brad pitt movies
Brad Pitt, the veritable Hollywood hunk, established a start in film in the late 1980’s the first movies he appeared in were small non-credit roles. However, that changed with his big break in the 1991 Thelma and Louise movie in which Brad bares his bod, and soon became a sex symbol on the big screen.
Although early in his career, he occasionally starred in various TV episodes (including the hit TV soap opera Another World) and films on the big screen, Brad Pitt movies have become a somewhat semi-annual event. In the last several years Brad has starred in or produced at least 2 movies per year.
Except the underrated 2007 release, ‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford’ (in which Brad starred and produced) all of Brad Pitt movies have seen gross receipts of more than one hundred million dollars.
Beginning with the 2001 release of Oceans 11, Brad Pitt movies suffered a dry spell until the 2005 release of Troy in which Brad played the lead role of Achilles. Even though the budget was nearly 0 million, Troy was able to produce a worldwide gross of over 5 million.
Of the more than 35 Brad Pitt movies, in the last two decades, the gross revenue has nearly topped billion dollars. That is an average of about million dollars for each Brad Pitt movie. Of course, box office figures in that range are always a plus to any actor when seeking a role.
The director that has worked on the most Brad Pitt movies is Steven Soderbergh, he directed 4 in total, They are Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Oceans 11, 12 and 13.
The latest Brad Pitt movie, ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ (released on Dec 25, 2008) has already grossed over 0 million and received 13 Oscar nominations. Another recent Brad Pitt movie that has prospered was the September 2008 release of ‘Burn after Reading’.
The future of Brad Pitt movies is loaded with several new projects in the works including lead roles in two movies being released this year and 4 movies in which Brad is the producer. It is expected that over the next three years Brad will be involved in as many as 11 new movie projects..
Beginning at the bottom of the ladder with a few b-rated movies and unaccredited roles to sensational top of the ladder hits, Brad Pitt has proven his inherent ability to not only star, but also produce some of the most popular big screen movies in the last decade.