Want to know the best Jean-Claude Van Damme movies? How about the worst Jean-Claude Van Damme movies? Curious about Jean-Claude Van Damme box office grosses or which Jean-Claude Van Damme movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Jean-Claude Van Damme movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960-) is a Belgian actor, martial artist, screenwriter, film producer, and director best known for his martial arts action films. His IMDb page shows 67 acting credits since 1979. In the table below, Ultimate Movie Rankings ranks 24 of his movies in 6 different sortable columns. Television roles, cameos, shorts and his many straight to dvd movies were not included in the rankings. This page comes from a request by Hot Ham and Mr. Johnson.
Jean-Claude Van Damme Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Jean-Claude Van Damme movies by co-stars of his movies
- Sort Jean-Claude Van Damme movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Jean-Claude Van Dammemovies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Jean-Claude Van Damme movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Jean-Claude Van Damme movie received.
- Sort Jean-Claude Van Damme movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Jean-Claude Van Damme Table
- Two Jean-Claude Van Damme movie crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 8.33% of his movies listed. Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) is his biggest box office hit.
- An average Jean-Claude Van Damme movie grosses $49.20 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 4 Jean-Claude Van Damme movies are rated as good movies…or 16.66% of his movies. Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) is his highest rated movie while Street Fighter (1994) is his lowest rated movie.
- One Jean-Claude Van Damme movie received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 4.16% of his movies.
- Zero Jean-Claude Van Damme movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 0.00% of his movies.
- An average “good movie” Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score is 60.00. 4 Jean-Claude Van Damme movie scored higher that average….or 16.66% of his movies. Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) got the the highest UMR Score while Universal Soldier: The Return (1999) got the lowest UMR Score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Jean-Claude Van Damme
1. Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1960.
2. Jean-Claude Van Damme started practicing martial arts when he was 12. He would post a career record of 62-5 in karate tournaments.
3. In 1982, Van Damme and childhood friend Michel Qissi moved to the United States in the hope of becoming action stars.
4. When Jean-Claude Van Damme first arrived in Hollywood in the 1980s, his jobs consisted of waiting tables, delivering pizza, driving a taxi, and acting as a bouncer at Woody’s Wharf, a bar owned by Chuck Norris in Newport Beach.
5. Jean-Claude Van Damme says he learned how to speak English by watching The Flintstones.
6. JCVD Adopted Van Damme as his stage name from one of his friend’s father name. He considered it punchy, short and clear than his birth name of Van Varenberg.
7. Jean-Claude Van Damme was originally cast to play the Predator the idea being that the physical action star would use his martial arts to make the Predator an agile, ninja-Raquel Hunter,but he was dropped for being too short, at 5’9″, Arnold Schwarzenegger and his team are bodybuilders who are between 6’2″ and 6’5″. Additionally it was reported that Jean-Claude Van Damme constantly complained about the monster suit being too hot, causing him to pass out. He also had allegedly voiced his reservations on numerous occasions regarding the fact he would not be appearing on camera without the suit. Additionally the original design for the Predator was felt to be too cumbersome and difficult to manage in the jungle and, even with a more imposing actor was felt to not provoke enough fear. Van Damme was removed from the film and replaced by Kevin Peter Hall.
8. Jean-Claude Van Damme’s very brief work on the production of 1987’s Predator unexpectedly helped him to become an action star. While working as a waiter, Van Damme spotted producer Menahem Golan in his restaurant, and did a roundhouse kick for him without spilling a drop from the bowl of soup he had in his hands. Golan was sufficiently fascinated to invite Van Damme on an official audition. During the audition, van Damme did his trademark split while balancing on two chairs, which did not impress Golan. While he dismissed him, a friend who had come along mentioned that Van Damme had just done Predator with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Golan went out to check, and as luck would have it, Van Damme’s name had not yet been removed from the cast sheet. Golan decided to offer him the lead role in 1988’s Bloodsport which became Van Damme’s big break.
9. Jean-Claude Van Damme has been married five times and has three children.
10. Check out Jean-Claude Van Damme‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Interested in Jean-Claude Van Damme‘s adjusted worldwide box office….well here you go.
- Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) $726,133,437.00 adjusted worldwide box office
- Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) $521,170,839.00 adjusted worldwide box office
- The Expendables 2 (2012) $326,470,341.00 adjusted worldwide box office
- Timecop (1994) $215,500,719.00 adjusted worldwide box office
- Universal Soldier (1992) $212,602,191.00 adjusted worldwide box office
- Street Fighter (1994) $210,787,620.00 adjusted worldwide box office
- Double Impact (1991) $165,403,440.00 adjusted worldwide box office
- Hard Target (1993) $155,009,825.00 adjusted worldwide box office
- Sudden Death (1995) $127,960,687.00 adjusted worldwide box office
- The Quest (1996) $112,333,640.00 adjusted worldwide box office
- Nowhere to Run (1993) $109,042,324.00 adjusted worldwide box office
- Maximum Risk (1996) $101,182,466.00 adjusted worldwide box office
- Knock Off (1998) $81,556,983.00 adjusted worldwide box office
- Lionheart (1990) $49,632,584.00 adjusted worldwide box office
- Universal Soldier: The Return (1999) $34,476,729.00 adjusted worldwide box office
- JCVD (2008) $2,821,742.00 adjusted worldwide box office
- Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012) $1,577,275.00 adjusted worldwide box office
Minions 2 would now be Van Damme’s highest grossing film as of 2022 taking the top spot from Kung Fu panda 2. I have been a huge fan of JCVDs since Bloodsport and ran across your page via Google search. Lol awesome page!
Love his show Jean Claude Van Johnson. Very funny.
Hey Vince. I have not seen his new show, but I saw a trailer that looked interesting. Thanks for stopping by.
I’ve seen 19 of the 24 films listed here. Back in the 80s and 90s I would try to watch any movie that looked like it had a lot of action. Steven Seagal, Chuck Norris and Jackie Chan were the other martial artists I would be seeking out in the ‘VHS’ era.
Van Damme favorites include – Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Universal Soldier, Timecop, Expendables 2 and the Kung Fu Pandas.
Looking at the adjusted worldwide box office he didn’t do too badly considering how poorly received some of those films were.
I knew about the Predator thing. The actor who did play the alien was over 7ft tall and also played Bigfoot Harry in ‘Harry and Hendersons’ which came out the same year.
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve….not thinking anybody is going to top your tally of 19…..unless Flora really really surprises me. JCVD had an awesome 1990s. But things have not been so bright since then. Of the four martial artists you mentioned….only Jackie Chan does not have an UMR page.
I also enjoyed the first Universal Soldier…..but all the sequels have been pretty bad. Time Cop and Expendables 2 would be in my Top 3 JCVD movies. Always had a soft spot for The Quest if only for the late great Sir Roger.
The attached video really shows how JCVD would get frustrated with his Predator role. He probably thought the orange suit was going to ruin his just beginning role.
Surprisingly Box Office Mojo does not have many of his worldwide grosses…..had to use another source for that information.
Thanks for stopping by. Happy New Year.
Happy New Year Bruce! Hopefully we’ll see more of you at the UMR in 2018. You were barely present in 2017 and missed some juicy posts from me and Bob, most recently trashing your idol Sir Michael Caine. [Bruce gasps] It was a bloodbath. 😉
btw I’ve had my Xmas break uploading videos to youtube. I’ll be back in 2018.
Hey Steve.
1. Thank you.
2. I saw the comments about Sir Michael…..and yes it got “juicy” at times. I figured my views would be thrown out because of my bias….lol.
3. Opposite way of using the Xmas break…I am frantically trying to catch up on some errors here, getting my Letterboxd reviews done before 2018, doing my year in review pages done here, and doing all the holiday stuff too….all before heading back to work on Tuesday.
4. Look forward to your 2018 videos……our 2018 will see a new UMR look….hopefully on professional logos, marketing and banners will be completed in the next week or so.
Happy New Year.