Will Smith, on the Graham Norton Show, 2012
Will Smith was called Mr. July because his blockbuster films were usually released for the 4th of July summer crowds . . .
and being an income earning, ticket buying, young adult during those summers, his movies were an annual cinematic event.
At 16, Smith met a DJ Jazzy Jeff at a party.
Smith won his first Grammy in 1989 for Parent’s Just Don’t Understand and he was a millionaire before he turned 18.
However, the IRS assessed a $2.8 million tax debt and he was almost bankrupt by 1990, when The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air debuted.
Will Smith is the only actor to have eight consecutive films open at number one and gross over $100 million in the domestic box office.
In 2007, Forbes estimated that for each dollar Smith was paid, his movies averaged $10 of gross income.
His first big movie role was in 1993 where he played a gay swindler in Six Degrees of Separation.
With some discrepancy in the numbers, Smith's salary per movie:
Six Degrees of Separation (1993) $500,000
Bad Boys (1995) $2 million
Independence Day (1996) $5 million
Men in Black (1997) $5 million
Enemy of the State (1998) $14 million
Wild Wild West (1999) $7 million
(Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix)
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) $10 million
Ali (2001) $20 million
Men in Black II (2002) $20 million + 10% of the gross (64.3 million)
Bad Boys II (2003) $20 million + 20% of the gross (74.6 million)
I, Robot (2004) $28 million
Hitch (2005) $20 million
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) $10 million + 20% of the gross (71.4 million)
I Am Legend (2007) $25 million
Seven Pounds (2008) $20 million
Hancock (2008) $20 million + 20% of the gross (144.8 million)
Men in Black 3 (2012) $20 million
After Earth (2013) $20 million
Focus (2015) $5 million
Concussion (2015) $10 million
Suicide Squad (2016) $20 million
Collateral Beauty (2016) Unknown
Total box office revenue for movies as of 2016, $2,848,431,141
Smith received an Oscar nomination for Ali 2002 and The Pursuit of Happyness 2007.
Released in 2017, Netflix paid $90 million to make Bright, an Orc buddy cop movie, which, unfortunately, will not return Will to his July status . . .
Will Smith, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and Alfonso Ribeiroon
on the Graham Norton Show, 2013
but it was an entertainment bonanza while it lasted.
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