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Matthew Broderick's highest grossing films


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I think maybe Matthew Broderick after a while, was seen as “box office poison” w/ stuff like The Cable Guy (even though technically, Jim Carrey was the actual “star”), Godzilla 1998, and Inspector Gadget under-performing (both critically and commercially). Hence, it got to a point in which, studios/producers felt that it wasn’t worth the risk of putting him in the the forefront of a major, potential blockbuster.

Also, and I know that this has been brought up numerous times already, Matthew Broderick arguably as he got older especially, never really “improved” (so to speak as a leading man. It sort of makes you think of Ferris Bueller was simply a fluke (kind of like what ultimately happened w/ Alicia Silverstone and Clueless) or Matthew benefited from good direction and writing on John Hughes’ part. It’s as if, that Matthew couldn’t repeat or top playing such a charismatic and engaging character again if his life depended on it. As a result, Matthew (once he had outgrown his youthful, “boy next door” image or phase) became type cast as nerdy, wimpy (and dare I say, “bland”) “straight man”.

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