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The Terminator, the spy, and the kindergarten cop. The highest-grossing Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, ranked by worldwide box office.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Schwarzenegger's T-800 returned as a protector rather than a killer in James Cameron's 1991 effects landmark, which grossed about $521 million worldwide, the biggest hit of his career.
Terminator Genisys
Schwarzenegger returned as an aging Terminator in the 2015 timeline-resetting sequel, which earned roughly $441 million worldwide, mostly overseas.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Schwarzenegger's T-800 faces the deadly T-X in the 2003 sequel, which grossed about $433 million worldwide.
True Lies
Schwarzenegger plays a secret agent whose wife thinks he's a boring salesman in James Cameron's 1994 action-comedy, which earned roughly $379 million worldwide.
The Expendables 2
Schwarzenegger expanded his role among Sylvester Stallone's team of action veterans in the 2012 sequel, which grossed about $315 million worldwide.
Total Recall
Schwarzenegger is a construction worker whose memories of Mars may be implanted in Paul Verhoeven's mind-bending 1990 sci-fi hit, which earned roughly $261 million worldwide.
Terminator: Dark Fate
Schwarzenegger reunited with Linda Hamilton's Sarah Connor in the 2019 sequel, which grossed about $261 million worldwide.
Eraser
Schwarzenegger plays a U.S. marshal protecting a witness in the 1996 action thriller, which earned roughly $242 million worldwide.
Batman & Robin
Schwarzenegger's pun-spouting Mr. Freeze headlined Joel Schumacher's notorious 1997 superhero film, which grossed about $238 million worldwide despite its reputation.
Twins
Schwarzenegger paired with Danny DeVito as unlikely twin brothers in Ivan Reitman's 1988 comedy, a surprise smash that earned roughly $217 million worldwide.
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