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In response to "Didn't DiCaprio just have a movie make like 200mil?" by Will Hunting

My feeling on Leo is he takes films that wouldn't be hits otherwise, and turns them into blockbusters.

Posted by Inigo (aka Inigo) Dec 7 '16, 12:31

He's made two westerns become blockbusters. Other than the Coen Brothers, who does that?

The Revenant
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Great Gatsby
Django Unchained
Shutter Island

None of those are high budget sci-fi stories that just added DiCaprio's name to the poster. Those are drama's that normally end up in the $30 to $50 million domestic range. When he did do a high-concept sci-fi film, it made $800 million worldwide.

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I disgaree on DJango. That was QT and would make bank without him -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 12:36 1
- DJango made $40 million than any other QT movie as a blaxploitation western. - Inigo Dec 7, 12:43

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My feeling on Leo is he takes films that wouldn't be hits otherwise, and turns them into blockbusters.

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