Jason Statham — The $20M Punch

Statham has made essentially the same film 30 times: bald British man punches everyone in a room, drives a car very fast, delivers one-liners in a gravelly voice. The Meg grossed $530 million. The Beekeeper grossed $152 million on a $40 million budget. He earns $15-20 million per film. His Rotten Tomatoes average hovers around 55%. None of this matters because audiences know exactly what they're getting: 90 minutes of Jason Statham doing Jason Statham things. It's not acting. It's a brand experience. And it grosses $200 million per installment like clockwork.