ALADDIN Has Surpassed INDEPENDENCE DAY To Become The Highest-Grossing Movie Of Will Smith's Career

Disney's live-action Aladdin has surpassed Independence Day at the worldwide box office, officially becoming star Will Smith's highest-grossing movie of his career. Watch the Genie actor's message to fans.

By MattIsForReal - Jun 29, 2019 08:06 AM EST

Filed Under: Disney

Bad Boys, Suicide Squad, Men in Black, Independence Day; Will Smith has had no shortage of blockbusters in his Hollywood career. But it's Smith's role as the Genie in Guy Ritchie's Aladdin, a remake of Disney's animated classic, that has officially become his most successful film in terms of box office performance.

According to Box Office Mojo, Aladdin now sits at $821 million worldwide, which officially makes it the highest-grossing movie of Will Smith's career. Independence Day was his previous highest-grossing film with $817 at the global box office.

Interestingly, both films have performed similarly in terms of domestic and foreign split. Aladdin has grossed $296.5M domestically and $524.7M internationally, while Independence Day brought in $306.1M domestically and $511.2M internationally.

Smith celebrated the new record with a special thank you message to fans on Instagram.

This is a post that I'm just humbled and honored to make right now. Today, Aladdin just passed Independence Day as the highest grossing film of my entire career. To be in this game as long as I've been in this game, and to have my biggest movie at this point in my career, I just want to say thank you.

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Aladdin just became the biggest movie of my career! I’m honored and I’m Speechless. (You see what I did there?Gotta pay attention) The only thing I can say is... Thank You

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Jun 27, 2019 at 10:21am PDT

Here are some box office numbers (WW) from some of Smith's other films:

Aladdin - $821M
Independence Day - $817M
Suicide Squad - $746M
Men in Black 3 - $624M
Hancock - $624M
Men in Black - $589M
I Am Legend - $585M
Men in Black II - $441M
I, Robot - $347M
WIld WIld West - $222M

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DoubleD - 6/29/2019, 9:13 AM

Aladdin 5 Stars out of 5 Stars

DeadClunge - 6/29/2019, 9:15 AM

Saw it last Tuesday and I loved it, I really didn't expect to but I did.

🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🏄🏿‍♂️

Urubrodi - 6/29/2019, 9:17 AM

Get himself a Marvel role and he'll have his first billion.

DoubleD - 6/29/2019, 9:31 AM

@Urubrodi - Will Smith in the Marvel Universe he could play Doctor Voodo or Bishop :)

LeonNova - 6/29/2019, 9:36 AM

@DoubleD - This genie role aside, I don’t think Will Smith is gonna play a character unless they’re the star of the movie. Neither of those characters are gonna be stars of a film. Maybe Voodoo if Strange passes the torch to him, but no time soon. It’d have to be a race-swapped or CGI character.

Vigor - 6/29/2019, 10:36 AM

@DoubleD - bishop is one of the very few dark skinned and dread haired black men in the marvel comics. I'd prefer a darker man play him. Jamaican descent perhaps. The dude who played as the villain in Luke cage season 2!

Vigor - 6/29/2019, 10:36 AM

@Urubrodi - first thing I thought when I clicked this article

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ALADDIN Has Surpassed INDEPENDENCE DAY To Become The Highest-Grossing Movie Of Will Smith's Career

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