Former Fresh Prince star is regaining his footing after a few commercial failures, with the exception of The Pursuit of Happyness. The movie’s gross receipts of $76.5 mil opening for its opening weekend is the best ever for a movie released in December. For the naysayers who said that Will should’ve stuck to television, and for those who cackled that the success of his films was due to the fact that they were released on Fourth of July Weekend, well…you need to sit down. Smith is certainly proof that with diligence and talent, a rapper and a former black sitcom actor can achieve a great deal—if only he will.
