The Social Network (2010)
Centered Around the Actions of: Mark Zuckerberg
Main Actor: Jesse Eisenberg
Film Cost: $50 million*
Main Actor Income: $600,000
When Ben Mezrich wrote The Accidental Billionaires, which detailed the developments of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, he probably didn’t expect it to be turned into a film. The tensely laid out foundations of Facebook, and how a young maverick Zuckerberg (played by Jesse Eisenberg) established the company are excitingly illustrated by The Social Network.
The Social Network
Zuckerberg ran into his fair share of trouble while forging Facebook, with the Winklevoss twins (each of which are brilliantly portrayed by Armie Hammer) and their lawsuit against Zuckerberg being played out in the film. The Social Network would be nominated eight times for various Academy Awards, three of them coming to fruition.
The Theory of Everything (2014)
Centered Around the Actions of: Stephen Hawking
Main Actor: Eddie Redmayne
Film Cost: $15 million*
Main Actor Income: $250,000
Stephen Hawking’s phenomenal genius and turbulent physical deterioration are inspiringly detailed in The Theory of Everything. Stephen Hawking is well recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time, having altered our basic understanding of science and the universe around us.
The Theory Of Everything
The film intimately details his struggles with Lou Gehrig’s Disease, which Hawking was diagnosed with at just 21 years of age. Despite suffering from a steady decline in health and mobility, Hawking proceeded to revolutionize humanity’s relationship with existence itself. The film then went on to earn various Academy Awards.
