Bill Paxton Biggest Box Office Movie Hits

On February 25, 2017, Hollywood actor Bill Paxton passed away at age 61 from heart surgery complications. Paxton was born on May 17, 1955, in Fort Worth, Texas and he had a prolific Hollywood movie career.

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Here are the biggest box office movie hits that Bill Paxton starred in. This author remembers Paxton from his early days in films like "The Terminator", "Weird Science" and "Aliens".

In total, Bill Paxton starred in 52 movies that grossed over $5.5 billion in worldwide box office receipts. Eleven of Bill Paxton's Movies made over $100 million and his top grossing film has made well over $1 billion.

Bill Paxton's last movie is "The Circle" which is set to be released on April 24, 2017.

Bill Paxton Biggest Box Office Movie Hits

1. "Titanic" - $2.2 billion (played Brock Lovett)

2. "Twister" - $495 million (played Bill Harding)

3. "True Lies" - $365 million (Simon)

4. "Edge of Tomorrow" - $364 million (played Master Sargent Farrell)

5. "Apollo 13" - $334 million (played Fred Haise)

6. "Vertical Limit" - $214 million (played Elliott Vaughn)

7. "Aliens" - $183" million (played Pvt. W. Hudson)

Bill Paxton had big connections in Hollywood to director James Cameron and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Paxton was in "Titanic", "The Terminator", "True Lies" and "Aliens" which were all directed by James Cameron. He also starred in movies with Arnold Schwarzenegger like "The Terminator", "True Lies" and Commando".

Bill Paxton was not in "Predator" but he did star in the sequel "Predator 2" which Arnold Schwarzenegger was not in. Paxton got the role of Master Sargent Farrell in "Edge of Tomorrow" because the director remembered him from "Aliens" as Pvt. Hudson. Paxton was hilarious in that role with plenty of memorable quotes.

There is no doubt movie goers will remember Bill Paxton forever because of his roles in such classic cult favorites like "Weird Science", "Aliens" and "Edge of Tomorrow".  

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