"The big money for Arnold is made back on DVD sales overseas," says casting director Bonnie Gillespie, author of "Self-Management for Actors." "He's untouchable."
Although underperforming at the U.S. box office - debuting at number four on the box office chart with $9,885,732 from 2,883 theaters and ultimately grossing only $25,132,228 domestically, Escape Plan was an international box-office success - debuting at first place in several Asian and European markets, with the total international gross more than doubling its $50 million budget at $112,192,336, totaling up to a worldwide gross of $137,324,564.
He still makes the movie studios money. Movie studios like making money