10 Action Movies That Became Unexpected Box Office Hits

Some of the biggest action movies rose to fame as unexpected box office hits. While it’s hard to think that some of the most significant modern franchises in the action genre were never expected to be that successful, the truth in many cases is that they really were not. Some of the most iconic action movies of all time were initially designed with endings that would have made it impossible to expand into future sequels, which seems unthinkable in retrospect.