Arnold Schwarzenegger has emerged as one of the greatest Hollywood stars of today’s date. There are only a few who meet the standard of global stardom that the Austrian Oak managed to achieve with just a few movies under his name. His raging success, however, did not rise from the grounds of nuanced, artistically unique movies. His forte for numerous decades was the obvious sculpted body he had acquired through years of bodybuilding and a penchant for delivering iconic dialogues.

From Hercules in New York to Conan the Barbarian and many more, the actor made a fortune based on this formula. However, even the most catchy dialogues and glazing biceps need at least a mediocre storyline to work with. A bare minimum that his 1985 film, Red Sonja, failed to deliver. A movie that the Austrian Oak himself deems appropriate only for punishing children.

Red Sonja crashed at the box office so loudly that even the weakest of calculators could see its jarring failure. A $6.9 million box office collection against a $17.9 million budget was unheard of in Schwarzenegger’s filmography. Therefore, Schwarzenegger did not mince his words to Far Out Magazine when he prescribed “Red Sonja ten times,” for out-of-line kids. Now, the Austrian Oak is no doctor, but he has five kids of his own, and they have turned out to be great adults, perhaps owing to this perfect punishment.

While the actor joked about the film being terrible enough to qualify as a punishment, the movie has emerged as a cult classic. As is the case with most films that flopped at the box office upon release. But if that is the case, then Arnold Schwarzenegger will be no box office failure.

Does Arnold Schwarzenegger not have a single flop?

The Austrian Oak made quite a leap to success soon after his debut. He reflects on how this was a result of him not being desperate for any movie role. He was calculative in his choices and this granted him a phenomenal career. It was with Conan the Barbarian that he hit the ball out of the park.

This set a chain reaction for most Arnold Schwarzenegger movies to become box office successes. Even the movies that did not do very well at the box office according to the standard of Schwarzenegger movies were still a hit according to normal standards. This is why even at 75, the actor has the ability to lead a Netflix TV show.

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