Real Stars of the Silver Screen

We’ve analysed the five biggest action films from 10 of the most popular action heroes on the planet, charting every punch thrown, every high-speed chase and every villain defeated, and placed them into our unique algorithm.

Each action star is then given a Hero Rank based upon their performances across the genre to uncover once and for all who is the greatest action hero of all time.

Ranking factors - 100% Total

Box Office Takings12%
Rotten Tomatoes Score12%
Punches / hits thrown11%
Bad guys killed or knocked unconscious11%
No. of fast cars driven11%
Count of weapons used11%
No. of hits received11%
No. of times they’ve cheated death11%
No. of catchphrases used11%

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Deep Dive Into The Action

Take a deeper look into where the action lies, with our full breakdown of each movie studied. Uncover the films where Chuck Norris has thrown the most punches, the movie in which Tom Cruise has most cheated death, and of course, the movie where Arnie bellows “Hasta la vista…baby!” the most.

Toggle between the action statistics and box office reception to discover all you need to know about each actor’s top five movies.

Action statistics

Box office & critical reception

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