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- Dwayne Johnson's highest-grossing movies include Furious 7, The Fate Of The Furious, and Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle.
- Johnson's role as Luke Hobbs in the Fast & Furious franchise has been a major success, with Fast Five and Fast & Furious 6 also earning a spot on the list.
- Johnson's voice work in Moana and his lead role in San Andreas have also contributed to his box office success.
The prominent and legendary actor Dwayne Johnson has become synonymous with box office hits, starring in at least 63 commercially successful films (some more lucrative than others).
Dwayne started his illustrious career as a wrestler in the WWF, now WWE, and he was arguably among the greatest wrestlers of all time.
With different accolades to his name, his career in wrestling was a juggernaut that prepared him for an even bigger stage.
After playing short roles in a couple of films, "The Rock" decided to pursue acting, and made his acting debut in The Mummy Returns.
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10 The Mummy Returns (2001)
Total Box Office Gross: $443.3 Million
The Mummy Returns is unique on this list, because it marked the beginning of Dwayne's acting adventure.
Stephen Sommers directed this film, and it is a sequel to Sommers' 1999 film, The Mummy.
The Mummy Returns featured Dwayne Johnson, Rachel Weisz, Brendan Fraser, John Hannah, and Arnold Vosloo.
Dwayne was cast in the role of the Scorpion King, a terrifying warrior with an unstoppable army.
Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), after being defeated in the first film, was mistakenly brought back to life, and now the fate of the world hangs in the balance of the O'Connell family's triumph over franchise's awakened evil.
The Mummy Returns was the seventh highest-grossing film of 2001.
9 San Andreas (2015)
Total Box Office Gross: $474 Million
San Andreas is an American disaster film directed by Brad Peyton.
Johnson portrayed the character of helicopter rescue pilot Ray Gaines; Johnson's character struggles with a failing marriage to his wife Emma (Carla Gugino), having recently dealt with the loss of one of their daughters in an accident.
A turn of events is introduced when an enormous earthquake hits their home city, San Andreas.
Dwayne's Gaines is called to duty as a rescue pilot, also tasked with saving both his semi-estranged wife and surviving daughter in the aftermath of the disaster.
8 Fast Five (2011)
Total Box Office Gross: $626 Million
Fast Five, or Fast And Furious 5, was directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan, and the film is an action sequel to The Fast & Furious (2009).
It stars Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, and Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner.
A significant plot twist was the addition of Johnson as Luke Hobbs, a potent, experienced and Diplomatic Security Service agent tasked with apprehending Toretto and O'Conner – who were attempting to steal $100 million from a corrupt businessman, Hernan Reyes.
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Fast Five's action scenes and Johnson's novel inclusion among the cast ensured the film was successful.
7 Moana (2016)
Total Box Office Gross: $687.2 Million
Moana is a Walt Disney Animation Studios product in which Johnson voiced Maui, a shape-shifting demigod.
The feature film is set in ancient Polynesia and revolves around the character of Moana, who was chosen to reunite a mystical relic with the goddess Te Fiti.
When her Island was struck, Moana embarked on a mission to find Maui, hoping to return the relic and save her people.
Critics praised the animation, music, and vocal performances, and Moana grossed $687.2 million worldwide.
6 Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
Total Box Office Gross: $760.7 Million
The action-packed film Hobbs & Shaw is a spin-off from the Fast & Furious franchise, set after the events of The Fate Of The Furious (2017).
The story follows Luke Hobbs (Johnson), Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), and their fight with a former friend of Deckard's, Brixton Lore (Idris Elba).
In the film, Elba's character is a cybernetically enhanced terrorist, intent on destroying the world with a deadly virus, and Deckard's sister Hattie Shaw (Vanessa Kirby) gets caught in the middle of that central conflict.
In spite of being something of an incompatible duo, Hobbs and Shaw had to put their differences aside to defeat Lore.
The action and chemistry between Johnson and Statham in Hobbs & Shaw received acclaim from critics.
5 Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
Total Box Office Gross: $788 Million
Fast & Furious 6 is the sixth installment in the Fast & Furious franchise.
It stars Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs, Vin Diesel as Dominic Torretto, and Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner. In Fast 6, Diesel's Dominic and his crew were pardoned for their crimes.
In return, they assist DSS agent Luke Hobbs (Johnson) to arrest a British SAS major, Owens (Luke Evans), who runs a mercenary organization; the shocking appearance of Dominic's former lover Letty introduced tension to the plot.
Fast & Furious 6 is the third highest-grossing film distributed by Universal and the last film featuring the late Paul Walker.
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Total Box Office Gross: $801 Million
Jumanji: The Next Level was the fourth installment in the Jumanji film series, and a sequel to Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle.
Its characters return to the game two years after the events of Welcome To The Jungle, but this time, in some hilarious role reversals, they all face new challenges and problems as they try to prevent the escape of a new antagonist.
Jumanji: The Next Level was filmed on a budget of $125 million, and ranked tenth among 2019's highest-grossing films.
3 Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle (2017)
Total Box Office Gross: $962 Million
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle is the third installment in the Jumanji film series, starring Dwayne Johnson alongside Kevin Hart, Nick Jones, Bobby Cannavale, and Karen Gillian.
This Jumanji film modernized an old game (Jumanji), evolving it from a board game to a virtual game that can trap participants in its world.
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle revolves around a group of teenagers who stumbled into the digital Jumanji, and became trapped; the only way to escape is to complete their quest.
This iteration received positive reviews from critics, with accolades for its cast, humor, and a refreshed premise.
2 The Fate Of The Furious (2017)
Total Box Office Gross: $1.2 Billion
The Fate Of The Furious is the sequel to Fast & Furious 7, and the eighth installment in the Fast And Furious franchise.
It, too, features performances by Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, and a veritable constellation of big name stars.
The Fate Of The Furious had a budget of $250 million, and it achieved resounding box office success, becoming the second film in the franchise to cross the $1 billion mark (after Furious 7).
1 Furious 7 (2015)
Total Box Office Gross: $1.5 Billion
It would be difficult to argue that Furious 7 wasn't the definition of "box office gold."
The film followed Fast & Furious Six and the seventh installment in the Fast franchise.
Furious 7 scored reasonably high and fairly level approval ratings of 81 percent (critical) and 82 percent (audience) respectively.
Richard Lawson, a critic writing for Vanity Fair, said of the emotionally weighty action drama:
Furious 7 is respectful, even solemn, when it needs to be, but is still, thank God, plenty of crazy fun.
Furious 7's plot twist, action, chemistry between the cast, and emotional tribute to the then recently deceased franchise star Paul Walker (who made a final performance before his sudden death) garnered praise from critics.
Furious 7 grossed $1.5 billion worldwide, and was the highest-grossing film of 2015.
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