Apart from the stinker “Daddy’s Home 2” (2017), no Gibson-starring movie has cracked the $100 million mark in the last 18 years. At one point, “Passion” was both the highest-grossing foreign language and “R” rated movie of all time.ĭespite the unqualified popularity of “Passion,” it was Gibson’s conservative politics and his outspoken opinions regarding the film industry’s child trafficking and abuse that fanned the growing anti-Gibson flames. Despite hauling in over $612 million worldwide, “Passion” sharply divided critics and audiences and received accusations of pushing anti-Semitic content. With “The Passion of the Christ” (2004), the tide began to change. The high-water mark of Gibson’s critical recognition and industry rewards was “Braveheart” (1995), the historical epic that took in over $213 million at the global box office and netted him not one but two Oscars. He starred in two blockbuster franchises (“Mad Max,” “Lethal Weapon”), high-end thrillers (“The Year of Living Dangerously,” “Payback,” “Ransom”), and multiple war dramas (“Gallipoli,” “The Patriot,” “We Were Soldiers”). R | 1h 44min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Action, Drama | 4 November 2022 (USA)įor close to a quarter century (1979–2002), Mel Gibson had the Midas touch.
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