock]

Arnold was not michael jackson famous, only elvis and the beatles rival the level of fame michael jackson had. Michael jackson was arguably the most famous person in history.

You either too young or misinformed. No one on this board was around for The Beatles or Elvis so I can't speak on that. I was definitely around for all of the 80s and 90s and Arnold was just about as close to Mike status when it came to movies. Of course no one in the history of the world could ever reach Mike's status. That was as close to a God in the flesh.

 

[Ironman]

“To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women. ”

"its not a tumor !"

“Remember Sully when I promised to kill you last ”.

“See you at the party, Richter! ”,

"ill be back "

"Hasta la vista baby"


"let off some steam...bennet "

"fukk you a$$hole "


"Whats the matter, CIA got you pushing pencils "

Talk. To. These. Mofukkas!!

 

[Secure Da Bag]

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

Bruce Willis is up there. He was eating for a long time just off of Die Hard 1 alone.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

What if Central Intelligence was a Hard R, buddy cop film.

Central Intelligence is probably the best movie I've seen the Rock in.

 

[OmegaK2099]

that trash was Hercules Kevin sorbo status

I thought it was alright def ain't no conan tho

 

[Monoblock]

“To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women. ”

"its not a tumor !"

“Remember Sully when I promised to kill you last ”.

“See you at the party, Richter! ”,

"ill be back "

"Hasta la vista baby"


"let off some steam...bennet "

"fukk you a$$hole "


"Whats the matter, CIA got you pushing pencils "

"If it bleeds..we can kill it"


"Stick around"

"I eat Green Berets for breakfast. And right now, I’m very hungry!"

"Consider that a divorce"

“I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, or why we died. All that matters is that two stood against many. That's what's important! Valor pleases you, Crom... so grant me one request. Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then to hell with you!”

 

[Kaydigi]

"If it bleeds..we can kill it"


"Stick around"

"I eat Green Berets for breakfast. And right now, I’m very hungry!"

"Consider that a divorce"

“I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, or why we died. All that matters is that two stood against many. That's what's important! Valor pleases you, Crom... so grant me one request. Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then to hell with you!”

He doesn't even have one of these

 

[Ironman]

Bruce Willis is up there. He was eating for a long time just off of Die Hard 1 alone.

Yea can't forget McClane but Arnold was eating off 2 decades worth of several Die hard level films

 

[Piff Huxtable]

Arnold was the biggest movie star in the world in the late 80s/early 90s

1988: Twins (5th highest grossing movie that year)
1990: Total Recall (5)
1990: Kindergarten Cop (10)
1991: Terminator 2 (1)

Arnold was making RDJ money 25 years before RDJ

 

[hcobbland84]

Arnold, Stallone, and Bruce Willis all had better action film directors to work with also.

John McTiernan directed Die Hard, Predator, Die Hard with a Vengence, Last Action Hero.

Walter Hill directed Red Heat, Last Man Standing

James Cameron directed Terminator, T2, True Lies, and wrote the screenplay for Rambo First Blood Part 2.

 

[MartyMcFly]

Arnold was not michael jackson famous, only elvis and the beatles rival the level of fame michael jackson had. Michael jackson was arguably the most famous person in history.

Arnold was Michael Jackson famous. He was a global box office icon. And he was the guy who initiated the presidential physical fitness test we all had to take in elementary school. Dude was actually a tangential member of a White House while being an actor and a real estate mogul. He was already known worldwide for his bodybuilding; movies just took it to another level.

out of curiosity, how old are you homie?

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Arnold was Michael Jackson famous. He was a global box office icon. And he was the guy who initiated the presidential physical fitness test we all had to take in elementary school. Dude was actually a tangential member of a White House while being an actor and a real estate mogul. He was already known worldwide for his bodybuilding; movies just took it to another level.

out of curiosity, how old are you homie?

Weren't you like 3 yrs old when T2 came out? Not saying you wrong but

 

[MartyMcFly]

Weren't you like 3 yrs old when T2 came out? Not saying you wrong but

5. Saw it in theaters. Cried when he sacrificed himself. But Arnold was a big part of our house because of my dad. He'd let me watch total recall on the movie channel or showtime, I rented the fukk out of Twins, and fell in love with Commando when it came on afternoon tv back when movies used to come on tv on Saturday afternoons