Action movies

Oh, and he was widely known as a bodybuilder who competed at the highest level, winning several Mr. Olympia titles. With Schwarzenegger having so much confidence in himself after so much success, Hollywood would be a cakewalk, right? And, to be honest, it was. Schwarzenegger carved out a legacy in cinema, primarily for his work as an action hero during the eighties and nineties. He became one of the highest-grossing stars in film history and has several classics to his name....

The main factor is usually the same in both cases: cold, hard cash. If a film earns a gigantic sum of money at the box office, you can pretty much expect a sequel to be rubber-stamped these days. But just because a lot of people watched—and even enjoyed—a movie doesn’t necessarily mean they want to see a sequel. And movies that flop at the box office may still deserve sequels. Hollywood doesn’t put much thought into what audiences actually want in movies....