Jamie Foxx is undoubtedly one of the most prolific actors in Hollywood. A handful of people like him have successfully transitioned from the music industry into the movie world. Jamie Foxx is an actor, comedian, and musician and has won several awards to back it up. As an actor and singer, he has won a Grammy Award, Academy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden Globe Award, and BAFTA Award.
Like all top-rated actors, Jamie Foxx has his fair share of movie flops in Hollywood, but he makes it up with his impressive list of high-grossing movies. So, in honor of a living legend and his contribution to the movie industry, Jamie Foxx’s highest-grossing movies to date.
Django Unchained (2012) – $425.4 Million
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Jamie Foxx has acted in many movies, but if there’s one role he’ll not be forgotten by in a hurry, it has to be Django. Jamie worked with renowned Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino to give us one of his best characters. Even for movie critics, the movie earned excellent reviews.
It is safe to say that Django Unchained was the spring in the steps of Jamie’s acting career. Jamie Foxx’s Django is an enslaved person that manages to free himself and hopes to do the same for his wife. The movie takes viewers back into history and into the master-slave era. It’s no coincidence; this movie sits at number 5 of his highest-grossing movies and makes the start of this list.
Rio (2011) – $484.6 Million
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One look at Rio was almost sure it would be a massive hit. Fans and lovers of animated children’s films will understand why Rio stands out from most others. Rio was Jamie Foxx’s first animated movie, but he certainly put Nico on the map.
The movie storyline was about a bird who got stranded in Rio de Janeiro. He makes friends with Jamie Foxx’s character, Nico, and other friends to help him get home. It’s no surprise that Nico loves music, as Jamie Foxx’s versatility would not be put to waste.
Rio 2 (2014) – $498.8 Million
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2014 was an exciting and successful year for Jamie Foxx. Jamie Foxx returns and gives a voiceover to his original character Nico from Rio’s first movie (2011). Rio 2 brings to life two sides of Jamie Foxx we often don’t get to see. While he delivered his role as Nico, Jamie was on the ground to showcase his musical side.
In the movie, Nico works with his best pal Pedro to perform a show at Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival. With the first movie’s acceptance and recognition garnered, it was no surprise Rio 2 was a massive hit at the box office. While there were speculations of a spin-off movie for Nico and Pedro, not much has been heard about it. Whatever the case, Nico would go on to be one of Jamie Foxx’s best characters in a movie.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) – $709 Million
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Jamie Foxx plays Electro in the movie. It will be his first time in Marvel’s franchise, and he goes on to act as a supervillain of Spider-Man. Although $709 million is a massive success by any comparison in Hollywood, the movie got lots of backlashes. Ultimately, it saw the end of The Amazing Spider-Man franchise, which was also Andrew Garfield’s last original movie as Spider-Man.
Jamie Foxx gives his all to play Maxwell Dillon, a man who no one notices. However, he soon gained the attention he wanted, albeit by an unfortunate event. Jamie Foxx breathed life into both characters as Maxwell Dillon and the electrifying Electro.
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) – $1.9 Billion
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There’s no doubt Marvel has churned out some of the most successful movies in the past decades. However, Spider-Man: No Way Home sits comfortably on the number three spot of highest-grossing movies. Many may argue the movie’s success resulted from bringing back everyone’s favorite “Spider-Man” together, but no one can deny Electro’s new maturity and addition to the movie.
Although Electro wasn’t the movie’s favorite villain, Jamie Foxx delivered yet another acting masterclass. Knowing Jamie Foxx’s love for action-packed movies, it’s no surprise to see him fighting vampires in his recent 2022 movie, Day Shift.