While the infamous Oscar slap has come to define Will Smith over the last few years, it still isn’t enough to take away from the years of incredible movies he has given the world since he began his career in the early 90s. Smith is best known for his work in the popular TV series, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, but over the years, he’s also gone on to become one of the biggest A-list stars in the world thanks to his performances in Men in Black, I Am Legend, and Wild Wild West. His last big feature role came back in 2024 with the release of the fourth Bad Boys movie, Ride or Die, which was a massive hit with audiences, earning over $400 million at the global box office against a $100 million budget.
When you’ve been acting in movies as long as Will Smith has, though, they’re not all going to be hits. Back in 2019, Smith headlined one of the biggest financial misfires of his career with Gemini Man, the sci-fi thriller that grossed only $173 million globally against a $138 million budget. While it may be easy to look at Gemini Man outgrossing its budget by $35 million and think that it was a financial hit, remember: studios split box office earnings with theaters, and when factoring in marketing costs, this usually leaves a film’s break-even point at around 2–2.5x its budget. Still, despite its woeful box office performance, Gemini Man is rewriting history streaming on Starz, where it’s become one of the platform’s most popular movies. It’s also available to watch for free on Tubi and Pluto TV.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
What Is ‘Gemini Man’ About?
Gemini Man follows a former high-level hitman who has left his old life behind to live in tranquility, only to come out of retirement when he finds himself on the hunt. The kicker? It’s a younger version of himself who is hunting him. In addition to Smith, who stars in dual roles as Henry Brogan and Junior, Gemini Man also stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Danny, Clive Owen as Clay, Benedict Wong as Baron, and Douglas Hodge as Jack. Ang Lee directed Gemini Man with a script from Billy Ray, Darren Lemke, and Game of Thrones co-creator David Benioff.
Check out Gemini Man on Starz, Tubi, or Pluto TV. Also, stay tuned to Collider for more streaming updates and coverage of Will Smith’s future projects.
