Bill Paxton probably has been in a ton of high grossing movies: True Lies, Aliens, Twister, Weird Science, on and on.
Still-—and I didn’t see this but would like to-—I am extremely skeptical about these numbers.
I suspect the cable numbers are pretty good, since they form the basis for renewal negotiations, i.e. how much the channels will get for their content from the cable/satellite/phone company. Today's digital set-top boxes probably have the capability to send information about what's being watched back to the cable/satellite/phone companies.
“Bill Paxton probably has been in a ton of high grossing movies: True Lies, Aliens, Twister, Weird Science, on and on.”
It’s not many acting careers that could survive a role where you’re a talking pile of crap.