Resume: John Boyega

John Boyega has slowly been growing his profile in the LRF world and now he has one of his biggest tests as a leading man, taking over the title role in the latest Crow film. For this edition of Resume, we will take a look at the filmography of this fledgling leading man....


















Season 8

Blue Heat
Director: Gareth Evans
Writer: Jack Ryder

Budget: $100,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $55,802,334
Foreign Box Office: $76,921,777
Total Profit: -$80,090,489




John Boyega's first LRF role was not a memorable one, with a supporting villainous role in the box office bomb (still one of the biggest in the studio's history) and critically derided Blue Heat.


Season 9

American Dream
Director: Josh and Benny Safdie
Writer: Chad Taylor

Budget: $28,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $31,932,789
Foreign Box Office: $27,113,602
Total Profit: $8,097,891




The very next season, Boyega followed up the disappointing Blue Heat with a starring role in the Midnight Cowboy remake, American Dream. While critics were mixed on his performance, he found himself nominated for his first GRA - sharing a nomination for Best Starring Couple with his co-star Alden Ehrenreich.


Season 17

Green Lantern Corps
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Writer: APJ

Budget: $230,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $588,297,023
Foreign Box Office: $793,148,767
Total Profit: $594,795,040




After a handful of seasons away, John Boyega returned to LRF with a bang playing Green Lantern Corps recruit John Stewart. The film was a mega-hit at the box office and even found itself nominated for 5 Golden Reel Awards - including a second Best Starring Couple nomination for Boyega - shared with star Tom Cruise.


Up Next: Boyega doesn't have any announced projects at this time, but his Green Lantern Corps contract allows for him to appear in any number of DC Comics Universe productions, so we could be seeing him again some time in the near future.


Review:

• Highest Grossing Film: Green Lantern Corps ($1,381,445,790)
• Most Profitable Film: Green Lantern Corps ($594,795,040)
• Most Awarded Film: American Dream (2 Wins + 3 Nominations)
• Best Reviewed Film: American Dream (Metascore: 76)