A horrible streak had passed, but the thing seemed to be left behind. For more than a decade, Will Smith was the most beloved actor by the public and, without a doubt, the most profitable. Each time the interpreter stood before the cameras, the result was an incomparable rain of millions. The good fault of it was Smith’s incomparable ability to choose sensational projects, something he lost during a good season.
It seemed that the crisis was over. Will Smith went back to petrol thanks to tapes like Aladdin. What we did not have was that Gemini was going to become a skid of such magnitude. And it is that the film that had to turn the action cinema upside down was a complete mistake, which the public has punished without looking.
A horrible 20 million dollars raised during his first weekend on American soil. With such a disaster, he painted the thing badly. To make matters worse, the rest of the world did not react better. Another 39 million for a total of 59. What is the big problem? Well, Gemini left 140 million alone in its production. With another 60 in distribution and advertising, the final cost was up to 200 million dollars.
So, Will Smith now faces what could be the biggest economic failure of his career.