Although Leonardo DiCaprio is a reliable blockbuster draw at the box office,One Battle After Anotherruns the risk of derailing his impressive career streak.Leonardo DiCaprio’s five upcoming moviesprove the star is not resting on his laurels. Despite earning five Best Actor nominations and one win, the veteran actor continues to pick risky projects.
As such, it is no surprise thatLeonardo DiCaprio’s upcoming Paul Thomas Anderson movieOne Battle After Anotheris hotly anticipated. After an incredible run in the late ‘00s and early 2010s, DiCaprio has not spent much time on cinema screens in recent years.
From 2004 to 2016, DiCaprio starred inThe Aviator, The Departed,Blood Diamond,Revolutionary Road,Shutter Island,Inception,Django Unchained,The Great Gatsby,The Wolf of Wall Street, andThe Revenant. This rundown doesn’t even include his underperforming titles likeBody of LiesandJ. Edgar.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s $100 Million Box Office Streak Is On The Line With One Battle After Another
PTA’s Thomas Pynchon Adaptation Is Unlikely To Be A Blockbuster
However, while 2019’sOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodwas a huge hit for DiCaprio, the actor’s decision to star in fewer projects has given him a staggering command of the box office in recent years.DiCaprio has only made movies that have made over $100 million worldwide since 2012, with most of them going well above that comparatively low benchmark.
2012
$449.8 million
2013
$353.5 million
$389.8 million
2015
$532.9 million
2019
$377.4 million
2023
$156.4 million
2025
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J. Edgarwas the last DiCaprio movie that didn’t reach the $100 milestone back in 2011, excludingAdam McKay’s 2021 satireDon’t Look Up, a Netflix original that wasn’t given a wide theatrical release. However, whileOne Battle After Anotheris hotly anticipated by cineastes, it is tough to imagine the adaptation breaking $100 million.
Between its big budget and IMAX release, it is obvious thatOne Battle After Another’s creators are hoping to make the movie a huge mainstream commercial hit.
None of director Paul Thomas Anderson’s earlier movies have ever made over $100 million, although it is worth noting that none of his earlier work came withOne Battle After Another’s $140 million price tag. Between its big budget and IMAX release, it is obvious thatOne Battle After Another’s creators are hoping to make the movie a huge mainstream commercial hit.
Loosely adapted from author Thomas Pynchon’s surreal satirical mystery novelVineland,One Battle After Anotheris a darkly comedic action thriller that sees a group of former revolutionaries work together to rescue the teenage daughter of two of their members. If Anderson’s career has a precedent forOne Battle After Another, it would be his earlier comedic mystery Pynchon adaptation, 2014’sInherent Vice.
However,the still-underratedInherent Vicecostonly $20 million and made a mere $14 million at the box office, meaning the earlier adaptation’s performance doesn’t bode well for DiCaprio’s box office record. Thus,One Battle After Anothermay be the first movie in 14 years to end Leonardo DiCaprio’s impressive box office streak.
