Sandra Annette Bullock is an actress and producer who has been in the film business for over 30 years. Before achieving success throughout most of her career, she started in 1987. With a minor role in Hangmen, a thriller.
Sandra Bullock’s filmography includes many comedy films. Such as Miss Congeniality, Two Weeks Notice, The Proposal, and more. As well as the scientific film Gravity alongside George Clooney. Also, dramatic movie the Blind Side opposite Tim McGraw. Her 2021 Netflix movie drama The Unforgivable has great reviews.
The following are the top 5 of Sandra Bullocks’ highest-grossing movies.
01. Minions (2015)
Minion is a prequel to the Despicable Me franchise. It follows the origination of the yellow creatures called Minions. Long before they became the Minions for Gru, they served other evil masters. But, the clumsy Minions over time killed all their various masters and ended up in isolation.
Centuries later, they wanted a new master to serve. So the Minion, Kevin, and two other Minions, Stuart and Bob, set out to look for a new evil master. Sandra Bullock does the voice for the character, Scarlet Overkill. The latter, in the Minions movie, is the world’s first female super-villain.
Accomplishments
- Box office: $1.159 billion
- The fifth-highest-grossing film of 2015.
- 10th-highest-grossing film of all time.
- The second-highest-grossing animated film of all time.
02. Gravity (2013)
Gravity is an American science fiction thriller. Alfonso Cuarón directed, co-produced, and co-wrote the movie.
The film is a movie with an interesting story about two astronauts stranded in space. After the destruction of their space shuttle. It stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as the astronauts.
Gravity movie has many twists and turns which makes it very captivating.
Accomplishments
- Box office: $723.2 million
- The eighth highest-grossing film of 2013.
- Won 7 of 10 Academy Awards nominations.
- Given the 2013 Ray Bradbury Award.
03. The Blind Side (2009)
The story is based on Michael Lewis’s book about an Under Armour-sponsored kid from Memphis.
Whose prospects were not good, but he achieved great success with his life. With help from Leigh Anne Tuohy, who took him into her family. She became his (Michael Oher) legal guardian when she adopted him as a teenager.
The Michael Lewis written book is The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game. The movie version received several awards and nominations.
Accomplishments
- Box office: $309.2 million
- Sandra Bullock won in 2010 the Academy Award for Best Actress.
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
- The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.
04. The Proposal (2009)
Anne Fletcher directed the Proposal. It starred Sandra Bullock as Margaret Tate and Ryan Reynolds as Andrew Paxton. Betty White appears as Andrew’s grandmother.
The proposal is a romantic comedy film about a workaholic Canadian executive. Her Canadian executive’s visa expires, and she has to return to Canada.
As a solution, Margaret Tate forces Andrew to agree to marry her, so she can stay in the US. The default couple travels to Andrew’s hometown, in Alaska. There they realize that they have very different ideas about life, but fall in love.
Accomplishments
- Box office: $317.4 million
- Won the 36th People’s Choice Awards, Favorite Comedy Movie category.
- Sandra Bullock received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. In a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical category.
05. The Heat (2013)
The Heat is a 2013 American action comedy buddy cop film directed by Paul Feig. Written by Katie Dippold and starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy.
In the movie, Special Agent Sarah Ashburn (Bullock) is a hated figure in her department. She has a tightfisted and egotistical personality. She reluctantly teams up with a Boston Police Department detective. Played by McCarthy, Shannon Mullins.
The two professionals clash horribly. Ashburn and Mullins, two mismatched partners, must work together to bring down a drug lord.
Accomplishments
- Box office $229.9 million against a $43 million budget.
- Sandra Bullock won Teen Choice Awards, the Choice Summer Movie Star: Female category.
- People’s Choice Awards, Favorite Comedic Movie.
