Will Smith's Biggest Sci-Fi Flop Stages a Comeback After Falling Short of $138M Budget

Even before he assaulted Chris Rock at the Oscars and got banned from attending the Academy Awards for a decade, Will Smithwas experiencing something of a career lull. If anything, he's doing better after the Oscars incident than he was in the years leading up to it. In that decade, Smith starred in the infamous critical and commercial failureAfter Earth, directed by M. Night Shyamalan and designed as a star vehicle for Smith's son, Jaden. He also headlined the box-office underperformers Concussion and Collateral Beauty, but ended the decade with the grand success of 2019's live-action Aladdin. That same year, Smith starred in his second sci-fi disappointment in quick succession — the movie in question is now seeing a surge in viewership at home.