By that point, in 1994, the narrative had set in. Last Action Hero was consigned to box office bomb status along with the likes of Heaven's Gate, soon to be followed by the other commercial ...

"When Last Action Hero came out, I had reached my peak after Terminator 2, having the most successful movie of the year worldwide," Schwarzenegger recalled in the Netflix docuseries Arnold.

Arnold Schwarzenegger in 'Last Action Hero'. Columbia Pictures/Everett. James Cameron, who directed Schwarzenegger in the Terminator films, recalls phoning the star the weekend after the movie opened.

In the Netflix docuseries, “Terminator” director James Cameron recalls his first conversation with Schwarzenegger after “Last Action Hero” opened in theaters. “He sounded like he was in ...

“When Last Action Hero came out I had reached my peak after Terminator 2, having the most successful movie of the year worldwide,” Schwarzenegger said.