Mark Wahlberg has, over the years, acted in roles that demonstrate a wide range of dramatic ability, starring in critically acclaimed dramas such as Three Kings (1999) and The Perfect Storm (2000), ‘popcorn’ flicks like Contraband (2012).
Wahlberg dropped out of high school at the age of 14 to pursue a life of petty crime and drugs (but later got his GED).
He’d spend his days scamming and stealing, working on the odd drug deal before treating himself to the substances.
Young Wahlberg also had a violent streak – one which was often aimed at minorities.
At the age of 16, he was convicted of assaulting two Vietnamese men after he had tried to rob them.
As a result of his assault conviction, he was sentenced to serve 50 days in prison.
While there, he began working out to pass the time and, when he emerged at the end of his sentence, he had gone from a scrawny young kid to a buff young man.
It was about this time that his older brother, Donnie, became an overnight teen idol as a member of the 1980s boy band New Kids on the Block.
Donnie used his connections in the music business to help his little brother secure a recording contract, and soon the world was introduced to Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, with Mark as the bad-boy rapper who danced in his boxers.
His debut album, Music for the People, was a hit. It was propelled by the rapper’s willingness to disrobe down to his boxers on stage, as well as a number of catchy tunes.
In 1992, Wahlberg went so far as to release a book dedicated to his penis.
While on a British talk show along with rapper Shabba Ranks, he got into some trouble after Ranks said that gays should be crucified.
Humbled and humiliated by his fall from grace in the music world, Wahlberg decided to pursue another angle – acting.
His first big screen role came in Renaissance Man (1994).
Despite the persona change, many people snickered at the idea of the has-been rapper thinking he could make it as an actor.
The major turning point in Wahlberg’s career came with the role of troubled porn star Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights (1997).
He has appeared in a wide range of blockbuster hits since, including Planet of the Apes (2001), Ted (2012), Daddy’s Home (2015), and a few instalments in the Transformers franchise.
We have put together a list of Wahlberg’s Top 10 highest-earning movies of all time for you to enjoy at your leisure:
1. Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
IMDb rating: 5,7/10
American domestic box office: $245,4 million
International box office: $858,6 million
Total box office: $1 104,1 million
2. Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
IMDb rating: 5,2/10
American domestic box office: $130,2 million
International box office: $475,3 million
Total box office: $605,4 million
3. Ted (2012)
IMDb rating: 7/10
American domestic box office: $218,8 million
International box office: $330,6 million
Total box office: $549,4 million
4. Planet of the Apes (2001)
IMDb rating: 5,7/10
American domestic box office: $182,2 million
International box office: $180 million
Total box office: $362,2 million
5. The Perfect Storm (2000)
IMDb rating: 6,4/10
American domestic box office: $146,1 million
International box office: $182,6 million
Total box office: $328,7 million
6. The Departed (2006)
IMDb rating: 8,5/10
American domestic box office: $159,1 million
International box office: $132,4 million
Total box office: $291,5 million
7. Daddy’s Home (2015)
IMDb rating: 8,5/10
American domestic box office: $92,4 million
International box office: $150,4 million
Total box office: $242,8 million
8. Ted 2 (2015)
IMDb rating: 6,3/10
American domestic box office: $135,2 million
International box office: $81,5 million
Total box office: $216,7 million
9. Daddy’s Home 2 (2017)
IMDb rating: 6/10
American domestic box office: $104 million
International box office: $76,6 million
Total box office: $180,6 million
10. The Italian Job (2003)
IMDb rating: 7/10
American domestic box office: $106,1 million
International box office: $69,9 million
Total box office: $176,1 million
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