Mark Wahlbergmay have had a unique rise to fame in the acting industry, but he has since maintained his stardom sufficiently.He started better known under his rapper name, Marky Mark, and was the leading member of the hip-hop group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch in the early ’90s. He then made his theatrical film debut inRenaissanceManin 1994, but it was not until his role inPaul Thomas Anderson’sBooge Nightsthat Wahlberg’s acting skills became truly recognized.
Wahlberg has taken on a variety of roles sinceBoogie Nights, but action movies have been a recurring genre in his filmography. Most recently, he played the main villain inMel Gibson’sFlight Risk, which premiered earlier this year. His other recent films also fall within the action or adventure genre, includingThe Union,The Family Plan, andArthur the King. Now, two of Wahlberg’s action films are resurfacing again, finding a new life on the streaming charts.
Shooter & Four Brothers Are Climbing The Charts
Both Are 2000s Action Movies
BothShooterandFour Brothersare doing well on streaming.Four Brothersis a whodunnit action film directed by John Singleton, telling the story of four adopted brothers who take matters into their own hands when their adoptive mother is murdered during a store robbery. The film grossed $92.3 million on an estimated $45 million budget.Shootercame out two years later and focused more heavily on Wahlberg, featuring him as a marksman who attempts to stop a presidential assassination.Shootermade slightly more money thanFour Brothers, grossing $95.6 million.
Now, bothFour BrothersandShooterare doing well on streaming. According toFlixPatrol,Four Brothersis currently ranked at no. 2 on Paramount+’s top 10 movies in the United States today, April 29.Shooteris in the no. 4 spot. In the case ofFour Brothers, this represents an ascent from its previous ranking, where it was in the no. 6 and then no. 4 slots on April 27 and April 28, respectively.
